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Jim_Beaulieu,_CSI,_CCCA,_LEED December 2004 Scott Benson, CSI April 2002 Kenneth Brann, CSI, CCS February 2002 March 2003 Arthur Cannon, CSI (No longer Chapter Member) March 2001 Bill_Charland,_CSI,_CDT January 2006 Mel_Cole,_CSI,_CCS June 2008 Dick Dolby, CSI October 2000 Steve Dunn, CSI September 2000 Dave_Early,_PE,_CSI,_CCCA November 2008 Richard Eustis, PE, FCSI, CCCA December 1999 Dana_Gray,_CSI,_CCCA May 2008 Patti-Jean Hinckley, CSI (No longer Chapter Member) October 2001 Mike Landry, CSI, CDT June 2001 Jeff Larimer, CSI September 2002 Floyd Lawrence, CSI, CDT May 2000 Gilles L. Letourneau, CSI, AIA (No longer Chapter Member) May 2001 Keith Lowell, CSI, CCS April 2000 Robin Lowell, October 2002 Phil Meldrum, CSI November 2001 John Mitchell, SE, PE, CSI (No longer Chapter Member) November 2002 John_Morey,_CSI,_CCPR November 2004 Steven_Peary,_CSI,_CDT April 2008 Dennis Pelletier, FCSI, CCPR February 2001 John O. Pucciarelli, CSI, CDT (No longer Chapter Member) June 2002 John_Rasmussen,_CSI,_CCCA April 2005 Douglas Richmond, CSI January 2002 Beth Schidzeg, CSI, CCS November 2000 Sam Woodward, CSI, CCS (No longer Chapter Member) November 1999 George Wright, CSI (No longer Chapter Member) September 2001
June 2008 - Mel Cole, CSI, CCS
Mel has 40 years of experience in project management, the preparation of construction documents including contracts and specifications and construction administration.
He worked at Harriman Associates from 1968 to 1986 as an architectural specifications writer and project manager.
Looking for an opportunity to spend more time in the field, he then took a position with Allied Architects/ Engineers as an associate partner in charge of Construction Administration.
In 1996, Mel left Allied to form Northeast Building Consultants, Inc. where he has spent the last 12 years as a consultant to Building Owners and Facility Managers. His main focus has been on the building envelope including re-roofing, window replacement and masonry restoration projects.
Mel joined the Maine Chapter of CSI in 1969. Over the years he has served as Secretary, Treasurer, Vice president, President and Director. He obtained his CSI-CCS certification in 1980. Other affiliations include the Roof Consultant Institute (RDI) and the Maine Indoor Air Quality Council.
He has resided in Litchfield with his wife Nancy for the past 32 years where they raised their three children. Spare time is now spent sailing, golfing and enjoying their three grandchildren.
November 2008 - Dave Early, PE, CSI, CCCA
Thou young in many ways, Dave knows so very well, the old ways, being born in the 1st half of the last century. Educated in the "old school" with 12 years of Irish Catholic Education, he escaped from Worcester, and the College of the Holy Cross, to become an Engineer! Following life’s path, and oh so very many adventurers, Dave and his young family found their way to Maine, "Vacationland", "the way life should be". Once here, he and his family have taken root, and Scarborough is now home.
Most of life’s needs can be found with in a 10 mile radius of the family home. This of course includes the Jet Port, which one can travel to, when further ventures in life are necessary, such as to explore our great country and its entire splendor. The Jetport is also useful for travel to Grapevine Texas, where Dave’s younger son Donald has taken up residence with his bride, a native Grapevine girl, where horse, family ranch, and "long horns" all reside. Dave’s older son, Matt married a South Portland girl. Matt’s family, presently includes 3 children, and they all reside a very short distance from the family home in Scarborough.
Dave is honored to be the 27th president of the Maine Chapter of CSI. He wonders how it is the he, and his immediate predecessor were both born in Worcester, traveled about and ultimately found their ways to Maine, and the wonderful comradeship and professional opportunities provide by the Maine Chapter of CSI! There must be a special magnetism here in Maine, and the Maine Chapter of CSI!
When Dave is not involved in CSI business, you may find him occupied as a Board or Committee Member of any number of organizations including the Maine Indoor Air Quality Council, the Maine Society of Professional Engineers, the Maine Qualification Based Selection Council, The Northern New England Chapter of APPA, or the Maine Engineering Promotional Council.
Dave has been employed at the University of Southern Maine since 1989, being chiefly responsible for Physical Facilities up unto this year. Dave 1st arrived at USM, teaching in the School of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology. Today he finds himself an Associate Professor in the School where he is the Coordinator of U.S.M.’s Construction Management Program.
When Dave is not at USM, or working on a Committee, you will find him at home in Scarborough doing any number of things; playing with grandchildren, fishing with grandchildren, gardening with grandchildren, or simply watching grandchildren with his lovely wife "B". And if he’s not around, he may be up to MDI, or Mount Washington, or visiting one of our National Parks, to hike, explore and study the geology, because Dave simply loves rocks, has collected them from all over, and still does to this day. It should be noted that Dave’s lovely wife "B" loves Rocks too! The ones you find at hardness scale 10, on Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
April 2008 - Steven Peary, CSI, CDT
Steve Peary, CSI, CDT is a native of Fort Fairfield, Maine. He graduated from the University of Maine with a Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Management and went on to graduate studies at Auburn University, Alabama before returning to Maine to work in the forest industry. He lives in Newburgh with his partner and two sons.
After four years of working in the industrial forestry market in Maine, Steve made a career change to help the University of Maine with its recycling efforts and soon was asked to change roles again and become the budget officer for the Facilities Management department at his alma mater. Steve’s focus became one of process improvement and developing management systems and reporting. His particular area of expertise is computerized maintenance management systems.
Steve is currently an Associate Executive Director for Facilities Management and is charged with directing the Business, IT and Work Management efforts of the department. This brings him in contact with the Construction Management functions of the University and he has developed interest and knowledge in all aspect of the construction process. Steve’s personal interests include rock and ice climbing, playing guitar, woodworking, and chess.
May 2008 - Dana Gray, CSI, CCCA
Dana A. Gray; CFM, FMA, CCCA, LEEDAP
is a native of Maine, born and raised in Eastport, the easternmost city in the United States. Dana is the Director of Engineering and Architecture Services at the University of Southern Maine (USM). Dana is responsible for coordinating with University administration and industry consultants to implement physical plant capital and renovation projects. Dana was the USM Project Manager on the recently certified John Mitchell Center. This project consisted of an addition and renovation to the existing John Mitchell Center. This project was the first Maine owned and designed LEED certified building in the state of Maine. Other, recent projects include a new 296-bed residence hall (certification pending) and childcare center (silver certified) on the Gorham Campus. USM currently has three projects certified and four more registered to be certified.Dana has presented at numerous venues on; Integrated Deliverables and Testing (IDAT), procurement, specifications, LEED, project delivery/management, testing, Building Automation Systems, CAFM and CMMS. He is currently teaching a Construction documents course at the School of Applied Science and Technology at USM on the Gorham Campus.
Dana is also involved in Campus Master Planning on all three of USM’s Campus’, Portland, Gorham and Lewiston-Auburn. Dana has an Associate and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine at Orono. He has over 35 years of maintenance and construction background, 20 years in the U. S. Coast Guard and the remainder in the private and public sectors. His experience spans ship construction, healthcare, retail, insurance, distribution warehousing, and education at UNUM, UNNICCO Services Co, EXETER Health Resources, LL Bean and USM.
April 2005 - John Rasmussen, CSI, CCCA
I work for the University of Southern Maine as a Building Construction Engineer. Responsibilities include project coordination on new construction, renovation and energy conservation projects. Since starting this job in 2001, I have been involved with over $20 million in construction on the Portland and Gorham campuses. Working in the construction industry has been the main focus of a 25 year career.
My experience in the industry started when I was old enough to recognize the difference between a hammer and a screw driver, helping both my Grandfather and Father renovate the homestead in Larkspur, California. It continued with weekend and summer odd-job work for neighbors. This led to a strong interest in Architecture and a degree from California Polytechnic State University in Architectural Engineering in 1975. Short stints with a couple of design/engineering firms convinced me to return to self-employment as a contractor in residential remodeling. I had difficulty reconciling environmental concerns with the types of projects I was working on- vast subdivisions, shopping centers and Office Parks. Recycling housing seemed a more fitting endeavor.
