2012-03 March Specifics Newsletter

San Francisco Chapter
Construction Specifications Institute
VOL. XLVIII NO. 3 | MARCH 2012 | NEWSLETTER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER | CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS INSTITUTE
Specifics
DINNER MEETING
RSVP:
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012
5:30 – 8:30 PM
Castagnola’s Restaurant
286 Jefferson at Jones Street
AN INTRODUCTION TO
CONCRETE FLOOR SLABS
Speaker: Jennifer Chambers
Business Development Manager
IFTI – Independent Floor Testing &
Inspection, Inc.
Come learn about the causes of moisture related floor covering failures and the latest industry
standard test methods.
At the end of this program, you will understand:
- Many of the causes of concrete floor slab moisture problems.
- Industry standards related to testing and preparation of concrete floor slabs.
- Testing methods for concrete moisture testing.
This program provides 1 AIA/CES Credit.
That’s what SFCSI programs are all about --Professional development for design and construction professionals.©
Please make your reservations no later than Monday, March 12, 2012.
Go to http://www.cvent.com/d/pcql9q
Cost is $10 for members of the San Francisco Chapter, $45 for all others.
RESERVATIONS REQUIRE PRE-PAYMENT.
Place:
Castagnola’s Restaurant
Time: 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
286 Jefferson, San Francisco
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Social Hour
Dinner & Program
Parking: Parking is available at the Fishermen’s Wharf Parking Lot at Jefferson and Taylor. Castagnola’s
validates your parking for up to 3 hours. Also accessible using BART, ferry, and Muni.
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San Francisco Chapter
Construction Specifications Institute
VOL. XLVIII NO. 3 | MARCH 2012 | NEWSLETTER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER | CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS INSTITUTE
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE MARCH 2012
By Larry Fosnight
Greetings! I hope the New Year has presented good opportunities for
you. From many perspectives (unemployment rate, analysts reviews,
client reviews, and gut feeling), 2012 is already turning out to be
a more positive year for our industry. As the industry continues its
recovery momentum, this is a great time to invest in yourself and your
President Larry Fosnight
business.
By the time you read this, our Spring Education Seminar will have
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
April – No Dinner Meeting
See you at the WR Conference!
April 26-29, 2012
West Region Conference
May 9 – Dinner Meeting
taken place, but I want to thank Tim Maliepaard and the rest of the
Board for helping our chapter to focus more strongly on education
again. I would also like to thank our seminar sponsors, who helped us
make this an exceptional value for our attendees, as well as providing
interesting tabletop displays.
You can also invest in yourself this year by attending our highly
informative dinner programs, whose quality has brought us some
great reviews. And what an extraordinary value for our members! For
June 13 – Awards Banquet
July 11 – Dinner Meeting
August 8 – Dinner Meeting
September 11-14 - Construct 2012
Phoenix, AZ
September 12 – Dinner Meeting
October 10 – Dinner Meeting
November 14 – Dinner Meeting
December 12 – Holiday Party
only 10 dollars, members receive a delicious dinner as well as an
excellent program.
Finally, we are very excited to co-host the West Region Conference
with the Santa Clara Valley Chapter, April 26 through 29, at the
beautiful Hayes Mansion in San Jose. Our wonderful holiday party
showed us the potential for planning an event in partnership with the
Santa Clara Valley Chapter. The West Region conference will provide
educational and marketing opportunities, as well as plenty of fun.
Registration is open for exhibitors and the conference. Details are
available at www.csiwestregion.org.
Larry Fosnight
President
San Francisco Chapter, CSI
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San Francisco Chapter
Construction Specifications Institute
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Our February speaker, Dale Foster of Laticrete,
sponsored a tabletop display
OUR MEETING PHOTOS ARE
AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE VIEWING!
You’ll find a link on our website
www.csisf.org
On the drop-down menu
under Membership
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San Francisco Chapter
Construction Specifications Institute
VOL. XLVIII NO. 3 | MARCH 2012 | NEWSLETTER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER | CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS INSTITUTE
CSI WRC 2012 JUST AROUND THE CORNER
By Hannah Moyer, AIA, CSI, CDT, LEED AP
WEST REGION 2012 CONFERENCE
at Dolce Hotel and Resort – Hayes Mansion
San Jose, California
April 26 – 29, 2012
Jim O’Keefe – jamescokeefe@msn.com – 417-655-0021
Hannah Moyer – haha2342@gmail.com – 650-960-3488
PUBLISHED BY THE
PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
EDITOR
Elizabeth Porter, AIA, CSI, CCS
betsyhartporter@yahoo.com
MARKETING/ADVERTISING
Rich Blach, CSI
rblach@tremcoinc.com
PHOTOGRAPHER
Betsy Porter
EDITORIAL POLICY
1. To inform members of the Chapter
and Institute goals and activities
directed toward these goals;
2. To inform members of the Chapter
and Regional activities, Board
actions; and
3. To provide a forum for all
members.
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As the West Region Conference rapidly approaches, one is reminded
of the wonderful opportunity for CSI members to come together and
get re-energized by all that CSI represents, on local, regional, and
national levels. There is no other CSI gathering as intense as a
Regional Conference. With the beautiful historical Hayes Mansion as
a backdrop, the conference offers opportunities to strengthen chapter
leadership, to share and exchange ideas with region-wide members,
and to bend an ear with a CSI National representative. Along with
the expanded trade show, the tangible professional development
sessions, the fun times, the Leadership training, and commemorative
Award ceremony, the strength and validity of CSI is reinforced.
In addition to the relevant professional development sessions, the
numerous networking opportunities, and the CSI Leadership training,
this year the Regional Conference is offering a little twist from past
conferences, starting with exercise. Silicon Valley Chapter’s Maia
Gendreau, who’s an architect by day and a yoga instructor by night, will
be leading flexibility classes in the morning. (Tidbit: the Hayes Mansion
has a fully furnished exercise room, to cater to FBI requirements).
The trade show has been expanded to two days, to accommodate
the variations in attendees’ daytime and evening schedules. Lastly,
Saturday’s lunch has been transformed into a business lunch for
the West Region Business Meeting, allowing maximum Leadership
training time in the morning.
Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your CSI leadership horizons.
Take advantage of these three days to grow your CSI network, to
meet influential members, and to strengthen your belief in CSI.
San Francisco Chapter
Construction Specifications Institute
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
REGIONAL MATERIALS DATABASE
San Francisco CSI Green Committee
The Regional Materials Database lists over 400
manufacturers of building products and materials that are
manufactured within a 500-mile radius of San Francisco,
California. At $125 for non-members and $100 for members,
it can save hours of searching for locally-made materials for
your projects.
John Wagner and Bill Curtis
And now, by popular demand, two new discounts are
available. If you were an Early Adopter of the Database and
have your copy of the 2005 version, dig it out. It includes a
key that gets you $75 off the purchase of the current version.
And if you are a student your price is $25, member or not.
Where can I get my copy?
Visit www.csisf.net today!
Waiting at the downstairs bar
SCIP (SPECIFICATION CONSULTANTS
IN INDEPENDENT PRACTICE)
Will meet at the West Region Conference
Sunday, April 29, 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon
Conference room location to be announced
SCIP will be hosting a Specifier’s Forum during the Regional
Conference. Roundtable discussion topics will include tools that
make specifying easier, the pros and cons of liability insurance
for independent specifiers, and as usual, any other topics on
your mind.
In-house specifiers are welcomed and encouraged to attend
the forum. A continental breakfast, sponsored by Draper’s Inc.,
will be provided.
Please RSVP your intention to attend to either contact Linda
Stansen at 650-570-6411, or Julie Brown at 408-778-0633 or
julie@jkbspecs.com.
Linda Stansen and Richard Hubble
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San Francisco Chapter
Construction Specifications Institute
VOL. XLVIII NO. 3 | MARCH 2012 | NEWSLETTER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER | CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS INSTITUTE
METAL STAIR DESIGN
By Kitty Myers
A caution when including metal stairs on your project:
On one project, the metal stairs were designated as bidder design
and specified as manufactured stairs. The structural engineer
designed and detailed some of the stairs. This created confusion on
the part of the steel fabricator who got the contract for the stairs.
Kitty Myers
The fabricator hadn’t counted on designing the stairs because
some of the work was already done on the drawings (even though
the specs were clear that it was bidder design). In addition, the
structural engineer (our consultant) designed the steel channel with
too narrow a leg on the channel for the baluster to fit and be welded
around completely.
One more thing to coordinate with consultants!
If we want certain elements to be a certain size visually, it is
necessary to show that size on the drawings for the fabricator to
work with. However, it is best to avoid too much detail or partial
design, which splits the responsibility and creates confusion on the
part of the Contractor, as well as claims for a change order.
