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P r e s i d e n t ’s M e s s AG eBrian Pecka, PLA, [email protected]
It’s that time of year where weekend chants are heard throughout our cities, boasting with team pride and celebrating fall sport victories. It seems only fitting that we allow ourselves an opportunity this season to recognize the progress made within our own chapter and celebrate the achievements made by members over this past year.
One of the goals of our Executive Committee this past year was to increase opportunities for educational and social engagement for our chapter members
throughout our member states of Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Thanks to the dedicated work of our ExCom members, and especially Section Chairs, this past year we provided a Winter Social, a Summer social, seven individual Section events, and an Annual Conference. Our chapter also helped to
organize and sponsor the South Dakota Design in the Hills conference, South Dakota AIA conference, and the Great Plains LID Symposium, providing even more opportunities for education, networking, and collaboration with allied professionals. All told, the events we organized and helped to plan provided over 24 hours of Professional Development Hours, many of which were directly related to Health, Safety & Welfare related topics. Kudos to all involved for providing these opportunities to our membership!
In an attempt to “bring together” our members without having to travel far distances, our chapter utilized digital technology to connect our members for the Summer Social. While set up at the new Benson Park Playground project in Omaha, Crouch Recreation live-streamed a presentation focused on the design and construction complexities of this unique project. Chapter members listening in at satellite locations in Fargo, Rapid City and Sioux Falls, had the opportunity to field questions, providing for a fun, interactive setting. I’m hoping we can use our experience from this event, as well as developing technology, to increase engagement of our members over our vast geographic region.
Although our chapter has been conducting a biennial Fall Conference for some time, this past year our ExCom, at the recommendation of Jen Cross, has decided to bring back the ANNUAL Conference which will be held
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at alternating cities every year. On September 30th, under the leadership of Jen, our Annual Conference was held at Fontenelle Forest in Bellevue, NE and was a huge success. A total of 88 participants, including 46 students, showed up for a day of stimulating presentations and networking opportunities. Please refer to the article within this newsletter for additional information. Thanks to Jen and all of the conference planning committee members for their hard work in providing such a fun, engaging conference and bringing back this annual event to GPC!
In addition to the great work provided by our members to organize these events, a number of our professional and student chapter members have obtained awards and special recognition for their achievements this past year. Congratulations to the following individuals for their accomplishments!
• Michael Stanley, ASLA – installed as ASLA Vice President of Communications
• Nicole Crutchfield, ASLA – elected to CLARB’s Committee on Nominations
• Eirik Heikes, ASLA – nominated and selected to attend the ASLA Advocacy Summit in Indianapolis, IN
• Ron Petersen, ASLA – selected to attend the ASLA Public Awareness Summit in Charleston, SC
• Kene Okigbo, Associate ASLA – selected to attend the ASLA Diversity Summit in Washington, D.C.
• Katie Swanson, ASLA – winner of the Anova 2016 National Grant Competition for Emerging Professionals in Landscape Architecture, and awarded a grant to attend the ASLA Annual Meeting & Conference in New Orleans
• Laura Koch, former University of Nebraska Student Chapter member – winner of the Landscape Forms Design for People Scholarship given out as part of the 2016 Landscape Architecture Foundation scholarship program
• Rachel Drietz, Kyle Franta, Carter Roberts, Erika Roeber, Thomas Schneider and Caleb Tschetter – SDSU Landscape Architecture Program - winners of a 2016 ASLA Student Honor Award for their project, “Transect Across the 42nd Parallel” and recognized at the ASLA Annual Meeting & Conference in New Orleans
Cheers also go out to those ExCom members whose terms have expired, but will undoubtedly continue to provide leadership to our chapter. These members (and their previous positions) include:
• Eirik Heikes, ASLA, Past-President• Kim Wilson, ASLA, Member-at-Large• Andy Gorham, ASLA, Nebraska Section Chair• Matt Fridell, ASLA, South Dakota Section Chair
Lastly, I hope as a Great Plains Chapter member you’ve been able to take advantage of the activities and events our ExCom has worked hard to provide this past year. Because of these events, I have had the incredible opportunity to meet many of our members throughout our three states. The combined talent and volunteerism provided by all has allowed our chapter to continue to grow and prosper, and we should all be proud of the wonderful people within the Great Plains Chapter. HOORAY!
Best regards,
Brian Pecka, ASLAASLA GPC Past-President
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2016 GreAt PLAins CHAPter AsLA AnnUAL COnFerenCe | by Katie Blesener, CiP
Ten Parks That Changed the Great Plains was the theme of the Great Plains Chapter’s Fall 2016 Conference. Similar to the PBS program, Ten Parks That Changed America, the Chapter’s conference highlighted three trend-setting parks located in each of the chapter’s three member states, and plus the Midwest Region of the National Park Service.
“I enjoyed the conference’s educational component. Chapter members told compelling stories about our own jewels of landscape architecture in the Great Plains,” said Rachel Anderson a recent Iowa State master of landscape architecture graduate currently working with Nebraska Statewide Arboretum.
