Unemployment is up; how will it affect the building industry? Find out – MondayMINUTE

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May 11, 2020 edition of the AIBD’s MondayMINUTE weekly newsletter.
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Announcements
Unemployment rate soars to 14.7%
Unemployment is at its highest level since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started recording the monthly rate in 1948.

By all accounts, it’s been a devastating two months for American workers.

How does this affect building design?

Join AIBD’s economic counsel, Elliot Eisenberg, for his assessment, advice, and projections, during the Building Designer in a Box training Conference, May 22nd.

Discounted $95 tickets are still available.
Register me now!
Join us for Let’s Talk Certification.
A live recording of the monthly podcast.

Join us tomorrow at 3 pm ET as AIBD CEO, Steve Mickley, interviews the incoming NCBDC Certification Director, Rusty Hudnet, about the process of becoming a CPBD. Registration is complimentary.

Please forward this invitation to anyone you think might be interested.
The ARDA Call for entries is open!
Sponsored by PortfolioHomePlans.com and Phantom Screens.

With the quarantine, what else do you have to do today?

New this year, all prominent categories, such as Custom Homes and Remodeling, offer a “built” and “unbuilt” option.
Tell me more!
A Case Study in Marketing High Performance Homes
AIBD High Performance Homes Team member Jenny Pippin discusses how she and her husband designed, built, and marketed a high performance home.
  • Michael Armstrong, Professional Member from AL
  • Stacy R. Carpenter, Professional Member from AK
Not a member? Join now!
  • Jared Barcia, CPBD from Metairie, LA (April 27)
  • Matthew Lagomarsino, CPBD from Pacifica, CA (May 4)
  • Robert Phillips, CPBD from Paige, TX (May 1)
  • Hiram Siaba, CPBD from Austin, TX  (April 14)
Not certified? Check out the Candidate Handbook and apply online, AIBD.org/certification.
Events
Keeping up to date on Chapter events?
With COVID-19 event restrictions happening so quickly, we are doing our best to keep the calendar updated on chapter events and how they may be going virtual with their meetings.

Keep tabs yourself at AIBD.org/events or contact your nearest chapter leadership at AIBD.org/chapters.

  • Thursday June 18, 2020
  • 11 AM
  • At Nanawall Showroom 32
  • High street North Andover, MA 01845
Featuring Speaker, Guy Gere of Nanawall And Hanover Architectural Products!

NanaWall Systems, the leader in opening glass wall technology, cordially invites you to a continuing education lunch seminar…

Sustainable Design uses for Large Opening Wall Systems
Training and Education

More and more professionals are seeing a need in the residential construction industry for high-level specialists in BIM.

Have you?

Attend a series of two-hour training during the month of May and June to earn a “BIM-R®” credential.

Learn more…
What’s Your Companies Remote Work Plan? | AIBD On Demand Education
Benjamin Tabolt , Director of Plan Services at MiTek, has been interacting virtually with clients from all over the world.

Not to mention, some of his staff are scattered about the country, too.

Now, he’s 100% virtual, how is he doing it?

Learn about the software and platforms Ben’s team uses for remote meetings, plan markups, file sharing, staff management, billing, and more!
Register me now!
LEED for Homes v4 Green Rater 3 day Training Online Tickets, Mon, May 11, 2020 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite
With over 2 million LEED® for Homes™ registered spaces worldwide, LEED is the international rating system to ensure residential buildings are better.

LEED requires third-party on-site verification and performance testing by a LEED Green Rater and demand is growing.

Now residential and mixed-use projects of any size can go under the LEED for Homes rating system.

If you’re interested in filling this need as part of USGBC’s LEED for Homes Green Rater program, this training is for you!
Tell me more!

Fee Proposal Workshop Online Training (9.5 Primary Credits)

People are hard-wired to buy with emotions and justify with logic, yet, too many of us are still trying to sell to Mr. Rational while ignoring Mr. Intuitive.

Learn a better more successful fee proposal strategy.

Let us show you how we; increased design fees by 77%, doubled conversion rates, and reduced scope creep while providing a higher quality service.

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85% of participants say it’s the most useful CE course they’ve taken
99% say they’d recommend it to their coworkers

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The AIBD has partnered with Ron Blank & Associates to offer educational content relating to the knowledge areas and skills identified by AIBD’s building design practice analysis, which forms the foundation for AIBD’s Certified Professional Building Designer (CPBD) Exam.
The courses have been sorted according to the four domains of the exam:
  1. Business Administration,
  2. Business Practice,
  3. Design Process, and
  4. Building Design.
Miscellaneous

The official publication of AIBD has a new issue! Check it out. Featuring the 2020 BDA winners.
Building Design Jobs – AIBD Job Board
The American Institute of Building Design (AIBD) offers the top jobs available in Building Design.

Search and apply to open positions or post jobs on American Institute of Building Design now.
Show me the Job Board!
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Have a triumphant week!

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