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CSI Building Knowledge, Improving Project Delivery

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

GreenWizard . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 The Reference Library . . 17-18 Key Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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.

Rain? – In the Desert?

Yes, and when it does, the IBC requires weather protection.11

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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

PHOENIX CHAPTER CSI 20TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT (Benefits the Phoenix CSI Chapter & Kenn Lockhardt Scholarship Fund)

DATE: TIME: PLACE:

Friday, April 25, 2014 Registration @ 6:45 AM. Shotgun @ 7:30 AM Vistal Golf Club www.vistalgolfclub.com 701 E. Thunderbird Trail Phoenix, AZ ENTRY FEE: $85.00 Per Player (Includes Green Fees, Cart, Range Balls & Prizes) FORMAT: 4 Player Scramble Format AWARDS: 1st & 2nd PLACE AWARDS Special Hole Prizes – $100.00/EACH RAFFLE PRIZES: Tickets Available at Registration Table – GREAT PRIZES FOOD: “RANCH COOKOUT” Hamburgers & Chicken

REGISTRATION FORM – (ENTRY DEADLINE – APRIL 6TH) NAME: (Team Members): COMPANY: ADDRESS: SPONSORSHIP:

PH: CITY:

REGISTRATION:

BRONZE ($100) SILVER ($150) GOLD ($350) SINGLE ($85/PLAYER) TEAM

ENCLOSED:

$

**SEND TO:

ZIP:

PLATINUM ($600)

(Please Make Checks Payable To: PHOENIX CHAPTER CSI)

Jeremy Gustafson, CSI Arcadia Inc. 2510 S. Geneva Drive Tempe, AZ 85282 480-403-1903 (c) or Email Completed Form to jgustafson@arcadiainc.com

PHOENIX CHAPTER CSI ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

20TH 1.

BRONZE: $100 - Includes a hole sign, your Company Name in any advertising and recognition at the luncheon following golf.

2.

SILVER: $150 – Includes a hole sign, your Company Name in advertising and recognition at the luncheon following golf.

BONUS: Round of golf for ONE (1) player at a later date!

3.

GOLD: $350 – Includes all of the BRONZE items PLUS two (2) rounds at no charge in the tournament. BONUS: Round of golf for TWO (2) players at a later date!

4.

PLATINUM: $600 – Includes all of the BRONZE items PLUS four (4) rounds of golf at no charge in the tournament. BONUS: Round of golf for FOUR (4) players at a later date!

Please review and complete the registration form noting whether you are a Sponsor or Player. Contact Jeremy Gustafson 480-403-1903 for any assistance.

HELP THE KENN LOCKHARDT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION… BE A SPONSOR!!

Previous years sponsors have been!

Platinum

Gold

Silver

Sprayfoam Southwest

Arcadia Inc.

Berridge Mfg./Elite Architectural Products

PHP Pipe Supports

BASF SPF Roof/Wall Systems

CETCO

Bronze

DAS Products, Inc.

Firestone Building Products

ATAS

FiberTite Roofing Systems

Metal Sales

Robert Gomez Architect

Lane Awards

Neogard

Spectra Consulting

Partitions & Accessories

Tech 7 Solutions

Star Roofing

Progressive Roofing

Technical Resource Consultants

Stego Industries

Rollfab Metal Products, LLC Soprema, Inc.

The Reference Library United Coatings

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.

And Present….

Our Year End Learning Unit Day…

“Procrastinators’ Ball” 8 AIA LU, 3 HSW, 3 GBCI Hours – Full Day Seminar – Building Envelope Topics

Friday, December 6, 2013 Held at The Building Envelope Design Center, 419 E Juanita Ave, Mesa AZ Breakfast, Lunch, and Wine/Craft Beer Reception included Phoenix Chapter CSI Members – $25, Non-Members $50 7:00 – 7:30:

Continental Breakfast & Registration

7:30 – 8:30:

Metal Roofs & Walls from A(luminum) to Z(inc) 1 AIA LU, 1 GBCI Presented by Scott Kriner, Metal Construction Association Technical Director

8:30 – 9:30:

NFPA 285 – Assembly Test of Exterior Walls with Combustible Components 1 AIA LU, 1 GBCI Presented by Casey Robb, FCSI, CCPR, LEED-AP BD+C, Commercial Bus. Dev. Mg. DuPont, CSI President

9:30 – 9:45:

Break, Networking, & Table Top Displays, Factory Tour

9:45 – 10:45:

Reinforcing the Design Intent, Storefront vs. Curtainwall 1 AIA LU Presented by Ken Martinek, CSI, Business & Architectural Development Manager, Arcadia Inc.

10:45 – 11:45:

SBS-Modified Membrane Systems 1 AIA LU, HSW Presented by Bobbi Jo Huskey, CSI, AIA Affiliate, AZ-NM Sales Representative Soprema USA

11:45 – 12:05:

Step up your Game with CSI Presented by Casey Robb, President CSI National

12:05 – 1:00:

Lunch (Catered by Joe’s Real BBQ), Table Top Displays, Optional…ATAS Factory Tour 1 AIA LU

1:00 – 2:00:

History of Zinc as a Building Material, Zinc Roofing & Walls 1 AIA LU Presented by Bryan Ninneman, Territory Manager, Umicore Building Products USA

2:00 – 3:00:

Building Envelope Air & Water Barriers, What They Are & Why You Should Care 1 AIA LU, HSW Presented by T.J. Valdez, CSI, The Twenty-One Tech Company, Inc.

