ASLA Opens Calls for Entries

WASHINGTON - The American Society of Landscape Architects has released its 2004 Awards call for entries.

The program features four categories of professional awards: design; analysis and planning; research; and communications. The call for entries also includes the Community Service Award, recognizing landscape architects who provide pro bono services to the community, and the Landmark Award (for a project completed between 15 and 50 years ago). The National Trust for Historic Preservation is co-sponsoring the Landmark Award for the first time.

The deadline for receipt of the entry form is April 30. Submission materials must be postmarked by May 14.

The call for entries is available online at http://www.asla.org/awards/2004/brochure.htm.

The jury will convene June 18-20. ASLA will notify award recipients shortly thereafter. Results will be announced following notification of the award recipients. Award recipients and their clients will be honored in a ceremony followed by a luncheon at the ASLA Annual Meeting and Expo, on Oct. 30 in Salt Lake City.

Members of the jury include:

• Frederick R. Steiner, ASLA, dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, jury chair
  
  
• Barbara Faga, FASLA, chair of the board, EDAW Inc., Atlanta.
  F. Christopher Dimond, FASLA, chairman of urban design and planning at HNTB Corp. in Kansas City, Mo.
  
  
• Richard L. Haag, FASLA, principal of Richard Haag Associates Inc. in Seattle;
  
  
• Gary R. Hilderbrand, FASLA, principal of Reed Hilderbrand Associates Inc. in Watertown, Mass.
  
  
• Bill Marken, editor in chief of Garden Design magazine in Los Altos
  
  
• Janice Cervelli Schach, FASLA, dean of the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities at Clemson University
  
  
• Susan S. Szenasy, editor in chief of Metropolis magazine in New York
  
  
• Carol A. Whipple, FASLA, senior project manager at the National Park Service in Denver.
  
  
• Paul Daniel Marriott, director of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Rural Heritage/Historic Roads Program, will join the awards jury in considering submissions for the Landmark Award.

Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects representing 14,200 members.

CMAA Accepting Nominations for Annual Awards

McLEAN, Va. - The Construction Management Association of America is accepting nominations for its annual Construction Management Project Achievement Awards. Nominations will be taken until July 1.

James M. Scarpace of Tishman Construction Corp., the awards committee chairman, said the program showcases projects that demonstrate, promote and reflect CMAA's mission to promote professionalism and excellence in the management of the construction process. "Winning projects will demonstrate the value professional construction managers bring to a project," Scarpace said.

The competition is open to all CMAA members and nonmembers. Nominated projects must have been completed between June 30, 2003, and June 30, 2004. The award committee will consider project outcomes, overall project management, safety, quality management, cost management, schedule management, project complexity, innovation and creativity, and customer satisfaction as the basis for the award. CMAA will recognize projects completed in the United States and abroad for public and private projects with construction costs ranging up to more than $100 million. In addition, two awards will recognize the International project of the year and excellence in project management regardless of the construction value.

Awards will be presented at CMAA's Industry Recognition Dinner held on Tuesday, Sept. 14, at the Hyatt Regency Riverwalk in San Antonio.

Project nomination forms are available and can be downloaded from CMAA's Web site at www.cmaanet.org/awards.php or by calling (703) 356-2622.

GSA to Receive Museum's Honor Award

WASHINGTON - The National Building Museum will present its prestigious annual Honor Award for 2004 to the U.S. General Services Administration.

The Honor Award will recognize GSA's success in creating and maintaining innovative workplaces for the federal community as well as providing a positive federal presence for the public.

GSA Administrator Stephen A. Perry and Public Buildings Service Commissioner F. Joseph Moravec will accept the award before an audience of cultural, corporate, political and building industry leaders. The black-tie gala will be held on June 3 in the historic Great Hall of the National Building Museum in Washington. The event will benefit exhibition and education programs of the National Building Museum.

Congress created GSA as a centralized federal procurement, property management and policy agency employing 13,000 associates. It acquires, on behalf of federal agencies, office space, equipment, telecommunications, information technology, supplies, and services for about 1million workers located in 8,000 owned and leased buildings in 2,000 communities. GSA also plays a key role in developing and implementing government-wide policies.

GSA engages private-sector architects and engineers to design and build courthouses, laboratories, border stations and federal office buildings. Honor Bestowed annually since 1986, the National Building Museum's Honor Award recognizes outstanding individuals and companies who have made significant contributions in the fields of architecture, planning, construction and building. Previous recipients include Michael D. Eisner and The Walt Disney Co., the Rockefeller and Pritzker families, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan and former National Gallery Director J. Carter Brown.