Despite being a native of the "Golden" State, I found the cultural and economic changes taking place in the 70’s to be disappointing and decided to seek fame and fortune elsewhere. In 1981, given a strong interest in Yankee history, I decided to give New England a shot. Family and friends gave me a year before I came back. It’s been 23 years and I have no regrets.
When I first arrived in New England, I landed a job with a Massachusetts CAP agency running various construction programs including ModRehab, and self-help housing renovation. After a couple of years, this was followed by work with Citizens Conservation Corp in Boston managing energy efficiency upgrades for multi-family housing projects. During this time I lived in Gloucester- right downtown overlooking the Fisherman-at-the Wheel and Eastern Point Light. I thought I finally found a new home a place to put down some roots.
Tired of the Boston commute, I left CCC to start another construction business, in town, that included commercial as well as residential renovation. Business was good, hours long, but very satisfying. A notable project my company completed was the historic renovation of the GAR Hall on Washington St. The building was near collapse. It is now high-end office rental space.
I met my wife during this time and we started a family. Not surprisingly, being self-employed and trying to be an equal partner on the home front led to some conflicts. This combined with the "Dukakis Miracle" taking place in Massachusetts with California-like cultural/economic changes taking place (Deja-vu all over again), we decided to move to Maine. For my wife, it was a homecoming as she is a native of Auburn, Maine.
Itching to try something different, we moved to Cherryfield, ME to run a Bed and Breakfast called the Black Shutter Inn. For supplementary income, in true Downeast style, I took on small construction jobs and worked at Hinckley Yacht in Southwest Harbor as a line carpenter. I was in seventh heaven but my wife, stuck at home 15 hours a day with a 3 and 1 year old sons, was anxious to return to a more populated area. So, she found me a job at Central Maine Power. They hired me as an energy engineer to work with their commercial and industrial customers on energy conservation projects. I enjoyed this work and the people I was fortunate to meet very much. However, after ten years and utility re-regulation, er, I mean, de-regulation, I had a tough choice to make- selling electricity or seek different employment. Not a particularly skilled salesperson, I chose the latter. Lucky for me and my family, I was hired in my current position by the University. It has been a terrific experience. The University has generously supported my career development including my involvement with CSI and attainment of CCCA certification.
I know reside with my wife and four children in East Auburn in an old farmhouse on the edge of town. This old farmhouse represents a "strike three" for me as it is the third extensive restoration project I’ve put my family thru in the last 20 years. It’ll be another 10 years before I’m done. I must say it does its advantages for raising kids- no heartburn over spilled milk or artwork on the walls.
January 2006 - Bill Charland, CSI, CDT
In June of 2006 I will have completed my twentieth year of service at the University of Maine on the Orono campus. I currently serve in the position of Associate Director of facilities Management for Construction Administration. That’s the long way of saying I’m a Construction Contract Administrator. I’ve held this position since November, 2000.
Prior to this position, I’ve held several positions of increasing responsibility, as Director of Construction Administration in 1999, Project Manager 1997-99, Construction and Maintenance Project Manager 1994-97 and Assistant Director for Maintenance 1986-94.
Before joining the University of Maine Staff, I spent twenty years in the private sector Construction Industry working in the Mechanical Trades, Plumbing/HVAC projects.
Project examples: Addition and Renovation of Deering High School, Portland 1981-82, Retail Store Expansion L.L. Bean, Freeport 1983-84.
Having held Plumbing Licenses in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine, I currently retain State of Maine Master Plumber License #1777, held since 1973.
My construction experience has been in all phases of Residential, Commercial and Industrial work.
I am a cum laude graduate of the University of Maine with a Bachelor of University Studies degree with a minor in Business Administration. I have recently attained CDT certification through CSI training and examination.
I maintain professional memberships in several organizations:
I live in Brewer, Maine with my wife of 35 years, Cindy. She is a Registered Nurse specializing in Palliative Care. Together we have raised 3 sons Jason 32, Matthew 30, and Caleb 25. All three live in Maine. Jason is married to Dianne and they reside in Bucksport, Jason is a Graduate student at U M. Matt is married to Sarah and they have two daughters, Isabel 6, and Mariah 4, and as of this writing daughter#3, Josie is due to arrive in mid January 2006.Matt teaches Art in the Skowhegan school system SAD 54.
Caleb Graduated from Massachusetts College of Art in 2004 and aspires to become a professional photographer.
Cindy and I are currently renovating our fifth home and should be finished in time for our retirement. (Funny, we don’t seem to move as quickly as we used to anymore!) We enjoy a bit of traveling several times a year. But, our first love is our camp on Hopkins Pond in Mariaville, (shhh, don’t reveal our secret place), where we try to spend most of our free time from May through October, boating, swimming and generally laying around.
Over the years I’ve been involved in civic organizations as well:
1975-76 served as a member of the Holden Maine Planning Board, helped draft the town’s first Comprehensive Plan.
1976-80 member of Eastern Maine Homebuilders Association Chapter of the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) served as Vice-president 1979-80.
1976-86 member Bangor Jaycees, Maine Jaycees and U.S. Jaycees held every elected office except President of Bangor Jaycees. 1980 served as State of Maine Program Manager for U.S. Jaycees Olympic Fund Program, ranked in the top 15 state programs in the country.
1986-95 coached Youth Soccer in Hampden Maine, 1994 12yr-olds team, Penobscot Valley Soccer Club Champions.
1994-95 coached Little League Baseball in Hampden Maine 1995 team, Hampden/Newburgh Little League Champions.
1997-2000 member of the Penobscot Theatre Board of Directors Chairman Building Committee
In my short association with CSI (3 years as a member) I’ve found some new friends and a tremendous amount of valuable information and experiences with application to my daily work pursuits. I thoroughly enjoy it and would encourage anyone in the construction industry who is interested in its future direction to join CSI. It’s worth every cent and more.
December 2004 - Jim Beaulieu, CSI, CCCA, LEED
Jim Beaulieu, CSI, CCCA, LEED is originally from Veazie, Maine. He returned to the area after serving in the United States Air Force, graduating from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration, and working in management on the TransAlaska Pipeline Project. He now lives in Falmouth with his wife and two daughters.
After completing his role on the Pipeline, Jim stayed on in Alaska to serve as a contract administrator and worked to complete over thirty public schools assuring a high level of quality. Upon his return to Maine he continued that interest and served as project clerk or owner’s representative on numerous public school, library, and college projects. Jim’s leadership style reflects an action-oriented energetic approach. He responds positively to complex problems and works with others in a supportive, participatory fashion. Jim values efficient systems and challenging opportunities. He is looking forward to his new role as a member of the CSI Board of Directors. Jim has been a member of CSI for many years and enjoys the broad range of individuals and companies who come together through the organization.
Jim’s current position is Construction Administrator for Ledgewood Construction, South Portland, Maine. He works with others to bring the projects to completion with accurate, detailed documentation and organization. His recent certification as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) professional has brought an added dimension to his work and personal point of view. Jim is interested in all aspects of building design, the construction process, and historic renovation. In his free time, Jim likes to work on personal renovation projects, cross-country ski, play tennis, and enjoy time with his family and friends.
November 2004 - John Morey, CSI, CCPR
An education in Mathematics and Education led to a career in Building Materials. How does it figure?
I’m a 4th generation Maine Native. Maybe more, but that’s as far back as we have traced. Moving back to the family homestead in 1981 led me to the local lumberyard. First, for materials, then for employment. "Through the ranks" growth moved from a part time truck driver’s helper in the Downeast town of Orland to today’s position of sales in the states of Maine & New Hampshire. A variety of experience in the interim includes a 5 year stint selling a US produced window into New Brunswick, Canada and a period selling a Quebec window into the US. The product mix over the years has included most major and several minor windows.
Serving Community in rural Maine was a function of running the local lumberyard. No news came into town without passing through our workplace. Every person new to our town came in for something. People we didn’t see had moved or died. And we knew why they moved or what they died of. It was our town. The issues effecting it were part of daily life.
