THE VIEW FROM THE TOWER

Glen A. Baines, CSI, CCPR - 2005-2006 Chapter President

Welcome to 2006! Can you believe that the first decade of the 21st Century is half over? Can you believe that the CSI Show and Convention is turning 50 this year? Did you know that Bill Baines was 14 when the first CSI Show was taking place?

Congratulations are in order! Several people are on my list to receive accolades. First, are the brave souls who made the trek downtown to the Columbia Club on Thursday, December 8 in the midst of Mother Nature's fury to enjoy CSI camaraderie. Pete Baker and Paula Pearson worked very hard to bring together a joyful evening of fellowship for our Chapter, and those who made it considered the outing a success. Second, I would like to announce Mr. Peter A. Baker, CSI, CCPR, as the winner of the Robert P. Brousseau Memorial Award, for which Pete will be honored at the Institute Convention in Las Vegas on April 1. Finally, the entire Chapter gets a big "atta-boy." The Indianapolis Chapter CSI once again received the Outstanding Chapter Commendation from the Institute. Thank you, John Fleck, for leading the committee which submit the winning nominations for these awards.

I know it is only January, but the CSI calendar is filling up quickly. The deadline for early-bird registration for the convention in Las Vegas is January 17. There are the certification prep classes, which start in February. Our March membership meeting will feature a new member orientation and former Institute President, Edith Washington, FCSI. Later in March, the certification exams will be given nationwide. Then, it is Vegas, baby, for the convention March 28- (continued on page 3)

April 1.

Our Chapter Ambassador, Scott Perez, has been busy finding the best deals on flights, hotel room rates and other Vegas attractions for your trip to the Desert Southwest in late March for the CSI Show and Convention. Scheduled around the Show are CSI University, a MasterFormat Accredited Instructor Program and over a dozen technical tours and educational opportunities to take advantage of. More will be forthcoming from Scott about details on Delegate registration and the Show in general.

While early-bird registration for the certification exams has passed, the final deadline to get on the list to take the spring exam is January 31. The Indianapolis Chapter is once again hosting review courses for the CDT. Sessions will be available for the CCS, CCCA and CCPR as needed. Watch The Winner's Circle for more information regarding the study courses.

"The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm." Thomas J. Watson. Make 2006 the year you share your ideas and enthusiasm with the Indianapolis Chapter CSI. I look forward to seeing you at the next meeting.

Certification 2006

Test Your Knowledge

Charles D. Thompson, CSI, CCS

Now that the Holidays have passed and everyone forgot about work, it is time to get back to the fun! If you have been reading the newsletter, you know about certification. If you haven't read the previous newsletters, please go to the November 2005 newsletter and read about CDT, CCS, CCCA, and CCPR and the study materials required. These are acronyms that you should know to help you achieve your career goals. You will have gained a great deal of knowledge and understanding if you can put one or more of these behind your name on your business card or on your business letters. Show everyone that you know what you are doing in the construction industry, become CSI CERTIFIED!

The registration deadline for all the exams given nationally on March 25, 2006 is January 31, 2006. An application is available at www.csinet.org/certification. The exams will be offered at other locations and dates, including the National Convention, and those deadlines are connected to those dates and locations.

In order to help you achieve certification, the Indianapolis Chapter CSI offers study classes for the national exam date that, hopefully, will aid your preparation for the various exams. Study classes are offered for each exam. Again, if you are not familiar with the exams, you MUST take and pass the Construction Document Technologist exam first. After you have passed CDT, then you may take one or more of the others. If you feel extra rested, you may want to (continued on page 4)

achieve certification in one try. You may do that by taking CDT and one of the certification exams, but your CDT exam will be graded first and you must pass it before your certification exam is graded. CDT is a prerequisite to certification.

CDT study classes will be offered on five Saturdays prior to the exam date, March 25, 2006. On February 18th and 25th, and March 4th, 11th, and 18th CDT classes will be from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the offices of Fanning Howey Associates, Inc., 9025 North River Road, Suite 200 on the northside of Indianapolis. CCS study classes will be from 12 noon to 3:00 p.m. at the same location. The class instructors will be Joe McGuire and Chuck Thompson with much help from Jack Morgan and a cast of others with expertise in specific areas of study.

CCPR classes will be arranged and instructed by Pete Baker and David Dixon as determined by them, their associates, and the exam participants. These classes will also take place at Fanning Howey.

Five study classes for CCCA will be offered on Saturdays as well on February 11th, 18th, and 25th and March 4th and 11th. These classes will be from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon at the offices of InterDesign, 141 East Ohio Street, downtown Indianapolis. The CCCA classes will be coordinated by Pete Tolson, also with help from others well-versed in the requirements for that exam.

