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LCS Affiliations
American Institute of Architecture (AIA)
 LCS is an associate
member of the American Institute of Architecture (AIA). The
AIA is based in Washington, D.C. and is the leading professional
membership association for licensed architects, emerging professionals,
and allied partners since 1857. With nearly 300 state and local
chapters, the AIA serves as a voice for the architecture profession
and a resource for its members in service to society. The AIA
carries out its goal through advocacy, information, and community.
This information and further association details can be found
at www.aia.org.
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning
Engineers (ASHRAE)
 Founded
in 1894, ASHRAE is an international organization of 51,000 members. ASHRAE meets
its goal of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning
and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable
world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing
education. ASHRAE will be the global leader, the foremost
source of technical and educational information, and the primary
provider of opportunity for professional growth in the arts
and sciences of heating, ventilating, air conditioning and
refrigerating. This information and further association
details can be found at www.ashrae.org.
Associated
Builders and Contractors (ABC)
 Associated Builders and Contractors
(ABC), founded in 1950, is a national association with 77 chapters
representing 25,000 merit shop construction and construction-related
firms with two million employees. Membership in ABC represents
all specialties within the U.S. construction industry and is
comprised primarily of firms that perform work in the industrial
and commercial sectors of the industry. This information and
further association details can be found at www.abc.org.
Bay
Area Houston Economic Partnership (BAHEP)
 LCS has been in partnership
with Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership (BAHEP) since 2005.
BAHEP is a non-profit organization that promotes the creation
of jobs through retention, expansion and recruitment of businesses.
LCS continues to support the organizations quest to stimulate
regional economic development and employment. This information
and further organization details can be found at www.bayareahouston.com.
Building Commissioning Association (BCA)
 Building
commissioning grants documented confirmation that building
systems function according to the project documents criteria,
developed to fit the owner's needs. It is the goal of LCS to
achieve high professional construction standards, while allowing
for the diverse and creative approaches to building commissioning
in order to benefit our clients. For this reason, LCS has
become a member of the BCA which focuses on identifying critical
commissioning attributes and elements, rather than attempting
to dictate a rigid commissioning process. This information
and further association details can be found at www.bcxa.org.
Clinical
Lab Management Association (CLMA)
 The Clinical Lab Management
Association (CLMA) is a premier resource for laboratory professionals.
They were founded in 1976 and are an international association
with 4,000 clinical laboratory professionals. They provide
leadership in the clinical laboratory industry supporting laboratory
professionals at any stage of their career. They educate and
advocate on behalf of their members and play a leadership role
in enhancing the image and increasing the visibility of the
profession. This information and further association details
can be found at www.clma.org .
Design
Build Institute of America (DBIA)
 An association led by design
and construction industry leaders, the Design Build Institute
of America (DBIA) utilizes design-build and integrated project
delivery methods with the goal of achieving high performance
projects. Founded in 1993, the DBIA is the only organization
of members who has brought together thousands of organizations
and individuals from architects, engineers, public and private
owners, general and specialty contractors, manufacturers and
suppliers, students, college and university faculty, legal
and finance professionals, and many others. As an industry
of many parts, the DBIA unifies the design and construction
industry as a whole. This information and further association
details can be found at www.dbia.org.
The
Jack Miller Network
 LCS actively attends and participates in
Jack Miller’s
network and seminar series. The Jack Miller Network is a unique
group of professional contractors with over 700 members across
the United States and Canada. Its members gather formally twice
a year to practice "win-win sharing" of their experiences,
technical knowledge and buying power. The group continues networking
between meetings, through a member’s only section of
the Jack Miller website. This information and further details
about the network can be found at www.jackmiller.com.
Katy
Area Economic Development Council (KAEDC)
 The Katy Area Economic
Development Council (KAEDC) in Katy, Texas was founded in 2003
and is a private, non-profit, full-service economic development
corporation. With many objectives including establishing the
Katy Area as the premier location for families and businesses
through planned economic growth and development, the activities
include business attraction in the office, medical, light industrial
and mixed use project sectors. KAEDC also focuses on the retention
and expansion of existing businesses and the promotion and
facilitation of infrastructure projects to support business
development and to improve the quality of life for residents
of the Katy Area. KAEDC members contribute to the positive
growth and development of the entire region. This information
and further details about the council can be found at www.katyedc.org.
LabWize Educational Society
 LabWize, Inc. is a non-profit
educational society dedicated to the development, growth and
strengthening of competitiveness for owners, architects, engineers
and manufacturers through designing and maintaining “state-of-the-art” laboratory
and cleanroom facilities. LabWize’s goal is to promote
sustainability and energy efficient design through the sharing
of “Best Practices” for laboratories. This information
and further details about the society can be found at www.labwize.org.
National
Fire Protection Agency (NFPA)
 Established in 1896, the National
Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) is the authority on fire, electrical
and building safety. The NFPA is an international nonprofit
agency with a focus on reducing the worldwide burden of fire
and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating
consensus codes
and standards, research, training,
and education.
As the world’s leading advocate of fire prevention and an
authoritative source on public safety, the NFPA develops, publishes,
and disseminates more than 300 consensus codes and standards
intended to minimize the possibility and effects of fire and
other risks. This information and further details about the
agency can be found at www.nfpa.org.
Project Management Institute (PMI)
 With
more than half a million members and credential holders in
185 countries, PMI is the world's leading not-for-profit
membership association for the project management profession.
PMI's worldwide advocacy for project management is supported
by their globally-recognized standards and credentials, and
extensive research programs, as well as professional development
opportunities. Their products and services are the
basis of greater recognition and acceptance of project management’s
successful role in governments, organizations, academia and
industries. This information and further association details
can be found at www.pmi.org.
Scientific
Equipment and Furniture Association (SEFA)
 Organized in 1988,
the Scientific Equipment and Furniture Association (SEFA) was
created to meet the needs of an industry of lab designers and manufacturers
of laboratory furniture. With
a goal to create safe laboratory environments, SEFA members
work closely with laboratory owners, architects, contractors
and other groups in the industry striving to meet this goal.
This information and further details about the association
can be found at www.sefalabs.com.
Southern
California Biomedical Council
 LCS joined the Southern California
Biomedical Council (SoCalBio) in 2009 and has actively participated
in their networking forums. SoCalBio is the trade association
of the life-sciences industry in the Los Angeles area with
a goal to represent and promote the medical device and biotechnology
industry in Los Angeles and Orange Counties as well as adjacent
communities in the Inland Empire and Gold Coast. This information
and further details about the council can be found at www.socalbio.org.
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