(Chicago, IL – June 24, 2022) GSBS Architects President Kevin Miller was inducted into the College of Fellows in a ceremony at the 2022 National AIA Conference today in Chicago. Miller’s investiture is in recognition of many years of service to the AIA, in which Miller had a hand in drafting or updating literally hundreds of legal documents used daily by Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) professionals across the country.
Miller is one of a class of 88 inductees in 2022, and the only individual from a Utah architectural firm. According to the AIA, inductees are “architects who have made significant contributions to the profession and society” and only three percent of registered architects ever attain the status of Fellow, within the AIA. In Utah, there are currently 23 AIA Fellows either practicing or emeritus.
AIA Fellows can be nominated for various contributions such as architectural design, public service, or education. Miller’s recognition is for his service and leadership within the AIA Contract Documents Committee. During his 14-year ongoing tenure, Miller had a hand in drafting 204 of the 218 legal documents currently offered by the AIA to aid and safeguard everyone involved in design/build professions. Miller also served as Chair of the committee from 2015-2016.
“Kevin has grown and contributed from a ‘soldier in the trenches’ to a ‘leader in the trenches,’ resulting in widespread impact on the AIA members, the AIA, the Documents Program, and the AEC community,” said nominator Michael Stransky, himself a Fellow in the AIA.
“I do not know of another architect who has given more, nor had more impact on AIA contract documents than Kevin Miller—there is hardly a document among the hundreds that has not benefited under his leadership and action,” Stransky concluded.
GSBS provides architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, energy engineering, economic analysis, sustainability, and planning services through offices in Salt Lake City, Utah and Fort Worth, Texas. During the last 40 years, the firm has completed hundreds of projects in the fields of recreation, commercial, academic, government, justice, hospitality, and health care, and others.