Message from the President

Bruce Gillham, CTR, CCCA
CSC President

CSC and CSI Release the MasterFormat 2012

Update Now Available at www.spex.ca

MasterFormat® is a master list of numbers and titles classified by work results or construction practices, used throughout the North American construction industry to organize project manuals, detail cost information, and relate drawing notations to specifications.

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Announcing:

IBC Establishes a Canadian Chapter of buildingSMART International
IBC (Institute for BIM in Canada) releases survey results.
Construction Canada Online Newsletter

CSC Membership Drive
The names of the prize winners drawn at the March Board Meeting are:

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

Allen Henning, Regional Municipality of Durham, CSC Toronto Chapter.

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

Conal Hancherow, CTR, Thermo-Design Insulation Ltd., CSC Edmonton Chapter;
David Boyle, CTR, W.R. Meadows of Canada, CSC Grand Valley Chapter;
Colleen Barabonoff, RSW, BOOK SPEC Inc. CSC Calgary Chapter;
David Boyle, CTR, W.R. Meadows of Canada, CSC Grand Valley Chapter.

Ottawa may be Canada’s Capital, but not all of our parties are political.

CSC Conference 2012

May 23 - 27

CSC ONLINE COURSES

(Principles of Construction Documentation (PCD) 
(next offering May 28, 2012)

Technical Representative (TR)
(Next offering September 2012)

Specifier 1
(Next offering September 2012)

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

• Much of the economy, inflation included, is on hold until Greece decides its fate
• RSMeans' dollar-per-square-foot construction costs for four types of recreational buildings
• U.S. home starts in April added to other generally good news
• Neither retail trade nor inflation in the U.S. surprised in April
• Stronger investment and exports should quicken B.C.'s economic pulse in 2012/13
• The U.S. foreign trade deficit worsened in March but that may be a good thing
• McGraw-Hill Construction Debuts the Dodge Momentum Index
• Quality and Value Driving Growth in the Green Building Market'According to New McGraw-Hill Construction SmartMarket Report on Green Homes and Remodeling
• Architectural Record Launches First-Ever Continuing Education Mobile App Allowing Design and Construction Professionals to Earn CEU Credits On-the-Go
• March Construction Climbs 23 Percent
• McGraw-Hill Construction Sweets Introduces New Mobile App for Design Professionals
• Engineering News-Record Presents Award of Excellence to Emergency Bridge Engineer Theodore Zoli