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BUSINESS NEWS URBAN ENGINEERS WINS 3 NATIONAL MARKETING AWARDS Urban Engineers (Philadelphia, PA) has won three National Marketing Communi- cations Awards from the Society for Marketing Professional Services. The firm was recog- nized in third place in the Advertising category, third place in the Holiday Video category, and first place in the Digital Magazine category, meaning the firm’s publication, Excellence, was recognized as best in the country. The awards were presented at the 38th annual SMPS Awards Gala held during the organiza- tion’s national conference in Los Angeles. “It is exciting to be recognized by our peers in the AEC marketing community,” said
Urban Executive Vice President Kenneth Fulmer. “Our corporate development team is dedicated to championing the quality work that makes Urban successful. It is an honor to see our efforts recognized by SMPS as being among the best in the country.” REVISED ISO 14001 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGE- MENT SYSTEMS STANDARD NOW AVAILABLE The American National Standards Institute has announced that the newly revised “ISO 14001:2015, Environmental management sys- tems – Requirements with guidance for use” is now available at webstore.ansi.org. “ISO 14001:2015” sets the requirements for
an environmental management system, and compliance to the standard ranks high on the agenda of thousands of organizations worldwide. Key enhancements to the new version of the standard include: A greater commitment from leadership An increased alignment with strategic direction Greater protection for the environment, with a focus on proactive initiatives More effective communication, driven through a communications strategy
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Techniques for design modeling Techniques for digital fabrication Techniques for simulation and analysis of architectural re- search These people also develop new toolsets for: Modeling techniques
architects with a broad, diverse, and often liberal arts back- ground are the best resource for our clients’ holistic needs,” she says. Jennifer Duron, associate and bookkeeper with English + Associates Architects, Inc . (Houston, TX), an 18-person full-service architectural and interior design firm, says that as a small firm, many of the company’s employees are mul- tifunctional and performwork on many aspects of a project. “While our firm size does not allow us to hire someone as a ‘specialist’ in any particular area where that is their primary function, over the past couple of years we have specifically listed in our job postings that certain skills are preferred,” she says. For example, if an applicant has exceptional knowledge in Revit, energy modeling, is LEED accredited, and/or has sus- tainable design experience and meets all of their other hir- ing criteria then they are preferential. “We have found that architects with a broad, diverse, and often liberal arts background are the best resource for our clients’ holistic needs.” CREATING CUSTOM TOOLS. Heath May, associate principal and di- rector of LINE at HKS | LINE (Dallas TX), a 1,000 person architecture and engineering firm, says that they have re- cently hired a few people with non-traditional backgrounds or skillsets. “We use scripting and coding daily to enhance the function of our software, create custom toolsets, etc., and we do a lot of environmental simulation,” he says. A few recent hires included a computational applications developer and a computational designer. Both job responsibilities include: The control of 3-D geometry
Software platform interoperability Environmental simulation/analysis Research, analytics, sustainability, and IT
Some jobs for overall HKS research have also emerged. For example, Upali Nanda, Ph.D., is the director of research and executive director for HKS’s nonprofit research arm, and Angela Ramer is a design anthropologist. Analytics is another key focus and among these jobs, Marty Miller is a simulation leader and works as leader of decision analytics; and Kristopher Leonhardt was recently hired as an industrial engineer to work on decision analytics. HKS DesignGreen has also hired a new sustainability engi- neer. This full-time position requires someone with an engi- neering background and passion for sustainability. This per- son needs to be a licensed PE (or not pursuing licensure) with experience in energy modeling and building systems design. Finally, chief technology officer, Hilda Espinal, is HKS’ leader for the vision, application, and integration of digi- tal technologies firm-wide. Her role is to translate busi- ness, technical, design, and delivery challenges into in- novation opportunities, solutions, education, and de- velopment of best practices via their diverse portfolio of design applications.
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Have you begun adding never-before-seen positions to your job roster? Have you noticed emerging trends in the job market and/or job seekers? Do you have insights or predictions on where the industry is headed and the types of skills that architects, engineers, and environmental planners will need to stay competitive?
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