Maryland Board of Architects s2

MINUTES

DATE: November 17, 2009

PLACE: 500 N. Calvert Street 3rd Floor Conference Room Baltimore, MD 21202

PRESENT: Diane Cho, Chair Stephen Parker Gary Ey R. Glen Stephens Paul Edmeades

ABSENT: Gary Bowden

OTHERS PRESENT: Jay Hutchins, Executive Director Milena Trust, Assistant Attorney General Harry Loleas, Deputy Commissioner Terry A White, Administrative Secretary Shannon Davis, Outreach Coordinator

CALL TO ORDER:

Ms. Cho, Chair called the meeting to order at 9:40 a.m.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

Motion(I) was made by Mr. Stephens, seconded by Mr. Ey and unanimously carried to approve the October 28, 2009 meeting minutes.

COMPLAINT COMMITTEE REPORT

As the Complaint Committee did not convene the status of the complaints did not change.

08-AR-14 - Open; Sent to AAG for Pre-charge 08-AR-18 - Open; Sent consent order 09-AR-02 - Open; Sent to Investigator 09-AR-12 - Open; Referred to AAG’s Office 09-AR-13 - Open; criminal charges issued by PG County 09-AR-15 - Closed; Respondent complied 10-AR-01 - Open; Offered consent order and fine 10-AR-02 - Closed; No violation 10-AR-03 - Open; Referred to AAG’s Office Maryland Board of Architects November 17, 2009 Page 2

10-AR-04 - Closed; Consent order signed, fine paid 10-AR-05 - Open; 10 day letter sent

APPLICATIONS APPROVED FOR RECIPROCITY

The Board approved the following applications for reciprocity:

Ian J. Roberts 16036 Larry R. Browne 12345 Petar N. Boric 16043 Brett T. Conway 16044 Dennis M. Devino 16045 Kevin T. Evernham 16046 Mohammad R. Friday 16047 Steven K. Gifford 15995 Benjamin J. Girardin 16048 Gay W. Hardwick 16047 Jeffrey K. Luney 16050 Thomas J. Lenar 16057 Dennis M. Newcomer 16052

APPLICATIONS APPROVED FOR ARCHITECTURAL REGISTRATION EXAM

The Board approved the following applications for the Architectural Registration Examination:

Oluyomi O Adewale Andrew J. Schmidt Hadar Silverman Ann Michal McGovern Enrico E. villroman Venket R. Holi Jan M. Walecka Benjamin F. Floyd Laura E. Leas Kristian U. Fonss David LyJordan David A. Wolfel

APPLICATIONS APPROVED FOR FIRM PERMIT

The Board approved the following applications for the certificate of authorization:

E & G Consulting, LLC 16029 Building Science Corporation 16030 Rill Architects, P.C. 16031 Warner Summers Ditzel Benefield Ward & Assoc, Inc. 16032 Gerard Associates Architects, L.L.C. 16033 Darrell Downing Rippeteau, P.C. 16034 Enviro Design Architects, LLC 16035 George Miles & Buhr, LLC 16039 Maryland Board of Architects November 17, 2009 Page 3

Murray Associates Architects, PC 16040 Peter Gisolfi Associates 16053

APPLICATIONS APPROVED FOR REINSTATEMENT

The Board unanimously approved 10 applications for reinstatement.

NEW BUSINESS

Correspondence

The Board reviewed a memo, dated November 16, 2009 and signed by Stanley Botts, Commissioner. The Memo reminded the members that there are still vacancies within a few of the boards and recommendations are still welcomed. Also, he asked the sitting members to remain aware of the requirements for serving.

It was noted that Board members are required to complete a financial disclosure form. Several members expressed displeasure with this requirement and questioned if completion of this form is mandatory.

CEU Audit Process

As directed by the Chairperson, this item shall remain on the agenda until it is fully functional. Ms Edwards previously reported that the Information Technology department is still working on the program.

Responsible Control

Advancing technology has created another challenge to the charge of the architect board by way of the Building Information Model (BIM).

Mr. Parker conveyed that the current trend involves providing “background drawings” of the plans to the prospective contractors and suppliers, who in turn, add their own products/services to the drawing, and then return them to the architect.

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This situation adds architectural as well as engineering technical inclusions to plans that were not directly supervised by the design professional. Although the architect can make changes to the “background” plans often they are simply electronically fitted in to the master plan.

As the Board sees the need to act on this trend, more information will be needed. NCARB’s Model law does not address this issue and information from other states has not surfaced yet. Mr. Hutchins and Ms Trust will contact these agencies to obtain current information continuing discussions regarding the BIM matter.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business, motion (II) was made by Mr. Parker, seconded by Mr. Ey and unanimously carried to adjourn the meeting at 10:30 a.m.

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_____Without Corrections

______Diane Cho, Chair

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