Colleagues and friends will gather at the elegant Swedish Cultural Center to lift a glass, tell tall tales, and reminisce about our half-century of endeavor on behalf of improving the built environment in Puget Sound. We would love to have you with us. Spouses and guests are welcome!

Register at the chapter website, www.psccsi.org, by noon Tuesday, March 11. The $50 fee includes dinner, wine and the promise of a very good time.

Thursday, March 13, 2008 5:15 pm Social Hour 6:30 pm Dinner

Swedish Cultural Center 1920 Dexter Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109

For questions please contact Ann Macfarlane at 206-282-3393 or office@psccsi.org.

WHERE  Swedish Cultural Center  1920 Dexter Ave N  Seattle MENU   Ceasar Salad Carved Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables or Chicken Marbella, Rice Pilaf, and Seasonal Vegetables Butterscotch Toffee Chocolate Cake

RESERVATIONS Click here for reservations by noon, Tuesday, March 11.

WHEN Thursday, March 13  5:15 Social 6:30 Dinner COST $50 reserved $60 waiting list $25 student members

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This is it. The day is here! We’ve been talking about it since last summer. The Puget Sound Chapter Celebrates our 50th Anniversary as an official Charter of the Construction Specifications Institute.

Leading up to this day, we have had a little fun with it at our monthly meetings as we have “for perspective” talked about what was going on (back then) around the world and locally. We dug through the history books to remember what was “making the news” and what music and movies our founders might have been enjoying. We talked about the economy and the cost of living. We tried to get an idea of what it was like in 1957 and 1958 in order to immerse ourselves in the spirit of the celebration. I doubt that anyone who has read the Spectrum or attended our dinner meetings is not aware that we are celebrating our 50th Anniversary in March.

Our first newsletter, October 1961.

Be sure to join us March 13 at the Seattle Swedish Cultural Center for the festivities. For many months now, Hugh Kuyper has spearheaded an ad hoc committee to organize the celebration. We will not have an educational program this month. Instead, it will be an entirely social evening for the Puget Sound Chapter. There will be music for atmosphere and special displays to commemorate our history. Look for a mural of Seattle’s changing skyline. There will be interactive displays and decorations galore. There will be special guests and old friends. There will be a few surprises and lots of laughs. There will be many stories and many recollections. We are looking forward to seeing all of our friends, young and old, many of whom we will have the opportunity to meet for the first time.

Don’t miss this one. Register early and bring a spouse or a guest. This will be a party of memories, old and new, as we celebrate our 50 years gone and we look forward to the next. Happy 50th Anniversary to the Puget Sound Chapter CSI!

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March 13, 2008 Seminar: Light Construction Design
Thursday, 2:00-4:00 PM

Thermal performances of frame and panel construction types are the focus of our March Education Committee Seminar.

We will explore the rationale and practical aspects of continuous insulation over frame walls. We will also discuss the varied options and needs for vapor barriers (retarders), air barriers, weather barriers and possibly other membranes used in commercial walls.

Additionally, we will have presentations on two types of insulated panels for wall, ceiling, and roof applications, including Insulated Metal Panels and Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs).

Our speakers will be:

• Chuck Murray, Washington State University (WSU) Extension Energy Program with over 15 years experience supporting development and implementation of energy conservation strategies for buildings. Professional activities emphasize combination of original field research with implementation activities to deliver advances in building standards and codes. He has served as research lead for projects evaluating residential heating systems, ventilation systems, and currently heads a major study that will evaluate the heat & moisture transport characteristics of building envelopes. Mr. Murray is the WSU lead for energy and ventilation codes and has authored code language in Washington and through the International Code Council. Chuck will detail the findings from this study and provide a summary of high performance design options for wall systems.
• Todd Bell, Northwest Regional Sales Manager of Premier Building Systems has been working with Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) for more than 15 years. One of the SIPs industry's most tenured experts, Todd has a thorough understanding of how to design, build and work with SIPs. In March, Todd will give our CSI group a presentation covering the entire SIPs specification and design process.
• Bill Alma, Building Systems Northwest. The local representative for Metl-Span LLC, a major manufacturer of foam insulated metal panels, Bill has over 27 years of experience in the building trades. Fifteen of those years he spent as a general contractor, developing a broad knowledge of light construction. Bill will speak on the specification and integration of exterior foam insulated barrier systems with a variety of wall and roof assembly techniques.

New Location: Swedish Cultural Center, 1920 Dexter Avenue N, Seattle, about 1/4 mile south of the Aurora Bridge.

Register for this seminar.

View other seminars in this year’s series.

Puget Sound Chapter CSI is an accredited AIA learning unit provider and CEN provider. This seminar offers 2.0 AIA CEUs and 0.200 CSI CEUs.

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These and other photos from the February chapter meeting can be viewed on the chapter website.

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Tomorrow’s Yesterdays
Learning from the Past to Build the Future
CSI Northwest Region Conference
September 25-27, 2008

Mayflower Park Hotel
405 Olive Way
Seattle, Washington 98101
Reservations: 800-426-5100 or 206-382-6990
http://www.mayflowerpark.com

The Northwest Region Conference Planning Committee is delighted to announce the following speakers for our September 2008 event:

Past CSI president Phillip L. McDade, FCSI, CCS, FASLA will deliver our keynote address and an afternoon of southern fried, Cajun spiced, real downhome Mississippi Delta, redneck larnin’ (that’s “learning” for any of y’all that cain’t speak Southern).

Wayne Belcher of Unipro and Dave Kimball of Dow Corning will present a “must-know” morning of information about who has responsibility for sealing all components of exterior wall systems and how to meet ever-stricter quality assurance requirements.