1990 was the beginning of road sales. I left for the work day. It took a few years to loose all my contacts, but eventually I realized that I was doing well with Family, Work & Self, but Community was lacking. Balancing the four is important to me.
The Family has grown older, but is still my primary base. I’m pleased that Work has always been there, I need it. Self is the one we all have to fight for, but should not be forgotten. For me, the tool is exercise; the reason is peace of mind. Community has become CSI. The balance is good at this point in my life. Like any balancing act, this one takes constant attention.
The future will be determined by my interactions with Family, Community, Work, and Self. The directional forces of each are impossible to know, but framing my perceptions in this way keeps me moving forward. I need to grow.
September 2004 - Brad Armstrong, CSI, CCPR
The core values of Bradford Armstrong’s work ethic revolve around quality building products and excellent customer service. He has spent his life adhering to these values and building a name for himself in the world of construction sales.
After four years of service in the U.S. Navy, including a tour of duty in Vietnam, Brad returned home and enrolled in the University of Massachusetts. There, he earned a degree in Wood Science and Technology. After his graduation in 1975, he went to work for Gerrity Lumber Company in Readville Massachusetts where he worked as a Millwork Specialist.
He moved to Maine in 1977 and got his next job in the field working for Saunders Brothers Dowel Company. At Saunders Brothers, he spent four years as the sawmill foreman, in addition to another four years working in the office as the product manager.
In 1985, he returned to Gerrity Lumber. The company had opened a lumberyard in Gorham, Maine. For three years he worked as an outside salesman, whose main clientele were contractors and homeowners. In 1988, his "love affair" with Marvin Windows began.
He went to Warroad, Minnesota to visit the Marvin Factory, and found himself enamored with everything that Marvin Windows stands for. He explains, "they were doing more than building windows; they were creating dreams." It was then that he realized exactly what he wanted to do. He told the company if they ever had an opening, he wanted to work for them. After this factory visit, Brad left a lucrative salary as a lumber salesman and went to work for North Atlantic Millwork Company (NAMCO). He worked as an architectural sales representative, selling and promoting Marvin Windows to area Architects.
In 1990, the Marvin Window line left NAMCO for economic reasons, and Brad followed, getting a job at DJ Millwork. At DJ, he continued to sell Marvin Windows and other wholesale building products. His job with DJ consisted of calling on architects, consulting with them on projects and budget pricings, as well as giving them updated literature and information about the different building products available.
DJ went through company name changes, but Brad continued to work for the company, maintaining the same position. In 1995 he took a five-month hiatus to help Dion Distributors develop the position of Architectural Sales Representative covering the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. As he discussed the Corian products with different architects in his region, he realized that he related everything back to Marvin products. (His associates say if cut, he will bleed Marvin yellow!) He wanted to get back to selling and promoting the quality building products that had captured his heart years before.
In 1996, he went back to Rugby Building Products (formerly DJ Millwork) and worked as an architectural representative for two more years before moving to Hancock Lumber, where he is working today. While working for Hancock, Brad has assisted the company in becoming the leading Marvin Dealer in the Maine. He was the first manager of Hancock’s Marvin Window Showroom on Marginal Way in Portland. He has established an Architectural luncheon program, offering informative luncheon seminars at the showroom to area architects that are looking to specify quality-building products, or those who are just looking for more information on the building products available to them.
He is a past president of the Maine Chapter of CSI (1997-1998), a CCPR (Certified Construction Products Representative) and has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award for the Northeast Region, CS I.
Brad is a very open and communicative person. He and his wife, Kathy, just celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary. They have three adult children, and enjoy vacationing in Key West, Florida with friends and family.
March 2003 - Paul Beaudette, CSI
Paul Beaudette, CSI, is Director of Administration for Pella Windows & Doors, the local distributor of Pella products for Maine and New Hampshire. He is responsible for all operations, financial business functions and information technology for the parent company Bonair Enterprises, Ltd.
A former President of the Maine Chapter of CSI (1994-96), Paul first started as a sales representative in the Portland area having been recruited because of his visibility as President of the Maine Chapter. He sold for 3 years in that market and was then moved into the office to prepare the business for the growth that soon followed.
Paul’s experience in construction dates back a few years to the late 70’s when he moved to Ohio to attend the Ohio State University to obtain his masters’ degree after having taught high school science for four years. While attending school part-time, he worked for an engineering and consulting firm that performed materials inspection and testing. The jobs involved large-scale industrial, institutional and high-rise construction projects. After jumping into this work with both feet, school went by the wayside and a new direction in his career took off.
Following that six-year experience away from Maine, Paul returned and worked in the residential construction market boom of the 80’s for a Portland developer, then for a construction management company, which connected him with CSI. Dennis Pelletier and Denis Lemieux get the credit for recruiting him.
In 1994, Paul joined Jay Kay Sales and Century Floors with Peter Craig. There, he spent two years serving dual duty in sales and quality assurance in concrete construction. The materials testing of his past was again becoming a part of his career.
His professional affiliations have included ACI, Maine Concrete Technician’s Certification Board where he served for four years, the International Concrete Repair Institute, Maine Homebuilders Assoc., and served as President of the Maine Chapter CSI. On his way to the presidency, Paul also served as First and Second Vice President and Director for six years. He had been publications chair where he and his wife, Jean, published the Maine-ly Spec newsletter for five years. In 1996, Paul served as co-chair of the Northeast Region Conference in No. Conway, NH, which was jointly, hosted by Maine and New Hampshire Chapters.
Paul makes his home in his native Lewiston with his wife and three kids. He has served as the Chair of the Lewiston High School Parent Involvement Committee, Drug Free Schools Committee and on the vestry of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church. He is a graduate of the University of Maine at Fort Kent with a B.S. in Education.
November 2002 - John Mitchell, SE, PE, CSI
Mr. Mitchell has over thirty years of structural engineering experience in New England, California and the Southeastern States. During his career he has worked in all phases of engineering, gaining experience in wood, concrete, masonry, and steel design. He also has extensive experience in forensic engineering having investigated over 2,000 buildings from Alaska to Florida and has testified as an expert witness in courts in Maine and New Hampshire. His structural design experience includes residential, commercial, industrial, municipal and educational facilities. Representative projects include the structural design of a 60-ton bridge crane, the chapel at Emory University, the Pedestrian Canopy at Portland International JetPort, a seven-story alternative fuel electric generation station, and dozens of low-rise commercial and multi-family buildings. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Maine, Florida, and Ohio; and a Registered Structural Engineer in California. He graduated from California Polytechnic State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Engineering, and has a Master’s degree from Emory University. He has been a structural engineer with Harriman Associates since 2000.
September 2002 - Jeff Larimer, CSI
I was born on an old cow farm in the small southwestern Pennsylvania town of Van Meter. No! Wait a minute! That was my Dad. I was born in a hospital in the thriving city of Worcester, Mass. However, at the tender age of 3 ½, my family relocated to the Jersey shore, which is where I grew up and attended both grade school and high school. It was as a freshman in high school that I became interested in drafting and obtained my first drawing board, T-square and other drafting implements. Anybody remember what those are? It was my high school drafting instructor who recognized my interest in architecture and accelerated my program, allowing me to take three years of architectural drafting when normally only two years was offered.
Upon graduation from high school, I went on to Penn State University and received my Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1974. A distinguished graduating class that also included such people as John Cappelletti (Penn State’s only Heisman Trophy winner) and Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: The Next Generation). During my fourth year at school, I participated in a work-study program that resulted in full-time employment after graduation. This was a very fortunate event, since finding employment in the architecture field was very difficult in the mid-seventies. Also, during my fifth year at school, I was selected as one of two recipients of an annual award presented by Glen Gery Brick.
With degree in hand, I started my career working for a small firm in Toms River, NJ. My stint there only lasted about two years when I decided to relocate to sunny southern California, where most of my family had relocated to over the years. It took about a year to find an architectural position since jobs were scarce. During that year, I worked for my brother on the printing business. And for this I spent five years in college? I stayed in southern California for thirteen years working for a variety of firms on a multitude of projects ranging from medical office buildings to several officers’ clubs at the various military bases in the region. It was during this time period that I also obtained my first license as an architect. Working for a large, international A/E firm, the last project I designed before leaving California was a $15 million salinity laboratory for the USDA to be constructed on the campus of UC Riverside.
In 1989, having had enough of the rat race in California, I decided I wanted to return to the east coast and, in particular, the New England area. Now married, to a California native, and with our first child on the way, my wife and I (and our cat) made the 3,200-mile trek across country to the state of Maine. From 1989 until 1997, I worked for Rea Design Associates in Auburn working on a variety of school projects throughout the state. Late in 1997, I took a position at Harriman Associates, where I am currently employed. Since joining Harriman, I have continued to be involved in school projects, most notably, the design of the new St. Dom’s High School in Auburn that was completed within the past year.
My wife, Tami, and I reside in Auburn with our two sons, John and Matthew, along with our three cats. I became licensed to practice architecture in Maine 1990 and, along with holding an NCARB certificate, I still retain my license in California.
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October 2002 - Robin Lowell, CSI
I grew up in Freeport, Maine and worked with my father at Lowell Oil Company servicing boilers, furnaces and delivering oil in Freeport. Graduated from Freeport High School in 1975 and joined the U.S. Navy that following September.
I spent 4 years working in the engine rooms of various ships with 1200# and 600# steam systems. Most of my tour was overseas stationed out of Yokuska , Japan.
In 1979 I returned to the U.S. and back to civilian life. Worked as a Maintenance Mechanic at Pineland Center. This consisted of High Pressure Boiler Operator, Electrician, Locksmith, carpentry, plumbing and other various maintenance tasks.
After 18 years, the State of Maine closed Pineland Center and I relocated to Baxter School for the Deaf. Duties at Baxter were pretty much the same as Pineland.
In 2001,after 4 years at Baxter, I decided to change fields, thanks to my cousin Keith, and went to work for Lowell Specifications, Inc. as a Cost Estimator. I spent the first 6 months setting up estimating programs and testing the various programs. My duties now include performing plan take-offs, maintaining the estimating programs, and researching and cataloging historical cost data.
I have been married to Janet for 24 years. I have two sons, Ryan who is 22 years old and Tyler who is 19 years old. I enjoy playing the guitar, golf, snowmobiling, and puttering around the yard.
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June 2002 - John O. Pucciarelli, CSI, CDT
My goals have always been to combine the intellect with the physical. For that reason I majored in Philosophy in College while working as a plumber. Construction has been a pleasure to me for many years. After college- class of 1969 I worked the canyons of New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey building or rebuilding shopping centers and high-rise residential buildings this brought me in close contact with architects and I began drafting as a part time occupation. Tired of commuting from Westchester, Chappaqua, N.Y. I decided to tap the single-family home market and began a design build firm with a high school friend. My need for physical work was certainly satisfied since I insisted on doing it all- design, excavation, concrete, rough and finish carpentry, roofing, sheetrock and finally painting. Not satisfied with a small construction firm I was offered a position with a progressive firm that specialized in remodeling. We developed a system that lead a client from concept to finish product all with one company. Our insistence on additions, which were undetectable, brought us a plethora of business. During this time I pursued the goals of building and sailing small boats and karate. Karate and many broken toes lead me to Tai Chi and small boats lead me to Maine.
Initially I pursued my construction love and began work managing a factory, which produced garages and homes. However a friend introduced me to the head of code enforcement for Augusta and once an opening occurred Mr. Richard Dolby offered me a position. I wound up becoming one of those burecrats. My education in construction blossomed. I was participating in the building process from a new perspective. My desire for adventure was assuaged.
After three years I had the good fortune of working with City Planning and one year later I started my present position as Director of Buildings and Grounds for the Augusta School Department. I feel enthused and challenged ever day. Tai Chi is still a part of my life, My partner and best friend is a teacher, My oldest daughter is in school to become an architect, My youngest daughter has decided to pursue the hospitality trade- she loves to cook, and I have started to build a new boat…
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April 2002 – Scott Benson, CSI
Scott attended the University of Oregon, School of Architecture and Allied Arts,
graduating in 1985. While at Oregon, he worked with Tom Hubka assisting with illustrations for Tom's study of connected farm buildings in Maine, later published as the book "Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn." Scott moved to Maine after graduation to work further with Tom on additional publishing projects, and on residential design projects.
Scott developed an interest in Stevens Associates and the relationship between John Calvin Stevens and Ellis Lawrence, the first Dean of Oregon's School of Architecture and Allied Arts, and the architect of the University of Oregon's campus plan and several of its key buildings.
Scott joined Stevens Associates in the Spring of 1986. He became principal of SMRT in 1996. His current responsibilities include corporate management - treasurer, design team management, project management and architectural design. His recent projects include implementation of the Maine Department of Corrections Capital plan, renovation of the historic Pineland Campus, and expansion of the continuum of care at Maine Veterans' Homes to include assisted living facilities at five sites.
Scott resides in Portland and in Center Lovell with his companion, Beth Gallie. Beth serves as legal counsel for the Maine Center on Deafness, and is active on the Boards of several not-for-profit organizations including the Greater Lovell Land Trust, and the Maine Animal Coalition. When not attending to business, Scott and Beth enjoy a life of quiet domesticity, gardening, reading and occasional travel.
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February 2002 - Kenneth Brann, CSI, CCS
Ken received his degree from the University of Maine in Civil Engineering Technology in 1975. After graduating he worked in residential and light commercial construction for approximately 7 years. Deciding to pursue a change in vocation, he worked for a short stint as an electrical and instrumentation draftsman. In 1982, he accepted a position at Harriman Associates writing architectural specifications for commercial projects. In 1999, Ken left his position of 17 years to start Brann Specifications, Inc. as a specification consultant in independent practice. The business has enjoyed success with projects in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. The business has expanded, adding Lori Rohr on staff as a specification writer. He has been a member of CSI since 1982. Ken lives in Litchfield, Maine with his fiancé, Linda. He enjoys outdoor activities, including golfing, fishing, skiing and sailing.
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November 1999 - Sam Woodward, CSI, CCS
A Chapter member CSI since 1984, Sam is an architect in Surry, Maine and has practiced in the mid-coast area since 1973. A graduate of the University of Oregon where he received a BArch degree, he returned to Maine and worked for Adams Associates in Deer Isle before forming his first partnership with landscape architect Steve Kurutz in 1978. Kurutz & Woodward, Architects specialized in multifamily housing, doing FMHA, HUD and MSHA projects all over the state, from Caribou to Kennebunk.
After a year's sabbatical during which he and his wife Lucy sailed their boat to the Bahamas and back to Maine Sam maintained a private residential practice from 1982 until founding his second partnership with Dean Bingham, AIA in 1984. Bingham & Woodward Architects carried out a very diverse practice which included medical clinics, day care centers, multi-family housing, condominiums, libraries, town offices, fire and police stations, additions, historic renovations and residential work. B&W continued 14 years until 1998 building a Mutation for cost-conscious, on-time work and satisfied clients.
In 1995 Sam suffered a fall while climbing which left him paralyzed and a good deal more appreciative of the ADA. He now operates from an office in his home with one registered architect employee, a design associate and a part time draftsman. Current projects include a library addition and renovations, residential projects and consultation for a church expansion.
Sam served in the Navy from 1964 to 1968 as a helicopter rescue crewman on aircraft carriers off Vietnam. He was president of the Blue Hill Chamber of Commerce from 1984 to 1987 and a director of the Blue Hill Memorial Hospital from 1988 to 1991. He previously served as a CSI director from 1987 to 1989.
Personal accomplishments include ski touring on Baffin Island above the Arctic Circle and two sled dog expeditions of about 2,000 miles in Labrador. Current interests include hand-cycling in summer and skiing in winter.
CSI has meant a lot to me over the years as a source for friendships and professional development. I feel I have only scratched the surface of possibilities.
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December 1999 - Richard Eustis, PE, FCSI, CCCA
Employment
Dick, who is now retired, was employed by the University of Maine and the University of Maine System for approximately forty years in various positions with ever increasing responsibilities. The last twenty-five years, he served as contracting officer for new construction. renovation, and major
repair projects for the seven-campus University System. In this capacity he had overall responsibility for: capital construction planning, selection of project design firms, contract award procedures and construction contract administration. He was also responsible for real estate acquisition and disposal and the University's Risk Insurance program.During this time period, his department developed improved procedures for assuring projects meet the needs of building users and remained within stated budgets. Systems were also developed to improve long range capital planning and the integration of facility maintenance and code compliance issues into the capital planning process.
