Roofs might be the last thing the designer is concerned with, but they have the greatest exposure for post construction claims. 75% of post construction claims are roof-related and of those, 59% are related to perimeter edge metal failures. Damage from severe weather and the leaks that follow will leave a bad taste in anyRead more
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Tomorrow I head down to Maryland for Construct 2019. This is the big-daddy educational and trade show serving CSI at a national level. I like the Construct show not for the trade show floor or the educational classes per se, but because I can always connect with the CSI folks I know around the Region.Read more
On Tuesday, October 1st, the Worcester Chapter of CSI hosted a “Young Professionals” social event at Recess Take 2 in West Boylston. The purpose of the event was to reach out to young professionals in the construction industry to not only give them a little exposure to what CSI is about but to also giveRead more
It’s good when people can get together and agree on how to solve problems. ANSI (American National Standards Institute – the testing and standards folks), SPRI (Single Ply Roof Industry – the roofing membrane manufacturers and contractors association), and FM Global (the major insurance player in the roofing industry) all got together in recent yearsRead more
I recently attended the Fall Board Meeting, as your Worcester Rep to the Northeast Region, in Latham NY just north of Albany. It was a quick but busy visit, which included a networking dinner, and a Dynamic Chapter Program presentation by our Marketing Admin Terri Bracken on 9/27/19, followed by an agenda packed meeting onRead more
It’s Fall again and time to kick off the second half of the year for the Worcester County Chapter of CSI. Though we typically suspend our educational programs over the Summer months, we stayed very busy nonetheless. In June we held our Summer Social event, taking in a baseball game at Holy Cross with theRead more
On Tuesday, August 6th our CSI Worcester Chapter Board of Directors had its annual planning/”brainstorming” meeting for the coming fiscal year. The meeting, which took place at Broken Creek Vineyards in Shrewsbury, generated a list of potential programs for the future along with valuable feedback on what we’re doing right and what we could doRead more
The CONSTRUCT Show will take place on October 9th to the 11th in National Harbor, MD. This AEC educational conference and expo coincides with the Construction Institute’s (CSI) annual meeting and offers you the chance to earn continuing education credits with over 50 sessions to choose from, and network face-to-face with your peers at CSI Night Out orRead more
This meeting focused on the July Golf Tournament, which again was a great success. In August, we had an informal brainstorming BOD at Broken Creek Vineyard in Shrewsbury. We are looking forward to September and beyond. Here’s a peak: September brings back the Scavenger Hunt. Teams converge on Worcester to solve clues about local architecture.Read more
The 2019 CISO Summer Golf tournament was held on July 26th at the Heritage Country Club in Charlton. The tournament, which is held every year, benefits the Worcester County Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute Scholarship Fund in memory of Michael G. Lapomardo Sr. & Edward M. ‘Ted’ Healy. This year’s tournament had a veryRead more