3:00 – 3:15:

Break, Networking, & Table Top Displays

3:15 – 4:15:

Energy Efficient Building with Technology 1AIA LU HSW/SD, 1 GBCI Presented by Jim Daniels, CSI CDT, Western Region Sales Manager, ATAS international

4:15 – 5:00:

Wine, Cheese, Craft Beer Reception, Networking & Table Top Displays

REGISTRATION:

Please Use Procrastinators’ Ball Link at www.csiphoenix.org (Limited seating, register early)

QUESTIONS:

Please contact “The Reference Library” at 602-258-7499, louise@thereferencelibrary.com

WANT TO BECOME A CSI MEMBER? Please contact Bobbi Jo Huskey at bhuskey@soprema.us

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.

YOUR AD COULD BE HERE!!!!

CONTACT: TIM GARVER AT tim.garver@dunnedwards.com

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

GREENWIZARD AND CSI ANNOUNCE RENEWED AFFINITY PARTNERSHIP GreenWizard Will Continue to Provide All CSI Members With an Account at No Cost To Search and Analyze 140,000+ Building Products GreenWizard® – a cloud- based product management and project collaboration solution that simplifies building efficient, healthy, and sustainable buildings – today announced that it has renewed its longstanding partnership with CSI. CSI is a volunteer organization dedicated to improving construction project delivery through better communication. The organization maintains a suite of standards – including MasterFormat, UniFormat, and GreenFormat -used to organize project information in commercial-level construction.

With this new renewed partnership, GreenWizard will provide CSI members with an account at no cost. Users can search for building products, analyze product data, compare and contrast manufacturer products, and review product documentation. GreenWizard will also provide any CSI member with a substantial discount on access to GreenWizard’s premium services, such as its virtual product library, collaboration tools, LEED Credit Tracker, or GreenWizard’s LEED project submission system.

With these GreenWizard tools, CSI members can search the GreenWizard database of 140,000+ building products from more than 1,000 manufacturers. All products can be searched by CSI MasterFormat number, keyword, or manufacturer name. Perhaps more importantly, products may be filtered by any number of attributes, including HPDs, EPDs, regionality, recycled content, FSC certification, bio-based attributes, VOC levels, and a wide range of 3rd party certifications. GreenWizard also offers documents such as cut sheets, specifications, MSDS, installation and warranty, and HPDs/EPDs. "GreenWizard's capabilities offer a bridge between CSI and LEED," CSI CEO Walter Marlowe said.

"GreenWizard can be used to find either new or trusted manufacturers by detailed product attributes, supporting documentation available such as HPD or EPD, or brand name, and to compare and contrast manufacturers based on specific product data and documentation."

“We are pleased to continue our active working relationship with CSI and its members,” GreenWizard CEO Adam Bernholz said. “By acting as the bridge between the difficult LEED material requirements and the information for products necessary for specifiers, GreenWizard simplifies the complex world of material specification” About GreenWizard Now a LEED® Automation (a.k.a. App Lab™) partner, GreenWizard is a comprehensive product management software and project collaboration provider that enables the design and construction community to better manage products and project data, collaborate on projects, assess LEED design and construction credits, integrate with LEED Online, and archive projects. GreenWizard’s tools simplify the process of building efficient, healthy, and sustainable construction projects. AEC firms are able to utilize GreenWizard’s interactive and dynamic tools to collaborate on product data and documentation, which is supplied and updated directly from manufacturers.

The company’s software is utilized by the one-half of the nation’s top 10 design firms alone, with roughly $19 billion in construction projects currently evaluating their building material needs. Building owners, architects, engineers and contractors can use GreenWizard’s WORKflow® Pro solution at any phase of a building project.

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REGISTER NOW for the December meeting http://tinyurl.com/CSIDecember2013

DECEMBER 2013

DECEMBER 04 Firestone Walls, Tony Evans, Lanton Associates, 480-303-9182

DECEMBER 11 Dow Corning, Jeff Myers, 989-948-6713

1 AIA LU with HSW “Overview of Metal Wall Panels”

1 AIA LU

“Using Air Barrier Systems to Reduce Building Air Infiltration”

1. Why use metal? (aesthetics/design flexibility, life cycle costs, sustainability, performance) 2. Material & system options (aluminum composite material (ACM), aluminum plate, honeycomb, insulated metal panels (IMP), roll formed and specialty products) 3. Metal wall panel systems categories (barrier systems, caulk less systems, rainscreen systems) DECEMBER 18 LaPolla, Erin Easter, 480-291-2855

1. Define the basic requirements that air barriers must meet 2. Describe the different types of air barriers on the market and their key differences 3. Identify key areas within a wall system where detailing is important to system success 4. Describe the different solutions currently on the market for sealing penetrations and transitions to create a complete air barrier system

“Contributions to High Performance Building” 1 AIA LU 1. Understand the basic characteristics and proper installation of spray foam insulation.

2. Define the insulation performance of open-cell and closed-cell spray polyurethane foam (SPF) 3. Understand additional functions and benefits beyond R-value 4. Clarify code compliance

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DECEMBER 05 Kohler, Michelle Fray, 480-287-2554 “Universal Design” 1 AIA LU with HSW and 0.1 CEU for designers Universal Design is not a new concept; however, it is time for a paradigm shift. This course prompts the question – should I be offering Universal Design solutions to all of my clients regardless of age or ability? This material provides compelling reasons for recommending Universal Design beyond the status quo. No longer limited to ADA product and an institutional look, you are empowered to exceed expectations with this new worldview.

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