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THE RICHMOND REPORT April 2009
Volume 49 No. 8 DRIVEN FOR SUCCESS April 2009
www.richmondcsi.org
Inside this Issue:
Photos from March..................2 CSI Monthly Report .................2
Program Calendar ........... 4 Scholarship Announcement.................................... 5 Proposed Slate of Officers ......6
Ruling broadens scope of negligence lawsuits .............6
Still Wanted: Education Reform ...................................7
Products Show Reservation Form................................................9
Leadership Directory ...............11
The Richmond Report
Advancement of Construction Technology
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA CHARTERED JUNE, 1959
Next Newsletter Deadline Monday, April 27, 2009
NEXT BOARD MEETING
23 APR 2009 4:30 PM
at the Westwood
Club
CSI Richmond Chapter Dinner Meeting
Program
WORKING WITH BCOM By Mike Coppa, Director
When: Thursday, APRIL 23, 2009 Where: The Westwood Club 6200 West Club Lane, Richmond, VA
Cost: $30.00 cash or check for dinner and program, in advance or at the door—payable to CSI Richmond
CSI Board Meeting: 4:30 pm Social: 5:30 pm Dinner: 6:30 pm Program: 7:15 pm
ADVANCE RESERVATIONS PREFERRED RSVP Before Noon Monday April 20, 2009
804-307-3282 fax 804-752-2670 email [email protected] CSI RICHMOND CHAPTER, 9016 Peaks Road, Ashland, VA 23005
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CSI Monthly Report
Reported By: Barbe Shaffer, Secretary Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009 Place: Westwood Club Attendees: Duncan Stewart, President; Janet Procida, Sec-ond Vice President; Barbe Shaffer, Secretary; Leslie West, Ad-ministrator; Dave Shupe, Past President; Gib DeShazo, Treas-urer; Tom Hanson, Board Director; Steve Weisensale, Website; Henry Zirkle, Institute Director; Norm Jacobs, Richmond Report; Mike Bricker, Certification & Education Absent: Graham Henderson, Board Director; Jake Adams, Board Director; Robert Vaughn, Awards Chair; Paul Sweet, Scholarship and Technical Chair; Steve Coor, President Elect; Jim Watson, Board Director and RJEC Chair; Jim Chandler, Board Director and CSI 50th Anniversary Celebration; Norm Royce, Products Show; Jim Snowa, Board Director Secretary’s Report – Minutes from last meeting were approved as presented. President’s Report – Duncan Stewart was present. No report submitted. President Elect’s Report – Steve Coor was not present. No report submitted. First Vice President’s Report – This position is currently va-cant. No report submitted. Second Vice President’s Report – See separate Committee re-ports. Immediate Past President’s Report – See separate Committee reports. Treasurer’s Report – Gib DeShazo was present. Reviewed financial statements. Should start to see checks coming in from Golf and Product Show. Advertising Chair’s Report – Robert Vaughn was not present. No report submitted. Award Chair’s Report – Robert Vaughn was not present. No report submitted. Certification & Education Chair’s Report – Mike Bricker was present. No report submitted. Telephone Tree Chair’s Report – Currently no Chair for this Committee. No report submitted. Hospitality Chair’s Report – There is still much to do regarding the 50 year Anniversary Celebration. This Committee needs to meet within the next two weeks. Need thirteen sponsors for the year. Currently have three paid to date. Long Range Planning Chair’s Report – Dave Shupe reported
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that the Chapter By-Laws will be reviewed and will recommend changes to the Membership once the National By-Laws have been approved. It will be at least July 1 before the Chapter By-Laws can be changed. Will look into electronic voting to be added as a By-law change. Membership Chair’s Report – Jim Snowa reported that he is following up on membership for several perspective members (Ken Cordo and Bob Hill). Products Show Chair’s Report – Dave reported that the next meeting is March 31 at Gib DeShazo’s office at 7:30 am. He is working on confirming second speaker. There is an opportunity to recruit new members by giving participants in the Product Show 50% off membership. Hampton Roads Chapter did this at their Product Show. In order to break even for the Products Show and Golf Tournament, we need at least 20 vendors. Committee is working thru list from last year for returning vendors. Programs Chair’s Report – Duncan Stewart reported that the meeting is all set for tonight. Mike Coppa from BCOM will be the speaker for the April meeting. He also has a couple of leads for next year’s programs. The Program Chair position will need to be filled for the coming year. Scholarship Chair’s Report – Paul Sweet was not present. No report submitted. Technical Chair’s Report – Paul Sweet was not present. No re-port submitted. Richmond Report Editor’s Report – Norman Jacobs reported that articles are due Monday. RJEC Liaison – Jim Watson was not present. No report submit-ted. Website & E-comm Chair’s Report – Richard Carden was pre-sent to discuss the different options for enhancing or website. Steve had e-mailed the Board the VASITE website that showed an example of how the news feeds were set up on their website. He explained that there were several free feeds as well as feeds that you could subscribe to for a fee, such as MSNBC, etc. The free feeds offered more wire service news as opposed to the subscrip-tion feeds, which you could refine the type of news you wanted fed to your website. Richard will provide us with a list of sites that we could link into to see what our options are. Discussed a member’s only side that would be used for electronic voting as well as setting up Paypal for meetings and events. Discussed im-plementation. Richard felt that once approved, the changes that CSI would like on their website would take approximately three weeks to set up. The Board will review the information, get feed-back, and discuss at next Board Meeting. 50th Anniversary Report – Jim Chandler was not present. No report submitted. Administrator’s Report – Leslie West was present. See separate Committee reports. Institute Director’s Report – Henry Zirkle reported that LOS is April 25-26 at the Wyndham in Gettysburg, PA. Anyone interested in seeking an office on the Regional Level, should contact Jim Chandler, who is on the Nominating Committee. Old Business – None New Business – Ballots were mailed out and need to be post-marked no later than April 15, 2009. Next meeting: Thursday, April 23, 2009, at the Westwood Club.
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CSI Richmond 2008-2009 Meeting
Schedule
April 23, 2009 BCOM—Mike Coppa
June 6, 2009 50th Anniversary Celebration
and Awards Ceremony June 10, 2009
Golf Tournament and Products Show At the Dominion Club
All meetings are held at the Westwood Club unless otherwise noted. Topics are subject to change. Watch your
Richmond Report for the most accurate information
CSI EXAMS Starting in March 2009, all the exams
will be given electronically by Prometrics
at approximately 400 facilities
across the country.
Scores will be available immediately,
instead of the normal 4 - 6 week wait.
There will be two exam
windows in 2009,
March 30 - April 4, and
September 21 - 26, 2009.
Registration forms and additional
information, including registration
deadlines and pricing are available at
www.csinet.org/certification
Tests will also be offered at region
conferences and Construct 2009.
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Proposed Slate of
Chapter Officers for
FY 2009-2010
President Steve Weisensale
President Elect Mike Bricker
1st Vice President Janet Procida
2nd Vice President Barbe Shaffer
Secretary Robert Vaughan Treasurer Gib DeShazo
Directors 2009-2011 Keith Morgan
Lou Wolf
John Heisler
Mail your ballot today!
Ruling
broadens
scope of
negligence
lawsuits By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media
Services Tucson,
Arizona | Published:
04.06.2009 PHOENIX
—
Architects and other design professionals can
be sued for negligence even if their mistakes
do not result in injury or property damage,
the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled.
In the first decision of its kind in Arizona, the
judges acknowledged that case law generally
bars someone from recovering economic
damages in a tort claim unless there is a
showing of physical harm. That has to be
either in the form of personal injury or
property damage.
Judge John Gemmill, writing for the
unanimous court, said the basis of that rule,
known as the "economic loss doctrine," is to
separate out claims for breach of contract,
which have one set of legal premises, and
claims strictly for torts — damages — which
are governed by a different set. But Gemmill
said that, at least in claims of professional
negligence, evidence is not necessary to
pursue a tort claim. The judge said proof of
economic harm, by itself, is sufficient. The
case involves a contract between Flagstaff
Affordable Housing and the firm Design
Alliance for the design of apartments in
Flagstaff.
Construction began in 1995 and was
completed a year later. It is not disputed that
the project was completed in accordance with
the design plans. In 2004 the U.S.
