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Consumer Board Member Positions Available
The Boards of Certified Interior Designers, Examiners of Landscape Architects, and Professional Engineers are looking for volunteers to serve as consumer members. This position is open to any Maryland citizen who is not licensed by the Board of Certified Interior Designers, Examiners of Landscape Architects, or Professional Engineers respectively. As a volunteer board member, you assist with the regulation and governance of one of these professional industries, be it interior design, landscape architecture, or professional engineering. Service on the board provides you with the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the protection of the citizens of Maryland. As a consumer member, you have the opportunity to shape licensing regulations, as well as contributing to the code of ethics , practice and safety standards that ensure consumer protection. To learn more or apply, visit the Governor's Appointment's Office website.
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BOARD OF ARCHITECTS
Delegates from the Maryland Board of Architects Attend NCARB’s Annual Business Meeting
Delegates from the Maryland Board of Architects attended NCARB’s Annual Business Meeting in Austin, Texas on June 2-4. This three-day event invites board members from across the country and associated jurisdictions to discuss matters integral to the practice of architecture and the regulation of the profession. During the Annual Meeting, board members had the opportunity to vote on resolutions related to updating the requirements for NCARB certification and official documents, receive updates from leadership about critical issues impacting specific state boards and elect new officers for the Board of Directors, among other topics.
(L-R) Paul D. Edmeades, Chair, [Marie Edmeades], Douglas Polt, board member; Stephanie V. Hopkins, board member; Mark R. Flemming, board member; Kevin Sneed, [Lisa Ey] Gary Ey, board member.
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BOARD OF CERTIFIED INTERIOR DESIGNERS
CIDQ Annual Meeting 2022 in Los Angeles
Registration is open for the Council for Interior Design Qualification (CIDQ) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA this fall. The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Grand Los Angeles hotel November 11 - 12, and registration closes October 31. Keynote speeches and breakout sessions will be held on a variety of topics including environmental sustainability, diversity, the trends and direction for the NCIDQ exam, education requirements, and more. If you are interested in attending, please visit the CIDQ website to register.
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BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
New Board Administrator - Faith Green
As of September 7, 2022, Faith Green has assumed the position of Board Administrator for the Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects, Board of Professional Land Surveyors, and Joint Charis of Professional Design Boards. She comes to the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing from the private sector, previously providing administrative services in the legal profession. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in International Relations and will soon complete a master's degree in Business Administration at the University of Maryland Global Campus.
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Maryland ASLA Awards Gala Recap
- MDASLA 50 - Emcee (Jack Sullivan), Panelists (Greg Hoer, Grace Fielder, ASLA; Maryland Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects; Barbara Hopkins; Brian Reetz)
The Maryland Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) recently held its annual Awards Gala to celebrate the exceptional work and accomplishments of its members. This year’s event drew more than 120 members and supporters to Historic Savage Mill in Howard County and featured a special commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Maryland Chapter. To celebrate the milestone, event organizers assembled a panel of long-time members and leaders within the profession to present a retrospective of major accomplishments and the impacts that the chapter has had on the field of landscape architecture. The panel was comprised of Greg Hoer (chapter president, 1980), Grace Fielder (member of the Maryland Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects), Barbara Hopkins (chapter president 2016-2017), and Brian Reetz (chapter president, 2004) and was moderated by Jack Sullivan, FASLA, and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland.
Honorees
Each year, the Awards Gala brings Maryland ASLA members and partners together in fellowship while drawing public attention to the outstanding work and contributions of landscape architects. This year’s highest project honors went to Hord Coplan Macht’s Glasshouse – a multi-family residential project on a former brownfield site overlooking the City of Pittsburgh. Om Khurkejar, a principal of Hord Coplan Macht and former chapter president, was presented with the Mid-Career Award established to honor an individual in the middle stage of their career for their passion, commitment to the field, and body of work.
The chapter also recognizes and celebrates individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary passion and commitment to the profession of landscape architecture. Recently retired principal at Mahan Rykiel, J. Kenneth Schmidt was honored with an Award of Excellence for his long and successful career focused on highly specialized transportation projects. Parks & People Foundation took home the prestigious Spencer Ellis Award named in honor of the early chapter president and environmental champion and given annually to an individual or organization that has made a significant contribution to the preservation and conservation of the local environment in Maryland. For over 30 years, Parks & People Foundation has expanded park opportunities and enhanced green spaces throughout Baltimore City, advocating for communities most in need.
The evening ended with the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to Dennis Nola, FASLA. A past president of Maryland ASLA and recently retired Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland, Mr. Nola has been a pillar of the landscape architecture field in Maryland throughout his career spanning several decades, demonstrating unparalleled commitment to teaching and mentoring, design, and stewardship of the environment.
To learn more about Maryland ASLA including upcoming events, please visit the Maryland ASLA website.
Indigenous Landscape Architecture and Sustainability
By Faith Green, Examiners of Landscape Architects Board Administrator
When I first started my position, I did not understand the science and art behind landscape architecture; how creating lawn sculptures and developing pragmatic, environmental solutions are worlds apart. Since starting as Board Administrator, I have come to know the importance of such a discipline. Landscape architecture as an inter-disciplinary field of study in the United States did not exist until the middle of the nineteenth century with Frederick Olmstead’s design of Central Park in New York City. More importantly, I now have a greater understanding of how landscape architecture connects to the entirety of U.S. history, going back to its original caretakers and designers.
For many, landscape architecture is connected to creating aesthetically pleasing parks with biodegradable dog bags placed every quarter-mile, or developing residential communities with thriving biodiversity over what was once mounds of trash and dirt. It is aesthetically pleasing, sustainable, and increasingly necessary. However, the art and science of planning, design, and management of communities and the surrounding environment of this continent began centuries before with the Indigenous Peoples of North America. As we observe Indigenous Peoples' Day this month, it is important to recognize the way indigenous landscape architecture practices shaped and maintained the very landscapes that you as design professionals work with today.
The Indigenous way of landscape architecture revolves around a cultural responsibility to the environment, and sustainability for the generations that have not yet been born. It stems from a sense of responsibility to others, and collective ownership practices of the land. This is in direct contrast to the Western model of privilege given through singular land ownership and external regulation. According to Charles Shafaieh (2020), as he wrote for the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), “This enforced isolation reinforced the long-held colonialist project, both conscious and unconscious, of removing these societies from those of the settler colonialists by separating them from roads, cities, towns, and, in some instances, natural resources”.
Despite the tumultuous history, a future of understanding and collaboration is developing. In Minneapolis’ Native community, one of the largest urban Native communities in the country, a dialogue has begun. Daniel D’Oca, an associate professor at GSD, has set up classes that require his students to work on projects with the locals from that community, and using the communities’ ideas to address their mutual problems. The key to avoid repeating the past is to listen. Listen to each other’s stories, problems, and solutions. It involves setting aside any presumptions or sense of self-importance.
How does a project in Minneapolis affect landscape architecture in Maryland? Rather, why does it matter what an Indigenous community does hundreds of miles away matter here? It is because change has to start somewhere, with someone. The land of Minneapolis is as much our land as Baltimore City, and therefore it is our responsibility to work with Indigenous landscape architects to upkeep this land. There is a lot to learn from Native planning and design for both Maryland’s rural and urban environments. Listening to each other is the only way we can move forward.
References:
Jojola, T. (n.d.). Indigenous Design + Planning Institute. Indigenous Design + Planning Institute | The University of New Mexico. Retrieved October 11, 2022, from https://idpi.unm.edu/
Shafaieh, C. (2021, July 14). This land is your land: Students interrogate why "urban" and "indigenous" are cast as opposing identities. Harvard Graduate School of Design. Retrieved October 11, 2022, from https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/2020/11/this-land-is-your-land-students-of-daniel-doca-engage- with-indigenous-architecture-in-minneapolis-and-british-columbia/ .
