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AIA Newark Suburban and the Construction Specification Institute of New Jersey 14th Annual Charity Golf Outing Monday July 19, 2010 Forest Hill Field Club, Bloomfield, NJ Good Cause - Good Friends - Good Times

Joint CSI Chapter Meeting
Empire State Building, New York, NY May 19, 2010 - The Metro New York Chapter joins with our fellow members in the Long Island and New Jersey Chapters for a joint meeting. We will be visiting the offices of Skanska USA Building on the 32nd Floor of the Empire State Building in Manhattan. The Skanska office has been awarded a LEED Commercial Interiors Platinum certification. The tour will end with dinner at Annie Moore's Restaurant. The date is a week later than our normal meeting date to avoid a conflict with the CSI national convention in Philadelphia.  The offices employ an under floor air system, natural daylighting, sensor-controlled lighting systems, low VOC-emitting materials, locally-sourced and recycled materials, location near public transit, Energy Star-compliant appliances, waterless urinals, low-flow toilets, and hand-sensing faucets. The Skanska offices use 35% less energy than ASHRAE standards call for and have reduced water usage to 40% below Energy Policy Act standards. Skanska (as the builder) recycled 80% of the construction waste and preserved 40% of the non-structural interior components. Recycled products were used throughout the office, and 28% of materials were manufactured within 500 miles. The Forest Stewardship Council also certified 89% of the wood-based materials used throughout the office. Tour Start: Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York; meet in Lobby.Start Time: 4:30 p.m. Note that this is earlier than our usual meeting time. Dinner: 6:30 p.m. at Annie Moore’s, 50 East 43rd Street; program will be reports of the three Chapter presidents. Reservations: Required. There are only 40 places for this tour, and the first 40 who sign up will have a confirmed reservation. Reservations will ONLY be paid-in-advance. Reservations will be through Brown Paper Tickets ONLY >>RSVP

NJ CSI Chapter and the Architect's League Jeopardy® Tournament at Bergen Community College
Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ April 15, 2010 - CSI NJ and the Architect's League, held a Construction Specification Jeopardy® Tournament to bring professionals from different backgrounds together.

*Jeopardy® is a registered trademark of Sony Pictures Digital, Inc.  The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Sony Pictures Digital, Inc. and are protected under law. The New Jersey Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Sony Pictures Digital, Inc..

Joint Meeting with AIA Newark Suburban
Hilton Hotel, Parsippany, NJ March 24, 2010 - The CSI New Jersey Chapter held a joint meeting with the AIA Newark Suburban Chapter.  Our guest speaker was Mr. Matthew Holst, AIA, LEED AP, an Associate Design Architect for Fletcher Thompson.  Mr. Holst's topic was "Designing with BIM".

As a design architect with over 8 years of experience in a multitude of architectural projects including work ranging from commercial, institutional, educational, and residential. On these projects, the services provided range from programming and feasibility analysis through site planning and construction. As an Architect, Mr. Holst is responsible for presentation, schematic design, design development, construction drawings and documents, and maintaining primary client contact to ensure client satisfaction with the progress of the project and final results. Constantly elevating design and shaping solutions firm wide.

Designing with BIM explored the power of designing with BIM and the personal strife of modifying our work process in an effort to enhance our ability to convey design ideas to clients.  The presentation looked at three different levels;

First: Our innate natural inability to easily change and accept change willingly. "I know AutoCad, it works for me, if it isn't broke don't fix it".

Second: Do you jump in the deep end of the BIM pool head first or tip toe your way in through the shallow end.

Third: An overview of a recent project being designed and produced with BIM. We all had an open discussion throughout the presentation in an effort to learn from each other's experiences. BIM has the ability to enhance our building designs, produce projects faster, and achieve client buy-in much earlier in the design process.

CSI New Jersey Chapter Meeting at Princeton University
Princeton, NJ February 18, 2010.  Welcome to 2010! The NJ Chapter of CSI extended a general invitation to all current and past members of the CSI Princeton Chapter and other design-build-construction related professionals to join us at our February 18th evening presentation and to consider becoming an active participant in the CSI NJ Chapter.

Our February 18th program was "The Lake Champlain Crown Point Bridge"; designed and presented by noted Structural Engineer, Ted Zoli, VP and Technical Director (Bridges) for HNTB Corporation. It was held at Princeton University's "Prospect House
>> more about Ted Zoli

We offered this presentation in the Princeton vicinity with the hope of renewed interest and participation among the members of the Princeton Chapter.

As an EXTRA BONUS, for the remainder of 2010, the NJ Chapter of CSI will offer current and past members of the CSI Princeton Chapter active participation in the NJ Chapter at no change in cost from the dues you have already paid or would expect to pay for the current years' membership in the CSI Princeton Chapter. As peers in a great national organization, we would rather see you participate in available programs and events then miss out on the educational value and camaraderie we and CSI have to offer.