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Still Wanted: Education Reform By Patricia Galloway
Dr. Galloway is the CEO of Pegasus-Global Holdings, Inc. She is the Vice Chair of the National Science Board and Past President of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Reprinted from ENR, March 30, 2009 edition
The age-old topic of whether engineers
have the proper skills to do what is
required in the 21st Century has again
surfaced as a critical factor in the training
of engineers. In November 2007, ASCE
published a book entitled The 21st
Century Engineer-A Proposal for
Engineering Education Reform. The book
highlighted that engineering was rapidly
approaching becoming a commodity
rather than a profession. The book further
stressed that engineers of the 20th
century did not possess the skill sets
needed to survive in the 21st Century.
The author made a plea that engineering
schools look at their curriculum to see
how the engineering curriculum could be
reformed and proposed a masters degree
that addressed the lacking skill sets
including leadership, ethics and
professionalism, public policy,
communication, project management,
diversity, globalization, risk management
and dispute resolution.
Nearly 1½ years after the book’s
publication, the issue of engineering
education reform is still on the hot seat
for both academia and the practitioner.
The March 2009 PE Magazine (published
by the National Society of Professional
Engineers) reported on the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching’s book entitled Educating
Engineers-Designing for the Future of the
Field, which criticized U.S Engineering
schools noting that they “emphasize
technical knowledge where they should be
emphasizing preparation for professional
practice”.
Con’t on page 8
Department of Housing and Urban
Development charged the owner with
discrimination based on the fact that the
apartments did not meet accessibility
standards in effect at the time of their
construction. The owner was forced to incur
what the court called "substantial expense" to
remedy the design defects. In 2006, the
owner filed suit alleging both breach of
contract and professional negligence. The first
claim was withdrawn because the statute of
limitations had run out.
A trial judge threw out the second claim based
on the fact there had been no property
damage or injury. But Gemmill said the case
law requiring physical harm involves things
like construction defects and product liability
claims. He said the logic that calls for some
actual injury or property damage does not
apply here, as the property was not
"damaged."
"The apartments were constructed in
complete conformity with the architectural
plans and specifications," the judge noted.
"The alleged error is in the design embodied
within the architectural plans and
specifications." Gemmill said people hire
architects because of their specialized
knowledge. "Indeed, it is the absence of the
special knowledge and skills of the layperson
and the presence of such in the architect that
underscores the importance of the architect's
duty to use reasonable care in rendering his
or her architectural services, he said. Gemmill
said that while this is the first ruling of its kind
for architects and design professionals, the
appellate court is not charting entirely new
territory. He said people have been able to
bring claims of professional negligence against
accountants and attorneys for years without
showing they have been physically injured or
that property has been damaged.
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2009 CSI
RICHMOND
PRODUCT
EXPO
& GOLF TOURNAMENT
Product Representatives will be
showcasing their Services and
Products to Architects, CSI Members,
Spec Writers, and General
Contractors, Sub-Contractors,
Government Specifiers, and other key
players in the Central Virginia
commercial/industrial construction
industry.
A prize laden, Captain’s Choice event
at one of the best private country club
courses in the Commonwealth of
Virginia, offering one-on-one contact
with participating Architects, General
Contractors, and Spec-Writers.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
EXHIBITOR SET-UP
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
GOLFER REGISTRATION AND
WARM-UP ON THE RANGE
The book pushes the thought that there
should be a complete overhaul of the
engineering school program design. The
ways of the past of merely adding and
subtracting courses in order to
accommodate changes in engineering
culture might better be addressed by
redesigning the entire curriculum. The
book also raised the issue that the lack of
ethics and professionalism education
might result in students being unable to
see how ethical questions can arise in
practice since real life situations are often
not brought into the classroom.
“Re-Engineering Engineering,” an article
published in the American Society for
Engineering Education (ASEE) February
2009 Prism magazine was written by
Norman Augustine, former
undersecretary of the Army and former
CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. His
opening statement was: “21st-century
needs can’t be met with just a four-year
degree”. In addition, Mr. Augustine notes
that one consequence is “that routine
engineering has become a commodity”.