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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENIGNEERS
New Board Chairperson - Howard C. ‘Skip’ Harclerode II, P.E
At the August 11, 2022 meeting of the Maryland Board of Professional Engineers, Lt. COL (MD Ret.) Howard C. ‘Skip’ Harclerode II, P.E., F.NSPE, F.AIChE., engineer member, was elected as the new chairperson of the Board of Professional Engineers. He replaces the previous chairperson, David Mongan, engineer member, who now serves as Vice Chairperson of the Board.
Harclerode is the Founder and President of KBD Engineering Company, Inc.; an environmental, chemical process, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, civil and structural engineering firm he founded in 1986. He has made sustained and unusual contributions to the public welfare and to the advancement of the engineering profession throughout his long and distinguished career. He has served on the Maryland State Board of Profession Engineers since 2003, where he was Chairperson of the Board from previously 2008 to 2016 and Vice-Chairperson & Chairperson of the Complaint Committee from 2005 to 2008. He succeeds David Mongan as Chairperson of the Board.
Harclerode is a Fellow of the National Society of Professional Engineers and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He is an active member of the National Council Examiners of Engineering & Surveying. He has been on the Board of Directors as the Northeast Zone Vice-President & Asst. Zone Vice-President from 2007 to 2011. He has been a member of the Engineering Education Task Force from 2007-2010 and a member of the Uniform Procedures and Legislative Guidelines from 2004 to 2008. He served two terms as the UPLG Chair and later served as a consultant to UPLG from 2008 to 2010. He served as a member of the Fire Protection/Design-Build Task Force, Chairman of the Finance Committee from 2010 to 2011, a member of the Examinations for Professional Engineers (EPE) Committee from 2014 to 2019, and consultant to CBT Task Force from 2010 to 2011, Bylaws Committee Chairman from 2019 to 2020 and 2021 to 2022 and a member of the Awards Committee from 2020-2021.
Harclerode has been extremely active in professional affairs. He was the Treasurer of the Maryland Society of Engineers from 1984 to 1985, co-chairman of Maryland Engineers Week activities for more than 5 years and Co-Founder of the MDSPE Educational Foundation in 1984. At the national level, Harclerode has been a member of NSPE since 1980. In 1981, NSPE chose him to be the NSPE-PEI Congressional Fellow.
Harclerode has significant contributions to Scouting, his church, the local recreation council, and the State of Maryland (MDDF). He is married to Judith L. Harclerode, a retired attorney and resides in Baltimore County, Maryland.
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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS
Proposed Amendments to Regulations - COMAR 09.13.06
The Board of Professional Land Surveyors has proposed amendments to Regulations .02, .04, and .05 under COMAR 09.13.06 concerning the Minimum Standards of Practice. This action was considered by the Board for Professional Land Surveyors at a public meeting held on May 4, 2022. The purpose of of these changes is to provide additional definitions and clarify requirements for the exemption of certain individuals from requiring a license as professional land surveyors for the exclusive purpose of determining topography and contours.
The period for public comment on these proposed regulations is currently open and will close on October 26, 2022. Comments may be sent to Zevi Thomas, Executive Director, State Board for Professional Land Surveyors, Department of Labor, 1100 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, or call 410-230-6262, or email to zevi.thomas@maryland.gov, or fax to 410962-8483.
You can read the proposed regulations on the Board's website as well as the current regulations as written on the Division of State Documents website.
Responsible Charge for Firm Permits
The Board of Professional Land Surveyors would like remind all firm permit holders to consider the following in regards to your firm's designee for responsible charge:
- The responsible charge is responsible for renewing your firm permit every two years and must be a Maryland licensed land surveyor (See Maryland Annotated Code §15–402.1(2) and §15–403(b)). If this land surveyor's individual license is due for renewal, then their individual license must be renewed before the firm permit can be renewed.