David Rausch, Vivian Volz, Katie Eberle
Steve Teeple, Ed Summers, Dave
Ingram
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Ben Miller, Dennis Sandhurst, Larry Fosnight
San Francisco Chapter
Construction Specifications Institute
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SPRING EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR PHOTOS
Betsy Porter at the breakfast
buffet
West Region Vice President
Dave Willis
Joseph Joslin at the tabletop
sponsored by L&W Supply
Anthony Camp shows drainage
matting at the Delta tabletop
Michelle Johnson at the
Armstrong tabletop
Joseph Joslin and David Rausch in
discussion at the tabletop
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San Francisco Chapter
Construction Specifications Institute
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SPRING EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR PHOTOS
Speaker Michael Chambers
Speaker John Guill
Aaron Hill, Fred Jang, Stephen D. Grant
Speaker Anne Whitacre
Michael Chambers introduces Liesl Morell and
Michelle Johnson of tabletop sponsor Armstrong
Treasurer Dave Ingram,
doing the day’s accounting
Enjoying lunch at the Seminar
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San Francisco Chapter
Construction Specifications Institute
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SPRING EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR PHOTOS
Joseph Joslin and Michelle Hill
Fun at the Armstrong tabletop display
Mark Schlenker and Carl Falchetta
A delightful view of the harbor from Castagnola’s balcony
Michael Chambers and Vivian Volz
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San Francisco Chapter
Construction Specifications Institute
PO Box 2356
San Francisco, CA 94126-2356
415-294-3800
mail@csisf.org
www.csisf.org
Knowledge for Creating and Sustaining the Built Environment
CSI membership is composed of a cross-section of the construction industry - architect, engineers, contractors,
developers, manufacturers, suppliers and representatives from allied industries. Chapter activities reflect the
unbiased concerns of the entire industry - not one section of it. Members through the Chapter, Region and
Institute have the opportunity to contribute their views and experience to the improvement of specifications and
other contract documents.
Board Members 2010-2011
President
President Elect
Vice President, Industry
Vice President, Professional
Secretary
Treasurer
Region Director
Larry Fosnight
Linda Stansen
Rich Blach Julie Barrett
Paul Miller
Dave Ingram
Jim O’Keefe
707-238-5175
650-570-6411
925-484-9223
650-464-2550
510-251-0582
415-370-6331
417-655-0021
lfosnight@assaabloydss.com
stanspecs@comcast.net
rblach@tremcoinc.com
jbare_1999@yahoo.com
paul.miller@grace.com
daveingram@sbcglobal.net
jamescokeefe@msn.com
Directors
Director, Industry
Tim Maliepaard
916-847-8447
tmaliepaard@oldcastlebe.com
Director, Industry
Valerie Waldron
650-207-3238
valerie.waldron@
gliddenprofessional.com
Director, Professional
Rick Scheuer
415-546-6033
rjscheuer@gmail.com
Director, Professional
Stephen Teeple
415-282-5445
s.teeple@sbcglobal.net
Past President, Advisor
Vivian Volz
415-244-6756
vivianvolz@comcast.net
Chairs
Awards
Certification & Education
Hospitality
Fundraiser / ProFair Membership
Marketing
Programs
Publications
Website
Fundraiser 2012
Jim O’Keefe
Vivian Volz
Tim Maliepaard
Larry Fosnight
Carl Falchetta
Rich Blach Julie Barrett
Elizabeth Porter
Eric Camin
Tim Maliepaard
417-655-0021
415-244-6756
916-847-8447
707-238-5175
415-310-5896
925-484-9223
650-464-2550
510-531-5360
916-792-9285
916-847-8447
jamescokeefe@msn.com
vivianvolz@comcast.net
tmaliepaard@oldcastlebe.com
lfosnight@assaabloydss.com
cfalchetta@frazee.com
rblach@tremcoinc.com
jbare_1999@yahoo.com
betsyhartporter@yahoo.com
ericcamin@aol.com
tmaliepaard@oldcastlebe.com
Task Teams
By-Laws
Operating Guide
Long Range Strategy
West Region Conference 2012
Strategic Communications
Peggy White
Jim O’Keefe
Robert Mosblech
Jim O’Keefe
Vivian Volz
408-393-8422
417-655-0021
650-954-5636
417-655-0021
415-244-6756
peggy@white-greenspec.com
jamescokeefe@msn.com
rjmosdal@flash.net
jamescokeefe@msn.com
vivianvolz@comcast.net
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