Each of the following members joined CSI in August. CSINext is please to congratulate the following CSI members on their continued membership.

• 1 Year - Lisa Murray, CSI, CCS, CDT, LEED AP
• 2 Years - Scott Ficklin, CSI, CDT
• 2 Years - Luana Buratynski, CSI
• 8 Years - Robert LeClare, CSI, CCPR
• 15 Years - Aaron Hill, CSI, CCPR, CCCA, CDT, LEED GA, RRC, RRO, SCIP
• 29 Years - Ann Baker, RA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP, SCIP
• 42 Years - Richard Howard, FCSI, CCS, CDT, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, SCIP

Once again, we really appreciate everyone's continued membership in CSI.

Greetings! With all things COVID, we will be conducting a bonus webinar for the month of August. The presentation will be "Airborne Concerns for Construction" Presented by Heath Warner. Mark your calendars for August 20th at 4:00pm EDT. We look forward to having you attend this free webinar, register today as space is limited!

Greetings! We will be conducting our June Chapter Meeting and the presentation will be "Plate Panel and Rain Screen Systems 101" Presented by Holly Gotfredson and Scott Samson. Mark your calendars for September 3rd at 4:00pm EDT. We look forward to having you attend this free webinar, register today as space is limited!

Each of the following members joined CSI in July. CSINext is please to congratulate the following CSI members on their continued membership.

• 1 Year -Kristin Bare, CSI, CDT
• 2 Years - Veronica Worley, CSI, CCS, CDT, AIA, LEED AP
• 2 Years - Brian Schwingel, CSI
• 3 Years - Roberto Guadalupe, RA, MBA, CSI, CCS, CCCA, CDT, M. Arch
• 14 Years - Deborah MacPherson, CSI, CCS, CDT, SCIP
• 16 Years - Thad Goodman, FCSI, CCPR
• 26 Years - David Oglesby, CSI, CCS, CCCA, CDT, SCIP

Once again, really appreciate everyone's continued membership in CSI.

The world turned upside down in March with COVID-19 sweeping the globe.

CSI Institute and CSI Chapters across the country scrambled to go virtual and find their place to communicate with home-based employees.

Each of the following members joined CSI in June. CSINext is please to congratulate the following CSI members on their continued membership.

• 7 Years - Mark Ogg, CSI, CCCA, CDT, PMP
• 9 Years - Ronald Mueller II, CSI, CCS, CCCA, CDT
• 39 Years - Anthony Kam, RA, CSI, CDT, NCARB

Once again, really appreciate everyone's continued membership in CSI.

Greetings! We will be conducting our May Chapter Meeting and the presentation will be 'Comparing "Plaster" Assemblies' Presented by Bryan Stanley, CSI,CEP.. Mark your calendars for May 7th at 4:00pm EDT. We look forward to having you attend this free webinar, register today as space is limited!

Each of the following members joined CSI in May. CSINext is please to congratulate the following CSI members on their continued membership.

• 4 Years - Patrick Donnell, CSI, AIA
• 4 Years - Louis Rowe, CSI, CDT
• 4 Years - Dallas McCoy, CSI-EP
• 16 Years - D. Blake Wagner, CSI, CCCA, AIA, NCARB
• 21 Years - Kathryn Marek, CSI, CCCA, AIA, NCARB, SCIP
• 22 Years - George Wade Bevier, FCSI, CCS, LEED AP, SCIP
• 25 Years - Frank Fuller, FCSI
• 28 Years - M. Keith West, FCSI, CCPR
• 29 Years - Cynthia Belisle, RA, CSI, CDT, SCIP

We would like to do a shout out to Frank Fuller, FCSI for celebrating 25 years with CSI! 

Once again, really appreciate everyone's continued membership in CSI.

Easter has come and gone. While most families focus on Christmas and Thanksgiving. This has always been a special time for my family to get together. This year, we will be doing a big smoke out of ribs and steaks on the 4th of July. We are not going to pass up a time to be together. Granted, it will be warm in Tucson in July. But it is not about the weather, it is about the company. The Coronavirus has created a new normal, but family will always come first. By now everyone is aware social distancing and self-quarantine.

