Building Designers Australia

After a successful trial in 2015, the new national mentoring program for BDA student members was rolled out. This initiative is run by the Building Designers Australia Accreditation and Training committee, with the aim of assisting student members currently studying to become building designers.

Members of Building Designers Australia visited the Viridian glass manufacturing plant at Erskine Park. The newly completed 20 million dollar factory was fully automated and an impressive sight.

As  a member of Building Designers Australia, Susan had the opportunity to visit the Weathertex factory in Raymond Terrace. Weathertex produces modified timber cladding products manufactured from 100% Australian products.

Building Designers Australia (BDA) hosted a stand at the Sydney TAFE Open Day where prospective students can find information on TAFE courses. BDA provided information on training to become a building designer and promoted building design as a profession. The stand was attended by Annaleisa Hampshire, Justin Strauss and Susan.

Susan joined the Building Designers Australia Accreditation and Training (BDA&T) committee. The committee focuses on training and accreditation of building designers and supports licensing of building designers in NSW, which is a requirement in most other states in Australia.

Judging has started for this year's Building Designers Australia (BDA) national design awards. Susan is involved in the judging for this year's awards. The winners to be announced in Hobart  later this year.

Susan joins a team of industry judges to assess entries and select the winners of this year's Building Designers Australia (BDA) design awards. The winners will be announced at Lake Macquarie later this year and the results will be published in Winning Designs magazine.

Susan was selected to join a team of judges assessing entries in this year's BDA NSW design awards. The winners will be announced at the annual conference to be held in the Hunter Valley later this year.

The design for Newtown Terrace received a commendation for its design in the BDA NSW Design Awards and was a finalist in the BDA National Design Awards.