PAYETTE People at ABX 2014

ArchitectureBoston Expo (ABX) 2014 is only a few days away—will we see you there? PAYETTE people will be presenting on multiple topics: Social Media, Thermal Comfort, Pathways to Leadership, Effective User Meetings, Design and Construction Career Paths, LEED Regionalization, and Going Global. Be sure to click on each session to get more details!

Social Media: The Secret Sauce
Design professionals love new visual media, want the best technological tools and are social creatures by nature. Why aren’t we all over social media marketing? In this interactive workshop, we emphasize staff education and on-boarding, building community, setting clear and achievable goals as well as content curation and platform selection.

Cut Your Losses: Envelope Performance and Thermal Comfort
In the U.S., thermal comfort is primarily controlled by mechanical means, allowing these systems to compensate for shortcomings in envelope performance. With rising energy costs and increased focus on creating healthy environments, this model is due for reconsideration. This session will link information gathered from post-occupancy studies, field measurements and modeling to understand how the radiant temperature of walls inside a space can be predicted and used to ensure comfortable environments.

Pathways to Leadership: Small, Medium, Large
What are the expectations, commitments, and deliverables from those seeking leadership roles? A panel discussion of principals from firms of various sizes and business models reveals different pathways to leadership through design, project management, building science, sustainability and business development.

The Who, What, Where and Why of Effective User Meetings
Effective engagement with user groups is a key to a successful design process. In the initial stages of design, it is critical to identify the key decision makers, establish collective expectations, and develop a clear presentation method to achieve design buy-in. Using real examples primarily from healthcare and science research projects, the panelists will discuss strategies that can be applied at different stages of the project and across program types.

Construct Your Perfect Design and Construction Career: Fantasies, Nightmares, Stories—and Maybe Lessons Learned
Design and construction careers have strong potential to do much more than provide income. At their best, they can also simulate your intellect, provide opportunities for creative expression, offer channels for engagement with interesting peers and open doors to improve humankind. Drawing on panelists’ extensive experience, this workshop enables participants to identify and avoid predictable problems, understand and use career design tools, and plan their own career more effectively.

Connecting LEED to Our Commonwealth: LEED Regionalization
LEED Regional Priority credits allow Massachusetts prioritize the environmental issues most critical to our region. What are the biggest priorities for the region? How different are the environmental issues for the Cape and Worcester? This presentation takes attendees through the process, starting with environmental mapping, leading to the definition of regional priorities, and ending in a list of credits and areas to emphasize.

Going Global: Culture Shock
It’s not just professional practice that holds surprises for those working abroad, but project delivery, business customs, and the routines of daily life. Our panelists share stories from the field – the good, the bad, and the baffling – and highlight the perils and attractions of working outside your cultural comfort zone.

ArchitectureBoston Expo (ABX) 2014 | October 28 – 30