The SCOPE Newsletter
MAY CHAPTER MEETING
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Forensic engineer Liberty Lewis of SBSA, Inc. spoke at our May Chapter Meeting about "Critical Architectural Details to Reduce Potential for Water Intrusion."
JUNE CHAPTER MEETING We wrap up every fiscal year with our June Chapter meeting. We have more tabletop displays than usual, year-end Chapter awards are presented, and ice cream is served. After this meeting, we won't meet again as a Chapter until September. Don't miss this opportunity to wrap up the CSI year, and kick off the summer, at our June meeting. If you're interested in helping to select next fiscal year's programs for our monthly Chapter meetings, contact Liz O'Sullivan at liz@lizosullivanarch.com.
DENVER FISCAL YEAR 2016: CREATING A FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION
May 2016 HOW DID WE GET HERE? Sheldon Wolfe, RA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, CSC … To understand what made CSI grow, we must look at what it was about construction documents that encouraged the formation of CSI. We could search for documents from that time and analyze them, or we could use the original goals of the organization as an indicator of what was wrong with construction documents. Consider this list of the five priorities, and what they suggest - if these things were not problems, there would have been no reason fixing them would have been a goal!
Better specification writing. Unless specifications were poorly written, there would have been no need for improvement. I have read specifications written in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and I will tell you they could have been better.
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NEW DENVER CDT & CCS CERTIFICANTS Three Denver Chapter members earned new credentials in April. Jeff Hamby of Cosentino earned his CDT certificate, and Mike Bensky of Hord Coplan Macht and Suzanne Minear of Anderson Mason Dale Architects earned their CCS certifications. Congratulations to Suzanne, Mike, and Jeff for their successful performance on their exams! CSI offers 4 different credentialing exams. The CDT (Construction Documents Technology) Certificate is for anyone who writes, interprets, enforces, or manages construction documents. It is a prerequisite to the other 3 credentialing exams, the CCS (Certified Construction Specifier), the CCCA (Certified Construction Contract Administrator) and the CCPR (Certified Construction Product Representative). If you're interested in getting your CDT certificate, check out the Denver Chapter's CDT Preparation Course, which will be offered in August. Learn more about CSI certification.
GOLF TOURNAMENT Our 2016 Golf Tournament will be Monday, July 18, at stunning Arrowhead Golf Club in Littleton. Register today! The Golf Tournament is open to CSI members and non-members. Form a foursome or register as a single to enjoy a fun day of golf, lunch, and networking. Click for more information. Check out the photos from last year's tournament.
WELCOME TO THE DENVER CHAPTER! New Member: David Stubbs, CSI
TIME TO RENEW! Carl Hole, CSI, AIA, LEED AP Austin Jones, CSI Jim Leckenby, CSI Tom Quammen, CSI Sam Stubblefield, CSI Steve Dawson, CSI Aaron Blom, CSI CSI ANNUAL CONVENTION & CONSTRUCT The CSI Annual Convention and CONSTRUCT trade show will be September 7 through 9 in Austin, Texas. Click for more information and to register for this national event.
IN THE MEDIA Website: www.denvercsi.org/ Twitter: DenverCSI Facebook: CSI Denver Chapter Wordpress: denvercsiblog LinkedIn: LinkedIn Denver Member blogs: Comments from a Spec Writer Liz O’Sullivan How Does Spec Writing Work? David Bishton
DENVER FISCAL YEAR 2016: CREATING A FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION