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Australia Day Awards of the Public Service Medal 2019: Fiona Gardiner

Monday 4th February 2019.

Congratulations to Fiona Gardiner for her Australia Day Awards of the Public Service Medal

For outstanding public service through the management of cultural heritage in Queensland.

Ms Gardiner has devoted many years to public service, particularly to the conservation and protection of Queensland’s heritage. Having worked with the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 for more than 25 years she has been instrumental in implementing major legislative reform focused on developing and simplifying policy frameworks that protect the state’s heritage. She has used her technical expertise to support government decision making and performance.

She has been effective in seeking opportunities that raise the profile of, and connect the community to, built heritage in new and innovative ways. She has been instrumental in documenting, assessing, managing and promoting Queensland’s historical heritage and under her guidance the Queensland Heritage Register has expanded from 970 places in 1992 to more than 1750 places today. Ms Gardiner has made a significant contribution to ensure that Queensland’s cultural heritage is protected for future generations

Gender Equity Committee 2019

Committee Chair	Jessie O’Shea
Committee Members	John Price
	Geraldine Dawson
	Emma Termont-Schenk
	Sarah Batchelor
	Paola Incer
	Tiffany Molloy
	Penny Campbell
	Jessica Hardwick
	Glen Mallett
	Glen Millar
	Steve Hunt

The purpose of the QGEC is to promote the values of gender equity in the profession of architecture at the local and regional context. While the committee will engage with a wide range of industry, social and government groups, its focus shall remain on the membership of the architectural profession in Queensland, and maximising fair and equitable access to opportunities for all.
The QGEC has adopted the AIA’s Gender Equity Policy as the foundation of its Policy and Advocacy Framework. Notably, the QGEC recognises that:
“...By adopting a comprehensive and ethical approach, the Institute aims to ensure that it engages fairly with all its members, staff, and other stakeholders, whether male or female, in a positive, respectful and constructive manner. Equally importantly, the Institute aims to assist the whole architectural profession to do the same.”

The committee will meet again in early 2019.

Regional Affairs Committee 2019

Committee Chair	Roger Mainwood
Committee Members	Tony Madden
	Colin Strydom
	Chris Gay
	Stephen Sims
	Robert Foote
	Katherine Rickard
	Pia Willemsen
	Peter Muller
	Hennie Ferreira
	Tess Andrews
	Matthew Brabeck
	Adrian Just
	Michael Furhman

The Regional Affairs Committee is convened to represent the affairs of architectural practices positioned throughout Queensland’s major regional cities and communities. The committee is made up of Regional Representatives from 6 of the regional hubs across QLD – North QLD, Far North QLD, Central QLD, Darling Downs, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast. The committee acts as a conduit for feedback and information between regional members and the Institute. Supports and promotes Institute events in the regions and works as an advisory group with Chapter staff in initiatives for the regions.

The Regional Affairs Committee had held 2 teleconferences so far in 2019.

The committee welcomed Pia Willemsen as a Regional representative for the Gold Coast.

Conversation has been focused on planning for the Short listing event on the 22 March, with all regional representatives assisting in planning and running their tailored events in each region.

Planning is continuing for the Regional Conference in October. Melissa Greenall along with volunteers from various regions are working together to create the conference. The committee was updated on progress including theme and potential speakers.

Education Committee 2019

Committee Chair	Sarah Briant
Committee members	Graham Anderson
	Michael Dickson (UQ)
	Philip Crowther (QUT)
	Lisa Moore
	Leigh Shutter (Griffith)
	Matthew Eagle (Bond)
	Josh Spillane

The Education Committee includes representation from the Queensland university schools of architecture as well as practicing members who have an interest in and association with the education of architects. The committee ensures the implementation of national policies for the professional education of architects, supports Queensland courses leading to professional qualifications in architecture, and maintains competency standards for architects.

February Meeting (11/02/2019)

The first meeting of 2019 kicked off with an announcement from current Committee chair Sarah Briant of her intention to step down as chair after 7 years in the role. Sarah will continue to sit on the committee and will support Lisa Moore as she transitions into the role as the new Education Committee chair.

The committee assists the QLD Chapter with running the SONA Mentoring Program. The program begins with a launch night which will occur on the 14th March. The committee discussed ways to increase the number of mentors and diversity of mentors to ensure there is more representation from sole practitioners and small practices.

Each meeting the committee members who are also representatives from QUT, UQ, BOND and Griffith provide a brief report on each of their universities. Philip Crowther informed the committee QUT will be celebrating 100 years of architectural teaching at the Gardens Point campus.

