Mission Statement

The mission of the AIA/CES Providers Program is to inspire and guide providers of continuing educational programs to consistently deliver quality lifelong learning activities for architects. The AIA/CES office will assist AIA/CES Registered Providers that demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement and excellence in continuing education. The AIA/CES Guidelines for Educational Excellence address the CES Registered Provider's overall commitment to quality programming and delivery.

CES Award for Excellence PodCasts (Click on the Title to download or paste URL into mp3)

The Perspective of the Award
featuring Katin Imes, two-time award jury member

Leadership and Committment
featuring Katin Imes, two-time award jury member


2007 Award Winner in Medium Firm Category - Lord, Aeck & Sargent
featuring Daniel J. Schumm, Manager of Professional Development

2007 Award Winner in Component Category - AIA Northern Virginia
featuring Deborah S. Burns, Hon. VSAIA, Executive Director
Part 1 

2007 Award Winner in Component Category - AIA Northern Virginia
featuring Deborah S. Burns, Hon. VSAIA, Executive Director
Part 2

2007 CES Award Winners
Marshall Craft Associates located in Baltimore, Maryland is this year’s CES Award small  firm winner. This is a very impressive program, and truly extraordinary for a smaller firm.  It is especially strong in terms of assessing the firm's commitments to continuing education against its claims and change order records - CES Award Jury 

Lord, Aeck & Sargent Architecture located in Atlanta, Georgia is this year’s CES Award medium sized firm winner. This is a comprehensive, serious and laudable program, exemplary in all respects.  It is especially strong in terms of assessing the firm's commitments to continuing education against the "one hundred best companies to work for" and recognizing it as key to employee satisfaction and firm success - CES Award Jury

2006 CES Award Winners
Cannon Design located in Grand Island, New York is this year’s CES Award large firm winner. Professional development needs are identified through various means ranging from the firm’s strategic plan to staff licensing requirements to its performance review process. - CES Award Jury

AIA Northern Virginia, Alexandria, Virginia won the AIA Component provider category. Outstanding use of existing Human Resources – the experience of both the CES Committee Chair and the Executive Director, along with their combined experience with AIA National is impressive. - CES Award Jury

Rogers Krajnak Architects, Inc., from Columbus, Ohio won the small firm provider category for Honorable Mention. Each session includes an evaluation form, which collects data to reflect learning by staff role. Evaluation forms are used in quarterly reviews of the sessions and of the overall program.

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2005 CES Award Winners
The west coast sweeps the honors this year. Mithun, Inc. located in Seattle, Washington is this year’s CES Award large firm winner. The jury was impressed with Mithun’s great assessment tools using a mix of surveys, employee reviews, and suggestion box. Custom Building Products (CBP) is located in Seal Beach, California and took the commercial provider honors. The jury commented on CBP’s great philosophy on how quality education impacts their reputation and bottom line. Another California winner was AIA Orange County as an honorable mention for the AIA Component category. The AIA/CES jury indicates that AIAOC is laying a good foundation for its program. Full Story from AIArchitect

2004 CES Award Winners
Winners include CertainTeed and Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Architects & Engineers, PC, as the AIA/CES Award for Excellence recipients. CertainTeed is recognized for the effectiveness of its series of education programs, offered at the national, state, and local levels through close vertical cooperation throughout the company and with its sales representatives. EYP/University ties together the firm's four offices in a collective of in-house education programs predicated on existing staff expertise. Through their continuing education programs, the firm is able to capture both institutional memory and knowledge and make it available to everybody.

2003 CES Award Winners
Strong continuing-education programs add to the bottom line as firm culture and skills from basic to advanced are shared and institutionally saved. Service and product providers offer continuing education to clients as a way to build trust and, thereby, market share. Winners were Gresham, Smith & Partners; Energy Center of Wisconsin; and Ron Blank & Associates.
Full Story from AIArchitect

2002 CES Award Winners
The AIA recognized CES Providers and their commitment to an overall system of quality programming. The award winners were AIA Columbus; FreemanWhite, Inc.; and United States Gypsum Co.

Best Practices
Firmwide Continuing Education Pays Off
Charlotte's FreemanWhite, Inc., winner of the 2001 AIA/CES Award for Excellence (large firm), has a strong continuing education program that benefits all employees and bolsters the bottom-line.
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