RBI - Involvement (Rice Building Institute)

Involvement Options

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We encourage individuals, corporations, foundations and organizations to consider our many opportunities for charitable giving. In addition to our membership enrollment, we typically have various sponsorship opportunities associated with events and publishing projects which provide increased recognition and involvement with the Institute and the community it serves. Rice University Building Institute is part of Rice University, a 501(c)(3) institution.

Stakeholders:
The RBI integrates its activities with all professions and industries involved in shaping the built environment:

Real Estate Owners & Users
Architects & Engineers
General Contractors / Specialty Contractors / Major Subs
Program Managers / Project Managers / Construction Managers
Building Materials Manufacturers & Suppliers
Construction Finance Industry
Real Estate Development Industry
Regulators

Currently there are Membership, Underwriter and Sponsorship Opportunities available for the following programs:

2010 Research Fellows Program:
The 2010 Research Fellows Program will consist of 10 events, which kick off on March 3-4th with our Annual Convocation. Our first Research Collaborative will follow on March 24-25th in Dallas, with eight additional Research Collaboratives running one per month through November 2010.

The Annual Convocation is both a "lessons learned" review of the 2009 Research Collaboratives and a preview of the 2010 Research Collaboratives . This event kicks off the Research Fellows Program each year, providing a recap of each Research Fellows Collaborative topic and an interdisciplinary perspective of the results. The Institute also introduces the new Research Fellows and their topics to the A/E/C/O community at this event each year.

This year, the Annual Convocation will be followed by a series of 9 Research Collaboratives, each led by a research Fellow, all of whom are Healthcare Facility Executives for 2010. Collaboratives are the individual sessions for each healthcare system. Each Fellow will select a topic for their Panelists to focus on and the Institute will work with the Fellow to determine industry experts with relevant knowledge, experience and background in the topic area. These Research Collaboratives, to which the A/E/C/O industry are invited, will be held one per month, over a Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning from March 24th through November 4th.

To learn more about our Research Fellows Program, and the currently scheduled Research Collaboratives, please visit that area of our site or contact our office. We look forward to your involvement in the 2010 Research Fellows Program.