I could not agree more and completely
agree with his observations that
ingredients of a 21st-Century engineering
education include among others the
understanding of economics; the
understanding of public policy, experience
in writing and speaking, diversity and
team working, ethics, and the
understanding of globalization and
different cultures. While some schools,
including Purdue University, the
University of Wisconsin, Georgia Tech and
Michigan Tech, are making strides to
revise their curriculums to address the
issues raised in these two articles, we as
an engineering community have a long
way to go.
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...Schedule continued
1:00 – 2:00 pm
and 3:00 – 4:00 pm
FREE CONTINUING
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
HSW and Sustainable
Design Learning Units including a seminar by Jerry Beall with
Fibertite for HSW Credit
and The USGBC LEED design program is
undergoing major revisions. Learn how
these changes will affect your staff regarding
LEED AP certification, as well as LEED-
related design. This program will be
presented by the James River Chapter,
USGBC, and will qualify for 1 AIA sustainable
design learning unit. Space will be limited,
so sign up now!
1:00 pm
GOLF TOURNAMENT
SHOTGUN START
2:00 – 7:00 pm
PRODUCT EXPO - COCKTAILS
AND APPETIZERS (Invitations sent to area Architects, CSI Members, General
& Sub-Contractors, Commercial Builders and Spec-writers)*
7:00 - 8:30 pm
AWARDS DINNER, VENDOR
RECOGNITION, DOOR PRIZES,
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
*Prior to the show All Vendors will be given formal
invitations for distribution to their key customers,
architects, designers, or other prospects
WWW.JAHEISLER.COM FAX Number [email protected] (804) 359-8518
J.A. HEISLER CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC.
GENERAL CONTRACOR COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
3201 Lanvale Avenue
JOHN A. HEISLER, IV, P.E. Richmond, VA 23230
PRESIDENT (804)355-2616
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The 5th Annual CSI GOLF/PRODUCT SHOW
SIGN-UP SHEET
The Dominion Club will be hosting the 2009 CSI Golf/Product Show benefiting the Norman Jacobs Scholarship Fund.
This Product Show, Dinner, Golf, and CEU Program will be attended by area Architects, Spec Writers, Contractors and CSI Members, at this exclusive
facility on Wednesday, June 10th, 2009.
Join us for the PRODUCT SHOW and…THE BEST FUNDRAISING
GOLF EVENT OF THE YEAR!!
SIGN ME UP!
___ Play in the tournament: $150.00/each - # of Golfers: Includes: Golf, PGA Tour Shirt, Lunch; Dinner, Trophies, Prizes, Drinks and more!
___ Gold Sponsor: $900 ($800*) Includes: Vendor Booth, Hole Sponsor, Two golfers ___ Silver Sponsor: $750 ($650*) Includes: Vendor Booth and two golfers ___ Bronze Sponsor: $600 ($500*) Includes: Vendor Booth and Hole Sponsor ___ Advertise in the Tournament Program (limit 20 advertisers) - $100.00/page ___ Be an exhibitor (limit 40 booths) - $500 ($400*) ___ Be a Hole Sponsor (limit 16 sponsors) - $150 ___ Be the Driving Range Sponsor (limit 1 sponsor) - $150.00 ___ Long Drive Contest (limit 2 sponsors) - $200 plus prize ___ Sponsor a Beverage Cart (limit 2 sponsors) $300 ___ Sponsor the Putting Contest (limit 1 sponsor) $200 plus prize ___ Sponsor a Closest/Pin Contest (limit 2 sponsors) $200 plus prize ___ Donate a prize for the Door Prize Drawing
___ Sponsor an Appetizer Table - $175
*CSI member price
Company Name: Phone: Fax:
Name: (print) Email:
Shirt Size: Date: CSI Rep:
Signed:
PLEASE FILL OUT AND RETURN TO: CSI RICHMOND 804-752-2670
Invoices must be paid by May 15th to ensure recognition in the Tournament Program.
THANK YOU!
