Happy Holidays from AIBD! [MondayMINUTE]

The Building Design Awards is AIBD’s premier award program exhibiting design excellence in all commercial building designs.

All industry professionals are eligible to enter individual or collaborative projects.

However, professionals must be licensed, registered, or statutorily exempted from licensure to perform the work submitted (exemptions vary by state).

Start your submitting your entries today!

Everyone who is an active Candidate for the CPBD Exam can now log in to the AIBD’s online testing platform at AIBD.org/testlogin and take a 60 minute, 58 question, practice test.

The practice test may be attempted a maximum of five times. There is no additional cost, the practice test is included with your application fee.

If the practice test does not show up in your list of available items when you log in, or if you are unable to log in, contact your Certification Director, Rusty Hudnet, by emailing certification@AIBD.org or by calling 202.750.4900 x2.

If you’re not an approved CPBD Candidate, set up a free account at AIBD.org/testlogin and experience the 10 minute, 10 question, sample test.

Then visit AIBD.org/certification and start the application process, also for free (payment is due when you’re app is ready to submit).

Turning your place of business into a sustainable office will reduce expenses, increase brand awareness, improve productivity, and more.

Successful Roof Design & Planning

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is helping building designers create more attractive and complex roofing systems by working with intelligent 3D geometry.

Are you using the 3D visual information provided by the BIM software to collaborate with the roof truss manufacturer?

Take this AIBD On-Demand Education course and learn what information to export, how to communicate with the truss system design team, and how to integrate their trusses into your model for clash detection and accurate construction drawings.

Did you know having a business plan helps you grow twice as fast?

High impact business planning workshop teaches you how to get better results.

It’s completely flexible online training—you can choose individual learning modules to fit your unique needs or a full learning path for the most comprehensive exam preparation.

The CFPE Learning Path provides the content you need to know—from the source—with options to fit your schedule.

Would you enjoy getting a short email from me (Steve Mickley) every Friday, that provides a little morsel of fun before the weekend?

4x Friday is a very short email I send out with four of the coolest things I’ve found, learned, or experienced that week.

Listen to the AIBD podcast, Let’s Talk Certification, on iHeartRADIO, a free broadcast, podcast and streaming radio platform founded in 2008.

Thanks, to the work of AIBD Communications Director, Garrett Mickley, ten episodes are currently available featuring Sam Morgan, Jeremy Farner, Brendan Smythe, Miguel Villalobos Sandoval, Casey Thompson, Kristen Kaiser, Pamela Macior, Dan Turner, Larry Stephenson, Past AIBD President, David Pillsbury, and AIBD Certification Director, Rusty Hudnet.

If you’re interested in becoming a building designer, want to earn your CPBD designation, or just want to hear some great career advice, join in the second Tuesday of each month to meet guests who have successfully completed, or are currently on, their journeys to becoming a CPBD.

Set up a Job Alert to have relevant newly posted jobs sent directly to your inbox and be the first to see and apply to those open opportunities.

An uploaded resume in your job seeker account makes applying quick and easy.