Career-Related Activities
Dick has always believed people should help their chosen profession and industry through volunteer activities. Not only has he been an active volunteer, he has encouraged other to follow this same path. He has also been an advocate of the use of technology and computers in the design and construction industry.
Dick has served in numerous Chapter and Region positions as well as being a member of or chairing several Institute committees. He has served the Institute as Vice President, Secretary, and President. He has also served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Higher Education Facility Officers (APPA), President of the Eastern Region of APPA and Charter President of the Northern New England Chapter of the Eastern Region of APPA. In the civic area, he has served as member and a term as Chair of the Old Town Planning Board, a member and a term as Chair of the Old Town School Committee, and a member and a term as Vice President of the Board of Trustees for the Old Town Museum. He currently serves as Facilitator for the Maine Qualification Based Selection Program; a program to educate and inform public owners on appropriate methods to use in selecting design professionals for publicly financed construction.
He has received professional recognition by CSI by the awarding of Fellowship and he has twice been the recipient of the "President's Plaque" awarded by the CSI President. The Associated Contractors of Maine recognized Dick by awarding him the "1997 Major Achievements in Construction Award" and an "Education Foundation Fellowship". In addition, he has received several other Maine, Northeast Region and national CSI awards. Upon his retirement in 1998, he was recognized by the University System's Board of Trustees and by the Maine House and Senate for 40 years of dedicated service to the University of Maine and the University of Maine System.
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September 2001 – George Wright, CSI
Growing up in Northwest Florida, my family owned a construction company, during the summer breaks I participated in many projects ranging from Commercial to Residential.
After graduation a close friend introduced me to the Fenestration Industry, which I have never left, since then I have obtained knowledge working with many species of windows and doors ranging from Metal windows to wood windows, clad wood, vinyl and monumental products.
After moving to Maine with my wife to be, in 1986, I found the Commercial Industry growing with untold potential, with my technical knowledge of the fenestration Industry I excelled in the commercial sales, my experience of 21 years consist of;
6 Years as General Sales w/ Modern Door & Hardware
5 Years as Manager of Prehung Door & Window
2 Years as Commercial Sales Rep. w/ Eagle Window & Door, of So. ME
5 Years as Regional Manager w/ Eagle Window & Door
2 Years as GM of Adam Windows & Doors of ME
To my current position as Commercial Representative with Pella Windows and Doors of Maine.I have always had an interest in CSI, but never found the time to participate, as I joining Pella Windows, I was introduced to CSI by Dennis Pelletier, which has helped me obtain even more knowledge of the industry, which we know is necessary with the ever changing codes and liabilities that our industry brings.
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October 2001 – Patti-Jean Hinckley, CSI
Recognition & Publications
Selected for Leadership Maine, 2001.
Selected for Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 6th Edition, 2000.
Education Award, 2000, Maine Chapter Construction Specifications Institute.
"Lobbying Engineering Issues," EEO Bimonthly, August, 1994, pp. 48-53.Gender & Culture In Science & Engineering: Creating A State Plan, 1994.
Maine Public Broadcasting System, Extraordinary Public Service Recognition 1993.
"Engineering Women Into The Workplace," US. Woman Engineer, March/April, 1992, pp. 26-26 and Civil Engineering, November, 1991, pp.66-67.
ASU-NAWIC Outstanding Woman in Construction, Distinguished Nominee, 1990.Career Focus: Engineering & Education
Pat is an engineer who teaches leadership, diversity, facilities management, and teamwork. Her work focuses on business and education strategies that bring balance to the workplace in ways which enable organizations and people to achieve their full potential, reduce exposure to litigation, and lower operating costs.
Pat is trained in Human DynamicsTM and leadership. She is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point Excellence in Civil Engineering Education Program and holds degrees in Civil Engineering and Civil Engineering Technology from the University of Maine.
Her previous engineering experience includes staff appointments at Bowdoin College, the University of Maine System, private consulting firms, and as a member of the faculty at the Maine Technical College System where she integrated ethics, diversity, intellectual property, and teamwork into engineering technology courses. She was a co-creator of Physics Inside and Out, a program that teaches physics to students through the world of music and art. Most recently, Pat was selected as a Corporate and Organization Educator for the University of Maine.
Pat has served on a variety of professional organizations and boards that include:
Construction Specifications Institute, Maine Chapter: Director, 2nd Vice President and she is currently the 1st Vice President.
Society of Women Engineers, Maine Section: President.
American Society of Civil Engineers: Member.
National Engineers Week, Maine Planning Committee: Chair.
Maine National Engineering Design Challenge: Judge.
Brunswick Sewer District: Trustee.
Her personal interests include Tai Chi, ballroom dancing, gourmet cooking, swimming, and cross-country skiing. She has a son, Kirk, who is a member of the First Special Forces Group of the U.S. Army.
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November 2001 – Phil Meldrum, CSI
How did I happen to join CSI?
Almost 20 years ago our friend Dick Eustis spoke to me at an APPA meeting that we both were attending and briefly explained the benefits of CSI Membership to a fellow Physical Plant practitioner. At the time I had been at Bates College as Plant Engineer about 4 years, and had been reviewing new construction/renovation drawings and specifications, so I formally became a member in November of 1982.
Education Background
1950 BS - Mechanical Engineering - University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
1965 Masters - Business Administration - Northeastern University, Boston, MA. (5 years night school)
Career Highlights
1950-1952 U. S. Marine Corp - 1 st. Lt., Engineer Battalion, Camp Lejune, NC.
1952-1955 Koppers Company, Baltimore, MD. Management trainee
1955-1960 Artisan Metal Products, Waltham, MA. Project Engineer, metal fabrication, job shop
1960-1965 Jarrell - Ash Company, Waltham MA. Project Engineer, scientific instrument manufacturer
1966-1976 W. S. Libbey Company, Lewiston, ME. Plant Engineer, Controller, textile manufacturer
1976-1999 Bates College, Lewiston, ME. Plant Engineer, new construction coordinator
Retired 6/19991999-2001 Facility service consultant, some part time at Bates College, and recently at University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME.
Professional Organizations
CSI November 1982 to present
Illuminating Engineering Society of NA March 1982 to present
ASHRAE September 1983 to present
Association of Physical Plant Administrators 1977-1999
Maine (Public) OSHA Board 1978 to present
Family
Wife - Anne, of 49 plus years
Children - Brian, Michael, Helen
Grand Children - John and Melissa
Challenges to Professionals in CSI
Over the past 20 or so years, I have found the CSI 16 - step format as the basic building block to success on any new construction and/ or renovation project. All of the elements are there to be used from site preparation, soils analysis, heavy construction, to interior details. You name it! elevators, piping, HVAC, electrical, and to top it off, a variety of roofing materials and products.
Every job is a challenge and means researching new products and ideas with architects and engineers to have a resulting product. ie, a building/structure, or major renovation for the Owner's use. I have found great benefit from the series of workshops, table top displays, and discussions at our dinner meetings with the high quality of manufacturer's representatives that the Maine CSI Chapter has had over the years.
A continuing challenge is to produce the resulting project through general contractors and subs in a pleasing manner to satisfy the Owner's needs - on time and within budget constraints.
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January 2002 – Douglas Richmond, CSI
My interest in architecture developed during four years at Cranbrook School, in Bloomfield Hill, Michigan. The school was designed by Eliel Saarinen. The beauty of the school from its plan to details overcame me. I am still enchanted by Cranbook and the work of Eliel Saarinen. From Cranbrook I went to Dartmouth for a liberal arts degree. From Dartmouth I continued onto Yale earning a Graduate Professional Degree in Architecture in 1963. Yale exposed students to a myriad of influences from Europe, the Far East and the United States. The Architecture studios occupied the top floor of Lois Khan’s Art Gallery Building. From this vantage point we were able to watch the construction of the Yale Art and Architecture Building, designed by Paul Rudolph.