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Richmond Chapter CSI Officers, Directors and Committee Chairmen 2008- 2009
POSITION NAME PHONE E-MAIL ADDRESS
President Duncan Stewart 399-2603 [email protected]
Immediate Past President Dave Shupe 908-6666 [email protected]
President Elect Steve Coor 353-6681 [email protected]
First Vice President Ross Deaver 264-2701 [email protected]
Second Vice President Janet Procida 565-3862 [email protected]
Secretary Barbe Shaffer 343-1010 [email protected]
Treasurer Gib DeShazo 747-4854 [email protected]
Director - 2008-09 Jim Snowa 643-6196 [email protected]
Director - 2008-9 Jim Watson 285-4171 [email protected]
Director - 2008-09 Graham Henderson 744-8972
Director—2009-10 Jake Adams 737-8227 [email protected]
Director—2009-10 Tom Hanson 648-7122 [email protected]
Director –2009-10 Jim Chandler 782-1986 [email protected]
Programs Chairman Duncan Stewart 399-2603 [email protected]
Membership Chairman Steve Coor 353-6681 [email protected]
Membership Assistant Chair Jim Snowa 643-6196 [email protected]
Products Show/Golf Chairman Norm Royce 745-0930 [email protected]
Products Show/Golf Co -Chair Dave Shupe 908-6666 [email protected]
Richmond Report Editor Norman Jacobs 779-7076 [email protected]
Richmond Report Co-editor Henry Zirkle 794-0547 [email protected]
Certification Chairman Mike Bricker 794-0571 [email protected]
Education Chairman Mike Bricker 794-0571 [email protected]
Web Chairman Steve Weisensale 262-7941 [email protected]
Advertising Chairman tbd
Scholarship Chairman Paul Sweet 819-4913 [email protected]
Awards Chairman Robert Vaughan 355-2886 [email protected]
Long Range Planning Dave Shupe 908-6666 [email protected]
Hospitality Chair Janet Procida 565-3862 [email protected]
Technical Chairman Paul Sweet 819-4913 [email protected]
Nominating Chairman Duncan Stewart 399-2603 [email protected]
RJEC Liaison Jim Watson 804-285-4171 [email protected]
Administrator Leslie West 307-3282 [email protected]
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The Richmond Report-CSI 9016 Peaks Road Ashland, VA 23005 Administrator: Leslie West Ph. 307-3282 Fax: 752-2670 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.richmondcsi.org The RICHMOND REPORT is the monthly newsletter of the Richmond, Virginia Chapter CSI which is distributed free to all members and interested parties in the Construction In-dustry in the Richmond area and others nationwide. The RICHMOND REPORT does not approve, sanction or guarantee the validity or accuracy of any data, claim, opinion or picture, nor endorse any advertisement.
Deadline for information to the Editor is MONDAY following the Board Meeting
ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED FORWARDING & RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED
THE CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS INSTITUTE is a National Technical Society embracing the entire construction industry, including research and development manufacturers, material suppliers, subcontractors and prime building contractors, as well as designing and specifying Professional Engineers and Architects. The Society is dedicated to continuing education through free interchange of information and experience among its Members throughout the entire construction industry.
TO:
Next issue—MAY 2009
Next Meeting APRIL 23, 2009
Interested in joining us? Contact Steve Coor at
353-6681 or [email protected]
Ideas for Programs? Contact Duncan Stewart at
399-2603 or [email protected]
Interested in Advertising in this publication? Call Duncan Stewart at
399-2603 or [email protected]
Letters to the Editor: Call Norman Jacobs—779-7076 or E-mail [email protected]
Institute Directors: Charles H. Beauduy, RA, CSI, CCS [email protected] Henry Zirkle, FCSI [email protected]
CSI RICHMOND CHAPTER—2008-2009 Officers & Directors
PRESIDENT
Duncan Stewart 399-2603 [email protected] PRESIDENT ELECT
Steve Coor 353-6681 [email protected] FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
Ross Deaver 264-2701 [email protected] SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
Janet Procida 565-3862
IM.PAST PRESIDENT
David Shupe 908-6666
SECRETARY
Barbe Shaffer 343-1010 [email protected]
TREASURER
Gib DeShazo 747-4854 [email protected] DIRECTORS 2008-09.
Jim Snowa, 643-9196 Jim Watson, 282-8300 Graham Henderson, 744-8972
DIRECTORS 2009-10
Jake Adams, 737-8227 Tom Hanson, 648-7122 Jim Chandler, 782-1986
