7.1.10 | Dallas, TX | The International Interior Design Association Texas Oklahoma Chapter instated its new Chapter Board on July 1, 2010. All Board members will be formally inducted on July 15 at their Chapter Retreat in Michigan. John LeCroy DuBard, Parkhill Smith & Cooper takes over as president with Megan Ebert on board as president-elect.
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7.1.10 | Houston, TX | The International Facility Management
Association announced its 2010-2011 executive
committee and board of directors. Beginning July 1, Francis J. Kuhn will
serve as the new chair. Rounding out the executive committee are Kathy Roper, IFMA Fellow, associate professor of the
Georgia Institute of Technology’s Building Construction Program, and Marc S. Liciardello, vice president of corporate services
at ARAMARK. The new members of IFMA’s 2010-2011 board of directors are:
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7.1.10 | Chicago, IL | The 10th Annual Antron Carpet Fiber Product Innovation Awards were announced during NeoCon. The Grand Prize went to Tandus Flooring for District for its geometric patterning offered in a hybrid resilient platform. District also won gold in the modular category. Other winners include:
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7.1.10 | San Francisco, CA | HOK traveled in June to sister city, Shanghai, to commemorate "San Francisco Week" at World Exp 2010 Shanghai. San Francisco is the only U.S. city exhibiting at the World Expo, and HOK is the sole architectural practice joining the city's delegation. The events included a symposium, "Global Voices, Local Choices: Creating Low-Carbon Communities," led by HOK Global Director of Climate Action, Stan Wrzeski, and an exhibition of HOK's design for transforming the old San Francisco Mint into a 21st century mixed-use cultural center.
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6.30.10 | Toronto, Canada | Ron Hughes, VP of Canadian Sales for Teknion, was named a Director on IDC's new Board of Management. The appointment follows the recent restructure of Interior Designers of Canada, which moved from a seven-member organization of provincial associations to an association representing nearly 3,000 individual interior designers across Canada.
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6.30.10 | New York, NY | Coalesse was awarded Scientific Certification Systems level 1 certification for eleven seating products. The certifications are for Astor, Bob, Chord, Circa, Coupe, Enea, La Costa, Last Minute Stool, Sidewalk, Swathmore and Switch.
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6.30.10 | Concord, CA | Czopek & Erdenberger is next in line to become an Advocate Firm for the Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification(EDAC) program from The Center for Health Design By having 25% of its healthcare team EDAC accredited, C&E will become the ninth Advocate Firm aside one Educational Partner, and six Champion Firms.
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6.29.10 | Washington, NC | Robert Young was named Director of Design for Perkins+ Will, Washington, DC. to expand the architectural design portfolio in the National Capital Region. Mr. Young, formerly a lead designer and Associate Partner of Polshek Partnership, NY, is best known locally as the designer of the Newseum, a Pennsylvania Avenue landmark for tourists and residents of the Washington area.
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