I am sure that all of our members, spouses and guests who were in attendance at the meeting with the Gregg County Historical Museum last month would agree that it was a very successful evening.  Greeted with a packed house, Bill Henchliff, our speaker delivered a very spirited and entertaining evening as he presented the audience with his architectural tour of Chicago.  We appreciate the work that the Museum expends to present these architectural programs each year. 

I think we will have another interesting meeting coming up in April as Boral Bricks has invited us to tour their plant.  As many of you probably know, Boral Bricks was formerly Henderson Bricks and for years was a major supplier of commercial bricks in East Texas and elsewhere.  Henderson Bricks regularly had tours for our chapter and I personally never had the chance to take the tour. You will also have a chance to earn a unit of continuing education after the tour.   I am looking forward to seeing you all there on the  12th.

Our chapter has been blessed over the past few years to have sponsors.  You have all probably noticed that the sponsors are listed on the web site and in the newsletters.  As this is a source of funding for our chapter, please pass along your appreciation to each of the sponsors that you run across.  The following is a list of the sponsors for this year.  We sincerely appreciate each one of them.   We are working on getting all of the sponsor’s information in a format that we can use on the web site and in the newsletter.

Gold Sponsors:

·       Allegiant Engineering Group

·       WRL General Contractors, Ltd.

Silver Sponsors:

·       Aillet, Fenner, Jolly & McClelland, Inc.

·       Apex Geoscience

·       Dietz Engineers, LC

·       Estes, McClure & Associates

·       ETTL Engineers

·       HGR General Contractors

·       J&S Blueprint

·       McLaughlin Brunson Insurance Agency

·       RLM General Contractors

·      RPR Construction Co. 

Speaking of the web site, we are still in the process of updating our web site.  Please be patient as we work through this.

We have finalized the June Education Day.  The following is the schedule:

8:00 – 8:30    Register / Light Breakfast

8:30 – 9:30    Axium Solar

9:30 – 9:45    Break

9:45 – 10:45  Review of Metal Panel Warranties, MBCI

10:45 – 11:00  Break

11:00 – 12:30  Lunch / Guest Speaker:  Larry Speck, TSA

12:30 – 1:00  Break

1:00 – 2:00    Ron Davis Consulting

2:00 – 2:15    Break

2:15 – 3:30    Understanding Weather-Resistive Barriers, ParexUSA

3:30 – 3:45    Break

3:45 – 5:00    Historic Renovation: Windows, BMC

I look forward to seeing you at the April 12th meeting!

Eubanks Harris Roberts Craig Architects completed a couple of interesting projects in 2011 following are brief descriptions of some of them. Please feel free to contact us if you have any comments or questions.

Check us out on Facebook too at: http://www.facebook.com/EubanksHarrisRobertsCraigArchitects

Center for Earth & Space Science Education

Mike Craig was the principal in charge of this unique project, being the construction of a new planetarium building for the Tyler Junior College campus. The original building was constructed in 1963 and has been in continuous use since then. It was remodeled and incorporated into the design. The specialist projection dome in the new structure has a 40ft diameter and it alone covers a footprint larger than the original building. A computerized Digistar 3 projection system, by Evans and Southerland, is the heart of the system and it delivers stunning visual displays accompanied by earth-shaking sound. We have a state-of-the-art planetarium here in Tyler and it is a great place to take the family and enjoy some space exploration together!

http://www.tjc.edu/cesse/

June 8, 2012                                                                           October 18-20, 2012

Continuing Education Day                                                      TSA Convention, Austin

Rose Garden, Tyler

August (Date to be determined)                                              December (Date to be determined)

(Location to be determined)                                                    Christmas Social & Officer Installation

October (Date to be determined)                                                       

20th AIA Tabletop Show & 9-Hole Scramble