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Air Leakage Control in Commercial Building Enclosures - Darson Buckner & Suzan Jordan
Posted: Thu, Aug 18 2016
We had 13 attendees at the air barrier lunch and learn that was led by Darson Buckner & Suzan Jordan with DuPont Tyvek. There was great food, fellowship and we all learned more about air barrier technology and construction science. A special thanks to Leslie Fawaz and the East Tennessee Community Design Center for the use of their conference room and Josh Schaffer for his technical expertise. Please extend your thanks to Jeremy Shipp of Johnson & Galyon for scheduling and organizing all of our programs the next time you see him.
Tile Installation-25 Years of Changes and Trends
Posted: Tue, May 10 2016
Chip O'Rear of Commercial Architectural Services - Custom Building Products gave a lively and informative presentation at lunch today that can help every designer and specifier avoid costly failures in tile installations inside, outside, vertically and horizontally. Chip, who is a member of 21 CSI chapters marked 25 years with the organization this year. He brought each attendee a copy of the Handbook for Ceramic, Glass and Stone Tile Installation published by the Tile Council of North America. Excellent presentation! Thank you Chip!
Student Affiliate Tour - JIAM
Posted: Thu, Apr 07 2016
Several members of the CSI Knoxville student chapter went on a great site visit to the University of Tennessee Knoxville-Oak Ridge National Laboratory (UTK-ORNL) Joint Institute for Advanced Materials (JIAM) building on the located on the former Cherokee Farms site on Alcoa Highway. They toured several of the advanced material research labs, conference rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms, and observed the MEP systems in the open ceiling spaces of the labs. The building houses labs with electron microscopes, molecular beam equipment, ion beam materials research and micro-processing research equipment. Some of the features of the building include pre-patina copper skin panels, fire rated glass panels in the atrium floor, and conference rooms with automated video cameras and microphones to follow speakers and participants in the conference. JIAM operates with a multidisciplinary team of scientists from UT and ORNL, and conducts research at the forefront of modern materials science. More information about the facility is at http://jiam.utk.edu/about.php . Special thanks to Michelle L. Crowder, AIA, Assistant Director Administration, Office of Capital Projects and UT Facilities Planning for arranging and conducting the tour.
CSI Product Show
Posted: Tue, Mar 08 2016
Josh Brock [General Shale] and John Hockensmith [MHM] put together a first class product show this year at the Crowne Plaza in downtown Knoxville. The show always draws a wonderful mixture of old friends and new ones from the design and construction industry. The sold out show featured new products and services. Registrants were greeted by the Associated Construction Women (ACW) who was gracious to volunteer their services. The new component director for AIA, Dale Powers, was manning the AIA booth to greet visitors also. Knox County Codes department was well represented and was able to talk with lots of designers and builders. The food was fantastic. [we didn't know that shrimp grew that large!!] Thank you for all the volunteer efforts and see you again next year.
CSI Lunch & Learn - Custom Curved Natural Roof / Wall Systems - Kenny McMann, CSI, CDT
Posted: Fri, Feb 26 2016
Thanks to the East Tennessee Community Design Center and Wayne Blasius and Josh Shaffer for allowing CSI to use their conference room again. Thanks also to Kenny McMann with Morin Corporation who left a sick family behind in Atlanta to present an informative presentation on Custom Curved Natural Metal Roof & Wall Systems. Kenny talked about aluminum, galvanized, stainless, copper and titanium metal panels, their installation methods, and applications in great detail. The Knoxville CSI chapter had 12 attendees at today’s Lunch and Learn with a Panera Bread lunch provided by Kenny and Morin Corporation. Thanks to Jeremy Shipp with Johnson & Galyon for recruiting Kenny as a speaker and organizing another great Lunch & Learn.
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