While at Yale I had a great opportunity to support my education by working for George Izenour the theatre designer, engineer and professor at the Yale Drama School. His consulting practice was involved in projects with Taliesen; Caudill, Rowlett & Scott and Paul Schwiekher. I detailed many of the designs that George Izenour created. This was an important part of my education. I’ve collaborated with George Izenour on several projects in my practice. After graduation I worked for a medium sized architectural office in New York City for a year. From New York I went to Paris, France, to work for Candillis, Josic and Woods, an international architectural firm. Shadrach Woods, who had been a visisting studio critic at Yale, hired me. This was a great experience because the firm had just won the design competition for the Free University of Berlin and it was also working on a major urban housing in Toulouse, France. I worked on a convent in Poitier, France, a project on which the creative engineer Jean Prouve collaborated.
After 2 years in France I went to Finland to learn about Finnish architecture. Architects are highly regarded in Finland, and I was lucky to land a job. I was a token foreigner in a fifteen-person office and not given a great deal of design responsibility. In Finland I was able to see Saarinen’s home and many of his works. As a result of this two-year stay I came to especially admire the work of Alvar Aalto.
I was lured back to the States by a promise of a project in Dayton, Ohio, for which I would be the architect. For many reasons the project never came to fruition.
In 1970, I decided to move to Maine, because of its similarities to the many fine qualities I admire about Finland, without the disadvantage of a language barrier. Both places have a high respect for nature and a strong sense of identity and pride. Craftsmanship and handcrafts are held in high regard. Maine has same natural beauty as that of Finland; a handsome rugged coast, four seasons, groves of birch trees and abundant lakes and forests. During my first year in Maine I commuted weekly and worked for Stall Associates in Boston.
I hung out my shingle in Brunswick in 1972. Over the years my office has designed Institutional, Educational, Continued Care, Municipal Facilities and multi-family projects in addition to many single-family homes. Recently we joined with Amsler, Woodhouse and Maclean, Architects as associate architects for a major addition and renovation to the Brunswick Curtis Memorial Library. Our largest independent project to date is the new elementary school for 260 students in Veazie costing $4.3 million. Currently, construction of a major addition is nearly completed at Hill House, an extended care facility in Bath. Presently we are involved with Wright-Pierce Engineers on the Downtown Revitalization Project in Gardiner. The goal of this project is to bring new life to 43 mixed-use historic buildings that are in a flood plane.
Bob Kahn has worked with me for twelve years and became my partner in 1995. Our office has remained small by choice. Bob and I enjoy designing a project from initial client contact, through all design phases and seeing the construction completed; our work is hands-on all the way.
We pride ourselves on responding to our clients and listening to their needs, taste and budget. Active listening has led us to more creative design solutions. Architecturally fulfilling projects are the results of good communication and collaboration with interested and engaged owners. By being responsive to our clients we have produced a great variety in our designs.
Our office is concerned with Maine’s environment and we strive to continually educate our clients as well as ourselves about sustainable design. We consider sustainability in all projects and it becomes integrated into the project to the extent the client accepts our rational. We gain satisfaction in giving the client a value greater than they had expected when they contracted our services. We love what we do: creating firmness, beauty and enduring value.
April 2000 - Keith Lowell, CSI, CCS
Employment
Keith currently owns and operates Lowell Specifications, Inc. with his wife Cathy. He has worked as a spec writer for Harriman Associates and PDT Architects prior to venturing out on his own. When employed at PDT he also prepared cost estimates and handled construction administration duties for many of their projects. Previous to joining the Architectural Community, he was employed by Davis & Hanscom as a construction superintendent. In earlier years, he also worked as a carpenter for a homebuilder and worked for a steel erection company setting structural steel and tying reinforcing steel.He specializes in the preparation of architectural specifications for several southern Maine architectural firms. Keith’s background in the construction field has provided great training for his current endeavors of writing specifications. He has provided specifications for many schools, office buildings, churches, art museums, libraries, renovation projects, and correctional facilities. He also prepares specifications for government projects using the SpecIntact program.
Career-Related Activities
Keith has been an active member of the Maine Chapter of Construction Specifications Institute and is currently serving on the Board of Directors. He is a member of SCIP (Specification Consultants in Independent Practice) and is an affiliate member of Maine Chapter of the AIA. He has recently scaled back his participation in CSI but in the past has served as an instructor for CSI certification, worked on the committee for a Regional Conference, prepared a monthly article for the Chapter Newsletter, and organized chapter meetings and seminars. He has received several Certificates of Appreciation for his work with the Maine Chapter.Personal Activities
Keith enjoys working at home with his wife in their flower gardens. He enjoys the hobbies of woodworking in his workshop and playing guitar with old friends. He and his wife also enjoy attending school activities of their two teenage daughters.Goals
"To provide the best possible service to my clients and enjoy life with my wife and family along the way."
May 2000 – Floyd Lawrence, CSI, CDT
Floyd has been a member of the Maine Chapter of CSI since 1993 and is currently 1st Vice President. Floyd has served the Maine CSI Chapter as a member of the Board of Directors, 2nd Vice President and 1st Vice President. Also, helping on the planning committees for the Northeast Region Conference held in North Conway, New Hampshire and a couple of the CSI products shows. He has attended the Northeast Region Conferences held in Long Island, NY; Hartford, Connecticut; North Conway, NH; Rochester, NY; and Lake Placid, NY.
Floyd is an architectural job captain with the firm of Harriman Associates in Auburn, Maine. Over the last 25 years at Harriman Associates he has worked on a wide variety of projects including projects for schools, municipal buildings, libraries, colleges, military projects, and most recently with retail clients such as Shaw’s and Giant Eagle .
Prior to working at Harriman Associates Floyd worked for the firm of Deane Woodward in Auburn. While at Deane Woodward’s firm, he did similar projects throughout the State of Maine including: buildings at the University of Maine, Central Maine Technical College, Maine Maritime Academy, Lewiston High School, Saint Philips Church and many residences.
Floyd is a graduate of Wentworth Institute in Boston, Massachusetts where he received an associate degree in Architectural Engineering Technology.
Floyd enjoys oil painting in his spare time. He has taken drawing and painting classes at the University of Maine in Portland and the Lewiston Adult Education Program. Although painting is for enjoyment, he has had paintings in a couple of local art exhibits including the Area Artist ‘95 exhibit at the Lewiston-Auburn College in Lewiston, Maine. For the last two years he has donated a painting for the CSI scholarship auction held at the Northeast Region Conference.
Floyd and his wife Jean are working on remodeling their cottage into a year round residence for retirement. It has been a very enjoyable project where they have done the majority of the work themselves, hiring out the parts that they couldn’t do. The process has taken many years and the projected completion date will be on or about retirement time.
CSI has been a great experience for me. I have enjoyed the monthly meetings with their informational presentations and the new educational seminars the Chapter has been presenting. Most of all, I value the friendships that I have made.
September 2000 – Steve Dunn, CSI
Stephen (Steve) W. Dunn is the Painter/Maintanence Representive for ICI Dulux/ Devoe Coatings, formally The Glidden Company. He has been employed with them since 1989. Steve has been in the paint industry since 1979 when he lived in Tucson, Arizona. While living in the west, he worked for Deer-O Paints and Universal Paints as their factory representative. He later moved to Worcester, Massachusetts and worked for California Paints before moving to Maine.Steve has been a member of the Maine Chapter CSI since 1989. His professional affiliations include: CSI, Maine Chapter - Board of Directors 1998-2000, Technical Chair 1995-1998. CSI, Worcester Chapter 1998, CSI, Tucson Chapter 1982-1987. Maine Pulp and Paper Associate 1997-2000. Maine Water Works Member 1997-2000.
Personal: Married 21 years to Nancy B. Dunn, no children, Hobbies include, Sailing, Skiing, Golf Fishing. Attended Windham College, Putney , Vermont 1972-1976.
October 2000 – Dick Dolby, CSI
I am native Maine resident having been born in Biddeford and raised in Saco. After having graduated from Thornton Academy in Saco, I enlisted for a tour of duty with the Marines who trained me as an optical instrument repairman. I spent most of my tour in N.J. after which I returned to Maine to work with Cole, Layer and Trumble Co. as a residential appraiser while I waited for my application with the State Fire Marshal's Office to surface. After waiting 18 months I was taken on as a Fire Inspector I and sent to the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to attend basic police school. Upon graduation I was assigned to Washington County for three years before being transferred to Augusta where I was assigned for the next 12 years gaining experience in the application of N.F.P.A. Codes as Plans Examiner. Officially a Fire Investigator II, I was responsible for all code reviews required of applicants seeking construction permits from the Office of State Fire Marshal.
