The Joseph S. Zajchowski, CSI, CCS Technical Excellence Award is awarded to a member, chapter or committee making an outstanding achievement in technical activity during the most recently completed fiscal year.  This award goes outRead more

Ken Lambert is a Director of Industry Development & Technical Services for the International Masonry Institute (IMI) It has been nearly 3 years since I started at the International Masonry Institute (IMI), focused mainly onRead more

by Ken Lambert – for CSI NER This article is primarily geared towards AEC professionals that are located in New England and/or the Northeast, and as such many readers have at some point been toRead more

by Peter Caruso from the CSI Worcester Chapter The promise of public education is to provide opportunity to every child regardless of ability or economic status. The reality is that there are disparities from oneRead more

Starting on July 1st this year, I became the new President for the Northeast Region at CSI.  In the few months since, I’ve seen and heard quite a lot.  I’ve certainly been able to lookRead more

If you’ve managed construction projects in any capacity for longer than a month you probably are fairly familiar with Change Orders.  Of course an approved Change Order is when an Owner (typically) is paying extraRead more

Friends, I look forward to seeing everyone at the Northeast Region CSI Conference April 18-20th in Rochester. We added three New Board Members to our Chapter, Guy Falsetti, Bob Kimmel, and James Bourgeois. Slowly butRead more

Friends, It was not so long ago that thought I knew everything. As I get more experienced, I understand that I am continually learning new things. This does not come from sitting in my officeRead more