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Boston Chapter Members are responsible for the buildings that educate our children, heal our sick and enhance our lives.

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JW Marriott
CSI Member Project
The Grand Rapids Civic Theatre
CSI Member Project
River House at Bridgewater Place
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Ada Christian School

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The Construction Specifications Institute is a national association dedicated to creating standards and formats to improve construction documents and project delivery.

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Building Science for Spec Writers

This year will be one of our best, as our program schedule is very exciting, from top to bottom. Please mark your calendars. We also continue to exemplify our mission statement: " The Construction Specifications Institute advances the process off creating and sustaining the built environment for the benefit of the construction community by using the diversity of its members to exchange knowledge,"

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Holiday Gathering/Hearth Fundraiser

The group will divide in half and attend the 6:00pm tour and 7:00pm tour respectively for the best possible experience. Admission for all people is free after 5:00pm due to the Target Free Thursday nights here at the ICA. Food(dinner or appetizers - details being worked out) /Beverages at Wolfgang Puck Water Cafe

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November Presidents Message


We had a great turnout for the October meeting including four tabletops. The plan for each meeting is for three to four tabletops relating to the speaker giving an opportunity for membership to interact not only with current members but also manufacturers of interest as well as an opportunity to compare competitors in one spot.

Again, for the chapter to complete all of our goals we need your assistance. Please help us out with what ever interest you the most as every little bit helps the rest of us. Please review the committee listings on page 3 as the chairpersons and tasks have changed. Additional information can be found in past meeting minutes or at the signup sheet at our upcoming meeting. We hope to have each of those blank spots filled so we can accomplish the work required to keep the chapter moving.

Over the next month we will begin compiling the survey results and we will publish them at the December meeting and in the December parameter. Another upcoming change is n upgraded and revised website which should be easier to navigate and easier on the eyes. The new website will also have a new meeting registration page and we are working towards an updated or revised method of notifying members of our meetings and other events.

You will also notice that we have completed our programming for the upcoming year as listed on page 15. We hope to have calendars available this month for distribution to your offices. Please call myself of Howard Levine to request an 11X17 copy or pick one up at the next meeting.

Look for more information on our upcoming holiday party at the ICA; let’s just hope the snow holds off this time around. I hope to see you all soon. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer please feel free to contact me.

Brian H. Neely, AIA, CDT
Boston Chapter CSI President 2008-2009
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