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September 2017

Meeting Info

CSI Monthly Meeting

WHEN:October 12, 201711:30am - 1:00pm

WHERE:DoubleTree Suites320 N 44th StPhoenix, AZ 85008

Free for Members$35 for Guests

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October 12th CSI Meeting - October 12th CSI Meeting - Lever-aging Bluebeam for Architects and Specifiers

September 2017

Upcoming Events

10/18/17 - Programs Committee

10/19/17 - Technical Committee

The Reference LibraryEvents Flyer

Carol Hagen, MBA

Carol Hagen, MBA, president of Hagen Business Systems Inc has 30+ years experience in the construction software industry. Her firm is the world’s largest Bluebeam Gold Partner and she is a Bluebeam Certi-fied Instructor, Bluebeam Certified Sales Professional and, Bluebeam Certified Consultant.

Carol is published in ConstrucTech Magazine, CFMA’s Building Profits, ASA’s The Contractor’s Compass and is quoted in various construction magazine articles.

About the Presentation:

Bluebeam Revu is used by over 1.1 miilion AEC professionals world-wide. This presentation will focus on how Architects and Specifiers can perform their work and participate more e�ciently in the docu-ment workflow of the entire construction team.

Learning Objectives:

- Create a 3D RFI with Revit (or SketchUp Pro) - Join a Bluebeam Studio Session to Collaborate ( Design and Con structability Reviews)- Make Custom Markups and use Sketch Tools for faster Illustrations - Performs a Real-time Punch and Back Check capture- Create, edit, assemble and hyperlink PDFs - Stamp and sign mixed sheets & pages, and folders of documents in one fell swoop

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Welcome to the 2017-2018 year with CSI Phoenix! We have a great year planned with interesting pro-grams and a continued e�ort to increase membership. Our immediate past-president Bobbi Jo Huskey sta�ed the board and committee chairs with a dedicated group of energetic volunteers. Thank you to all of the committee chairs, committee members and board members. We are continuing our chapter’s goals to increase membership led by past president and president-elect Ed Galindo’s goals from 2015. That’s right… Ed has graciously volunteered to serve on the board as president-elect for a second term.

A handful of CSI Phoenix Chapter members returned last week from CONSTRUCT 2017 in Providence, Rhode Island. The week was filled with educations sessions, featured speakers, technical tours and a large trade show, along with networking and socializing with friends new and old. If you haven’t had a chance to attend CONSTRUCT in the past, make a point to pencil it in for next year. CONSTRUCT 2018 will be held in Long Beach, California October 3-5, 2018. CONSTRUCT is “the only dedicated national event specifically designed to provide the commercial building team real-world, practical product and education solutions.” That line is taken from the form letter that CONSTRUCT makes available to help you convince your boss to let you go, but it’s accurate. Over 2,000 people were expected to attend; the exhibit hall contained hundreds of exhibitors over 28,000 square feet. There were literally dozens of educational opportunities in lecture/conversational settings and in product demonstrations in the exhibit hall. I made personal contacts with dozens of people including architects, specifiers, manufacturer’s representatives and contractors in the exhibit hall and at social events. Two featured speakers presented their views on the future of the construction industry, the built environment and the integration of specifications and building modeling for both construction and futurization of urban environments.

While views vary on the futurization of the built environment, all versions involve young professionals. One speaker’s concept included the idea of a “Smallville” like metropolis where the fire service has a BIM model of every floor of every building, and drones have the capacity to use that model to physically search for victims. That possibility seems to me remote at best. It seems like doors are a barrier to drones. Nonetheless, BIM and other technologies will have an expanding role in the built environment and in the construction process. Integral to that expanding role is young professionals. This year CSI Phoenix is making a concerted e�ort to introduce young people in the industry to CSI.

Many of us have spoken of the experience gap resulting from the economic decline beginning in 2008. It was a recurring conversation that I had with others at CONSTRUCT. Many experienced people from all sides of the industry left or changed roles in the design team in the last ten years. It’s an issue that has occurred nationwide and a�ects membership in CSI. CSI is a place to meet and learn from the most expe-rienced and sophisticated professionals throughout the construction industry and our organization works best when it is well rounded and populated with architects, engineers, specifiers, manufacturer’s represen-tatives, contractors and owners. Much of what I do I have learned from people I met through CSI, and I depend on information from others that I have met through CSI to do my job. I encourage you to talk in person to others you work with and call on about what you like best about CSI and encourage them to attend a meeting.

Our October 12 presenter at the DoubleTree is an expert in the construction software industry and will speak to us about using Bluebeam Revu Sofware to participate more e�ciently in the document work-flow of the entire construction team. I’ll see you at the meeting.

John R. Campbell, CSI, CCCA, RA, LEED apPhx Chapter CSI – President

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AIR BARRIERS

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE

Submitted by Jim Nisted, Dryvit Systems, Inc. for publication by CSI 9/12/2017.Originally published on Technical Services Information Bureau in December 2012, updated in May 2017

In recent years there has been an increased focus on the use of air barriers particularly for com-mercial, hotel, institutional and high-rise construction. The heightened awareness of moisture intrusion, mold, and unhealthy indoor air quality on some buildings, has led researchers to re-ex-amine and refine the air movement through exterior walls. Air movement through a building's exterior walls is a concern as the air can carry moisture which impacts water sensitive materials, structural integrity, indoor air quality (air pollutants and microbial reservoirs) and thermal energy.

Understanding the importance of an air barrier and where it should be located, requires knowl-edge of the climate, building type, design pressure distribution and the building mechanical systems. There are diagnostic protocols to determine the airflow and pressures on a building.

The key to understanding air flow is to understand pressure. This air pressure is an interrelation-ship between the mechanical air handling system and the building envelope. A commonly em-ployed strategy is to close large holes in the building envelope while controlling air pressure on the interior from HVAC equipment.

The use of an air barrier may be a sealed interior gypsum board system, an exterior product used as a combination water resistant barrier ( like stucco) or a specifically designed product only being used as an air barrier. Fluid applied products have begun to gain popularity as an air barrier, as well as sprayed insulations. An important concept is to be continuous with no breaks or interruptions in the system. When an air barrier is decided to be used, it is recommended that a specialist be contacted to verify proper location in the wall assembly, material selection and installation. Not all buildings will benefit from an air barrier.*

TECHNICAL RESOURCES

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

*The is the list of CSI Phoenix New Members and Anniversaries that we were able to get from CSI Institute.

If your name should be on this list and you don’t see it, Please go onto the Institute website and update or input your personal information.

September New Members

• Ramon Gutierrez• Stefano Dell’orso

October Anniversaries

• Je� Cox - 9 years• Ken Creviston - 7 years• Ray Russo - 5 years

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