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JOIN AIBD
As little children, we learn the usefulness of
builders and architects. In today's market a new professional is
emerging, the Building Designer. Exemptions in the architectural
laws allow anyone to prepare house plans. The American Institute
of Building Design sets the standards for professionalism and ethics
in an unregulated portion of the architectural industry. In addition,
the AIBD provides valuable education and mentoring of a discipline
that presently is typically not taught in American academia.
The AIBD also provides legislative support
to the industry by lobbying to local and state officials and by
participating in the code development process. As a consequence
of these actions, municipalities that initially intended on limiting
the preparation of single family house plans to only architects
and engineers, have broadened their scope to include Certified Professional
Building Designers. With these small victories under our belt, the
AIBD has increased it's exposure to the building industry by contributing
to nine national and regional building shows as either an exhibitor,
sponsor, or by providing educational seminars. Thanks to the efforts
of AIBD, more and more people are successfully operating Residential
Design firms throughout the United States. More than eighty percent
of the members in AIBD own their firms and collectively they account
for over fourteen billion dollars of custom home development, twelve
billion dollars of speculative development, twenty one billion of
tract development, and almost four billion of remodeling value.
In addition, AIBD members create over 150,000 stock plans sold through
plan magazines and web sites annually.
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