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PWC

July 29--8:00 am to 10:00 am Professional Women In Construction (PWC) presents "Developers Forum: Building a Greener New York" at The Yale Club, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue (44th Street), NYC. Featured speakers are David Burney, commissioner, NYC Dept. of Design & Construction; Christopher Albanese, executive v.p., Albanese Organization, Inc.; David Kaplan, AIA, senior principal, Fox & Fowle Architects; Michael Deane, senior project manager, Bovis Lend Lease and Elizabeth Heider, AIA, v.p., Skanska USA Building, Inc. Tickets: $65 members; $75 nonmembers ($10 surcharge at door if no reservation). Sponsorship: $750 (includes 10 tickets, acknowledgment). RSVP: tel: [phone]; fax: [phone]; email: [e-mail].

NYBC 

June 30--The New York Building Congress hosts a Construction Industry Breakfast Forum with Charles A. Gargano, Chairman of the Empire State Development Corporation, and Jay Cross, President of The New York Jets. Registration and reception at 8:00 a.m., program and breakfast begins at 8:30 a.m., Club 101, 101 Park Avenue, at the corner of 40th Street. Fee: $45 NYBC members; $65 for non-members. All reservations, cancellations and substitutions must be received by June 25. For reservations please visit www.buildingcongress.com, or for more information, call the Building Congress at [phone].

AIA

August 10--Steven Abbattista, P.E., LEED, vice president of O'Dea, Lynch, Abbattista Consulting Engineers (OLA) will be presenting "MEP Systems for Sustainable Buildings" and will discuss the growth of the green building movement and LEED certification and the need for sustainable building systems and an integrated design team. The presentation, which will be held at The Cafeteria, 303 South Broadway in Tarrytown, from 5pm to 7pm is designed to educate the architect or prime consultant about quality MEP systems that bring water efficiency, energy efficiency, and indoor environment quality. Further information at www.aiawestchestermh.org or by calling Susan O'Neill, Marketing Coordinator at [phone] x 240.