On March 6th the AIBD North Carolina and South Carolina Chapters gathered together for their 20th Annual Design Conference and Trade Show.
Continuing the tradition that started in 2000, the event was held at the Ocean Drive Beach & Golf Resort in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Kicking off on a Friday afternoon, the event started off with registration sponsored by longtime friend and industry partner of the AIBD, Harry Boody from Energy Innovations.
Fridays’ agenda included education seminars “Cost Effective Strategies for Designing & Building Zero Net Energy Homes” by Ryan Miller of North Carolina Building Performance Association and” How Much Should You Charge for Your Services?” By AIBD and College of Fellow, Jim Wright, CPBD, FAIBD of Residential Designed Solutions.
The event was highlighted with an announcement that $2,000.00 was a planned contribution to the AIBD College of Fellows Scholarship Program, a well appreciated tradition for this event.
Saturday started off with two more great topics, “Why Flippers Fail” by Delinda Harrelson of Home Solutions Group Inc. and “Strategies and Methods for Design Firms to Attract New Leads” by Jeanne Eury of Eight Arms Group and Melanie Diehl of Melanie and Co.
The event was topped off with a Saturday evening trade show.
Thanks to the following sponsors and industry partners for participating in another great event for North Carolina and South Carolina AIBD members; Energy Innovations, Pella Window and Door Company, Weyerhaeuser, GeMROI, Simpson Strong-Tie, Phantom Screens, Port City Elevator, Velux, Solarbord, Marvin Windows, PGT Custom Windows and Doors, General Shale, Viwinco Windows, QuickPanel, and the many others that include all the AIBD members who attended, including five AIBD College of Fellows.
Special thanks to the NC-SC Chapters for putting together another successful event including Brenda Dalrymple, Willie Dalrymple, Doug Bowman, Sam Guidry, Steve Humbert, Len Van Staalduinen and Todd Tucker.
And of course everybody else that contributed to putting the event together.
We look forward to seeing this event continue for another 20 years and more.