• June Annual Chapter Meeting
    Wednesday, June 13, 2012

    Sixty-First Annual Meeting, Awards Night, and Installation of Officers for the Metropolitan New York Chapter
    As of today, 5 people have registered for this event.

    Program: Aesthetically Designed Architectural Door Openings

    Speaker: Liana Steffens, ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions

    Date and Time:    Wednesday, June 13, starting at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour. The dinner and program will start at 6:30 p.m.

    Location:    Annie Moore's Restaurant, 50 East 43rd Street, New York, New York. We meet on the Lower Level.

    Cost: Dinner and program are $30.00. Please register in advance at

  • Chapter Golf Outing 2012
    Tuesday, September 18, 2012

    This year's Golf Outing promises to be the best ever as we join with the Long Island Chapter!

    Date and Time:    Tuesday, September 18, 2012, starting at noon
    Place:                     South Shore Country Club


  • Trade Show and Education Day
    Wednesday, October 10, 2012
    As of today, 3 people have registered for this event.

    The 2012 Annual CSI Metropolitan New York Chapter Trade Show and Education Day will explore the ways in which you can contribute to better building. Come and learn with us, share your knowledge with us, and interact with others who share your quest for doing a better job of designing and constructing buildings.

    Date and Time: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
    Seminars: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
    Trade Show: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
    Architectural Mixer: 5:00PM to 7:00PM

    Location: Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 19th Street, New York

    Cost: No Entry or Seminar Fees, Includes Lunch
    AIA/CES HSW and CSI CEN Learning Units (Choose from 5 Seminars though out the day)



  • Monthly Meetings
    Information about upcoming Chapter meetings
  • Golf Outing
    Tuesday, September 18, 2012

    This year's Golf Outing promises to be the best ever as we join with the Long Island Chapter!

    Date and Time:    Tuesday, September 18, 2012, starting at noon
    Place:                     South Shore Country Club

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  • Election Results for FY2013
    The votes are in, and the new Officers and Directors have been elected. Several by-law changes have been enacted, as well.

  • A Different Kind of Precast Building
    Member Carl Grimm CSI, CCS, SCIP, NYSA, writes about a recent experience building a school for special-needs children in Guatemala, using a precast concrete system used extensively in the U.S. for highway sound barriers.

  • Programs for Next Year are Announced
    Program Committee Chair Bob Crane has announced most of the programs and venues for next year. Now he's looking for sponsors.
  • Sponsor a Chapter Meeting
    • Sign up for a single tabletop, which includes one meal:
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  • Miriam S. Eldar, 1925 - 2011
    Miriam S. Eldar, former president of the Metropolitan New York Chapter of CSI.
  • Chapter Honored on its Sixtieth Anniversary
    The Metropolitan New York Chapter was honored on its Sixtieth Anniversary with the CSI Executive Director attending our annual meeting and presenting the Chapter with a Resolution from the Institute President. Chapter Awards were presented, and new officers and directors were installed.
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  • President's Letter
    Revitalizing the CSI Brand

    There was an interesting article recently in the March 2012 issue of the Construction Specifier written by Ronald L. Green, CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA, SCIP, CSI Director from the Southwest Region and chair of the Brand Revitalization Task Team. It is a must read for those of us interested in the brand revitalization process to help CSI realize a vision of renewed growth, greater visibility and relevance, and have a significant impact on our organization.
     
    Some of the important points from the article were:
    Most of our members in our organization do not believe industry professionals outside the organization understand what CSI represents.
    One third of those architectural professionals polled outside the organization do not identify themselves as “specifiers”.
    More than 60% of membership would support a name change.
    Seventy-five percent of members and 71% of non-members agreed that adding a tagline would help clarify what CSI is.
    Sixty-eight percent of members surveyed indicated that they were comfortable with modernizing and updating the CSI logo, but want the shield to remain.
    Members identified the top 3 CSI challenges as:
    Getting young professionals to join and participate;
    Raising the awareness of the importance of having quality construction information and documentation; and
    Convincing industry professionals that the association represents all disciplines.
    If you Google “CSI” you get 185 million choices. Construction Specifications Institute “CSI” currently pops up as number 8. Usually, if brought up in conversation with other professionals, most people think you are talking about the TV show. Revitalizing the brand for our organization couldn’t come at a better time.

    Jeff Matles, CSI
    Chapter President
  • Previous President's Columns
    President's Columns from the past
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  • Profile: Thomas Lanzelotti, AIA, CSI

    This month we feature Tom Lanzelotti.

    Tom is a licensed architect in New York and Connecticut with over 25 years of experience in the architecture profession. He has been at Gensler for more than 17 years. As a Technical Principal at Gensler, Tom applies his technical expertise and experience working with design teams, consultants, vendors, and contractors to ensure that design concepts are properly translated into built environments.

    Tom also leads Gensler's firm-wide BIM Oversight Team focused on developing BIM best practices to be shared within the firm. He is the Gensler Northeast Region Technical Leader working as a key member of the Gensler firm-wide Design+ Delivery Team to ensure that quality assurance and risk management best practices are being properly implemented across Gensler's region offices. Tom is also the Gensler Northeast Region Talent Development Team Leader, following his passion for mentoring of young professionals through the development of a comprehensive multi-disciplined learning program that affords Gensler staff the opportunity to continue their professional growth in-house.

    Tom has been a Metropolitan New York Chapter member since 2008. This past year Tom was elected a Chapter Director and is the Chapter’s Membership Chair. In these roles Tom has focused his efforts on the diversity of our membership regarding design disciplines and has initiated a push for the greater development of members and to take advantage of their "membership experience” in our Chapter.

  • Profile: Angela Centanni, CSI
    Last month we profiled Angela Centanni.
  • Profile: Bob Crane, CSI, CDT
    In March we profiled Bob Crane.
  • Profile: Bill DuBois, AIA, CSI, CCS, LEED AP
    In February we profiled Bill DuBois.
  • Profile: William Jacquette, RA, CSI, CCS
    In January we profiled William Jacquette.
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