http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/Default.aspx An articles RSS feed from the EfficionConsulting Articles Module for DNN. en-us CSI Phoenix CSI Phoenix Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:48:18 GMT EfficionConsulting Articles Module (www.efficionconsulting.com) Copyright 2010, CSI Phoenix I hope everyone had a pleasant summer even with the high humidity and temperatures that some of us forget about in the other six months of the year. We have a great lineup of programs for the 2010-2011 monthly meetings and Don Stone and his committee promise something for everyone. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/44/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT The September Chapter Meeting will be held on Thursday, September 9, 2010 . Check-in, networking, and table tops begin at 5:30pm until 6:30pm. Dinner and program will be from 6:30pm until 8:00pm. There will be additional table tops from 8:00pm until 8:30pm following the program. The meeting will be held at: Radisson Hotel Phoenix City Center 3600 N. 2nd Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85013 (602-604-4900). Topics will include LEED Award Winning Project, Tempe Transporation Center and An Exploration in Sustainable Desert Architecture. There will be a presentation by John Kane FAIA LEED AP with Architekton +Otak and Richard Herges with Adolphson and Peterson Contractors. SuperUser Account Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT As the incoming President of the Phoenix Chapter for 2010-2011, I look forward to the challenges ahead of us for an unsettled construction economy. Membership retention, growth of the chapter and quality education programs are areas that I and your new board will be dealing with over the summer and into next year. We are asking for assistance from the membership to help fill out vacancies on various committees to continue the quality programs like those in the past that made us a great chapter to be a member of. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/42/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Sponsored by the Phoenix Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, this award recognizes imaginative investigation and creative design that explore the potential of a building product(s). A different building product/ manufacturer is chosen each year from within the CSI s membership and the companies they represent. This year s product/material sponsors are Pinta Acoustic / Phoenix Chapter Construction Specifications Institute / Arizona AIA. Imagination Cube Competition Details SuperUser Account Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT This President s Message constitutes my Swan Song as your Chapter President and I hope I ve been able to keep you interested and enthusiastic in CSI, why we are here, and what we are trying to do to make you a better Architectural Product Rep, Contractor, Architect, Owner/Manager, etc. It has been an interesting year and one that could not have been done without the help of the members of the Board, the Committee Chairwomen and Chairmen and the members who assisted them on their committees. One thing that is paramount to remember, they are all VOLUNTEERS, they give freely of their time to make this Chapter better which, in turn, results in better specifications being written and better quality buildings being constructed. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/40/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT For the THIRD month in a row I d like to put a plug in for our annual CSI Golf Tournament, the proceeds of which go towards our Scholarship Fund. Dave Spice is once again heading this effort and is looking for sponsors. Please contact him at DAS Products, 480-838-0821 or dspice@dasproducts.com Our Scholarship Fund, managed by the Ken Lockhart Foundation is one of our most worthy efforts and I urge each of you to support it. Especially in tough economic times such as these it is important to be a sponsor or donor. If your company can t do that, at least sign up to play a round of golf and bring a client. Now for this month s discussion: http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/38/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT For the second month in a row I d like to put a plug in for our annual CSI Golf Tournament, the proceeds of which go towards our Scholarship Fund. Dave Spice is once again heading this effort and is looking for sponsors. Please contact him at DAS Products, 480-838-0821 or dspice@dasproducts.com Our Scholarship Fund, managed by the Ken Lockhart Foundation is one of our most worthy efforts and I urge each of you to support it. Especially in tough economic times such as these it is important to be a sponsor or donor. If your company can t do that, at least sign up to play a round of golf and bring a client. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/37/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Well it s goodbye to the Oughts (or as some say, the Naughts). Time Magazine even called it The Decade from Hell . We all know too well all the bad things that happened this past decade but I would prefer that each of us look back and reflect upon all the good things that happened. To start off with the Y2K disaster never happened; the World didn t come to an end as several groups predicted; the Red Sox finally one a World Series as did our new Diamondbacks; the Cardinals made it to the Super Bowl; Bernie Madoff was put behind bars for 150 years; gasoline did not stay at $4.00 per gallon; we did not go into a cataclysmic Depression, etc, etc. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/36/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT To all of those who volunteered at the CSI Booth during Greenbuild in November, my sincere thanks. The people from CSI National that ran the show were very professional and they appreciated having you there to answer all the questions from prospective members about our Phoenix Chapter. We believe that we did recruit several new members for the Chapter. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/35/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Well it s the time of year again where I begin to Market my favorite volunteer effort, the Future City Competition. This is a National Competition open to 7th and 8th graders from any school, Public, Private, Parochial, Charter or Home Schooled children. The Competition lets the kids design their version of a City of the Future using the SimCity4 Deluxe software. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/34/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT How many of you regularly read The Construction Specifier magazine that each member receives every month? Most Architectural Product Representatives I m sure read articles on their company s products (and their competitor s) when they appear. Most Contractor s I m sure read articles that pertain to projects that they are planning or have currently under construction and most Architect s/Engineer s I m sure read articles that pertain to their latest buildings/systems they are designing. Hopefully those members dedicated to writing specifications read a majority of the articles. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/33/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT It was great seeing all the CSI Phoenix members who participated in the Trade Show at the AIA State Conference this past week. I think all will agree that the show was a success. As I circulated throughout the room though a problem surfaced that I would like to discuss. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/32/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Greetings all CSI Phoenix Chapter Members and welcome to what we hope will be an enjoyable year for us all, both business wise and socially as well. I hope you all have had a great summer. Those of you who were able to get away to a cooler climate during what was the hottest July on record in Phoenix are the envy of those of us who stayed here and suffered. We'll enjoy hearing about it but please don't rub it in too much. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/31/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT I can honestly say that no leader has ever won a battle single-handed. No company, even Arcadia has ever produced a first-class product without first-class people and providers. We celebrate the tradition and power of bold thinking, collaboration and diversity. History proves that none of us can be the best at everything. But when all us combine our strengths, we can and will be the best at virtually anything. Great families, friendships and neighborhoods; great sports teams, communities and schools; great customers, colleagues and companies--each is celebrated. The miracle is this: Teamwork has its own arithmetic. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/30/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT These days, businesses are focusing more and more on the bottom line and their mere existence. This needs to be true about our chapter as well, not in terms of profit, but in terms of product. The best intentions and the kindest hearts in the world mean nothing unless positive action follows. We have the ability to increase our limited resources by using member volunteers; we can increase our presence, position and power in the same way. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/29/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT The concept of purpose, even the word itself, is something held in high regard by many, perhaps even most. Some describe purpose as giving them a general direction for their lives, while others even go so far as to allow it to prioritize the key choices required in their day-to-day living. And yet, many might find it difficult to describe what purpose is and, even more difficult, to honestly point to how they will use it in the daily choices they make. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/28/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT If you are a designer who wants to prepare clear drawings and project specifications to ensure that you give your clients exactly what they want, if you are a contractor who wants to submit the bids that win jobs, if you are a building product manufacturer or representative who wants to have your product successfully and correctly installed in a building, or if you are an owner who wants to limit your liability by getting all members of the team on the same page .....then you belong with us ......The Construction Specification Institute (CSI). http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/27/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT The 2008 Imagination Design Cube Competition Pictures are now available to view in PDF Format: 2008 Imagination Design Cube Competition Pictures SuperUser Account Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Wouldn't you think, just a little touch of personal accountability, we could have avoided a good chunk of this financial cluster of a problem that is affecting every single one of us. So what do think? Don't you think it is about time that CSI truly starts to embrace the various construction delivery mechanisms exercised in today's markets? And discover how CSI can begin to integrate itself within each method to improve the process. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/25/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT This award recognized Jess Allen Glowacki s imaginative investigation and creative design that explored the potential of a variety of building products. Read on for a description and image of his design, and a recap of the event. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/24/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Let The Sun Shine In Fenestration and daylighting work hand in hand. To elevate and enrich the human experience is the power of architecture. Connecting us to daily life, clarifying our relationship with one another and to the realities of place and time is also a huge roll served by architecture. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/23/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT INTEGRATING BUILDING CODES WHAT A NOVEL IDEA In this glorious Age of the Information Revolution, design professionals are clamoring to explore all the gizmos and gadgets that could assist them with the delivery of better design methods and particularly understanding and incorporating code-compliant design provisions within their projects. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/22/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT BIM and KEN I don't know whether to run like you know what or embrace this new technology. Will BIM be the death of design? Or will it free designers to enrich the creative process? Is it true will we see fewer change orders? Will it ease collaboration, enhancing the overall project quality? http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/21/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Interesting twist, wouldn't you say ? There is no question times are changing. The construction industry is constantly changing as new materials come on the market, new applications are found for existing materials, and construction techniques and delivery methods continue to evolve. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/20/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT It s hard to believe it; we ve almost wrapped up another successful year for the Phoenix Chapter. Although I didn t accomplish all that I wanted to while president, the Chapter did have several successful accomplishments this past year: http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/19/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT Self-Improvement There are thousands of books, websites, and other sources available for the sole purpose of making you a better person. They focus on topics ranging from weight control to increasing self-confidence to overcoming shyness. But, the type of self-improvement I m highlighting is professional-based; I m speaking of improving your position in your current career. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/18/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT What Does CSI Do For You? I ve been hearing it for some time now companies are cutting back due to the downturn in construction. In turn, the cutbacks frequently include company-funded memberships in professional organizations such as the Construction Specifications Institute. If you re like me, you probably belong to several professional organizations; and, without financial support from your company, you probably couldn t continue your membership in most if not all of them. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/17/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT A Chapter on the Verge of a Crisis? Is the Chapter having money-related problems? No, the Chapter is financially sound. Is the Chapter losing members at an alarming rate? No, the Chapter has seen a healthy increase in new members these past few months. So, what is it? What could possibly push the Phoenix Chapter into a crisis? http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/16/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed the past holiday season by taking some time off to be with family and friends. However, as we make this move into a new year, we come even closer to the date for the Southwest Region Conference. Plans are coming together and detailed information should be sent out to Chapter and Region members within a week or two. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/15/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT In 1961, folk singer and political activist Pete Seeger along with folk singer Joe Hickerson, adapted the words of a Ukrainian folk song to the tune of an old lumberjack song to create Where Have All The Flowers Gone? The cyclic lyrics lead to the death of soldiers in combat, and individual recordings of the song by the Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul, and Mary made it a popular anti-war song later in the same decade. But this article isn t about the politics of war, or even music for that matter. This article is about the apparent, and somewhat disturbing, decline in the number of experienced construction specifiers. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/14/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT The Chapter Holiday Party It s hard to believe that we re approaching the halfway point of the Chapter s fiscal year. But,with this milestone is the Chapter s annual holiday party. This year we re continuing the party program we developed last year, which proved to be a great success. The schedule includes a cocktail hour and full dinner that will be momentarily interrupted to raffle off a myriad of donated party gifts. The event should be a time of social interaction with fellow members, their spouses and/or guests. See the program information about the details for time, location, and donations. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/13/Default.aspx CSI Phoenix Admin Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT In 1943, American psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed his Hierarchy of Needs motivational model. At the base of the five-stage model are the biological and physiological needs, or, in other terms, the basic life needs; and found within that first stage is the need for shelter. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/12/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT Going, going, gone This past month we said farewell to longtime Phoenix Chapter member Bob Sears. Arriving in Phoenix in 1988 from Seattle, Bob, who was active in his former chapter, immediately joined the Phoenix chapter. But Bob didn t sit still; he became active in the Phoenix Chapter as newsletter editor and, eventually, chapter president. Additionally, he was a frequent contributor to the chapter s newsletter with his op-ed articles titled As I See It. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/11/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT Well, I think we re off to a great start for the year. We had 69 in attendance at our first meeting of the year last month and there were plenty of new faces. This year has some new changes and significant events for the Chapter. The first of which is the new meeting location http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/10/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT DMJM Design s The Art of Place Making Takes Top Honors in Annual CSI Phoenix Chapter and Arizona AIA Imagination Cube Competition Phoenix, Arizona, September, 2007 The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), Phoenix Chapter, and American Institute of Architects (AIA), Arizona Chapter, presented their 2007 Imagination Cube Design Award to a team from DMJM Design for its creative use of Pilkington Profilit channel glass. The winning entry, entitled The Art of Place Making, used channel glass in a design concept for a public sculpture that mimics the free-flowing form of a viscous liquid. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/9/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT In life, most everything is given some type classification whether it's objective, such as drivers' licenses, or subjective, such as social status. Then there're those people who're in a class all by themselves. Buildings, like much of everything else, are classified, as well. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/0/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT In my last article, I discussed the first of two types of building classifications used in the building code: Occupancies. The second, which is frequently misunderstood by new users of the building code, is the Construction Type classification. The Construction Type has little to nothing to do with the Occupancy classification. But, like the two towers of the Golden Gate suspension bridge, without both, the whole thing wouldn't hold together. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/1/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Imagine taking a project into the building department for plan review, and when you get the comments back (there are always comments), the first comment you read hits you like a ton of code books: Building exceeds allowable area for occupancy and construction type. Nothing says design changes more that exceeding the allowable floor area. Even a missing fire partition or having to add some fire-resistive-rated windows and doors (although annoying and costly) won't equal the modifications necessary to make a project compliant with the allowable area of the building code. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/2/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Last month we discussed the intricacies of calculating allowable floor area for buildings under the International Building Code (IBC) using the nonseparated use method. But, if using the nonseparated use method is too restrictive for your building, you can always revert to the separated use method. The separated use method has been in the building codes for many years, and it requires that the various occupancy groups within a building be separated from each other by fire-resistance-rated assemblies. As a benefit of this compartmentation, the building code allows a building floor area to be determined based on the sum of the ratios of actual floor areas to allowable floor areas. In all cases, this sum of ratios cannot exceed 1.0. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/3/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT The inability of the exits to handle all of the occupants in the short time available for this fast growing fire contributed directly to the large loss of life. That is a quote from the NIST's (National Institute of Standards and Technology) 2005 final report on The Station Nightclub fire that occurred on February 20, 2003, killing 100 people. Although the estimated 458 occupants within the building that night did not exceed the calculated maximum occupant load of 585 based on floor area per the 2003 International Building Code (IBC), the one of the most significant limiting factor was the lack of capacity of the egress system, and the improper distribution of exit width. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/8/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT This year marks the 200 th anniversary of the automatic fire sprinkler system. In 1806, an Englishman by the name of John Carey, developed the first automatic fire sprinkler system by connecting a series of perforated pipes to an elevated water tank. The water, under pressure due to the tank elevation, was held in place by closed valves. Combustible cords connected to weights held the valves closed. When a fire would burn through the cords, the weights would drop, opening the valves, thereby allowing water to enter the perforated pipes and extinguishing the fire. Crude, but it was only the beginning. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/4/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT If you've ever worked on or with construction documents that involve fire-resistive construction, you re probably familiar with UL design numbers, GA file numbers, or building code prescriptive item numbers. These numbers identify construction assemblies that have been specifically tested for fire resistance. In order to be approved, an assembly must be installed as tested; any modification will likely be disapproved by the building official. However, in today s construction, some unique assemblies can t be identified using a previously tested assembly number; and having a special test performed for a project-specific assembly may break the budget. Fortunately, there are other methods to determine the fire resistance of an assembly without the financial impact and still comply with the building code. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/5/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Dictionaries: I would venture to say that every adult and school student owns at least one of these books. The earliest form of dictionary can be traced back as far as the 7 th century B.C. The library of Ashurbanipal, the king of Assyria, Nineveh (near modern day Mosul, Iraq), included clay tablets with cuneiform (wedge-shaped) inscriptions, or symbols, that represented words, sounds, and numbers. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/6/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT If you thought designing a new building to comply with the building code was a difficult task, try applying the building code to an existing building. In many cases, it is impossible, either financially or physically, to bring an existing building into full compliance with the current, adopted building code. http://www.csiphoenix.org/CodesArticles/tabid/67/ctl/Details/mid/415/ItemID/7/Default.aspx SuperUser Account Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT