Fran Holland, Kent Hornsby, Jacob Willis and Tom Bergeron of HCS Group.
June Luncheon Recap
Our speaker and sponsor for the June luncheon was Kent Hornsby PE, LEEP AP, President/CEO of HCS Group. He and his colleagues presented a modern day technology approach their company uses worldwide in the development of designing facilities focusing on sustainability, renewable energy programs, net zero, integrated energy assessments, and integrated design.
Mr. Hornsby is a registered electrical engineer with over 30 years of experience in electrical engineering, design, construction management and supervision, project management, and design team oversight for work throughout the USA including Alaska and Hawaii; and over 40 countries in Central America, South America, the Caribbean, East and West Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. He has special training in Project Management and Team Leadership and has managed total design efforts for various types of military programs as the Prime A/E for facilities including, but not limited to, embassies, data centers, computer facilities, secure complexes, airfields, heliports, radar sites, power transmission, distribution, substations, power generation plants, medical facilities, all building types and total infrastructure packages. He was a lead engineer in support of Latin America Campaigns such as Plan Colombia, The Andean Range Initiative, Air Bridge Denial and is currently working with the Latin America CSL infrastructure programs. He is also Engineering Team Leader for USAF Hospital Infrastructure Upgrades worldwide for AFMSA engineering branch.
HCS Group has current projects in Spain, Japan, Alaska, throughout the USA, Central and South America. Current contracts include the US Army Corps of Engineers, USAF and US Navy. HCS Group has a total of over $100 million design capacity over the next 5 years in government programs. HCS Group maintains the most current and complex engineering programs, system modeling, rendering capabilities and BIM and will explain how this technology assists in the design of renovations and new facilities. HCS Group is located in East Montgomery with a state of the art conferencing center for worldwide teleconferencing and program management.
Mr. Hornsby has been a speaker for several organizations including the US Green Building Council, National Society of Military Engineers (SAME) and the American Society of Professional Engineers (ASPE). Subjects include sustainable design, renewable energy sources, energy conservations programs, energy star performance ratings and overseas experience with other countries in their approaches to energy.
HCS Group supports the Brantwood Children’s Home as well as numerous other charities and organizations. You can contact Kent Hornsby or Fran Holland at 334.277.6737 or by email at kent@hcsgroupet.com or fran@hcsgroupet.com.
The Montgomery Chapter AIA would like to thank HCS Group for sponsoring, and providing the speaker and CEU for the chapter's June meeting.
Announcements
The AIA Montgomery July Field Trip
Please join us for the AIA Montgomery field trip to the new Montgomery VA Clinic (MVAC)
When: July 20, 2016 at 1PM
Where: Montgomery VA Clinic (MVAC)
8105 Veterans Way
Montgomery, AL
(Off of Chantilly Parkway behind Home Depot)
If you have not already
Please RSVP no later than Friday, July 15. Click here to RSVP
APLA News
Three Auburn alumni were among the 149 elevated to the American Institute of Architects prestigious 2016 College of Fellows: Larry S. Cash (Chapter: AIA Alaska, Firm: RIM Architects); Paula Burns McEvoy (Chapter: AIA Atlanta, Firm: Perkins+Will); and C. Al York (Chapter: AIA Austin, Firm: McKinney York Architects). “We are extremely proud of Paula, Larry, and Al,” says David Hinson, Head of the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. “Elevation to the AIA College of Fellows is a fitting recognition of their positive impact on the profession and the benefits of their work to society. Their careers are a credit to Auburn, and our students and faculty are inspired by their example.” For more, read here.
Josiah Brown, a fifth-year architecture student from Ashland City, Tennessee, is the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture’s first recipient of the Aydelott Travel Award. The Aydelott Travel Award was established by Alfred Lewis Aydelott, FAIA (1916–2008) and his wife, Hope Galloway Aydelott (1920-2010), to encourage architecture students to “become proficient in the art of architectural analysis.” The $2.4 million endowment established by this well-known Memphis architect and his wife creates a $20,000 travel award for architecture students at four universities: Auburn University, Mississippi State University, the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, and the University of Tennessee. Read more here
The School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture was well represented among the award winners at the “This is Research: Student Symposium 2016,” held on April 13 at the Student Center. Out of the more than 400 undergraduate and graduate students who competed from Auburn and AUM, APLA students, Abigail Katsoulis and Madeline Gonzales, fifth-year architecture students, took home two first place awards and one second place in the Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities category. Ryan Bowen, a dual Environmental Design/Master of Landscape Architecture student, won first place for his poster presentation in the undergraduate category, and Livia Lima, a first–year MLA student, won second place in the graduate Creative Scholarship category for her oral presentation. To read more about the research, read here.
The Design Museum Foundation has developed a major, nationally-traveling exhibition on the importance of play and how designers translate play objectives into innovative, extraordinary,outdoor play environments. The exhibit, called "Extraordinary Playscapes," includes Rural Studio's Lions Park Playscape as one of the selected contributors. Currently open in Boston, the exhibit will be in Portland, OR next. Read more here.
The Rural Studio contributed to two international art and architecture exhibitions this spring: the XXI Triennale di Milano open from April to September of this year in Milan, Italy, and the 15th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice (La Biennale Architettura 2016) opened May 27th Images will be featured in the Summer Issue of StudioAPLA.
Upcoming Events
July 8-10
Alabama Council AIA Convention
Perdido Beach Resort
July 20
AIA Field Trip
New VA Health Care Center (HCC)
CAVHCS Annex
Chantilly Parkway
Montgomery, AL
August 17
Montgomery Chapter AIA
7 Hours CEU Event
Montgomery Country Club
Next Meeting
July 20, 2016
Field Trip
1PM at Montgomery VA Clinic
Presenters:
Leah Griffin, Chief of Engineering Service
Patricia (Eleine) Adams, Engineering Service
Alba Navarro, Engineering Service
Central Alabama Veterans Health care System (CAVHCS)
Montgomery, AL
Ms. Griffin, Ms. Adams and Ms. Navarro will provide a short presentation giving the Chapter a brief overview of the design process and of the facility and then provide a tour of the facility. The Montgomery VA Clinic is one of the largest community based outpatient clinics operated by the Veteran's Administration and is the only leased facility operated by CAVHCS. America, the Caribbean, East and West Europe, Africa, the
The Montgomery Chapter AIA would like to thank the Montgomery VA Clinic for allowing us to come explore it's beautiful new facility on our July field trip.
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