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By Sandip R. Chandarana, Director, Professional Underwriters Agency As we continue to navigate the most extensive shift in the economic landscape that many of us will ever experience, the industries we work in and interact with on a regular basis will continue to change. Architecture and engineering firms have been particularly impacted with designers, contractors […]

Malpractice Statute of Limitations Applied to Breach of Contract Claims Asserting Negligent Supervision but Indemnification Obligations Extend Time for Filing Suit By J. Kent Holland, Jr., ConstructionRisk, LLC Statute of Limitations for causes of action for negligent supervision and breach of engineering contract are both deemed professional malpractice claims subject to a three-year statute of […]

I am pleased to announce that the Board of Directors of a/e ProNet has selected Lynda Colucci as our next executive director.  She will be assuming the position effective December 1 after her retirement from current employment.  On behalf of the board and members of the Association, I am pleased that Lynda has agreed to […]

David A. Erickseni Severson & Wersonii April 22, 2020 As we experience and emerge from “the great shutdown” of 2020, things have and will change in all aspects of life – including the design and construction process. Nowhere in the design and construction interface and transformation has the impact been greater than with respect to […]

The Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana selected WalkerHughes Insurance as the recipient of their prestigious 2019 ‘Agency of the Year’ award. Presented to a member agency that exemplifies leadership and innovation within the system and top-level customer service, both the nomination and selection speak volumes to the respective industry colleagues and competition have for an […]

Above:  Thomas G. Coghlan, a/e ProNet’s AIA Scholarship Chair and Michael Manfredi, FAIA, founder of WEISS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS presenting scholarship recipient Vardhan Mehta with a certificate recognizing his being awarded the a/e ProNet David W. Lakamp AIA Scholarship in New York on June 3, 2019.   At the end of May, the American Institute of […]

Last August, Bruce Furukawa, Esq., of Furukawa Buccieri LLP, updated a newsletter originally written in 1996 by David W. Lakamp, a founding member of a/e ProNet.  Bruce’s update was titled “The Never-Ending Challenge of Jobsite Safety”, a topic that continues to be as relevant today as in 1996. From that newsletter we read: “Let’s take […]

a/e ProNet is proud to sponsor the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Scholarship.  Each year this $5,000 scholarship is awarded to well-rounded engineering students.  The application deadline for 2019 submissions is March 15th, 2019.  Visit our Scholarships Page for more information and applications. In the summer of 2018 the ACEC announced that Leah Bectel, studying […]

Guest Post, by John Ronan: IIT Innovation Center by John Ronan Architects Opens The Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship at the Illinois Institute of Technology opens this month, the first new academic building at IIT in over forty years. The Kaplan Institute is devoted to fostering collaboration, innovation, and entrepreneurship between […]