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DECEMBER MONTHLY MEETING December 12th Dinner Detective at the Marriott We will begin registration at 5:15 PM and share Holiday greetings with our CSI friends and colleagues. Theater check-in will begin at 6:15 PM with appetizers served shortly thereafter. As we are seated for dinner, we will be made aware of a murder that has occurred in our midst. While we enjoy our three course dinner, the unpredictable and funny mystery will unfold. We will all assist in unraveling the dastardly deed and find, much to our surprise, that one of US may even be the GUILTY ONE!! Did Maynard FINALLY resort to violence???? Don’t miss this unique and enjoyable way to start off the Holiday Season. The Chicago and Hollywood trained actors and improvisers of The Dinner Detective have entertained Fortune 500 companies including Walt Disney Imagineering, Intel, Coca-Cola, PayPal, Motorola, Mattel, Ford, eBay, DirecTV, Lufthansa Airlines, MTV, NBC Sports, 7-Eleven, Toyota, Outback Steakhouse, Anthem Blue Cross, Pepsi, FritoLay, US Army/Air Force, Warner Brothers, Universal Studios and many others! Time 5:15 to 9:15 pm
Table of Contents President’s Message. . . . . . . 2 Technical Article . . . . . . . . .5-6 Helped Wanted . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Pictures for Nov. Mtg. . . . . . . 6 CSI Golf Tournament . . . . . 8-9 AIA Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Membership Committee . . . .10 Procrastinator's Ball . . . . . . 11 Paint Quality Institute . . . . . 12 Fly Ash Concrete . . . . . . . . .13 Monetary Support . . . . . . . . 13 Sheldon Wolfe . . . . . . . . .14-15 Table Tops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Where: Marriott—Mesa 200 North Centennial Way Mesa, AZ 85201
The Reference Library . . 16-17 Key Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 5TH AT NOON. When registering, please pick a dinner selection as follows:
www.CSIPhoenix.org
Caramelized Onion Meatloaf – Meatloaf with sweet onions and spices topped with a red wine demi-glaze. Served with garlic mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables. Grilled Salmon – Grilled Salmon with wild blueberry salsa, rice pilaf, and seasonal vegetables. Pan Seared Chicken – Chicken breast with lemon and white wine reduction and parmesan cheese, pasta with garlic and olive oil, and seasonal vegetables. Cost Members: Free
Non-Members: $40
Reservations can be made by online at: http://tinyurl.com/CSIDecember2013 OR Louise Rehse at 602-258-7499 or Louise@TheReferenceLibrary.com
Publication deadline for the January 2014 issue of the Phoenix Chapter Newsletter is December 16, 2013.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE By: Brian McClure, CSI, CDT 2014 is around the corner as we wrap up 2013! Another year past… Coming up on the mid-year mark on the fiscal year of CSI and my term as President. I'm still alive, no signs of mutiny or impeachment so I guess all is well on the Presidential front! The following is a mid-term status update on what the board and committees are up to. As a sub-committee reported to the board for Chapter membership dues, the discussion will be continued as we all try to increase membership, maintain value and try to reduce membership costs. Any thoughts on reducing chapter dues, please contact a board member to provide your input! The Chapter Policy Handbook has been revised and is in review by the Board and Committee Chairs. The intent of the handbook is to not only provide written guidance and history of what the chapter has done for operations, but to provide a document for those persons that are curious as to what the board does, and the roles and responsibilities of each board member. It will provide detailed guidance beyond and within Chapter Bylaws. For our holiday program, we will have a dinner detective play in downtown Mesa. It will be a first for me on both accounts so we'll see how it goes. We have received quite a bit of positive feedback on the programs this year. Thank you, Gary Campbell and Eduardo Galindo! You have my praise as well. For those of you that missed it, we had our first evening meeting in November. The presentation went from about 4:15 to 5:30. Thanks to ASSA ABLOY bringing in Larry Fosnight to discuss access control hardware. Larry did an excellent job putting the discussion in context for all those in attendance and most importantly, making the presentation relevant and interesting! Yes, hardware was interesting! Unfortunately, this was the only opportunity we had for an evening meeting, but from the early feedback, we will likely see these return next year as well. A shout out to the DoubleTree as well. They have been very accommodating for our meetings and continue to provide excellent service and food. They are still doing it for less than we were paying at the previous uptown location. And to recap some of the CONSTRUCT items, we have photos! And the last photo is almost worth the wait!