David K. Eckberg of Skellenger Bendner, Seattle will discuss risk allocation and the construction industry, including limitations of liability, indemnities, and express and implied warranties.

Mark Holmes of the Masonry Institute Northwest will address detailing so that the building envelope is secure and the building can be built, even with the challenges presented by the creativity of the architectural mind and the difficulty of scheduling the trades.

Bill McHugh, Executive Director for the Firestop Contractors International Association, will speak on firestop systems: specification and inspection considerations and effective compartmentation.

Our own Beth Stroshane, CSI, CCS will present sessions on Microsoft Office Intermediate and Advanced, so we can all handle mail merge, macros, styles and other features of the business world’s most omnipresent software.

The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association will present on flashing and sheet metal design principles, quality assurance principles, and the almost unlimited possibilities of fabrications using 3-D modeling and other techniques.

Tnemec will discuss surviving January 2009 federal laws affecting VOCs and HAPs for architectural field coatings.

Mark your calendar, make your hotel reservation, and join us for this cutting-edge conference!

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It’s that time of year and your voice needs to be heard. Get out and vote for your CSI candidates. CSI Election 2008 Candidates Announced; Your Vote Counts, your ballots will be open for your review and VOTE February 2008 through March 7, 2008. Your VOTE will be appreciated by all. Please note that one of our own Rick Heiserman, FCSI from the  Northwest Region is one of the Candidates running for Treasurer. Please VOTE, VOTE, VOTE.

The following candidates will be running for national office in CSI’s 2008 election:

Great Lakes Region Director (Industry), 1 candidate:

• David G. Dixon, CSI, CCPR, CCCA, RRC, RRO

Gulf States Region Director (Professional), 2 candidates:

• James C. Bagley, CSI, CCS, AIA
• Robert B. Swan, CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA

Middle Atlantic Region Director (Professional), 2 candidates:

• Margaret G. Chewning, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, SCIP
• Mitch A. Miller, CSI, CCS, AIA

North Central Region Director (Professional), 1 candidate:

• J. Gerard Capell, CSI, CCS, AIA, ALA

Northeast Region Director (Industry), 3 candidates:

• Howard A. Levine, CSI, CDT
• Tom Minnon, CSI, CCPR, LEED AP
• Timothy "T. J." Gottwalt CSI, CCPR, AHC/CDC

South Central Region Director (Industry), 1 candidate:

• Robert M. Olson, CSI

Southwest Region Director (Professional), 1 candidate:

• Cornelius "Neil" H. Davison, Jr., CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA

President-elect, 1 candidate:

• Michael M. Davis, FCSI, CDT

Vice President (Professional), 2 candidates:

• Gregory J. Markling, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB
• Grady W. Whitaker, Jr., FCSI

Vice President (Industry/Associate), 2 candidates:

• William J. McHugh, Jr., CSI
• Gregory W. Sprinkel FCSI, CDT

Treasurer, 2 candidates:

• Richard Heiserman, FCSI, CCCA, AIA
• Ellen Kay Crews, FCSI, CCS, CCCA

CSI’s election will open in February 2008, and members will have until March 7, 2008 to vote. CSI members will again have the option to vote online. More information, including candidate biographies, statements and photos is available at www.csinet.org/election.

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Mrs. Dorothy M. Lawrence, a founder of Laurenco, passed away on February 19 at the age of 83. Services were held in Twinsburg, OH, on February 25.

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Following are new and renewing members as of February 20, 2008.

New Members
Mr. George Braslaw CSI, Sclater Partner Architects
Mr. Troy Scott Johnson CSI, Marathon Development, Inc.
Mr. Terry E. Kastner CSI, Northwest Wall & Ceiling Bureau
Mr. Tony Mercado CSI, Pella Windows & Doors
Mr Robert S Mitchell, Pioneer Masonry Restoration Co., Inc.
Ms. Linda J. Yost CSI-I, King County DNRP/WLRD

Renewing Members
Mr. Richard H. Abe, CSI, 13 years
Mr. Curt Anderson, CSI, Anderson Consulting, 3 years
Mr. Frank Calabrese CSI, CDT, Allied Building Products, 20 years
Mr. James W Hanford CSI, CDT, The Miller Hull Partnership, 1 year
Mr. James E. Harrison CSI, CCS, CCCA, PE, Hargis Engineers Inc, 22 years
Ms. Xuan-Hong T. Ho, CSI, CDT, MulvannyG2 Architecture, 1 year
Mr. Bjarne Jacobsen, CSI, Gray & Asbourne, Inc., 18 years
Mr. Craig Kasman, CSI, AIA, Sclater Partners Architects, 6 years
Mr. Lee Kopf CSI, Clark/Kjos Architects, 11 years
Mr. Charles L. Lander CSI, CCPR, MBA, CSC, C. Lander & Associates Ltd., 15 years
Mr. Dean E. Matthews, Jr., PE, CSI, AIA, Matthews Associates, Inc., 34 years
Mr. Daniel R. Porter, CSI, Entry Systems, Inc., 10 years
Mr. Jerry Razwick CSI, Technical Glass Products, 20 years
Mr. Jerry Schmierer, CSI, CCPR, OrePac Bldg Products/Dupont Tyvek, 20 years
Mr. Carl Selden CSI, MRAIC, MAIBC, Construction Specifications, 8 years
Mr. Kim Shrader CSI, Armstrong World Industries, 10 years
Mr. David Walter CSI, Coastal Specified Products, 19 years
Mr. Corey K. Wright CSI-S, 1 year

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