ASLA’s GPC conference took place at Fontenelle Forest Nature Center in Bellevue, Nebraska on Friday, September 30th. The conference included presentations on the trendsetting parks, product exhibits by GPC’s partners and other product vendors, and time for GPC members to interact, discuss the educational program, and visit with our partners and vendors.
Mark Focht, FASLA, Past President of ASLA, introduced the conference theme with his keynote address, Parks in American Life. During this presentation, Mark explored the elements, uses and reasons that parks are an essential part of successful and sustainable communities. Mark’s presentation was followed by the nine local and state parks. The majority of these presentations were made by GPC members. Charles Thomsen, Board President of the International Peace Garden traveled to Omaha to present the story of that
unique, international garden. Omahan Greg Peterson presented the development history of working with Alden Aust and Lawrence Halprin in creating Omaha’s Gene Leahy Mall.
The featured North Dakota parks included:
• Island Park, presented by Nicole Crutchfield, PLA, ASLA, APA
• International Peace Garden, presented by Charles Thomsen, ASLA, FCSLA
• North Dakota Capitol Complex, presented by Dominic Fisher, PLA, ASLA
The featured South Dakota parks included:
• Custer State Park & the Needle Highway, presented by Matt Fridell, PLA, ASLA
• Rapid City Greenway, presented by Mike Bender, PLA, ASLA
• Falls Park, presented by Mike Cooper, AICP, ASLA
The featured North Dakota parks included:
• Gene Leahy Mall, presented by Greg Peterson
• Pioneer Park, presented by Richard Sutton, PLA, FASLA
• Pipal Park, presented by Ken Backman, PLA, FASLA
Patty Trap, Deputy Regional Director of the Midwest Region of the National Park Service spoke about her agency’s role in preserving America’s natural and cultural history including her current efforts in helping to establish and complete the master plan for Pullman National Monument, a unique urban park in Chicago. Heidi Hohmann of Iowa State University made the final formal presentation of the day titled, Continuity and Change in Landscape Architecture. Her presentation used the Minneapolis Park System as an example in determining what types of change are acceptable or inappropriate in historic landscapes and parks. The conference’s final session was a panel discussion
moderated by Chapter Trustee, John Royster, FASLA. During this lively discussion, panelists discussed topics explored earlier in the day and took questions from the audience.
The conference attracted 88 participants, including 46 students representing the landscape architecture programs at North Dakota State University, South Dakota State University, and the University of Nebraska. GPC provided financial assistance to NDSU and SDSU students to help defray transportation costs to the conference.
Conference attendees kicked-off the conference Thursday night with a reception at the newly renovated pavilion at Levi Carter Park. Individual practitioners and van-loads of university students enjoyed appetizers and beverages while catching-up with friends and learning about the park renovation project.
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nOrtH dAKOtA BOArd OF ArCHiteCtUre JOins CLArB | by dennis Bryers, FAsLA, PLA
As of October 1, 2016, the North Dakota Board of Architecture became the 53rd member of the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB). Members of CLARB are the licensure boards across the United States (49 state boards), three provinces in Canada and the territory of Puerto Rico. CLARB provides member boards with a uniform national exam, resources for streaming the licensure process, model and sample language and a connection to the “CLARB Community”.
The Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) works to protect the public’s health, safety and welfare (wellbeing) by establishing and promoting professional licensure standards. CLARB prepares, administers and scores the Landscape Architect Registration Examination (L.A.R.E.) which assess the ability of prospective licensees to protect the health, safety and welfare (wellbeing). CLARB also manages a professional information system called the CLARB Council Record, through which landscape architects document and verify their education, experience, examination and licensure history. The Council Record helps reduce barriers to mobility by streamlining the initial and reciprocal licensure process.
niCOLe CrUtCHFieLd eLeCted tO CLArB COMMittee On nOMinAtiOns | by dennis Bryers, FAsLA, PLA
At the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on September 22-24, 2016, Nicole Crutchfield was elected to CLARB’s Committee on Nominations. The Committee is responsible for overseeing the selection of candidates for elected positions on the CLARB Board of Directors. Elected along with Nicole was Mark Arigoni of Connecticut. Both will serve a two year term on the Committee. They join current members Terry DeWan of Maine, Bob Gunderson of Minnesota and Dennis E. Bryers of Nebraska. Randy Weatherly, immediate past president of CLARB is the Committee’s Chairperson.
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Shortly after the program started, FourFront Design was awarded the design of the Main Street Square Project in Rapid City, and a two year multidisciplinary effort began. Eirik expanded the studio to a Department within two years of inception and began offering direct services to municipalities and other clients. In 2010, Jessica Holdren, PLA, ASLA, APA joined the LAP Department and expanded planning and production capacity (she now heads up the Missoula, Montana Office). FourFront then received award of a four year term IDIQ contract for the Veterans Administration to provide minor level design services to the National Cemetery Administration under the Landscape Architecture NAICS code. In order to serve this nationwide contract, Chris Brandriet, PLA, ASLA joined the team as a project manager. The Department added a Senior CADD Job Captain, Arlette Wiege, during this time to bolster production and quality control. Another significant national GIS GPS contract grew the Department into another Division and added Data Manager, Lindsay Brown to direct efforts as well as a team of technicians to support. Stacy Halverson rounds out the team as a Project Manager Assistant (she serves LAP and Civil Departments in this capacity).
