HISTORY

The Ohio Society

The Ohio Society of AIBD began in 1994 as a forum for residential designers to share ideas and jointly work on issues of mutual interest. As the first president of the Ohio Society, Jim Wright provided much leadership during the early years of the organization. Through our affiliation with the National AIBD our members are exposed to the top residential designers in the country and are provided with many educational opportunities. Many of the Ohio members are actively nationally. Jim Wright is currently National President.

Past presidents of AIBD, Ohio are Jim Wright, Doug Neal, Mike Studer, Mike Frimming and Michael Battaglia.

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The National Organization

Since 1950, the American Institute of Building Design (AIBD), the nationally recognized association of Professional Building Designers, has provided its members professional and educational resources, and has developed nationwide design standards and a code of ethics for the building design profession. Today, the AIBD represents professional and associate members in 46 states and throughout Canada and abroad. Its chartered societies are active in their respective legislative arenas and work to promote public awareness of the building design profession.

The AIBD is also meeting the challenge of the future by educating members about new and improved building materials and technology that will impact how we live in the future. In response to the ever changing needs of the design profession, the AIBD board of directors has established the National Council of Building Designer Certification (NCBDC), and has charged its leadership with overseeing the Designer Certification Program. For those who have chosen the profession of building design, there is no greater evidence of competency than achieving the status of Certified Professional Building Designer (CPBD). Application for this credential is available to building designers - both professional members of the AIBD and non-AIBD members - who qualify.

Alternatively, the credential of Professional Building Designer is the highest classification level that a professional member of the AIBD can attain. To qualify, an individual must first possess a minimum of five years of educational and professional design experience. As with the CPBD credential, a Professional Building Designer must subscribe to a scrupulous code of professional ethics. Equally significant, both require a commitment to professional development through a continuing education policy and provider program.

Councils

· House Plan Marketing Association
· National Council of Building Designer Certification

House Plan Marketing Association
The House Plan Marketing Association is an independent council established to address the concerns of the pre-drawn home plans market. The principal goals are to ensure the consuming public of the highest quality product, reduce copyright infringement by educating the design community and consumers alike, provide an honorable, low cost and non-disruptive means for the resolution of copyright disputes between designers.

National Council of Building Designer Certification
The AIBD endorses and encourages its members to be a Certified Professional Building Designer (CPBD) under the National Council of Building Designer Certification (NCBDC). The NCBDC program is the only certification for residential and light frame building designers in the nation. The certification program has been certifying building designers for over 40 years and measures a designer's qualifications on a nationally recognized level. This program is a true test of an applicant's complete understanding of residential and light frame building design. Certification allows designers to demonstrate professional capabilities and is a designation of professional excellence.

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