SW Region Chapter Commendation Award Winners…from left to right. Denver, Pikes Peak, Phoenix, Albuquerque
Ron Geren being presented with his Fellowship!
Ron Geren being presented with the Institute President's Plaque
Ron Geren and his lovely family!
Neil Davison accepting the Institute President's Plaque
Paul Simonsen presenting at the annual business meeting.
Angie France accepting the award for The Reference Library
Attendees at the Gala from the SW Region.
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TECHNICAL ARTICLE Roofs, Walls, and Fenestration: Joint-Related Water, Air, Vapor, and Condensate Leakage of the Exterior Building Envelope; Part IV Canan D’Avela RA, Western Block LLC; Member CSI Phoenix Chapter Technical Committee
There are previous and related articles of this topic found within Newsletters of CSI Phoenix Chapter (Parts I, II, III released in the June and December 2012 as well as June 2013 respectively). They acknowledge that left uncontrolled, many building materials may “move” enough to question acceptable practices of movement joint design and placement. Again we continue in the search to confirm in-place movement of constructed building elements, such as walls, windows, doors, and roofs. Each material has a variety of coefficients related to such movements. The most typical to consider is a result of temperature changes. But there are many others such as effects from moisture, shrinkage, creep, aging, etc. Gradually we will also review the means to control some of them – else experience water, air, vapor, and condensate leakage of the exterior building envelope. This includes the effects onto hidden components such as insulation, barriers, membranes, sheathing, and their interfaces with one another. Below is a second snapshot comparison of air temperature variations to temperature variations observed on the exterior building envelope materials on a small test building. Again, no interior air conditioning was used so as to observe only the interaction and differences between the test building and its characteristics, the sun, and the weather: Dawn: Ambien Air Temp: 85°F Daylight Peak Temperatures: 10:45 AM: Air temp at site: 104.1 °F 1:30 PM: Air temp at site: 107.6 °F to 114.5 °F 3:45 PM: Air temp at site: 114.0°F
East Wall: 128.5°F (slightly shaded) = + 24.4 °F South Wall: 108.5°F (high sun; mostly shaded) = + 0.9 °F North Wall: 102.1°F, (shaded) = - 5.5 °F Roof: 146.3°F (high sun) = + 32.3 °F West Wall: 138.1°F = + 24.1 °F
June 12-13, 2013. Observations were throughout two days of sporadic light cloud cover with similar conditions. Location is Phoenix, AZ. Test Building utilizes red-buff CMU masonry walls with N, S, E, W (Cardinal Directions) Building Orientation. Buff-colored metal roof is flat except as sloped for drainage. Temperature sensors placed as close to the center of each wall and roof as possible. The summertime conditions are considered normal. Wind mild to breezy 5-9mph, humidity 7-17%, barometer 1006-1010, precipitation absent and within a typical dry summer spell. From NOAA National Climatic Data from the National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC we note that for the past 30 years this location has an average annual high of 106.1°F and an average annual low of 44.8°F = 61.3° F average annual air temperature difference. Further, this location has experienced highs of 122°F and lows of 17°F = 105°F maximum annual air temperature difference. Again the fluid nature along with the departure of the exterior envelope temperatures from air temperatures is graphic as demonstrated by reviewing this preliminary information. The test building walls (above) during a typical summer day show deviations from - 5.5 °F to + 24.5 °F from adjacent air temperatures during daylight. At this time of year we can see that in this location a building exterior wall can therefore swing 105 °F + 24.4 °F = 129.4 °F, which is quite close to the observation noted in the previous Part III of this series. This data further highlight the diurnal (daily) change per wall. Each wall’s temperature changes independently during the day.
Are we surprised at the results of the North Wall? Does the South Wall observation throw us for a loop? For the relatively flat roof of this test building and with no parapet we see more gradual and uniform temperature changes during the day so that only a single peak temperature is recorded. The roof deviated + 32.3 °F above adjacent daylight air temperatures. At this time of year we can see that in this location a roof can therefore swing 105 °F + 32.3 °F = 137.3 °F. We will continue observing such effects relative to the long term integrity of the building envelope in a future Part V of this series. And as always to become more involved with the technical details and primary research regarding this and other topics, contact TJ Valdez, TJV@twenty1tec.com , Chair of the Construction Specifications Institute Phoenix Chapter Technical Committee.