The NJ Chapter frequently conducts joint programs with AIA Central Chapter, AIA Jersey Shore, The Architects League of Northern NJ, AIA Newark Suburban, Tri-State Chapter of the NJ Design-Build Institute of America, and other related professions and industries at locations throughout central New Jersey, from Morristown to Red Bank and Newark to the Princeton area.

We also have instituted an Emerging Professionals Committee; tasked with attracting those recently entering into the construction-related fields to get involved with CSI. If you know an individual that fits this description, pass this invitation on.

Biography – Ted Zoli is a structural engineer and the Vice President and Technical Director (Bridges) of HNTB Corporation, a leading infrastructure design firm. Using novel materials, Zoli works to construct bridges that are both visually stunning and able to withstand strong vibrations from wind and pedestrians. He has drawn on military research on weapons technology to create state-of-the-art materials that are both lightweight and blast-resistant. The elegant and colossal Missouri River Pedestrian Bridge is one recent example of his work. In 2009 Zoli became the first structural engineer to receive a MacArthur genius grant. Says the MacArthur Foundation: "In an era of aging infrastructure and catastrophic structural collapses, Zoli is safeguarding vulnerable links in the nation's highway system and developing design principles for the construction of robust, new landmarks in the United States and across the globe." Ted is also a professor at Princeton University in CEE for the past 6 years, and is generally considered to be the best bridge designer in the country. Ted is also designer for the new Streicker pedestrian bridge that spans Washington Road connecting the Ellipse walk near the Carl Icahn lab to a new plaza constructed as part of The New Chemistry Building, south of Jadwin Hall. The bridge is a key feature within the University's planned "science neighborhood" linking the science community across busy Washington Road

Ted Zoli was profiled on NBC Nightly News.  He was recognized last year as a MacArthur Fellow for his work on designing and hardening bridges. Several of his HNTB-related projects also were mentioned, including the Mary Avenue Bicycle Footbridge in Cupertino, Calif.; the Blennerhassett Island Bridge in West Virginia; and the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge in Omaha, Neb. >> NBC Nightly News Segment

NJ CSI Chapter Joint Meeting with AIA Jersey Shore
Molly Pitcher Inn January 14, 2010 - During our joint meeting with the AIA Jersey Shore New Jersey Chapter,  our guest speaker was Mr. Douglas Casper.  Mr. Casper spoke about General Requirements and what it can cost us.

Douglas P. Casper, AIA, LEED AP, CCA, CCS, NCARB, MBA is President-Elect of AIA Long Island and Vice President of the Design Professionals Coalition of Long Island (DPCLI).

Mr. Casper is a nationally known speaker, giving AIA accredited presentations in over 20 cities around the continental US over the course of the last several years.

Mr. Casper has given presentations and written articles on various technical topics, including sustainable design & sustainable communities. His latest program is entitled "New Career Paths in Sustainable Design."

Mr. Casper received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University and his MBA from Dowling Institute.

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Paperless Office and Construction Projects
The construction industry one of the last segments of the economy to move toward a goal of being paperless. The Destiny Mall project near Albany has come pretty close to achieving that goal, using a combination of web-based electronic software, three-dimensional design tools, and an openness to new ideas. Kim Sieber and Brian Watson of Cianbro Construction, were responsible for designing, implementing, and managing the information flow during design and construction of the retail mall project of over $250 million and multiple phases. The team was brought together to achieve the Owner’s goal of using the fewest natural resources possible during the construction of this expansion. There were pitfalls, and Brian and Kim will speak about those as well.

Technology progresses at an ever-rapid pace… and it’s leaving the construction industry in the dust!!! As a community we need to change the way we do business, and going paperless is a major step in the right direction. Cianbro experimented with managing a $250M+ mall expansion electronically and our experiment soon became a way of life. By embracing a web-based electronic software, by committing to 3-D design, by demanding that the trades, the consultants, and the Owner participate as a condition of employment, and by never shutting our minds to new ideas, we did it! We are excited about sharing our experience with CSI so that you can make a difference in how the construction industry specifies future projects. It takes 28 days to learn a new habit or break an old one, are you ready?

Brian W. Watson graduated Phi Eta Sigma from the University of Florida with a BS in Building Construction. He's also a member of Heavy Movable Structures Inc. Brian joined the Cianbro Corporation right out of college in 1982. He has more than 25 years experience in the construction industry. Throughout his career with Cianbro he's worked at different levels of project management and estimating on many diversified projects ranging in size from $1 million to in excess of $300 million. He is currently the Project Manager for Phase I of the Destiny USA project in Syracuse, NY.

About Cianbro: Cianbro is one of the East Coast's largest civil and heavy industrial construction companies. Employee-owned, Cianbro is headquartered in Pittsfield, Maine, and serves the eastern seaboard from offices in Pittsfield and Portland, Maine, Bloomfield, Connecticut, and Baltimore, Maryland. Cianbro is recognized nationally for its safety and health programs. Founded in 1949, Cianbro is one of the most diversified construction companies in the nation with gross annual sales in excess of $400 million and over 2,000 team members throughout the eastern United States. For more information, please visit www.cianbro.com.

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