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tk .l11 1y 11\i1g wd l 'J'J'J PREDICATOR SILENT AUCTION RAISES $2,050 FOR THE CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP AND SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM by Randy Tessman, CS I The Members of the Student Affai rs Committee wo uld like to ex press a heartfelt 'Thank Yo u' to the fo ll ow in g firms and peo ple who combined items to th e CS I INTHIS ISSUE Portland Scholarship Silent Auction on .lim e 15 at th e Progress Downs Cl11blH 111 se: President's Message Corn elia Gibson - Access Control Sys te111s Page 2 Andrea Earp Larry Chew - BOOR/A Architects BS by KS Connie Johnson Page 3 Joe Bolkovatz - Drake Construction Company Event Ca lend ar Margaret Chan g - Page 4 1-l off111 an Constru cti on John Waddingha111 - Artist Letter to the Editor Les Seeley - Limousine Page 5 Service and Custom Products and Services National Convention Margie Largent - Page 6 Architect Chris Irwin - Oregon National News Contractors Plan Center Don Pieschel - Parker Page 7 Paint Co mpany Randy Tessman - Rodda June Dinner Meeting Paint Company Page 8 Cindy Mahaffey - United Tile BOD Minutes Larry Hart Solvei Neiger & Jim Wilson - Linda Czopek & Georgia Erdl! nbcrgcr Page JO SRG Partnership Mary Alice Hutchins Ed Fatz - Advanced Wood Resources Mike Watson - Pacific Architectural Produl:ts VOLUME 39, No. 1 B. J. Holgate - B-J and Company & Forbo Re:Source Oregon Jim Hirte - Colamette Construction Dick Hurley - Sonneborn Building Products Al Weller - Weller Associates Thompson Tile Portland Chapter CSI Monthly Newsletter The items purchased at the auction raised a total of $2,050 that will go toward the Chapter's Scholarship and Sponsorship Program for Architecture/Construction Technology Students at Portland State University, Portland Community College, and Advancement Clackamas Community College. Your contribution to the future of our CSI Chap ter is of Construction Technology greatly appreciated. Jul y/ August 199 9 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE THE PREDICATOR is th e monthly by Igo Jurgens, CSI, AIA newsletter of the Portland Chapte r of The Construction Specifications In st i­ tute. After 2 years as President-Elect I Inclusion of articles and an nou ncemen ts feel prepared to assume the office does not necessarily imply endorseme nt of President. Rick Heisennan did by CSI or th e Portland Chapter_ Op in­ an outstanding job as chapter ions expressed in the by-lined articl es are the authors and do not necessarily leader and the Chapter is in good represent the view of CSI, the Northwest shape as a result of it. As I step Region , the Portland Chapter or the into his shoes, however, I see newsletter staff. some challenges. Material for publication should be E­ submitted The most immediate challenge is Mail to [email protected] or on 3.5" diskettes in Word for IBM or to develop alternate sources of in- MAC. For more information, call the come for the chapter. Our annual the second biggest in the nation. Editor, Dianne Kuykendall, Kuykendall operating budget is about- I h_ese individuals have provided Marketing Services, (503) 631-3782 and $180,000. Chapter dues account contmurtyfrorrr-y-ear to year and FAX(503) 61.!_:_3785. Address changes for less than 10% of the income to a great extent, have definedilie to Lee Kilbourn (503) 417-4400. so the Chapter produces events' character of the Chapter. As these such as the Products and Services members retire, they will leave big Advertising Insert in --Fai-r, the- Gol-f. Toum-ament, and voids which are not easily filled. The Predicator! seminars to generate income so In the coming months I will touch INSERTS : Member Price - $ 250 (Non­ we can provide activities and ser- upon the rewards, both personal Members $3 00 or join and $50 will be vices that we are accustomed to. and professional, which I and 0th­ deducted from your membership fee .) The promotion ofinfonnation ser- ers have gained through active Inserts must be 8 1/2" x 11 " flat single vices related to construction docu- participation in CSL sheet (can be printed on both sides .) BUSINESS CARD ADS : ment technology, once predomi­ By the time this issue of The $75 per issue or $500 for the year. All nantly CSI's domain, is becoming advertisements must be approved by the more competitive, requiring us to Predicator is published, we will Editor. expand our horizon for sources of have completed our annual sum­ revenue, or cut back programs. mer planning session. I have high THE PREDICATOR STAFF expectations that we will collec­ Publication Committee tively develop a vision for the Inge Carstanjen A more long tenn challenge is to Igo Jurgens motivate and promote new mem­ coming year. Last year we de­ Lee Kilbourn cided to establish a student affili­ Dale Kuykendall bers to assume leadership roles in Margie Largent the Chapter. The strength of the ation and we now have a program Ellen Onstad Randy Tessman-Photography Portland Chapter has been a core under way. In the next issue I will group of individuals who have review the outcome of this year's Editor planning session. Dianne Kuykendall, been active in the chapter for Kuykendall Marketing Services many years, and whose unselfish Printer and committed dedication to the Echo Printing Chapter has built the Chapter to Visit our website at www.portlandcsi.org Jul y/Augu st I f)99 Bs BY Ks matic power operated doors is not too doors. I see many doors with dark col­ expensive when one considers building ored doors and frames with same fini sh BASIC SPECS worth and the benefit s gain ed including, on aluminum threshold . In a short time by Ken Searl, FCSI, CCS most important, customer sati sfac ti on foot travel removes fini sh and the ori gi­ and good will. I feel an owner chang­ nal aluminum color begins to wea r and ing to automatic power operated doors looks disgusting to say th e least. Eith er My column begins thi s month discuss­ should change to the sliding type. Power install non-colored aluminum , bro nze or ing exterior doors on buildings used by operated swinging doors may work, but stainless steel . These also point out to the public. I feel that more power oper­ I notice over the years that acc id ents peopl e there is a threshold and in some ated doors are needed even though in happen more often than sliding power cases a raised one which can cause some cases not required by code. I will operated doors. A sliding door does not tripping. state my reasons. Code requirements for run the risk of someone bumping into it amount of maximum pull (8-1/2 pounds) when not fully open. I contracted a lo­ are allowed on exterior doors. It is of­ cal reliable company who handles a na­ ten difficult to comply with because cer­ tional brand of power operated doors . I tain door opening locations are in areas asked him to give me a price for two encountering much wind. This can be sets of power operated 3070 sliding in geographical areas of the country single doors including a fixed pane of where many days have winds and gusty equal width and winds in amounts of 30 to 60 MPH . It what was the can also be in so called normal areas minimum width THE REAL WORLD where door openings are placed at south required" Price by Ed Loy, CSI, CDT or west locations, which can be very does not include windy at times. removal of exist- , ing doors and IM MENSE. CONTRACTORS It is often most difficult to meet codes frames . Nordoes OBFUSCATION DIVISION under these conditions, so average door it include wall re­ closers are adjusted to keep doors closed. modeling, fin- It comes down to the fact if building ishes and electri- owner or operator meets code then un­ cal service to der windy conditions the doors will stay door connection. partially open. This is not a good con­ Depending on lo­ dition. It appears to me code officials cation this work have not been checking this situation is estimated at out, probably because they have lots of $1000 to $2000. other more critical items that need at­ Following are tention. prices I was quoted: For an I note that 50 percent or more people installed pair of coming into many public buildings are 7076 0-SX or over 60 years or older. Many of these SX-0 with 36 people have difficulty opening doors that inches slide require a large opening force. Some of open, anodized, them are in wheel chairs and with swing­ with 1/4 inch ing non-powered doors it is very diffi­ tempered safety cult to keep door open under windy con­ glass is $8000 to SID HAS BEEN ASSIGNE.O TO THE ditions. $8200 total price. MOST IMPORTANT PROFIT CENTE.R One last item, IN THE. COMPANY1 WI-IE.RE. HE IS Changing existing doors to power oper­ and it involves RESPONSIBLE. FOR GENERATING ated is expensive, however it seems to both regular and FRIVOLOUS Ri=l 1S. me on many buildings installing auto- power operated .July/ August 1999 EDUCATION & TECHNICAL SPECIAL INSPECTION SEMINAR By Richard Heiserman, est, CDT, AIA Portland Chapter CSI Events July 23 CSI/Nikolai Mfg. Golf Tournament The Chapter hosted a seminar titled "Special Inspection" .July 30 Summer Plmming Session on June I 5, I 999. Speakers were : Eric Schmidt, City of Gresham; Jay Ponce, City of Portland and Andy Ewing, Sept. 14 Dinner Meeting Carlson Testing. The seminar began with Jay Ponce and Eric Schmidt giving a review of the requirements for Special Inspection as defined in UBC Chapter 17.

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