Reviving Communities – How Much Change Can One Government Project Spur?

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Course expires on: 09/06/2026

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Description

Local, state, and federal government projects, especially those located in low income areas, often try to include features targeted to improve the local community. The area immediately surrounding a new government building or campus is taken into account during the design process. This webinar will focus on three urban projects: the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Ariel Rios Federal Building in Washington, DC; the Department of Homeland Security Campus in Washington, DC; and the City of Chicago Joint Public Safety Training Center in Chicago, IL. The speakers will discuss how each project met health, safety, welfare, sustainability, and energy requirements while also contributing positively to their local communities. Hosted by the Public Architects Knowledge Community (PAKC).

Course expires 9/6/2026

This session was recorded live on October 11, 2023.

Learning Objectives

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Learn about the initial community and government goals for each project including sustainability, energy conservation, community engagement, and community participation.

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Understand how each project fulfilled code, health, safety, and welfare requirements as identified by federal, state, and local jurisdictions.

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Understand how the projects met sustainability and energy conservation requirements as identified by the federal Guiding Principles for High Performance and Sustainable Buildings as well as City of Chicago requirements.

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Learn about the different types of community engagement and how each project was designed to provide opportunities for community engagement in the future.

Instructors

Paula Loomis

PhD, FAIA, FSAME, LEED BD&C, PMP, AICP, CPHC, GGP

With 38 years of master planning, architectural design, construction management, and facility operations worldwide, Dr Loomis has experience with the largest federal facility agencies including the Department of Defense (U.S. Air Force, Army Corps of Engineers, and Navy), Department of Homeland Security (Coast Guard (CG)), and General Services Administration. Prior to retiring from civil service, Dr Loomis was the Executive Director for the CG’s Shore Infrastructure Logistic Center where she was responsible for the planning, programming, design, construction, and operation of 28,000 buildings and structures at over 2,000 sites nationwide.

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Steve Loomis

FAIA, LEED AP, NCARB

Steve Loomis is a principal at AECOM specializing in public safety facilities. Recent projects include the New Fort Lauderdale Police Headquarters, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; City of Chicago Joint Public Safety Training Center, Chicago, Illinois; City of St. Petersburg, New Police Headquarters, St Petersburg, Florida; Titusville Public Safety Building, Titusville, Florida; City of London Police and Fire Training Center, London, Ontario; County of San Mateo, Regional Operations Center, San Mateo, California; and Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), Major Control Centre (MCC), Toronto, Ontario.

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Darryl Moser

AIA, GGP, GPCP, CQM

Darryl Moser, AIA, GGP, GPCP, CQM is an architect, business leader, project manager, planner, and design lead with over 35 years of experience. His resume includes award winning planning, building design and project management of government, military, commercial, educational, hospitality, manufacturing, health care and cultural projects. He has designed and led more than 1000 projects throughout the US, Europe and in the Middle East. Mr. Moser is Asst. Vice President, federal sector business leader and project manager for TranSystems and is based in Virginia/US.

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