The committee continued discussions around the trend for universities to only employ staff who hold a PhD. The committee plans to explore this issue further and potentially draft a paper to seek support from the Institute.

The committee will meet again in March.

Practice Committee 2019

Committee Chair	Shawn Godwin
Committee Members	Catherine Baudet
	Eldon Bottcher
	David Porgand
	Sandra Browne
	Mary Crosdale
	Rodney Moyle
	Chris Kolka
	Matt Riley
	Henry Peel
	John Walsh
	Lachlan Walker
	Jack Williamson

The Practice Committee’s goals are to foster information exchange, tackle issues affecting Queensland practices, improve continuing education and professional development, and represent the practice of Queensland architecture to the Institute.

February Meeting (13 February 2019)

The Practice Committee met first time in 2019 on Wednesday 13 February. Last year the committee formed a BIM task group to ensure our members are across any BIM related matters. Results from the recent national survey on BIM are currently being reviewed with a report to be generated from those findings and sent to AIA and ACA members.

The committee appointed Jack Williamson as the new NAWG (national access work group) representative. Jack updated the committee on what NAWG had been discussing at their recent teleconference, agenda items include updating ACUMEN notes, Institute design statements and reviewing standards.

The committee will meet again on the 13 March.

Sustainability Committee 2019

Committee Chair	Paul Worroll
Committee members	Katherine Gifford
	Chad Brown
	Jim Gall
	Paul Butterworth
	Liza Neil
	Richard Sale
	Emma Scragg
	Andrew Watson
	Ellen Buttrose
	Max Brammer

Sustainability connects the biological, physical, social, economic, cultural and aesthetic aspects of the environment. The Committee brings together interested architects in developing the profession’s and the community’s understanding of sustainability. The committee seeks to:

promote architecture as the leader in sustainability
promote good design as essential to sustainability;
encourage and support the education of architectural students in sustainability;
facilitate sustainable and sustaining actions through educational events and provide input into government policy and regulation.

February 2019 Meeting (12/02/2019)

The Sustainability Committee continued their discussions and planning for the “Can we regulate Sustainability?” debate that is occurring on the 28th February 2018. The committee confirmed the speakers, worked on setting the format of the evening and discussed possible discussion points for the presentation.

In the middle of 2018 the committee put forward recommendations for National Council for changes to the Sustainability category in the QLD awards. The committee anticipates these recommendations will be discussed at the National Council meeting over the 21st and 22nd of February.

The committee will meet again in March and plan to set objectives for the committee in 2019, review feedback from the Sustainability debate and discuss the outcome of the national Council meeting regarding the committees recommendations.

From the QLD Executive Director 171218

17 December 2018

Another year is coming to a close so it’s time to wish all our members a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year filled with laughter and joy with those you love. It’s been a huge year for the Chapter delivering close to 400 events across QLD and our many programs and engaging with upwards of 4000 people within the design community. A big thank you goes out to all our volunteers and partners whose support ensures we can deliver great events including CPD, Awards and networking.

Change is always occurring as we test new ideas, and respond to member needs. 2019 will be no different as we look to continuously improve. The Regional Awards events will be reinstated as a shortlisting event and work is being done with regional representatives to plan these events in line with regional member needs. The State Awards looks to be bigger and better than ever with a great venue to be announced early next year. Our Brisbane Metro Events include an Art and Architecture series, including partnering with the Maud Street Photo Gallery in February to celebrate the John Gollings “History of The Built World” exhibition in February and an Art and Architecture Exhibition at the Chapter in March showcasing artists RW Allen and Jane du Rand.

The second half of the year will include our Out There Speaker Series to showcase the QLD Architecture Award winners and a Regional Symposium in Cairns planned for October. There is absolutely every reason to get involved with the Chapter next year and celebrate our QLD Architectural community.

Last but not least we finished the year with our annual Christmas Party co-Hosted with EmAGN last Thursday. What a fabulous night filled with laughter, music including a great performance by Student member Osman Jarel, good conversation, some questionable dance skills as the night progressed and a stand out team costume of fabulous Christmas Lobsters. You can check out the photos here.

Merry Christmas from all of the team at the Chapter. Please note that the team will be off on our end of year team building lunch on Friday 21st December, , and we will see you on the 7th of January 2019

Cheers

Mell Greenall

Executive Director, QLD Chapter

Message from the QLD Executive Director – 13/11/2018

13 November 2018

Its that time of year when we put a call out for members to get actively involved in Committees and Chapter Council! If you are interested in nominating for a Chapter Council position for 2019/2020 you can do so online here. Nominations must be completed by Friday 16^th November.

