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Move it storage on ayers11/25/2023 ![]() In introducing Ayers as the Legacy Award winner at a Nov. Dunn Award of Excellence and the American Institute of Architects’ Thomas Jefferson Award. He recently led a blue ribbon panel for the Smithsonian Institution to review the condition of its facilities and facility-management processes.Īyers has also won the Construction Industry Institute’s Carroll H. Ayers also was a member of the American Architectural Foundation’s Board of Regents from 2015 to 2017. In 2018, he was the national conference chair for the National Academy of Construction, where he currently serves on the strategic planning committee. Crew, general secretary of the National Academy of Construction, says Ayers’ commitment to developing the AOC staff gave him the ability “to tackle such iconic projects.” Crew adds, “Stephen is the consummate professional who adds value to every organization where he participates.” Botanic Garden and thousands of works of art and trees. Supreme Court, the Library of Congress, historic House and Senate office buildings, the Capitol itself, the U.S. Heading an agency with a $730-million annual budget and 2,300 employees, Ayers oversaw the upkeep and preservation of more than 17.4 million sq ft of facilities and 580 acres of grounds on the Capitol campus. For these and other accomplishments over his long career, ENR MidAtlantic has named Ayers its Legacy Award winner. His team also designed and constructed a cogeneration system at the Capitol Power Plant. Located in Culpeper, Va., the project provides underground storage for the entire audio-visual collection on 90 miles of shelving in a former underground Federal Reserve cash storage and computer operations facility.Īyers also reduced carbon emissions, increased energy efficiency and implemented sustainable design practices at the Capitol complex. Capitol Dome and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building, Ayers also worked on the Audio-Visual Conservation at the Library of Congress Packard Campus. Capitol Visitor Center, restoration of the U.S. “As an architect, and a public architect,” he says, “it just doesn’t get any better than that.” Ayers called serving as the “steward and caretaker” of the Capitol complex “a great opportunity.”īesides overseeing high-profile projects such as the U.S. Three years later, President Barack Obama nominated Ayers for the permanent post and the Senate confirmed him as the AOC-only the 11th person to hold the position, which was established in 1793. Ayers worked his way up to serve as the acting AOC in 2007. For that post, he was stationed in sunny Greece.īut Ayers, 57, didn’t land what turned out to be his dream job until returning stateside in 1996 to work for the Architect of the Capitol (AOC). But he did fulfill his foreign dreams by working for Voice of America, eventually becoming the international broadcaster’s European construction manager. Rather than report to the chilly Alaskan outpost, Ayers resigned his commission. ![]() After the first order, Ayers asked for and received a six-month reprieve before being ordered to Elmendorf again. But while serving as an officer in the 6510th Civil Engineering Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base in Kern County, Calif., Ayers received orders to move, but to Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska-not once, but twice. Ayers graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in architecture in 1985, he joined the military, with dreams of receiving an overseas assignment. ![]()
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