Robert Fraser, AIA, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Mary Louise (Lou) Jurkowski, AIA, BJAC PA, Raleigh

      In November 2000, North Carolina approved $5.6 billion in higher education design and construction bonds. At the time, North Carolina was one of two states that limited project delivery to multi-prime. Legislators, institutions, the Board of Governors, architects, and contractors began to question the ability to deliver the 700+ projects and identified the need for more flexibility in delivering public projects. Explore how the power of architecture was used to produce a significant public policy change.

Learning objectives:

• Identify strategies and tactics to build a consensus to influence institutions and projects, and affect positive change in public policy
• Identify ways to obtain the support of key strategic stakeholders, while mitigating the impact of vested interests
• Apply the lessons learned in North Carolina to other settings and situations.