London Chapter Executive:
Chapter Director: Gary Smith, CCCA
Chapter Chair:  Greg Clemens, FCSC, RSW, CCCA
Treasurer: Gary Smith, CCCA
Program Committee: Lissette Verbeem, John Grava
Tim So
Marketing Chair: Rudy Kotar

Announcing:

We Are CSC London Chapter!

Plannng is in progress for the 2011-2012 year. Details will follow on this site for our first ReConnections Cafe in October. Save the link to the CSC London tab so you get all the details... more to come!!

The CSC Certified Specification Practitioner

CSC is pleased to offer training for new and existing specification writers that will allow the successful applicants the ability to become a Certified Specification Practitioner (CSP) through CSC.  By taking the applicable courses along with the required experience, you will gain the required knowledge to become more proficient in the specification writers role within the design and construction industry.  Becoming a CSP will show commitment to producing accurate documentation, thereby enhancing your professional credibility through increased confidence of your peers, employers and clients.

CSC Conference May 23-27

Construction Canada Magazine

The latest interactive, digital edition of Construction Canada is now available. It allows you to search for specific topics, e-mail articles to colleagues, print pages and click on web links to access detailed information about products and services.

Click here to begin reading the January 2012 issue.

Below is just a sample of what you will find inside:

• Designing Outside the Fire-rated Glass Box
• Sustaining a KEE standard for Roofing Membranes
• Developing Noise Insulation for Calgary's Science Centre
• Insulating Concrete Forms and the New Green Standards

Industry News

• January inflation remained under control in both the U.S. and Canada
• Retail construction depends on employment, incomes, autos and homes
• RSMeans' dollar-per-square-foot construction costs: four types of office buildings
• Twenty major upcoming California and Florida construction projects
• Top 10 and trend graph-January 2012
• Private sector non-res building outpaced public sector construction in 2011
• January Construction Recedes 2 Percent
• McGraw-Hill Construction Announces Dodge BuildShare'an Advanced Analytics Platform That Connects AEC Professionals to the Firms Behind the Projects, Delivering Unprecedented "Relationship IQ"
• New Construction Starts in December Decline 3 Percent; Annual Total for 2011 Slips 2 Percent to $421 Billion
• McGraw-Hill Construction Debuts Dodge BidPro ' a Web-based Dashboard that Serves Contractors a Customized View of Their Most Promising Projects and Markets
• McGraw-Hill Construction and U.S. Green Building Council Renew Alliance to Advance Sustainable Design and Construction
• November Construction Slides 11%

CSC Membership Drive Winners

First Prize of an Apple 64 GB iPad with WiFi+3G or other equivalent prize of similar value goes to:

• Terry Johnson, FCSC
  Terry Johnson & Associates, Inc. / TSS Inc.
  Hamilton/Niagara Chapter

Runners Up Prizes awarded to four additional members consisting of an Apple 32 GB iPod touch or other equivalent prize of similar value go to:

• Kaz Kanani
  B+H Architects
  Toronto Chapter
• Steve LeBlanc, CTR
  Contract Glaziers
  Toronto Chapter
• Bradley McGill
  M.W. McGill & Associates Ltd.
  Toronto Chapter
• Jeff Thompson
  Alumicor Ltd.
  Winnipeg Chapter