I became involved with the New England Association of Fire Marshal's serving state vice president and finally as President in 1982. I attended the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland completed curriculums for Fire Protection Specialists and Fire/Arson Investigators. In association with Lt. Jim Collins of the Portland Fire Department we founded the "Maine Fire Information Resource Exchange" which continues to serve Maine's Fire Prevention Personnel. I was pleased to receive an honorary membership with the Maine Chapter of A.I.A. which I follow with interest to this day. I became involved with the Maine Building Officials and Inspectors Association and served as Secretary for a short period.
While I was with the state I was encouraged to write a course in Fire Prevention Practices for presentation at the Vocational Technical Institutes across Maine in their Fire Technology Program. I began a long association with the system instructing several technical fire prevention, arson, and building construction courses. By instructing classes I had begun the long road to earning an Associates Degree (with honors) through the adult education division taking night classes, and receiving my degree in 1994.
The opportunity to train with the Army Reserves as a Drill Instructor led to a 23 year career from which I retired just last April. As a senior instructor with the leadership and development program I have worked a large number of budding first line supervisors and enjoyed the experience immensely.
I left state service in 1987 to join the Augusta Bureau of Code Enforcement as Director. Our staff is responsible for an assortment of building, electrical, fire, floodplain, plumbing, shoreland, wetland, and general zoning codes. We have, since joining Augusta's staff, become Certified in all areas of municipal code application and enjoy a close association with Maine Building Officials, B.O.C.A. and C. S. I.
I have the pleasure of sharing this adventure through life with Billiann, my wife of 23 years, two sons Joshua 22, Andrew 17 and one charming young daughter Molly 11. Billiann is with Kennebec Savings Bank, and Joshua is usually a student at USM, hopefully a senior this year with a major in Philosophy. Andrew and Molly are working their way along the educational path towards a bright future.
I am a Past Master of Dirigo Lodge and Past Patron of Lilly of the Valley O. E. S. and presently serve as the District Deputy Grand Master of the 11th Masonic District. In my spare time I am an active Registered Maine Guide (fishing & hunting) and operate "One Shot Guide Service". I will miss Septembers meeting to participate in a two week bear hunting camp. Don't get me started on hunting stories or I'm liable to tell you about Molly's Moose hunt last year.
November 2000 - Beth Schidzeg, CSI, CCS
Hello everyone, my name is Elizabeth Schidzig and I have been a specification writer and CSI member since 1986. I have been primarily involved with CSI as the Certification Chairman for the Maine Chapter. In past years, I organized study groups to help individuals learn how to read, interpret and write specifications and contracts in accordance with CSI standards. Through the years it was my favorite part of CSI because each individual trades person added their own perspective of the construction process and how to improve communications. After working with other states to develop study group materials, I became the Northeast Region Certification Coordinator. It was rewarding for me to go to Alexandria, VA and meet with individuals from around the country to discuss and problem solve issues within the different committees. There was a true commitment among the groups to promote the "Advancement of Construction Technology." As much as I enjoy spec writing, it was not my childhood dream for a career! I think I have wanted to be an architect/ interior designer all my life.
I grew up on Sebago Lake in Raymond, Maine. I spent many weekends and most vacations with family in both Houlton, Maine and Spring Lake, New Jersey. The inspirations for my career path came early in my life. My great aunt, a fashion designer in Boston and New York, taught me to mix and use watercolors to create the color wheel before I could read. I frequently visited and admired the work that my great grandfather did in New Jersey, building civic buildings, and seaside pavilions on the boardwalk and Japanese gardens on college campuses. My father is a Merchant Mariner and always brought us back postcards of the architecture from all over the world. I also worked in my family's construction company, where I learned the "other side" of the bid process. Finally, my fifth grade Social Studies teacher, Mr. Pearl, heard that I wanted to become an architect. He brought in his drafting board and tools, taught me how to use them and had me design a large school over the course of a semester. He even had me build a scale model of the library. That was definitely the true meaning of being a mentor!
I received an Associates Degree in Interior Design from Chamberlayne Jr. College, in Boston, MA (now Chamberlayne School of Design at Mt. Ida). Determined to learn construction, I earned an Associates Degree in Building Construction from Central Maine Technical College, in Auburn, Maine. In 1985 I worked at Diverse Drafting and Design, in Windham, and then worked at Harriman Associates in Auburn from 1986 to 1997. During this time I began attending the Boston Architectural Center two nights a week. Over the past few years I have worked at SMRT, Gawron Architects and Semple and Drane Architects.
My favorite projects were the interior's for Maine Medical Center's Ambulatory Health Care Center (especially Maine Children's Cancer Program), with Denis Lemieux at Harriman Associates and Great Salt Bay School with Ellen Belknap at SMRT. I appreciate the experience that they gave me. I graduated from the Boston Architectural Center with a Bachelor of Architecture Degree and am now studying for the Architectural Registration Exam. I am currently working as an architectural/ interior designer in the "Maine Design Studio" in Windham. I created the studio last spring as a resource to promote design collaboration and learning. I am working on projects with other Architects, Engineers and private owners from Maine and New Hampshire. The projects so far have ranged from hospital interiors to hair salon additions. It has been very exciting.
I have lived in Windham with my husband, Brian Schidzig for the past 12 years. We love to travel to other countries, renovate old buildings, ski, canoe, and backpack. We own a small store "Too Cool, Inc." in Kennebunkport. I also enjoy being a Special Olympics volunteer for the downhill slalom course.
February 2001 – Dennis Pelletier, FCSI, CCPR
As an adolescent, I grew up in the industry. My father owned a construction company, from which I learned the building trade. That opportunity and experience became the foundation of my business career.
I earned a BS Degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Maine. Since then, I have been a proponent of lifelong learning and the absolute need for each and every one strive to continue to pursue knowledge and understanding as we become assimilated in our careers. If we are not attentive, within a short period of time we can be left behind, and a little longer than that we will follow in the footsteps of the dinosaurs, forever lost and extinct.
Subsequently, I have remained within the construction industry. I have amassed thirty years of experience in windows, doors, and fenestration. A summary of those years are as follows:
15 years as an architectural representative for the Brockway-Smith Company.
6 years as a commercial sales consultant with ARCCOM Sales, Consultants.
6 years in architectural / commercial sales with the old Portland Glass Company.
Currently, I am the Director, Design Support of Pella Windows and Doors in ME & NH.
From all of this, I have come to know and understand wood windows, clad wood windows, commercial aluminum windows, as well as vinyl windows.
As Director, Design Support, I coordinate the commercial sales presence of Pella within the states of Maine and New Hampshire. I am counsel, mentor and support resource to our field sales people, and maintain our liaison with the professional offices within our market area. I am available at (207) 865-1070 or on line at dmpelletier@pellanh.com.
I have been a member of CSI for twenty-five years. I have worked and served the Maine Chapter, Northeast Region as well as the Institute. A summary of those years are as follows:
Major Achievements:
Chairman, FY '83 Northeast Region Conference in Rockport, ME.
Maine Chapter President (1982-1984).
Successfully completed CSI's CDT Certification (1987).
Northeast Region Institute (Industry) Director (1991-1993).
Successfully completed CSI's CCPR Certification (1995).
Chairman, Northeast Region Strategic Planning Committee (1998-2000).
Key Recognition:
Ralph Knowlton Memorial Award (1996).
Northeast Region Distinguished Service Award (1996).
CSI Fellowship (1998).
What is interesting about my involvement in CSI is that I have always received more from the organization than I have given. There is a tremendous value in being an active participant. I would like to encourage each and every one to review your level of volunteer commitment, to the profession within which you are employed, and ask yourself if you given so that the industry is enhanced and has benefited from your participation. You might discover that it was the best decision that you have ever made.
One of the things that I do for the Maine Chapter is serve as Membership Chairman. If you have questions about membership or want to become involved in our activities, call or Email me. We can talk to discover your interests and I can suggest some considerations for you to begin to become involved.
