CHATTA DATA June 2014 Volume 44, Issue 5 Newsletter of the Chattanooga Chapter of The Construction Specifications Institute INSIDE THIS ISSUE 2 Officers & Committees 3 Chapter Honors 4 Election Updates 5 Member Anniversaries and New Members 6 GSR Leadership Meeting Summer Issue Gulf States Region Leadership Meeting August 8-9, 2014 Jackson, MS 7 Scholarships Awarded 8 Where have I heard that 10 Chapter Board Meeting Jackson, MS State Capital See page 6 for details Mark Your Calendars Next CSI Chapter Meeting September 18, 2014 See page 3 for more information
Page 2 Volume 44, Issue 5 Chattanooga Chapter P.O. Box 3616 Chattanooga, TN 37404-3616 www.chattanooga.csinet.org The Construction Specifications Institute 110 South Union Street, Suite 100 Alexandria, VA. 22314 1-800-689-2900 www.csinet.org CHAPTER OFFICERS President: Robin Vasa, CSI, CCS, AIA, LEED AP 423-751-3090 rlvasa3@gmail.com President-Elect: Bo Bentley, CSI 423-266-7165 bobentley@ttwilsonco.com Vice-President: Michael Quarles, CSI 423-266-8876 michael@vega-corp.com Secretary: Cindi Brooks, CSI, CDT 423-827-4848 cindibrooksgsr@gmail.com Treasurer: Mark Walker, CSI 423-622-6393 mark@walkerinteriors.net Immediate Past President.: Brian Clarke, CSI, AIA, LEED AP 423-266-4816 bclarke@dhw-architects.com Chapter Director: Paul Baggett, CSI, CDT 423-648-8235 paul.baggett@dbscorporation.com Chapter Director: Jimmy Lail, CSI 423-265-0467 jimmy@rainesbrothersinc.com Chapter Director: Rachel Hunt, CSI 423-509-2581 rhunt44@hotmail.com Chapter Advisor: Mike Davis, FCSI, CDT 423-752-1302 mmd1300@epbfi.com CHAPTER COMMITTEES Gulf States Region www.csigulfstates.csinet.org Academic Liason: Justin Buckner, CSI 423-443-7800 jbuckner@seqconcrete.com Awards: Michael Quarles, CSI 423-266-8876 michael@vega-corp.com Jonnie Cox, RA,FCSI 423-751-7826 jamcclung@epbfi.com Certification: Paul Baggett, CSI, CDT 423-648-8235 paul.baggett@dbscorporation.com Communications: Becky Wagoner, CSI 423-648-2039 bwagoner@qlcs.net Education: Cindi Brooks, CSI, CDT 423-827-4848 cindibrooksgsr@gmail.com Finance: Mark Walker, CSI 423-622-6393 mark@walkerinteriors.net Fundraising: Bruce Martin, CSI, CDT 423-775-1793 bmartin@dillardconstruction.com Historian: Jonnie Cox, RA, FCSI 423-751-7826 jamcclung@epbfi.com House Committee Rachel Hunt, CSI 423-509-2581 rhunt44@hotmail.com Membership: Mike Davis, FCSI, CDT 423-752-1302 mmd1300@epbfi.com Brian Clarke, CSI, AIA, LEED AP 423-266-4816 bclarke@dhw-architects.com Planning: Jonnie Cox, RA, FCSI 423-751-7826 jamcclung@epbfi.com Brian Clarke, CSI, AIA, LEED AP 423-266-4816 bclarke@dhw-architects.com Product Show: Jeff Tippens, CSI 423-326-8177 jtippens@mii.com Programs: J. Hardin, CSI 423-266-0163 Jhardin_srrassociates@comcast.net Scholarship: Mike Davis, FCSI, CDT 423-752-1302 mmd1300@epbfi.com Technical: Guy Campbell, CSI, CDT 423-899-6233 guyc@architecturalsurfaces.com Bo Bentley, CSI 423-266-7165 bobentley@ttwilsonco.com Webmaster: Jonnie Cox, RA, FCSI 423-751-7826 jamcclung@epbfi.com Becky Wagoner, CSI 423-648-2039 bwagoner@qlcs.net REGION OFFICERS President: Billy Mathis, CSI, CDT 501-758-7443 bjmathis@taggarch.com Vice President: William Sundquist, CSI 423-485-1260 william.sundquist@generalshale.com Secretary: Cindi Brooks, CSI, CDT 423-827-4848 cindibrooksgsr@gmail.com Treasurer: Randall Lewis, CSI, AIA 601-948-4601 rlewis@jhharchitects.com Immediate Past President: John Dunaway, CSI,CCS,AIA 601-948-7337 john@ccdarchitects.com
Page 3 FY 2014 Chattanooga Chapter Honors and Awards Chatta Data Gulf States Region Jimmy Lail received the Robert V. Bishop Award Robin Vasa received Certificate of Appreciation for serving as Chapter President and GSR Board Member Paul Baggett received GSR Certification Award Chapter Program Award received for January Joint meeting on Integrated Project Delivery Bruce Martin received Certificate of Appreciation for serving as GSR Fund Raising Chair Chattanooga Chapter Certificates of Merit and Appreciation Bo Bentley - President Elect Brian Clarke - Immediate Past President Justin Buckner - Academic Liason Michael Quarles - Vice President and Awards Chair Cindi Brooks - Secretary and Editor Jimmy Lail - Director Jonnie Cox - Planning, Historian and Webmaster Paul Baggett - Director and Certification Chair Mark Walker - Treasurer and Finance Chair Mike Davis Chapter Advisor, Membership and Scholarship Chair Bruce Martin - Fundraising Chair Certificates of Appreciation William Sundquist - GSR Officer Jeff Tippens - Product Show Amy Fleming - Product Show Becky Wagoner - Facebook Award Rising Star Awards Mark Walker Becky Wagoner Special Chapter Recognition to Robin Vasa for her dedicated Leadership while serving the Chattanooga Chapter as President for the past two years, thank you Robin!
Page 4 Volume 44, Issue 5 Chattanooga Chapter FY 2015 Officers President: Bo Bentley, CSI President Elect: Cindi Brooks, CSI,CDT Vice-President: Michael Quarles, CSI Secretary: Paul Baggett, CSI, CDT Treasurer: Mark Walker, CSI Immediate Past President: Robin Vasa, CSI,CCS,AIA,LEED AP Chapter Director: Mike Davis, FCSI, CDT Chapter Director: Rachel Hunt, CSI Chapter Director: Paul Thompson, CSI Chapter Advisor: Jimmy Lail, CSI
Page 5 May Anniversaries Cindi Brooks, CSI, CDT Member Since 2002 Jan Pass, CSI,CDT,PE Member Since 1988 June/July/August Anniversaries Guy Campbell, CSI, CDT Member Since 1992 Chatta Data Charles Kuhlman, CSI Member Since 1974 Doug Hileman, CSI Member Since 2013 Tom Kral, CSI Member Since 2013 Steven McDaniel, CSI Member Since 2013 Tim Mitch, Jr., CSI Member Since 2012 Paul Stevens, CSI Member Since 2012 Robin Vasa, CSI, CCS, AIA, LEED AP Member Since 2006 Becky Wagoner, CSI Member Since 2012 Brent Williams, CSI, CDT Member Since 2004 Micah Duffy, CSI, PE, ASCE Member Since 2013 Amy Fleming, CSI, CDT Member Since 2000 Ruth Harmon, CSI Member Since 1993 Frank Lennox, CSI Member Since 1982 Susan Martin, CSI Member Since 1996 Mark Richardson, CSI Member Since 2011 Chattanooga Chapter Welcomes our FY 2014 New Members Carson Chanatry, CSI-S, ASID University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Caroline Conner, CSI-S University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Micah Duffey, CSI, PE,ASCE Passpointe Engineering, LLC Project Manager Jaqueline Dent, CSI-S University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Susan Jordan, CSI,CDT Elizabeth Southall, CSI-S University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Scott Wilson, CSI Carlisle Syntec - Manufacturers Rep Randy Lewallen, CSI Shaw Contract Group
Page 6 Volume 44, Issue 5 See Page 7 for more details Chattanooga Members: If you are interested in attending the Leadership Meeting please contact Bo Bentley at bobentley@ttwilsonco.com or any of the Chapter Officers for additional information Next Chapter Meeting September 18, 2014 More Details Coming Soon
Page 7 Chatta Data The CSI Chattanooga Chapter is proud to announce the Award of Two Marshall Hildebrand Scholarships in FY 2014 Congratulations to our deserving Students Bethany Tatum: $ 2,000.00 Senior at UTC Jacquelene Dent: $ 2,000.00 Junior at UTC
Page 8 Volume 44, Issue 5 Where have I heard that before? "It is probable that few members of the profession will disagree [that] the preparation of specifications receives less study and attention in proportion to its importance than any other phase of architectural or engineering practice. It is generally conceded that there is need for accurate, concise, yet comprehensive specifications in order to secure the best results from any set of plans. In our architectural schools instruction in specification writing has been neglected to such an extent that those to whom the task of specification writing has fallen have usually been forced to educate themselves. As a natural sequence of this condition we find too many inaccurate and incomplete documents accompanying drawings under the guise of specifications." If you participate in or visit CSI groups on LinkedIn, or follow discussions on 4specs.com, or talk with just about any specifier, it's likely you have heard similar comments. Most of those who work with specifications appreciate their value, and believe that, to be effective, they must contain all the information needed by the contractor, they must not contain irrelevant information, and they must be easy to understand. Following is more of the comment from which I took the opening quotation. "IT is probable that few members of the profession will disagree with the statement that, considered broadly, the preparation of specifications receives less study and attention in proportion to its importance than any other phase of architectural or engineering practice. It is generally conceded that there is need for accurate, concise, yet comprehensive specifications in order to secure the best results from any set of plans. Yet to many architects and engineers the task of their preparation is onerous, and in order to produce a written document to accompany the drawings they sometimes even resort to the re-working of old specifications. It is usually discovered later that they do not accurately apply to the work in hand. "In our architectural schools instruction in specification writing has been neglected to such an extent that those to whom the task of specification writing has fallen have usually been forced to educate themselves. As a natural sequence of this condition we find too many inaccurate and incomplete documents accompanying drawings under the guise of specifications. "It is because of these conditions that THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT notes with the greatest satisfaction the initiation of a movement to organize The American Specification Institute along the lines of the National Professional Societies. "It is obvious that The American Specification Institute should have as its fundamental purpose the education of its membership so as to assure better and more uniform specifications, the dissemination of information relating to the production of raw materials, their manufacture or fabrication into finished products, and how, when and where to use the different materials. When the specification writer has acquired a thorough understanding of the materials and equipment described and called for in his specifications he will be able to write more intelligently and produce a document that will furnish Continued page 11
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Page 11 Where have I heard that before continued from page 8 protection alike to the client, the architect, the builder and the manufacturer. The above was printed in 1920, in The American Architect, published from 1876 through 1938, when it was absorbed by Architectural Record. In following issues, readers responded. "The average architect beginning practice to-day knows very little about this most important phase of his work. He little knows how much stress a client will put on his knowledge of stone and concrete; the grades of lumber; the most efficient kinds of paint for various purposes; what constitutes the various grades of glass; plumbing goods; hardware and electrical work. The architect to correctly specify must know these things intelligently and intimately so that he may not only be in a position to advise the client but to advise the builder if necessary. Architecture is the art of building thoroughly even as much as making buildings attractive." Heacock & Hokanson "It occurs to me that architects in the past have paid altogether too little attention to this important phase of their work, and too little opportunity for development has been given to those men who are engaged in specification writing. The result of this has been that often our well-conceived projects have been poorly constructed, and proper provision has too often not been made to protect various materials in the proper manner." H. Kenneth Franzheim, architect Chatta Data essential to the best interests of their client. " An old subscriber "Most specification writers receive their training at the present time solely in the school of experience, which is, of course, excellent, but does not cover the entire ground, for the reason that these men are usually the product of training of one or two offices which have their individual methods." Wm. O. Ludlow, architect Not everyone agreed. I recently heard an architect express an opinion similar to the following. "We, of course, do not approve of any institution that would seek to standardize so important a document as a specification, because we believe that personality and creativeness enter as much into this branch of the architect's work as in matters of design and execution of drawings. We do not believe that you can make specification specialists because we believe the specification maker must be imbued with all the art and questions of accomplishing a building and it is a subject as intimate as the architect himself." Edwards & Sayward Isn't it interesting that we're voicing the same concerns now as were expressed nearly a hundred years ago? 2014, Sheldon Wolfe, RA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, CSC Agree? Disagree? Leave your comments at http://swconstructivethoughts.blogspot.com/. "I agree that the specification practice of most architects offices is the least creditable part of their work, due probably to several things: First, in an effort to hasten the work, old specifications for similar buildings are often rehashed and made over with a greater or lesser degree of success, mostly less. Secondly, specifications are to the majority of architects the least interesting part of their work, the very
Page 12 Volume 44, Issue 5 The Construction Specifications Institute is a nationwide non-profit technical organization dedicated to the improvement of specifications and building practices in the construction industry through service, education and research. Founded in 1948, CSI provides a forum for architects, engineers, specification writers, contractors, suppliers and others in our industry. Membership is open to all who are involved in the built environment. Please contact Chapter Membership Chairman or any chapter officer listed in the newsletter. The Chatta Data is published five times a year by the Chattanooga Chapter of The Construction Specifications Institute. This publication does not approve, sanction or guarantee the validity or accuracy of any data, claims, or other opinions stated in the articles or advertisements. Editorial copy does not constitute an endorsement by the Chattanooga Chapter of CSI nor any of its members.