In addition to providing study for the exams, the study classes also qualify for 15 Learning Units for AIA members, provided you attend all five classes.

Pre-registering for the study classes is not necessary. You need only arrive at the appointed place on the appropriate dates and at the listed times and pay a "one time" $20 fee to attend the study classes. If you need additional information, please contact one of the mentioned individuals for the specific exam for which you are studying. You can find their contact information in the chapter roster and the list of committees in this newsletter.

GOOD LUCK!

CERTIFICATION QUIZ

Indianapolis Quizmaster

Jack P. Morgan, CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA

1. The documents developed to attract
and assist qualified bidders in properly
submitting bids are called Contract
Documents.

a. True
b. False

2. Addenda are used to:

a. Modify the procurement documents
before the award of the contract.
b. Modify the contract documents after
award of the contract.
c. Modify drawings and specifications only.
d. Formalize verbal instruction given on the
job.

3. Administrative and procedural requirements and
temporary facilities are specified in:

a. General Conditions
b. Supplementary Conditions
c. Division 01
d. Bidding requirements

4. According to the AIA A-201, tests required by
laws and regulations shall be arranged and paid
by the:
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a. Owner
b. Contractor.
c. Subcontractor, when it is the
subcontractor's work being tested.
d. The public authority requiring the test.

5. Under MasterFormat 2004, the name of
Division 08 is:

a. Doors and Windows
b. Doors, Windows, and Louvers
c. Openings
d. Windows

Call for Articles

Communicate with the masses!

Dan McCloskey - Newsletter Editor

As month's come and go, we all learn new things about our respective industries. Indianapolis Chapter CSI always invites you to submit non-proprietary articles that can educate our members about new topics or new ways of doing things.

All you need to do is have the articles to me, Dan McCloskey, no later than the Tuesday prior to the Board of Directors meeting. Thanks and enjoy the rest of the newsletter.

Addressing Issues

The Haw Creek Bike Path

Jill Fouts

Facing numerous limitations, this 20,000 SF project was engineered to provide sound, stable walls for the People Trail in Columbus, Indiana.
A 7,000 - 8,000 SF portion of it was uniquely designed without soil reinforcement due to right-of-way and excavation limitations. On this particular application, there wasn't enough room for traditional reinforced wall or poured concrete. To address this, we created a double-stacked wall design that utilized a 12" deep block and a 24" un-split block to create 36"+ of modular block wall depth to create a large enough wall mass that eliminated the need for geo grid. In addition, the integral lug on the unsplit Vertica Pro system was relocated on the block to increase from a 4 degree to a 7 degree batter to match the facing block. The engineering plans for this project specified a solution that could accommodate heavy loads and a 250-pound-per-square-foot surcharge. Further, the wall product needed to be easily adaptable on-site to minimize the project's overall impact to existing trees and foliage and right-of-way restrictions. The original cast-in-place option would have impeded on the right-of-way. The heavy equipment would have needed room to pour and would have strayed onto adjacent private property. Due to site limitations on a stretch of the proposed bike path, one specific design solution was created. This was a double-stacked wall design created by the Anchor engineering department and Congdon Engineering Associates. This design utilized 36"+ of modular block wall depth. By doing this, the engineers created a wall mass that was large enough to eliminate geo grid. In addition, the wall was then designed using the same wall face as the rest of the project, which the owner desired. A portion of the path required the replacement of existing slope walls. Conventional methods, such as reinforced wall or cast-in-place would have impeded on adjacent private property. Our engineers customized this portion to allow the wall to eliminate geo grid reinforcement.
The Haw Creek Trail, the latest addition to the People Trails project, has spanned more than 20 years in planning, research, and construction. Future additions to the trail include links to the Southside Elementary School and Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds in 2006.

GRATUITOUS FILLER

Observations on Human Behavior

Mike "BD" Brannan - Newsletter Editor (Ex-Oficio)

1. Why do you press harder on a remote control when you know the batteries are getting weak?
2. Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is no money in the account?
3. Why will someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
4. Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
5. Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
6. Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
7. Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks if you throw a revolver at him?
8. Why did Kamikaze pilots bother wearing helmets?
9. Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?
10. If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
11. Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
12. Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
13. Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator? Do they think that something new to eat will have suddenly materialized?
14. Why will people keep running over a string a dozen times with a vacuum cleaner, and then reach down, pick it up, examine it, and toss it back down? To give the vacuum one more chance?
15. Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end you first try?
16. How do dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
17. When you are in the supermarket, if someone bangs your ankle with a shopping cart, why do you say, "It's all right?" Why wouldn't you say, "Hey, that hurt, you stupid idiot?"
18. Why is it that whenever you try to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
19. How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?
20. If at first you don't succeed, shouldn't you try it like your wife told you to do it?
21. And obviously, if at first you don't succeed, then don't take up sky diving!
22. The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Just think of your three best friends. If they seem okay, then it's you.

