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		<title>Monthly Meeting Next Tuesday (May 15, 2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our next monthly meeting will be this coming Tuesday, May 15. The evening&#8217;s session will be a continued discussion on Building Science, presented by John Hattie of Atlantic Home Designs Limited. John will be leading an interactive discussion on Wall Assemblies &#8211; please feel free to jump into the discussion and ask any questions about the design or detailing of all types of wall construction. As usual, our meeting will take place in Room 5424 at NSCC Waterfront or via [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next Monthly Meeting April 17th</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Everyone, NSHBDA’s next regular monthly meeting is Tuesday, April 17 at 6:00pm in room 5424 at NSCC Waterfront (or by video-link to NSCC Lunenburg). &#160; The evening’s presentation is “Client Relations”, and is a part of a new series of presentations covering small business topics.  This session will utilize a member-based panel along with a moderator to introduce topics and help spark discussion on various topics related to working with clients of all sorts.  Everyone is encouraged to participate in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NSHBDA’s monthly meeting for March</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone, NSHBDA’s next regular monthly meeting is Tuesday, March 20 at 6:00pm in room 5424 at NSCC Waterfront (or by video-link to NSCC Lunenburg). The evening’s presentation is “Building Science &#8211; Foundations”, and is a part of our second level of accreditation. This session will include an interactive discussion on various foundation systems, along with insulation, vapour barrier and air barrier systems and details. All are welcome to participate in the discussion, which is sure to be lively and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NSPI Tour &#8211; Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last evening Paul Currie of NSPI, Denis Morris of M&#38;R Engineering and Sheena Gilman of Fowler Bauld &#38; Mitchell hosted the members of NSHBDA and Solar Nova Scotia on a tour of NSPI&#8217;s wonderful new building on Lower Water Street. The over 40 attendees enjoyed hearing about the re-design and re-use of this amazing structure and the future plans for hosting the Discovery Centre in the old sound stage space.  We were given detailed information on the innovative mechanical systems (harbour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February meeting tonight!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The February meeting of NSHBDA is taking place tonight, in room 5424 at NSCC Waterfront campus, and by video-link to NSCC Lunenburg campus. Tonight&#8217;s presentation is on Exterior Plumbing Design, and is being presented by Steve Williams of Mac Williams Engineering.  This is a mandatory course for our first level of certification. Since co-founding Mac Williams Engineering in 1984, Steve has been involved in providing design and field services on a number of projects primarily for unserviced subdivision developments with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcement of 2012 NSHBDA Design Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 Design Competition The Nova Scotia Home &#38; Building Designers Association is holding its sixth annual design competition among its members, to find the best designed homes and small buildings in the province. The winning homes and building will be featured in the Fall Ideal Home Show, “NSHBDA Design Competition Gallery”, along with all other submitted designs. They may also be used in other media related outlets, as to promote the Association and its members. Categories will include &#8220;new home under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NSPI Building Tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NSHBDA has organized an interactive tour of the new NSPI headquarters on Lower Water Street in Halifax.  The tour is scheduled for 7:00pm on Wednesday, February 29th.  The tour is free, and all are welcome to join in.  Please reply and let us know if you are interested in attending this tour – we need to confirm our numbers by the end of the day on Friday, February 17. NSPI’s Lower Water Street project was honoured with the Lieutenant Governor’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>January Monthly Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NSHBDA’s next regular monthly meeting is Tuesday, January 17 at 6:00pm in room 5424 at NSCC Waterfront (or by video-link to NSCC Lunenburg). The evening’s presentation is a follow-up to November&#8217;s “DRAWING REVIEW SESSION”.  As it proved to be in November, this is sure to be a lively and highly interactive discussion on some of our members’ drawings. Additional members will show us digital copies of their current working drawings, and we will discuss drawing styles, details, etc.  All are welcome to participate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Social Next Tuesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our annual Christmas Social will take place this coming Tuesday (December 13) in room 5329 at NSCC Waterfront. This social gathering will start at 5:30pm and will run until 8:00pm.  We invite all of our student, designer and corporate members to join us for sandwiches, light snacks, assorted desserts and beverages in a relaxed, social setting. The evening will feature product presentations from Gord MacPherson of ventgrid (www.ventgrid.ca) and Russell MacKinnon of CertainTeed Gypsum and Insulation (www.certainteed.com). Please come by and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advanced Structural Design Course</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please note that the ADVANCED STRUCTURAL DESIGN COURSE is scheduled for NOVEMBER 19 &#38; 20 from 9AM to 4:30 PM at the WATERFRONT CAMPUS (room TBD). Fees will be $20 students, $40 for members, and $60 for non-members. The PREREQUISITE for this course is the INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL DESIGN, last offered in the spring of 2010. You must sign up before the end of the day on Friday, November 11. To register, please contact Don Roscoe at solardon.ns@gmail.com or 902-852-3789. [...]]]></description>
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