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High-Profile: Connecticut
An Interview: James Fuda Continued from page 36
the year, where every organization that is involved in design and construction, primarily the design engineers and architects and other related design professionals, have a joint dinner. It’s usually around 300 people. Last year the governor was invited and the last two years he has been our keynote speaker. It is consistent with the way the design and construction industry is – projects get done by collaboration now. There is a collaboration between the owner, the contractor, and the architect and engineers that is very healthy. Years ago it was like a silo mentality…but today it is more collaborative, which I think is a benefit to everybody. So the industry dinner is a glimpse at how the industry has been working together, with everyone joining in a night of networking and sharing of information. HP: What segments of the industry are best served by CBC? Who should attend these meetings? JF: Our membership is a diverse representation of the AEC community. Specifically, any architect, engineer, construction manager, lawyer, or subcontractor who lead the trades, as well as accountants and a broad cross section of others who benefit from it. If they are in construction, design, or providing professional services to any of those major
2013 Annual CBC Awards Banquet areas, they will benefit from the proin a collaborative way. Moving forward grams. this year, what has been very positive is HP: And you are attracting new the strong volunteer effort that each of people? those committees has put forth and how JF: Yes, things are going well for strongly they are working together to get CBC, and I’d like to highlight the leadthe information out to members and new ership of Eric Schatz in membership, members and anyone that doesn’t know Richard Bergman, for marketing, and who the CBC is. Through the marketing Tom Beebe and John Hankins on the efforts use of LinkedIn and social meprogram committee. Those three comdia, and even some creative advertising. mittees are very well organized, and the By embedding a YouTube video into way they are supported is an insight into our December program announcements, how CBC works. There is a very strong people could get a personal introduction base of volunteers in each of those comfrom the program chairman, Tom Beebe, mittees, led by chairmen who work hard and Cathy Elithorpe, the program coorwith our executive director, Terry Casey, dinator for this one.
CBC networking event HP: And for the spring? JF: We experimented last year with the Magic Bus Tour of Hartford in the May program. The idea is to celebrate the architecture of Hartford, but instead of doing it as a slide show presentation, we said, “ Let’s see it live.” So, we arranged to use the same double decker bus that was used for the UConn women’s basketball team championship parade and we viewed the architectural history and icons of Hartford with an narrated 45-minute bus tour, followed by a dinner program in historic Union Station in Hartford. The program created a lot of buzz, so this year we will celebrate another city. This year the Magic Bus Tour will focus on New Haven, with a program called “Master Builders of New Haven” scheduled in May 2014.
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