CSINext continues to grow! CSINext is please to welcome the following CSI members to CSINext.

• November 2019 - Deborah MacPherson, CSI, CCS, CDT, SCIP
• December 2019 - Christopher Bennett, CSI, CDT, AIA
• December 2019 - Brent Williams, CSI, CDT (welcome back to CSI and CSINext!)
• February 2020 - Sasha King, CSI, CDT, AIA, LEED AP

Each of the following members joined CSI in April. CSINext is please to congratulate the following CSI members on their continued membership.

• 2 Year - Dale DeCocker, CSI
• 3 Years - Cynthia Wright, CSI, AIA
• 7 Years - William Kwasniak, CSI, CDT
• 9 Years - Andrea Dinice, CSI, CDT, AIA, ASID, DBIA, LEED GA, USGBC
• 28 Years - Dennis DeLisse, CSI, CCCA, CDT, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB

Once again, CSINext really appreciate everyone's continued membership in CSI.

The reports of how construction is moving today during the Covid-19 pandemic are varied.

Many segments are full speed ahead, others are shut down from state and local government.

Hospital work and the manufacturers that support it have kicked it up a notch or two or three.

What our business will look like after this event is uncertain.

Another service announcement from your Artichoke… Social Distancing is all the rage. Well, at least almost all of us are in the middle of it. I truly believe that every person wants this ‘new normal’ to end and get back to the old normal. While the numbers continue to climb in cases and unfortunately deaths, we need to maintain some of the best actions against this pandemic known as the coronavirus or COVID-19.

With all of the Social Distancing. While most are following the recommendations to self-isolate for 15 days to slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) there are those that this is not an option. If still are one of those who is driving to work, you may have noticed the roads are pretty empty. I’m one of the few that has not been impacted by the need to stay home. Our office is running at 50% and we are maintaining really smart practices.

I seem to fill a lot of my idle time with stuff. But if the time is filled then it is not idle. I seem to be stuck in an infinite loop. But seriously, I have begun to carve out some time to study the next part of my LEED exam.

Each of the following members joined CSI in March. CSINext is please to congratulate the following CSI members on their continued membership.

• 2 Year - David Graham, CSI
• 6 Years - Brian Stephens, CSI, CCCA
• 7 Years - Suzan Jordan, CSI, CCPR, CDT
• 8 Years - Randall Watterson, CSI, CDT
• 20 Years - Daniel Hargreaves, FCSI, CDT, AIA, RAS, LEED Assoc.

Special Shout out to Daniel Hargreaves (me ;) for 20 years of continuous membership in CSI!

Once again, CSINext really appreciate everyone's continued membership in CSI.

Greetings! We will be conducting our March Chapter Meeting and the presentation will be "Code Changes Affecting Classroom Doors" presented by Lori Greene, DAHC/CDC, FDAI, CCPR. Mark your calendars for March 5th at 4:00pm EST. We look forward to having you attend this free webinar, register today as space is limited!

Greetings! We will be conducting our April Chapter Meeting and the presentation will be "Portable Fire Extinguishers: Design for Safety, Accessibility, and Compliance in Commercial Environments" presented by Jeff Soukup with Guardian Equipment. Mark your calendars for April 2nd at 4:00pm EST. We look forward to having you attend this free webinar, register today as space is limited!

The Construction Specifications Institute is an association full of volunteer members who passionately serve each year. CSI has a committee that works each year to refresh and update the Honors and Awards Guide. It’s important for region and chapter leaders to be thinking about those who serve to help make CSI better.

We’ve been teasing about something exciting is around the corner with CSINext. A favorite quote from Futurama “Good news everyone!” we have turned the corner. Available from the Apple App store is a native app of CSINext. This was almost a year in the works but was worth the wait (in my opinion). Almost everything you could do on the website is available from the app. The best part of this is the price… FREE! To download the app, simply go to the apple store and search for CSINext.