- The responsible charge is the only person who can access the system to renew your firm's permit. If this designee leaves the firm, make sure to retrieve the login password/PIN so that a newly designated responsible charge can access your firm's account for renewal.
- If your responsible charge changes at your firm at any time, you must notify the board of this change and provide us with the license information of your new responsible charge (See Maryland Annotated Code §15–407(1)).
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Upcoming Public Meetings
All of our meetings are open and accessible to the public via Google Meet. Please make sure that your phone or computer is muted when entering the meeting. Most of the meeting will be for our Board members and staff to discuss official business and only they will be allowed to speak during those portions. However, toward the end of the meeting, there will be a portion of the meeting set aside for public comment where any members of the public on the call may share any questions or feedback about what was discussed during the meeting with the Board. You can find the agendas for upcoming meetings and minutes from past meetings on our website for all of our boards:
Board of Architects | Board of Certified Interior Designers | Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects | Board of Professional Engineers| Board of Professional Land Surveyors
Board of Architects
The Board of Architects regularly meets on the fourth Wednesday of every month, with the exception of July and November. You can join the meeting using this link or by dialing in at 1-320-377-9655 and entering the PIN number: 698 740 241#.
Upcoming Dates
October 26, 2022 - 11:00 a.m.
December 14, 2022 - 11:00 a.m.
January 25, 2023 - 11:00 a.m.
Board of Certified Interior Designers
The Board of Certified Interior Designers regularly meets quarterly, usually on the third Tuesday of the month. You can join the meeting using this link or by dialing in at 1-617-675-4444 and entering the PIN number: 509 417 314#.
Upcoming Dates
January 17, 2023 - 1:30 p.m.
Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects
The Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects regularly meets quarterly, usually on the third Monday of the month. You can join the meeting using this link or by dialing in at 1-470-745-0574 and entering the PIN number: 254 911 810#.
Upcoming Dates
October 31, 2022 - 1:30 p.m.
January 23, 2023 - 1:30 p.m.
Board of Professional Engineers
The Board of Architects regularly meets on the second Thursday of every month. You can join the meeting using this link or by dialing in at 1-484-416-2276 and entering the PIN number: 201 307 165#.
Upcoming Dates
November 10, 2022 - 9:30 a.m.
December 8, 2022 - 9:30 a.m.
January 12, 2023 - 9:30 a.m.
February 9, 2023 - 9:30 a.m.
Board of Professional Land Surveyors
The Board of Professional Land Surveyors regularly meets on the first Wednesday of every month, . You can join the meeting using this link or by dialing in at 1-352-608-0121 and entering the PIN number: 767 512 793#.
Upcoming Dates
November 9, 2022 - 11:00 a.m.
December 7, 2022 - 11:00 a.m.
January 4, 2023 - 11:00 a.m.
February 1, 2023 - 11:00 a.m.
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Message from the Commissioner's Office
By Gregory J. Morgan, Commissioner for the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing
As we enter the Fall Season of 2022, we often reflect on how quickly summer passed, and we move to the busy back-to-school season, soon followed by the winter holiday season. Our team continues to improve the licensing process for the over 260,000 licensees we support across 25 professions and occupations. With technological advances, we continue to expand our online resources, allowing licensees to apply and renew licenses at any time of the day.
Our experienced customer service team is expanding and available to assist our licensees during regular business hours, as we understand that not all questions can be answered online. Each day we continue the mission of O&P “To help foster economic growth by assisting our customers in a timely, professional manner while protecting the health, safety and welfare of the public by assuring that our licensees have met a standard of expertise”.
This newsletter has all of the the meeting and contact information for the board that fits your design profession. If you need assistance or have questions, please do not hesitate to utilize these resources.
Go Ravens!
My best,
Gregory J. Morgan
Commissioner
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LARRY HOGAN, GOVERNOR • BOYD K. RUTHERFORD, LT. GOVERNOR
TIFFANY P. ROBINSON, SECRETARY
Maryland Department of Labor / Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing
1100 N. Eutaw Street / Baltimore, MD 21202
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