{"id":18043,"date":"2018-01-19T15:42:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T04:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/?p=18043"},"modified":"2018-01-22T10:42:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T23:42:13","slug":"sa-chapter-executive-director-220118","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/sa-chapter-executive-director-220118\/","title":{"rendered":"From the SA Chapter Executive Director 22\/01\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Welcome back to 2018. I hope that you have been able to enjoy some well earned down time over the festive season and that you have returned refreshed for another year.  It is going to be an interesting one with the State election, ongoing development of the new planning system, the Building Better Schools program stimulating activity as well as testing government procurement protocols and the Adelaide Contemporary competition providing a window to international design thinking. <\/p>\n

The SA Chapter issued a Policy Position Request late last year and received a comprehensive response from Green\u2019s Mark Parnell<\/a>.  We will keep you up to date with the responses and any relevant policy announcements as they occur.  We also encourage members to contact their local candidates to make them aware of the Institute\u2019s position and the importance of robust, well considered policies relating to built environment issues.  You may even be able to debunk some urban myths about architects at the same time!<\/p>\n

The beginning of the year also sees a range of activities relating to the SA Awards program.  This year there have been some adjustments to the submission dates, with:<\/p>\n