On the personal front, I live in Freeport, ME and I have been married to Margaret (my first wife) since 1968. She is the Director of Bereavement Services with Hospice of Mid Coast Maine, in Brunswick, ME. I have two wonderful sons. Dennis II, is married, and owns a computer sales and service business called Compute-A-Lot (www.computealot.com), in Brunswick, ME. Keith has graduated with a BFA from the University of Southern Maine and a MFA from SUNY, Albany and is pursuing his dream, an impoverished career in Art.
I am in the senior years of my career. I have a wonderful job to which I add significant value, working for a great company with the best sales team that I have ever been associated, for a superior boss, who knows and understands the business and appreciates the commitment of our employees.
After all is said and done, the bottom line of all that we do and hold dear in our hearts, is the value of family, friends and relationships. I am extremely blessed with all of these, in each and every area of my life.
March 2001 – Arthur Cannon, CSI
I was born on a cold-rainy day on April 10, 1931. Maybe I’d better skip ahead.
After 2 years, 5 months and 5 days in the Army (that should tell you something) I got out on December 20, 1955, attended Ohio State University for a year studying architecture, then two years of night school at Columbia. I got married in 1958, the babies started coming (five in all) and I temporarily dropped out of college.
I became a draftsman, then a specifications writer, job captain and assorted other duties. I worked for some of the major firms, including Harrison & Abromovitz, The Office of Max O. Urbahn and Welton Becket in New York, and Cambpell Aldrich in Nulty in Boston. I worked for Skidmore Owings and Merrill also, for three weeks, including two weeks notice. Honest. I found a new job in the first week, but SOM had put me on a project and asked me to finish it. I found another job instead, with Max Urbahn, and took that instead. So technically I had three jobs in the first three weeks of 1966.
I was an independent consultant between 1967 and 1978 in Boston, and again since 1981 in Maine.
I have worked on some fairly large projects, including portions of the Lincoln Center and the Vertical Assembly Building at Cape Kennedy, and had prime responsibility for the $100 million, 900 bed Meadowbrook Hospital in East Meadow, NY, the Rockefeller University Science Towers, First National Bank of Boston Building, and the Portland Jetport additions. The last time I added them up the total construction value was more than $1 billion. There have been some unique projects as well, including restoration of the circa 1630 Narbonne House in Salem, Massachusetts, and the State Capitol Building renovations in Augusta.
Two projects won the first prize in the 1969 CSI Specifications Competition, Phase I of Meadowbrook Hospital and the Faculty Circle Dormitories for Phillips-Exeter Academy. A little secret. The latter project was the first time I’d used a new 2-part spec writing method, which I called General and Specific. The idea was to write the general clauses as Part 1, which I called Subsection 2, and the various items of that section under subsections of Part 2, e.g., brick masonry, concrete unit masonry, etc. Each subsection had the same alpha-numeric number (the 5-digit numbering system was 4-digits then) much like the current CSI system. This was long before personal computers, and the system allowed for shuffling the various subsections together and easy cutting and pasting (literally) what changes were required, then making copies with the project header pasted on the copier glass. Anyway, that project was on display at the convention in Houston, and shortly thereafter some consultant sold CSI on the 3-Part Format idea. I don’t know if it was coincidence or if he got the original idea from viewing my work, but I still believe my 2-part idea makes more sense. It doesn’t much matter now though, with our computers and word processors.
I have been a member of the Metropolitan New York and Boston chapters, serving a term as Secretary (or was it Treasurer?) in Boston. I was fairly active in the Maine Chapter until about 1985, when I dropped out for various reasons. Primarily I had had my fill of specifications writing, and was looking for other pursuits. I kept up with the specifications writing though, more out of necessity than love of the work.
I went on Social Security in 1994 and began seriously exploring my true love, political and fiction writing. In 1998 I finally returned to college, taking advantage of the distance education facilities and the fact that tuition is waived for those over 65 in the state schools. I will be graduating with a BUS degree (no, not bus driver, Bachelor of University Studies) this May.
In November of 1999 Sam Woodward asked if I would be interested in taking on the job as editor of Mainely Specs. I figured, what the hell, if they were that desperate, and accepted.
On the personal front, I have five very fine children. They include a lieutenant in the Portland Fire Department, a detective on the Kennebunk Police Department, a nurse, a police dispatcher, all in Maine and an airline dispatcher out in Indianapolis. These children have begotten me eight truly great grandchildren.
I live on the water here in Phippsburg with my wife Hilda, who has seven great (fine) grandchildren and three great-grandchildren of her own, two dogs and a cat. Summer days I can usually be found out in the water sailing my racing scow, Work of Art, whenever the wind is blowing and it’s not raining.
Here’s a sample of my fiction writing, for anyone interested. http://members.spree.com/writer/s3/cannon-jedgar.htm
May 2001 – Gilles L. Letourneau, CSI, AIA
Before founding InterSpec LLC in 1998, Gilles received a Bachelor's of Architecture degree from Syracuse University under dean Warner Selligmen and was named to the Syracuse University School of Architecture's "super-jury" a recognition awarded to the top graduating design theses projects. Gilles' design thesis outlined future growth patterns for the waterfront of Portland, Maine.
Licensed in the state of Maine in 1992, Gilles had a hand in many local building projects including the Casco Bay Ferry Terminal, the Belfast middle School and the Cumberland County Detention Facilities to name just a few.
The down years of the 90's provided opportunities at California Polytechnic State University. A strong background in architectural design and an introduction to the dean at Cal-Poly led to a visiting professorship in the School of Architecture and a scholarship to study computer Assisted Design and artificial intelligence at the ICAD laboratory in San Luis Obispo. These few years of research were very fundamental in the development of specification automation software, which eventually led to the founding of InterSpec, LLC after a return to Maine in 1996.
InterSpec, LLC provides specification-writing services to approximately 90 clients nationwide in some 35 states, the Caribbean and Great Britain. Specification projects are managed and directed using the internet as a communication vehicle and in-house proprietary software produces the majority of the output. Currently acting as Chief Technical Officer at InterSpec, Gilles’ duties include technical software design and maintenance, specification writing and the usual business related duties.
Gilles is the acting Technical Chair for the Maine Chapter of CSI and is an acting participant in the Overall Construction Classification System (OCCS), an AEC industry consortium organized and sponsored by The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI).
June 2001 – Mike Landry, CSI, CDT
Specifications Writer, WRBC Architects/Engineers
Chapter Secretary
Before settling in at WBRC in the fall of 1998 Mike was in Massachusetts. After graduating from Wentworth Institute of Technology in 1990 Mike worked two tours at a Suburban Boston firm in Winchester, Stirling/Brown Architects. The introduction to CSI starts there through one of the partners, Les Brown, who I owe a great debt for the aspiring architect I am today. It was always stressed that as the Architect, the Chief Coordinator; you need to know about everything. As I found out through Les, CSI can help with that. Les, of course is a member in the Boston "Paul Revere" Chapter.
My first tour there began after graduation until the early nineties and the second ended with the marriage to Dr. Holly L. McDaniel. Holly is a partner at Dahl-Chase Pathologists in Bangor. The introduction to Holly I owe to my dear cousin in Vermont. That puts me in Orono, October of 1998.
In the time that has breezed by the last two and a half-years at WBRC, Mike has moved into a "Project Manager in Training" position and has worked on projects such as: Boyd Place Assisted Living Facility, Bangor, Penobscot Valley Country Club, Orono, University System Buildings at Orono, Department of Public Safety, & Hitchner Hall. Also on the Orono campus, The Alumni House. Mike’s background includes a full-range of building types and uses. Including New Construction, Additions, Renovations and Adaptive Re-Use. With any luck Mike will be registered as an Architect in the near future.
Shortly after starting at WBRC the call came from one of the partners that more involvement was need in our Chapter of CSI. At this time, I sit as the Chapter Secretary. Meetings offer so much information to absorb, from the speakers to the interaction with members, to the long rides from Bangor with a past president.
As for Mike’s personal life; being next door to the University in Orono is such a plus and the people in the area have been and continue to be genuine. Holly and Mike have started a family and will be celebrating Daniel’s first birthday in June.