The current initiatives of the Joint Committee include:

• The Joint Committee is continuously working on the Best Practices Guide. To view the entire set of recommendations click here.
• Published a White Paper: Recommendation on Flooring Installation Failures
• Collaboration Best Practives - During February of 2015, the AIA/MBA Joint Committee hosted a presentation by Akron Hospital on its current IPD project. Click here to view presentation.
• The Joint Committee’s draft publication: Project Collaboration Best Practices Guide. Click here to view.

• Collaboration Task Force - A task force of regional experts in the field of collaboration in construction delivery formed to develop a plan to educate the region on the benefits of collaboration. A presentation, titled: One Project-One Team: The Benefits of Collabration in Project Delivery, was presented to the NAIOP Pittsburgh Chapter.
• Construction Contracts - The AIA/MBA Joint Committee published recommendations to amend the AIA A201 2007 version. Click here.  A seminar will be held on this document on December 11, 2013 at the MBA Headquarters. Click here for details.

Upcoming Events:

AIA-MBA Joint Committee

2017 Kling Award

Albert Filoni named the 2017 James Kling Fellowship Award Recipient. Press Release.

The Joint Committee is on a school calendar schedule from September through May, meeting the last week of each month. We recess after the May meeting and resume collaborating after summer recess. We are always looking for informative guest speakers to discuss industry hot topics.

If you have a great topic for one of our upcoming meetings, please submit an abstract of your presentation to the: AIA/MBA Joint Committee