PICTURES FROM NOVEMBER CSI MEETING
Next Generation of Access Control Presenter: Larry Fosnight, of ASSA ABLOY November 14, 2013
HELPED WANTED—SPECIFICATION WRITER DWL Architects is seeking an in-house specification writer to be a key part of multiple project teams for the development of project manuals for private, public and government projects. Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Engineering from an accredited university is required. Qualifications: Experience in the construction industry for 10+. A CCS certificate from CSI is preferred. A CDT, CCCA, or CCPR certificate from CSI is acceptable. Skill with word processing programs as the ability to produce complete documents without assistance is required. Email your resume to info@dwlarchitects.com
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AIA ARIZONA DECEMBER CALENDAR December 5th—Phoenix Metro Strategic Planning Session December 11th—Advocacy Committee December 12th—Phoenix Metro Board of Directors December 17th—AIA SAC—Board of Directors Meeting www.AIA-Arizona.org
REGISTER NOW for the December meeting http://tinyurl.com/CSIDecember2013
NEWS FROM THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE By: Bobbi Jo Huskey Membership Committee Chair In keeping with the times and traditions of CSI, we are in the process of re-branding our name badges for the Phoenix Chapter members. The cost of a name badge is $9. If you are interested in purchasing a name badge, you can pay online by credit card. In the description field, please note that you are buying a name badge. http://csiphoenix.org/documents-forms/ Please join us in creating a dynamic membership unity by wearing your name badge to all meetings. This will help introduce you to our members and show your chapter pride. For more information, please contact Bobbi Jo Huskey, Membership Committee Chair at (480) 421-8186.
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PRIME TIME FOR "PAINT AND PRIMER" PRODUCTS Originally published by Paint Quality Institute Submitted by Tim Garver, CSI, CDT, LEED AP, Dunn Edwards
Self-priming paints are more than just a product advancement. They're an entirely new category of technologically advanced coatings that do double-duty as both primer and paint, offering an array of benefits never before available from a single coating. Like interior primers, these new paint and primer products offer good hiding of both the underneath color and marks that may be present on the surface being painted -- and, like high-end paints, they impart a beautiful, easy-to-maintain finish that has good stain resistance and is easily washable. All of these benefits come from a single can, which typically has “paint and primer” printed on the label. By using a self-priming interior paint, a do-it-yourselfer or contractor can quickly repaint an interior space and shortcircuit the normal painting regimen: applying a coat of primer over a properly prepared surface followed by two or more coats of paint. Now, he or she can simply paint that same surface with just two coats of a paint and primer product – thus eliminating an entire application. While these new paint and primer products are a big advancement over conventional coatings, they do have one thing in common with top quality paints. The brands of self-priming products that perform best, meaning they have a great balance of primer and paint properties, all contain 100% acrylic latex binder. All-acrylic binder is the ingredient that gives conventional paint exceptional adhesion, toughness and durability, so it's not surprising that it also elevates the performance of the new paint and primer products. If you're thinking about doing some home painting in the near future, you might want to think about using the “next big thing” in coatings: a paint and primer product that contains 100% acrylic binder. When it comes to better and more efficient interior painting, the future is now! If you want to know more about paints, painting and color selection, you may want to visit the Paint Quality Institute blog at blog.paintquality.com, or the Institute's website at www.paintquality.com. Both are chock full of good advice.