Product Specifications:

How does that happen?

Gregory L. Cheslyn

CSI asked for submittals regarding technical data and/or items of interest taking place in our market. There are many issues that could be and need to be addressed, but at this particular time, based on an event that took place in my workday, I wanted to bring up product specifications, and acceptable alternates.
I have been calling on architects in this market for over twenty years. From time to time and I stress from time to time, I run across a specification for a particular brick, call it brick (A), and an acceptable alternate, which will be brick (B). Brick "A" is the actual desired brick; very "architectural" in appearance: A tight color range, straight lines, very little variation of any sort, and a cost reflecting tight tolerances. This brick is Type FBS and meets ASTMC216.
The alternate brick, "B", would be best described as a "residential" style brick. Considerable dimensional variation, a broad color range, (relative to brick A), and a cost reflecting "looser" tolerances, however, has been deemed an acceptable alternate. This brick is also Type FBS, and meets ASTMC216.

How does that happen?

Brick "A", is 45% higher in cost than brick "B". Why? One reason is because of tighter tolerances, which translates into a lower recovery rate at time of production. Brick "B" has looser tolerances allowing for a higher recovery rate of finished product. There are other reasons like advanced technology of kilns and equipment, but they all contribute to the differences not only in price, but also in aesthetics.
As a supplier it is very confusing and discouraging to provide a product that was "desired" and "approved" only to be under bid by a product, that for all intent and purposes shouldn't have been on the radar screen, but was also approved as an acceptable alternate. You can't blame the contractor, as he will choose the path of least resistance, and in bidding a project, that would be the cheaper route. You can't blame the suppliers, as they only submitted what they were asked to submit.

Moral of the story: If it isn't what you want, don't write it in the spec.

I would like to reiterate, that this obviously doesn't happen as a rule, however, I have seen an increase in it occurring over the past couple of years. Consider this article Food for Thought.
Thank you for the opportunity to express this concern. I hope everyone has a healthy and happy New Year.

MasterFormat 2004:

It's Not As Tough As You Think

Helaine K. Robinson CSI CCS CCCA

As we are now in the new year, please refresh your thoughts on the changes that are now upon us.

Although some of our local denizens still use MasterFormat 1988, MasterFormat 1995 has been the numbering system in use for the last decade. Now there is a NEW MasterFormat 2004 which has e-x-p-a-n-d-e-d from 16 to 50 divisions and from 5 to 6 digits.

Who's Using It? We need to pay attention because Ohio's Office of the State Architect (SAO) has adopted MasterFormat 2004 for all new projects - it is required for all projects advertised as of Jan. 1, 2006. Other adoptions of note include the AIA Board, MASTERSPEC, Sweets, Victor O. Schinnerer & Co, the US DOD, VA & GSA; Turner Construction Company, the Kroger Company and several local design firms.

Why Change It? MasterFormat needed to expand to accommodate non-building construction, process engineering and decades of technological advances. The new MasterFormat 2004 is better suited for a project's entire life cycle. You can learn more from the Construction Specifier article Why MasterFormat 2004? or by reviewing the Project Resource Manual's Part 5.5 Formats in Module 5 Construction Documents.

Dividing the Divisions: MasterFormat has been divided into 2 Groups and 5 Subgroups. We begin with the Procurement & Contracting Documents Group, containing only Div. 00 Procurement & Contracting Requirements. Since we have spent decades saying "There IS no Div. Zero!" but nobody listened, we created one: Div. 00 (pronounced Div. Zero Zero)! Just think of 007 James Bond. The double-digit designations are necessary due to the 50 divisions and to keep computers happy. Our only other group is the Specifications Group, divided into 5 Subgroups and 49 Divisions as follows: General Requirements Subgroup (Division 01), Facility Construction Subgroup (Divisions 02-19), Facility Services Subgroup (Divisions 20-29), Site and Infrastructure Subgroup (Divisions 30-39) and the Process Equipment Subgroup (Divisions 40-49).

Where Did My Stuff Go? What was located in Div. 2-14 is now located in Div. 02-14, except that much of Div. 2 has moved to the Site and Infrastructure Subgroup. Div. 15 Mechanical is now Div. 21, 22 & 23 while Div. 16 Electrical is now Div. 25-28 in the Facility Services Subgroup. See why engineers are so happy? Both the numerous divisions reserved for future use and the numerical expansion (e.g. Section 05120 Structural Steel to Section 05 12 00 Structural Steel Framing) ensure that we will never, EVER, run out of places to put stuff!

