The SCOPE Newsletter
SUBSTITUTIONS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
NEW IN DENVER CSI
A GREAT CROSS- DISCIPLINE PANEL DISCUSSION Notice: We are waiting for CSI Institute’s new membership database to be in operation before we can post names of new members in 2015. In the meantime: Bring a non-CSI colleague or Let them come in your place Denver Chapter member and leader in our social media efforts, Liz O’Sullivan, CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA, LEED AP moderated a panel discussion on this important topic that affects contractors, owners, manufacturers, project managers, field personnel, and architects/engineers. The panel included: Tom DeBerard of DAE Construction Services, Owner Representative David Bishton of Construction Rx, LLC, Specifications Consultant George Feathers of Curtain Wall Design and Consulting Inc., Subcontractor Morayma Salas of Cuningham Group Architects, Project Manager Stan Ward of Ward Construction, General Contractor It was fascinating to hear both the points of convergence and divergence in how substitutions are viewed and used by the various parties. This subject will no doubt be explored again by our chapter. Coming in February
Building Enclosure Testing and Field Commissioning PIE Consulting & Engineering Sign up for all Denver Chapter events on the website! We are excited about bringing this event to such a unique location for the Chapter and guests from the Denver area construction industry. More info to follow.
DENVER 2015: CREATING A FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION
SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT CSI DID YOU KNOW? Who joins CSI Denver…
People from many different places: Most of our members come from the Denver Metro area. We have other members far & wide: N. Colorado & Wyoming (8) S. Metro & Colorado Springs (5) Elsewhere in the Southwest (4) Assorted states from Texas to Minnesota to New Jersey (8) Saudi Arabia (yes, 7,700 miles) Hint: If you list your company home office as your address, consider using your local home address. It will also keep you in the Southwest Region.
QUICK LINKS Join CSI CSI Denver Home CSI Certification Volunteer Southwest Region Pikes Peak Chapter JANUARY 2015
TRI-REGION CONFERENCE May 13-16, 2015 Meeting at the beautiful Hilton Mission Bay in San Diego, we will join together with the CSI West and Northwest Regions for a large and productive leadership event. Sponsorship packages are being developed and the conference website is being populated. Stay tuned for more info!
NEW WEBSITE FOR CSI SOUTHWEST REGION
Check out the new website for Southwest Region members & leaders. New look, new articles, all CSI.
COLLABORATION IN DENVER 2015 Industrial (& Data Center) Summit Conference and Expo February 3, 2015 @ Inverness Hotel & Conference Center Colorado Preservation Inc. - Saving Places Conference 2015 February 4-6, 2015 @ Colorado Convention Center Architectural Record on the Road March 24, 2015 @ History Colorado Center North American Society for Trenchless Technologies – No Dig Show March 15-19, 2015 @ Denver Convention Center Acquisitions in the Construction Industry in Denver April 1-2, 2015 @ The Ritz-Carlton Hotel 2015 DBIA Design-Build Conference and Expo November 2-4, 2015 @ Colorado Convention Center
IN THE MEDIA Website: Facebook:
www.denvercsi.org/ https://www.facebook.com/CSIDenverChapter - 18 likes so far - let’s keep it growing! https://twitter.com/DenverCSI - 331 followers!
Twitter: Wordpress: LinkedIn:
http://denvercsiblog.wordpress.com/ LinkedIn Denver Chapter Comments from a Spec Writer – Liz O’Sullivan How Does Spec Writing Work? – David Bishton Let us know who else is writing out there.
Member blogs:
FY2016 ELECTION: Watch your mailbox for the Institute election ballot coming in February 2015. Denver’s David Bishton is on the ballot for Institute Director from the Southwest Region (succeeding our own Jim Whitfield). www.csinet.org/Bishton. Another Southwest Region member, Ron Geren (Phoenix & Tucson Chapters) is also running for Institute President-Elect. http://www.csinet.org/geren. Your vote counts! DENVER 2015: CREATING A FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION
JANUARY 2015