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IMPORTANT—TO ALL SPECIFIERS OF FLY ASH CONCRETE When the Concrete Substrate Rejects the Coating What's the Best Way to Coat Fly Ash Concrete? By: Submitted by Tim Garver, Dunn-Edwards Paints
Please check out the Master Painters link to an article by PQA Inspector David Lick. A tidy few years ago, the inspector found himself on a project that should have been a breeze: a new Arts Center with four levels of poured-in-place concrete ceilings. The concrete surfaces were in virtually ideal condition: the concrete contractor had done an excellent job leveling and roughening the walls with no sacking or poor-quality patching work to be seen. This was a LEED job, so the spec called for a water-based primer with a strong track record approved under MPI #3 Primer, Alkali Resistant, Water Based. Full article: http://www.paintinfo.com/cn/cnp-022.shtml
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE SEEKS MONETARY SUPPORT The Phoenix CSI Technical Committee will be conducting an experiment to measure the extreme heat of the materials and of the air temperature under metal roof and wall panels in Arizona. The data generated from this study should provide valuable and usable information for the architectural community in appropriately specifying and designing these materials and assemblies. The manufacturers will also benefit from this real time assessment, because the data obtained can be used to improve materials and to update performance information. An industry standard and/or test method has not yet been established for measuring the extreme heat possibilities in these conditions. More than a year of research and preparation has enabled the Technical Committee to be able to move forward with the actual testing of material, and this is where they need your support. In order for the Technical Committee to move forward with the experiment, they will need to acquire and sustain a $1,000 annual budget. The funds will go directly to the support and upkeep of the overall project and data collection. Please see the full letter here for more details.
SHELDON WOLFE It Worked Last Time‌ For many years, I was one of the instructors for my CSI chapter's certification classes. In addition to explaining what CSI's practice manuals say, I liked to include horror stories - realworld examples of the ways people found to really mess up a project. One of my favorite stories came from a public sector waste treatment agency. The project was a relatively simple addition to an existing building at one of the waste treatment facilities, to provide shower and locker rooms for the employees.
The agency had hired an architecture/engineering firm to design the addition, and to prepare bidding documents. As the bid opening date approached, the owner began getting calls from mechanical subcontractors, who asked, "Did you want to use fresh water or effluent to serve the baptismal font?" Apparently, the mechanical engineer had reused specifications from another project, which happened to be a church. Obviously, assuming the specifications had been submitted for review, there should have been opportunities to discover and correct the error, but had the engineer started with master specifications, the baptismal font almost certainly would not have appeared in the specifications for this project. This is an amusing result of the time-honored way of writing specifications: take the specs from the last project, change the client's name, and - voila! - they're done. While this may be a quick way to produce specifications, it also is a way to virtually guarantee those specifications will be incorrect. There are times when this quick-fix approach almost works; certainly, in a project with multiple bid packs, there will be a great consistency and repetition from one bid pack to the next. An obvious example is waterproofing, which will probably be included in the foundations bid pack, though it could appear in later bid packs. Either way, it will probably appear only once. Given the nature of the product, it will be easy to either add or delete it as the project moves forward. Other materials are more complicated. Cast-in-place concrete, for example, could all appear in one bid pack, but it's just as likely to appear in the footings or footings/foundations bid pack, in the shell bid pack, and in the fit-out bid pack. If it's all specified at one time, it will be easy to remember to take the section out when it's not needed, but what if it appears in more than one bid pack? Ideally, each time a section is used, it will be edited down to address only what is needed for each bid pack. My experience has been that the design team often has trouble deciding which concrete is used in each bid pack, so there is a tendency to use essentially the same specifications each time, and let the contractor figure out which parts of it apply. The same can be said about masonry, insulation, hardware, and other products that may be required at different times. Reusing old specifications also is tempting when designing additions to existing buildings, or doing more work for a regular client, but even then, there will be differences. The older the reused specifications are, the greater the certainty that they will be incorrect. Codes change, reference standards change, companies go out of business, products are discontinued or changed, and owner preferences change. A design firm's practices also
change; most firms are more green than they were even a few years ago, and specify different products. Most people seem to think specifications are boilerplate. In fact, they are living documents, which must be updated continually to incorporate all of these changes. Traditional specification editing is a subtractive process. The specifier starts with a master specification, which contains many options. In most cases, offices pre-edit master specifications so to minimize editing for the types of work they do most often. These master specifications are further edited for each project by removing unnecessary information, and, frequently, adding in missing information. The problem with reusing specifications is, to accurately fit the needs of another project, the specifier must remember to add things that had been deleted, and to remove things that no longer are needed. Both require thought, but it's far easier to delete things that aren't needed than to remember what's missing. Without exception, every time I have to reuse specifications from another project, even from an earlier bid pack for the same project, we discover late in the construction documents phase that we don't need something that was in the reused specs, or that something we do need wasn't there. Unfortunately, these things sometimes are not discovered until the bidding documents have been issued, or until construction is underway. When reusing specifications, they must be compared to the masters, to identify things that are have been deleted, or that may have changed as the masters evolved. And, they must be reviewed item by item with the team to make sure what's in them corresponds with requirements for the current project. I haven't kept track of how long it takes to review and update a reused specification, but it seems it would be just as easy and fast to start with unedited masters. Of course, the reason we're using old specs is that we don't have time to start over, so the review and re-editing is either ignored or superficial. Isn't it amazing how often we can't find time to get the documents right before they're issued, but we somehow find time to fix them later? Photo credit: Clovis' Taufe, by Meister des Heiligen Ägidius, [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons © 2013, Sheldon Wolfe, RA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, CSC Leave your comments at http://swconstructivethoughts.blogspot.com/ and http://swspecificthoughts.blogspot.com/.
