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| AIA 2006 Intern Development Program Outstanding Firm Award The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announces Gould Evans Associates of Kansas City, Mo. and Cannon Design of Grand Island, N.Y. as the two recipients of the 2006 Intern Development Program (IDP) Outstanding Firm Award. Every year the AIA Intern Development Program Coordinating Committee (IDPCC) recognizes architecture firms that demonstrate exemplary commitment and contributions to architectural interns in their professional development. Gould Evans Associates, a large firm, attributes the high honor of receiving the Outstanding Firm Award to its in-house IG:AP (Intern Group and the Architectural Profession, pronounced "I-Gap") intern development and mentoring program. The Outstanding Firm Award this year also went to Cannon Design, a large firm in New York which had 57 interns participating in IDP in 2005. The jurors were impressed with the in-house IDP Advisory Committee which was created to provide solutions for helping interns gain IDP units. In addition to the committee, Cannon Design publishes a newsletter entitled "Mentoring Today" that provides employees with information about ongoing and new mentoring initiatives across the firm's many offices. The Intern Development Program started in 1976 as a pilot program developed by the AIA and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards to ensure the continued support of interns by the changing profession of architecture. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |