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Networking Hour Call for Volunteers, We’re Turning 50! In February of 1958, the Columbus Ohio Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute was founded. The current chapter members are planning a gala for 2008 to celebrate the chapters’ 50th anniversary. We are looking for volunteers to be on the planning committee. We will meet approximately once per month to select a venue, write chapter history and search for past members. If you are interested in helping, please contact Anne Roeper at 740-965-8228 or aroeper@accuride.com.
Do a good deed, network with fellow CSI members and be part of building a pilot LEED home! The Columbus Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute is sponsoring a one-day event with the help of Worthington Kilbourne’s HomeB.A.S.E. program. According to CSI Columbus Chapter President Anne Marie Roeper, CSI, CCPR, one of her goals this year is to increase awareness of CSI and strengthen ties with the Columbus community. After hearing about a course called HomeB.A.S.E., offered at Worthington Kilbourne High School, she was immediately interested in participating, recognizing it as a great program as well as a ideal opportunity for her members to contribute. HomeB.A.S.E, started by Worthington Kilbourne High School teacher Roger Beck in 1996, allows students to help the poor by constructing poverty housing and connecting this to their English and Government classes. Every other day, seniors in the Home B.A.S.E. program either travel to a Habitat for Humanity site, one which they have raised money to help build, or stay on campus and learn the techniques needed to build a house. This fall, Kilbourne will be celebrating their 10th year. The 2006-07 home is a very energy efficient and environmentally sustainable “green” home. Kilbourne was accepted into the Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) pilot program for the United States. There are two pilot homes in Ohio that are currently being built, one in Columbus and the other in Cincinnati. The home is unique to America -- even the landscaping plan is outstanding and will be one, if not the most environmentally sustainable designs in Ohio for an urban lot. The house, when complete, will even have solar shingles built into the roof that will be inter-woven with regular shingles. CSI Columbus will help Kilbourne give “a hand up" and take part in a special build day at 258 No. 21st Street on Saturday, Sept. 30 from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.. All CSI members and their families (children over the age of 14) are invited and encouraged to participate. If you can’t stay for the whole day, we encourage you to sign up for a morning or afternoon shift. Sign up for a morning or afternoon shift or stay the whole day. To sign up or for more information,
please contact Jenna Bellinski at 614.563.5846 or jbellinski@constructivecommunication.com. Mark your calendars – the date and location has been set for Design Columbus 2007. The event is scheduled for March 29, 2007 at the Columbus State Community College (CCSC) campus -- a venue that is sure to surpass all locations of the past. Design Columbus is an annual event that offers members of the commercial design and construction community the opportunity to view the latest products and technologies, as well as learn from industry-leading speakers. It will provide multiple opportunities for professionals to acquire continuing education learning units on various subjects. The event also will include more than 25 vendors, allowing participants an opportunity to quickly see the construction industry’s most recent innovative products, technologies and services. According to Chick McBrien, Chairman of the Design Columbus Committee, the 2007 event is especially exciting because of the new location -- CCSC. Located in the heart of Columbus, the facility is not only easily accessible but the venue allows CSI to easily incorporate the recently launched CSI Student Chapter in the event. “It will be a fun and worthwhile afternoon, complete with fellowship and learning,” says McBrien. Those interested in having a booth at the event should contact Chick McBrien at CharlesM@marvin.com or 614.306.3911. More information about the speakers will be announced in the coming months, but likely topics include BIM as well as a presentation on proposal development and presenting your information to the client. So save the date – March
29, 2007, 3-8 p.m. and come out to see the new location,
earn CEUs and meet fellow industry and CSI affiliates.
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