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Educational Topics and Speakers
Past Chapter Meetings

Month	Educational Topic	Speaker	Attend- ance
FY01
September	Volatile Organic Compounds	Robert McIntire, CSI, CDT - ICI Dulux Coatings	20
October	Synthetic & Steel Fibrous Concrete Reinforcement	Bill O'Day - Nickerson & O'Day	16
November	Internet Languages	Gilles LeTourneau, CSI	14
December	All-Industry
January	State Fire Codes	Steve Dodge, State Fire Marshall's Office	27
February	Safety Hardware  and 1st Mentoring Program	Jim Tartre, CSI - HCI Craftsmen	12
March	Meeting Cancelled - Snow
April	The Real Design-Build	Dorwin Thomas, 1st V.P. NE Chapter DBIA	27
May	Fire Stopping	Paul Terkeleen - HILTI Inc	15
June	Awards Night		25
FY02
September	Division 1: Differences in Open Bid, Design/Build, & Construction Management	Paul DiBona, CSI, CCS	30
October	Multipurpose Thin-set Mortar Myths (Joint Meeting - NNECPA)	Rich Citro, CSI Mapei Corp	22
November	Avoiding Concrete Floor Failures (Seminar)	Peter Craig, CSI	83
December	All-Industry Meeting
January	NFPA 5000 - Code Update	Robert Solomon, PE, NFPA	20
February	Division 17 - Communications, T-Series CAD	Jim O'Reilly, CSI Archi-Technology	24
March	Renovating the State House, Capital Connector (Student Mentoring Program)	Rick Burt Weinrich & Burt	72
April	Our Industry and the Environment	Kevin Hancock Hancock Lumber	16
May	Using Alternative Delivery Method Contracts for State and Public School Projects	Elaine Clark, Director, BGS	38
June	Awards Night		22
FY03
September	Adopting a National Building Code	Martin Conant, CBO - BOCA	32
October	The Expanding Design Opportunities of Architectural Concrete (Joint meeting - NNECPA)	Robert Myers, CSI, Exec. Director NNECPA	40
November	Doors & Hardware Seminar		Attendees 48, Speakers & Exhibiters 25
December	All-Industry Meeting
January	Mold Contamination in Buildings	Pat Hinckley, CSI	21
February	"Know your CSI" - CSI Awareness Program	Dick Eustis, FCSI, CCCA	21
March	Design & Construction of a Maine High School (Student Mentor Education Program & Site Tour)	Steve Rich, AIA Ray Bolduc, PE Stacy Gammon	students 23 faculty 2 Members 19
April	Science Cabinets	Roger Varney Scott Gordan	15
May	Green Design Conference (All-day Seminar)	Multiple	100
June	Awards Night		23
FY04
September	Maine's File Bid System - Issues and Up-dates	John Butts, CSI	35
October	Lab Tour of Univ. of Me. Advanced Structures & Composites Laboratory and program on Commercial Production of composite members (Meeting in Orono)	Robert Lindyberg & Al Putnam	29
November	Mold and the Built Environment	David Shore, Environmental Health & Engineering; Newton, MA	29
December	All-Industry Meeting
January	Learn more about the LEED Program and the  implication of the Governor's Executive Order requiring LEED consideration on State, Community College, and University construction	Joe Osterwald, BGS Beth Nagusky, Dir. Energy Independence Richard Graves, WBRC Donuta Drozdowica, Fore Solutions	43
February	"Construction Warranties - What applies and what does not"	Jotham D. Pierce Jr., Esq. of the Portland Law Firm of Pierce Atwood	28
March	Flatness and Levelness Tolerances for Concrete Floors	Manny Mattos and Earl Samero	28
April	Know your CSI + An Introduction to MasterFormat 2004	Richard Eustis, PE, FCSI, CCCA	20
May	Specifications of Openings based on Performance Characteristics and need for air and water infiltration field testing.	Bob Haywood	21
June	Awards Night		15
FY05
September	Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) for use in Residential and Commercial Construction	Mart Barron	33
October	The 2004 Edition of MasterFormat	Dennis J. Hall, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA	37
November	State Building Assessment Program	Mel Cole, Jr., CSI, CDT & Keith Lowell, CSI, CCS	31
December	All-industry Meeting
January	Maine State Building Codes - How do we implement	Mark Tebbets, MCO, CBO	36
February	LEED Projects in Maine	Frank Crabtree, PR, LEED AP, Harriman Associates Pat Richter, Wright-Ryan Richard Graves, AIA, LEED AP, WBRC Danuta Drozdowicz, LEED AP, Fore Solutions	41
March	Concrete Shrinkage Control
April	Legal Landmines in Construction Contracting	Mike Bosse, Esq.; Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson	31
May	Concrete Masonry and Mold	Peter LeBlanc, New England Concrete Masonry Association	32
June	Awards Night		27
FY06
September	Contractor's Estimate vs Architect's Estimate	Keith Lowell, CSI; Lowell Specifications and David LePage; H.E. Callahan	44
October	Campus Construction & Student Mentoring - Meeting held at the University of Maine with special invitation to students      (Meeting in Orono)	Gerret Bertolini, Pizzagalli Construction Fred Stoddard, University of Maine	41
November	Advanced Fenestration Technology & Student Mentoring - Meeting held at the University of Maine at Augusta with special invitation to students	Dennis Pelletier, FCSI, CCPR	45
December	All-Industry Meeting
January	Update on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)	Denis Pratt - Alpha One	43
February	LaPoint Center, Design and Construction & Student Mentoring - Meeting held at the Central Maine Community College with special invitation to students	Jeff Larimer, CSI & Mark Lee of Harriman Associates and Clarence Hanscom of Davis & Hanscom	25
March	Fire Resistant Coatings	Joe Scaries; Flame Control Coatings	28
April	Environmental Considerations for Architectural Coatings & Student Mentoring - Meeting held at the Southern Maine Community College with special invitation to students	Jeff Crawford; Maine DEP Brent Smith; ICI Paints	28
May	Afternoon Seminar - Managing the Transition to MasterFormat 2004	Susan McClymonds, CSI, CCS, MAI, AIA, SCIP Richard Eustis, PE, FCSI, CCCA, CSC	70
June	Awards Night		30
FY07
September	Interactive presentation on "Renewable Energy" and an update on the Reddington Mountain Wind Farm	Kerry Briggs - Endless Energy	35
October	Sustainable Forest Practices in Maine	Donald Mansues	16
November	Air Barriers, an Emerging Market	Keith Sportack	25
December	All-Industry Meeting   Program on BIM		205
January	Cold Weather Concreting (Joint Meeting with NNECPA)	Dick Martin - W.R. Grace Co.	32
February	Pervious Concrete - Concrete Solutions to Storm Water Runoff	Jon Kuell - Executive Director, NNECPA	30
March	Tours of LEED Facilities and "LEED Lessons Learned"	Tour & Panel of Participants	58
April	Paint Seminar - Cancelled
May (April 24)	Building Commissioning and Its Benefits  (Meeting in Orono)	Abbe Bjorklund, PE, LEED AP - Sebesta Blomberg & Associates	31
June	Awards Night/40th Chapter Anniversary		37
FY08
September	Energy Codes - The Advantage of Building Above and Beyond	Alma Garnett, President of Hunter Panels & Chair of the Board of PIMA ( Polyiscocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association)	23
October	Afternoon Tour of Gagne & Sons CMU Plant Evening Program - Thermal Performance of Concrete Masonry Units	David Nickerson, CSI - CEO of Insulated Concrete Corporation	26
November	Afternoon Tour of Wood Structures Inc. Plant Evening Program - Whole Building Component Engineering	Norman Hord, Design Manager, Wood Structures, Inc.	24
December	All-Industry Meeting	Peter Vigue
January	Insulated Concrete Forms (Joint Meeting - NNECPA)	John Bradbury - ABS Maine	28
February	Blue Book Update	John Butts, AGC of Maine Dick Eustis, PE, FCSI
March
April	Daylight Harvesting   (Meeting in Bangor)	Brad Gouzie, Yusen Associates	34
May	Challenges and Rewards of Implementing Innovative Stormwater Treatment Strategies at University Commons, USM Portland	David Senus, PE - Woodard & Curran, Inc.
June	Awards Banquet
FY09
September	LEED for Schools	Gunnar Hubbard, LEED AP	39
October	Building Codes and Door Hardware	Shelley Hudson. Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies	36
November	"Standing on Green Principles" - Sustainable Flooring Choices and Life Cycle Assessment	Leah Cavalli, Vice President of Commercial Flooring Solutions	21
December	All- Industry Meeting		200
January	Social Event - Recent travels of 2 Chapter Members	Bill Charland & Stephen Drane	26
February	A Roundtable on selection, specifying and approval of light fixtures - Joint Meeting with Downeast Chapter of IES	Ken Brann, Mark Lee, Phil Morrissette, Shawn Swaney, Denis St.Peter, John Tarr, Peter Levesque	62
March	The Prevention of Moisture Related Floor Failures	Joe Keaveney; Barrier - 1, Inc.	30
April	Update on the Adoption of the Maine Uniform Building & Energy Code	Richard Lambert; Director of Code Enforcement: Saco, ME	30
May	Building Information Modeling Seminar	Robert S. Weygant, CSI, CDT, SCIP - Chair CSI's BIM Practice Group	50
June	Awards Banquet
FY10
September	New Code Requirements - Indoor air quality, health & safety issues, energy conservation and testing	Kurt Johnson - Fresh Air Ventilation Systems	25
October	Plant Tour - SIGCO and Program on Architectural Glass
November	Design Requirements for Historic Preservation Credits		40
December	All-Industry Meeting	Elizabeth Mitchell - State Senate President
January	Joint Meeting with New Hampshire Chapter - 2010-2010: Adapting to Climate Change in the Built Environment	Ray Sarois - Wright Pierce Engineers
February
March	Facility Tour - Cianbro Eastern Mfg. Facility program on construction of Oil Refinery Modules
April	Concrete 101	Ken Brann, CSI, CCS - Brann Specifications Russ Brag - SW Cole Engineering Bruce Munger, PE - HNTB Corp Phil Nunley, CSI - Dragon Products Brian Barry - Dragon Products David Dodier - BASF Admixtures, Inc