HEY, GET YOUR TABLE TOPS HERE! By: Tim Garver, CSI, CDT, LEED AP Media Communications Chair
What better way to show off and promote your products! The fee includes a 6’ skirted table, a meal for a guest and a 5 minute presentation during the meeting. Sorry, no electricity. Handouts on the dining tables are permitted. Raffle prizes are optional. The cost for a table top is $80 If interested, click the link to access the advertising agreement. http://tinyurl.com/AdvAgreement Should you have questions, please contact me at 602.714.7280 or tim.garver@dunnedwards.com
Contributed by: Tammy Stevens | Architectural Specialist, Editorial (AZ,NM) CSI, AIA AF | Phone: 602-896-0867 Fax 602-862-9940 cell: 480-747-2769
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OFFICERS 2013-2014 President Brian McClure Stantec 602-707-4799 (work) 602-320-5323 (cell) Brian.McClure@Stantec.com bri-mcc@q.com President Elect T.J. Valdez The Twenty-One Tech Co. 480-226-5809 TJV@Twenty1Tec.com 1st Vice President Eduardo Galindo CDM 602-281-7900 GalindoE@CDM.com 2nd Vice President Bobbi Jo Huskey Soprema, Inc. 480-421-8186 BHuskey@Soprema.us
Secretary Mark Yarish The Orcutt Winslow Partnership 602-257-1764 Yarish.M@OWP.com Treasurer Teri Hand Tnemec/Southwest Coating Consultants 602-418-1268 THand@Tnemec.com Director 2012-2014 Jim Daniels Atas International, Inc. 480-558-7210 JDaniels@Atas.com
Jeff Cox HKS, Inc. 602-462-0966 JCox@HKSInc.com
Director 2013-2015 John Campbell Architect 480-399-1805 JohnRCampbell@cox.net
Gary Campbell ASSA ABLOY 480-688-7919 GCampbell@assaabloydss.com
Past President Angie France Sherwin Williams 623-606-1130 Angie.France@Sherwin.com
COMMITTEE CHAIRS 2013-2014 Certification John Campbell Architect 480-399-1805 JohnC@PhxArch.com
Calling Louise Rehse The Reference Library 602-258-7499 Louise@TheReferenceLibrary.com
Media Communications Tim Garver Dunn-Edwards 602-714-7280 Tim.Garver@DunnEdwards.com
Professional Development Richard Vullo Hafele America 800-423-3531 ext. 5310 RVullo@hafeleamericas.com
Imagination Cube Ken Martinek Arcadia, Inc. 602-437-2514 KMartinek@ArcadiaInc.com
Fundraising Jeremy Gustafson Arcadia Inc. 602-437-2514 JGustafson@ArcadiaInc.com
Technical T.J.Valdez The Twenty-One Tech Co. 480-226-5809 TJV@Twenty1Tec.com
Academic Programs Robin Goetz Lutron 480-290-5536 RGoetz@Lutron.com
Programs Gary Campbell ASSA ABLOY 480-688-7919 GCampbell@assaabloydss.com
Membership Bobbi Jo Huskey Soprema,Inc. 480-421-8186 BHuskey@Soprema.us
Awards Mark Yarish The Orcutt Winslow Partnership 602-257-1764 Yarish.M@OWP.com