Board of Directors Meeting

November 2005 Minutes

Phil McMullan. Secretary

November 10, 2005

Indianapolis Chapter CSI - November Board Meeting
BSA LifeStructures
Meeting called to order by Chapter President Glen Baines (6:15 p.m.)

ATTENDANCE:
Glen Baines, Kristin Welty, Dan McCloskey, Phil McMullan, Jack Morgan, Bill Cochran, Ralph Pitman, Paul Sternberg, Kathy Bultman, Andy McIntyre
Excused: John Fleck, Paula Pearson, Scott Perez
Guest: none
MEETING MINUTES:
Meeting minutes were submitted and reviewed by members of the board. Minutes approved by board without correction. The approved version of the minutes will be e-mailed to McCloskey for review and inclusion in the newsletter.
TREASURER:
1. Treasurer's Report submitted (attached) was approved by the board.
2. Treasurer Morgan presented (20) bills to be paid. The board approved paying the bills.
3. Discussion of invoice log and delinquent letter that Morgan has sent.
4. Treasurer Morgan reported on funds needed for balance of year.
i. Motion made to allow transfer of savings (to a limit) at the Treasurers discretion to cover expenses through the end of the year. (Welty/Sternberg) Motion Passed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Student Affiliate:
1. No report
Awards:
1. Discussions of nominations that have been submitted.
Certification:
1. Morgan reported that exams will be March 25, 2006 and registration is now open. Forms are available on line. CSI has released instruction packets. Morgan stated the exam would be on the entire PRM this year.
2. Morgan reported study classes begin 5 Saturdays prior to March 25th to be held at Fanning Howey. There is a cost for the study course
3. Discussion about provision of certificates following classes and study courses.
Communications:
1. McCloskey discussed growing newsletter and encouraged members to submit articles.
Education:
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1. Morgan reported on audio exchange program and it's success. 10 attendees paid for the program.
2. Architectural Photography by David Cide will be held prior to the February chapter meeting.
3. Burns handed out the study guide and the educational committee guidelines at the committee meeting.
Golf Outing
1. Cochran reported that we have been approved by Woodland CC, scheduled for 4th Thursday in July 2006.
Membership:
1. McIntyre discussed committee activity during the last two meetings. Looking to expand the committee.
Nominations:
1. No Report.
Programs:
1. Pitman reviewed planned programs and discussion on additional opportunities
2. Morgan reported on holding joint chapter meetings, which is in discussion.

November - DHI institute on active vs. passive fire protection - Joint with DHI
December - Holiday Party
January 06 - MasterFormat (with open invitation to industry)
February - Design Build Law Presentation
March - Edith Washington
April - Maria Spinu, Dupont - Air Barriers and Moisture
June - Awards Banquet
September - Tradeshow
October - Joint with AICI
November - Joint with DHI
CSI Show/Region Conference:
1. Baines reported on National Conference to be held March 28 - April 1, 2006.
Roster:
1. No report.
Special Events:
1. Baines reported on Holiday party in December. Board meeting moved to December 1st.
Tabletops:
1. Pitman reported on three tabletops scheduled for November.
2. Pittman discussed the preparation of a record of tabletop presenters.
Technical:
1. Sternberg reported that he has an article in the newsletter.
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Trade Show:
1. No report.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Dues Increase
b. President Baines shared information he has compiled for the vote at chapter meeting presentation. The information will be included in the newsletter.
2. Banking Policy
a. Morgan presented a contract with the Bank of Indianapolis for Internet banking. Two plans were presented to the board. Morgan reported that plan two will not work and advised approving plan one at this time. It would save time and Morgan reported there is no bank fee associated with this plan. Discussion followed regarding safety.
i. Motion made to allow application for Plan One, electronic banking. (McIntyre/Cochran) Motion Passed.
3. Discussion of attendance requirements for reimbursement policy. Research will be conducted into the Chapter administrative guidelines and will be presented at next meeting.
4. Baines discussed tabling the development of a MAI presentation policy until next meeting.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Discussion of Chapter standing reservation policy. The purpose of the policy and the problem currently being experienced with no shows, cost to the Chapter and collection.
2. President Baines will inform the membership that they will receive an email asking each member to sign up for a new standing reservation list to begin with the January 2006 Chapter Meeting.
Next meeting 5:30 p.m. on Thursday December 1, 2005 at BSA LifeStructures
Meeting adjourned at 7:58 p.m.
Attachments:
November Board Meeting Agenda
Treasurer's Report
Respectfully Submitted, Phil McMullan, CSI
Secretary, Indianapolis Chapter CSI

Certification Quiz

Indianapolis Quizmaster

Jack P. Morgan, CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA

ANSWERS: 1. b; 2. a; 3. c; 4. b; 5. c