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FourFront Design is a multidisciplinary professional design firm based in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. With a long history of commitment to the success of the area beginning in 1950 as Brady Engineering, our family of Landscape Architects, Planners, Engineers, Architects, and other professionals follow a tradition of excellence and innovation. A Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); FourFront also serves Government clients around the country and helps fulfill Small Business contracting requirements for key large business partners. FourFront “Designs for Life;” our approach is simple in that people and interaction bring vibrancy to the built environment as well as that the built environment is designed to bring long service and add value.
The Landscape Architecture and Planning (LAP) Department at FourFront Design opened its offering in 2009 with the intent of “bridging” the Architectural and Civil Engineering studios and providing horizontal (or “integrated”) in-house Landscape Architectural Services, making work more context sensitive and visual. Eirik Heikes, PLA, ASLA, started these efforts after being recruited from Montana, and a Program was developed (with a commandeered drafter from survey department). The Program’s Mission Statement was penned as the following “Our diverse offering includes holistic, innovative approaches to site and overall land use planning, from estates to traditional
The LAP Department has now reached an excellent dynamic in terms of size and diversity of work. FourFront Design provides general Landscape Architectural Services to the region and has some specialization in the Municipal, Campus Planning, and Senior Living markets. Jessica, Chris, and Eirik manage a diverse workload in both horizontal and direct markets for FourFront; frequently being utilized as prime discipline or project manager. Eirik was promoted to Principal and part of the ownership group in 2014 and Chris was put in charge of FourFront’s largest single contract in the firm’s history in 2015. In seven years, the LAP Group at FourFront has defined the role as professional Landscape Architect to that of significance, value, and leadership, highlighting our abilities as project managers and prime designers
FourFront Design was recognized in 2013 for Merit by the Great Plains Chapter of Landscape Architects for its “Urban Redevelopment Block” at Main Street Square in Downtown Rapid City. This $32 million multi-firm, multi-discipline revitalization was selected as a LAF Case Study Investigation the following year. FourFront received in cooperation with HDR’s Rapid City office the American Public Work’s Association Rocky Mountain Chapter Project of the Year for the Gillette Avenue Improvements. Trinity Eco-Prayer Park in Rapid City garnered FourFront with a Sustainability Award by the City of Rapid City. The group has a passion for community empowerment and downtown redevelopment and recently completed a plaza in Sturgis, SD in cooperation with Harley Davidson Motorcycles that was featured in Architecture SD’s “Innovate” issue aiasouthdakota.org as well as Western Planner’s Summer Issue.
Jessica serves as the Montana Member at Large for the Idaho/Montana Chapter of ASLA, Chris serves as the South Dakota Section Chair for the Great Plains Chapter, and Eirik just completed his service as Past President of the Great Plains Chapter. Each landscape architect also serves on various boards in their communities and in the region (Habitat for Humanity, SDSU Advisory Board, Rapid City Arts Council, Missoula Design Review Board, etc.)
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An UPdAte FrOM tHe sdsU LAndsCAPe ArCHiteCtUre PrOGrAM | by don Burger, AsLA
Second and third year students are currently constructing an 8’ x 10’ model (scale: 1”=60’) of the main South Dakota State University campus in Brookings with surrounding neighborhoods using an on-campus CNC router and 3D printing resources. The model will be used as a teaching resource in several studios in discussing microclimate, urbanity, site design, environmental perception, and other topics. It was constructed in a modular format so that individual sections can be examined and discussed, and to aid in easy transport. The finished product will be on permanent display in the landscape architecture studios (McFadden Biostress building, room 106). A video of the CNC router creating the model base can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/SouthDakotaStateLandscapeArchitecture/videos/680779318755119/
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Since 2014, South Dakota State University has been actively preparing to request a visit from the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board. These preparations have included remodeling the Landscape Architecture teaching studios, updating and revising curriculum to meet national standards, and investing in faculty development. It is expected that a candidacy visit will take place in Fall 2017, and that the initial accreditation visit will occur in Fall 2019, after the first class of freshmen under the new program have graduated in Spring 2019. Candidacy status “is an accreditation classification granted to any program that is in the planning or early stages of development or an intermediate state of implementation. This program is not accredited but appears to have the potential for meeting the standards set forth in the requirements for a landscape architecture program accredited by LAAB” (www.asla.org/mapabbreviations.aspx).
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C A L e n dA r O F e V e n t snovember 2016:Nov. 4 | 7:30pm: Between Earth and Sky, Nalini Nadkarni; UNL Hardin Hall, Lincoln, NE
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