conference

The 2012 Architectural Engineering Institute National Student Conference will be held April 19th-21st in Omaha, Nebraska. 

Planned events include

• touring the new T.D. Ameritrade Park Omaha (home of baseball’s College World Series)

• going behind the scenes at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo, the third annual Charles Pankow Foundation AEI Student Competition

Also included are

• technical sessions

• office visits to some of the premier architectural engineering firms in the country

• a career fair with companies from around the nation

• free time at nights for students to get to know one another and explore Omaha

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competition

The competition will challenge students to address the design issues for a new Government Office Building located in Omaha, Nebraska. The project site is located along Riverfront Drive and the Missouri River.

The submittals should address the following challenges:

1. Best practices in building security design as related to the FEMA-426 guidelines assuming a High Asset value at a High Homeland Security Threat Condition.

2. Construction and design issues related to a high performance building.

In the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, section 401, a high performance building is defined as follows:

High-Performance Building:  a building that integrates and optimizes on a life cycle basis all major high performance attributes, including energy conservation, environment, safety, security, durability, accessibility, cost-benefit, productivity, sustainability, functionality, and operational considerations. 

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