We are also looking for members in the regional hubs to help represent their region on our 2019 Regional Affairs Committee,. This committee assists the Chapter in delivering CPD and events in each of our regions as well as deliver on advocacy specific to each region. If you would like to get involved please contact Madelynn in the office via EMAIL.

We are actively encouraging members to get involved in the current Brisbane City Council Online Design Forum. This online forum is looking to define “what elements of the building, site and streetscape of Queenslanders and other traditional designs are valued; what levels of protection are needed for different styles and in what circumstances, as well as the extent of change to these buildings is acceptable”. Make sure you jump online via the Councils website and have your say HERE.

Christmas is just around the corner, and that means our Annual Institute and EmAGN Christmas party is nearly here! This year is shaping up to be fantastic, we have booked the Triffid exclusively for a night of architectural festivity and the band is gearing up to get us all on the dance floor so now all we need is YOU! Tickets are $30 and include all drinks and food, plus we have prizes on the night for best individual and team Christmas outfits, as well as a photo competition for the best images highlighting the life of an architect.

When: Thursday 14^th December

Where: The Triffid, Fortitude Valley

Time: 6pm onwards

Cost: $30 all inclusive

BOOK HERE

Cheers

Mell Greenall

QLD Chapter Executive Director

From the Queensland Executive Director 03092018

3 September 2018

Volunteers Needed
We are looking for some wonderful members to be involved in our Student Portfolio night. We need experienced architects to be part of our portfolio speed dating panel to critique and help students refine their portfolios. This is a fun night, with aspiring student architects wanting to learn from you how they can put their best foot forward when looking for work. If you can help out on the Gold Coast on the 19th of September from 5.30pm onwards, or Brisbane on the 9th of October from 5.30pm onwards, then please let us know!

Click here for more details.

Call for 2019 regional Jurors
If you would love to see behind the scenes of the 2019 award entries, meet the architects and clients and help us find the next round of award winning projects, then why not nominate as a regional juror? Courtney is on hand to answer any questions you may have about what is involved and you can find more information HERE

Regional Road show events
A big thank you to everyone that has supported the regional road show events to date.

Cairns Members; Please take the time to fill out your event planning survey sent out by Courtney. Your responses will help ensure we can deliver an event format and involve speakers from those award winning projects that are of interest to you. You can access the survey HERE or give Courtney a call on (07) 3828 4106 if you would rather provide feedback over the phone.

Toowoomba Members; We are excited to confirm your speakers for next months event as Sandy Cavill for “The Stores” by Sandy Cavill and Jasper Brown Architects and Scott Chapal for the “JK Murray Library” by DWP architects. Tickets are currently on sale HERE and We look forward to seeing you next month for a great event.

Large Practice Forum
The next installment of our large practice forum will be held at the chapter on the 18th of this month with the topic of Ethical Procurement. Tickets are strictly limited and can be booked HERE

Cheers

Mell Greenall

QLD Chapter Executive Director

From the QLD Chapter Executive Director 230718

This week I would like to stress the importance of attending our upcoming workshops on Project Bank Accounts (PBA’s) being held on August 8^th. These sessions are aimed at specifically discussing how the new legislation will impact on Architects working in superintendent or head consultant roles, where the contract is between 1 to 10 million dollars. Whilst PBA’s are currently restricted to government projects this year, it is important to realise that they will be rolled out to private sector projects from March 2019 and has the potential to significantly impact on how members manage their roles as superintendents and head consultants.

The workshops will run for 2 hours, and attendance is capped at 15 per session to ensure the conversation is personalised and able to answer specific questions around obligations and legalities. If you feel that you will be impacted by this legislation from next year onwards then I strongly recommend you attend to ensure you can adequately prepare for the change. You can book into a workshop time here.

On a lighter note, Paul and I will be endeavouring to produce a video chat update once a month on our activities. you can view the first one on the Chapters Facebook page. We hope that this will be a more informal insight into the activities of the Chapter and allow you to ask questions or make suggestions.

It’s also not too late to attend this weeks “Out There Speaker Series” event on Thursday. This week we will hear from Anna O’Gorman and the North Shore Pavilion, Guymer Bailey Architects in Collaboration Norman Richards Building Design + Interiors for the Mary Cain Cross Scenic Reserve and BVN for the Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre. You can purchase a ticket here.

Monday 23 July 2018

Mell Greenall

QLD Chapter Executive Director