BEFORE our annual Product Show please join us for a free AIA Learning Unit session on the show floor! Then stay for the start of the Show (earn ANOTHER Learning Unit, separate registration) and free lunch!
Program details below. And visit https://on.stlouiscsi.org/2026ProductShow to register for the Product Show right after the learning session.
*after the learning session we're hosting a bonus talk about CSI current affairs,
see below for details
DIVISION 01 - The Heart of the Documents
Unhinged by Unit Prices???
Stumped by Submittal Procedures???
Confused by Close Out Documentation???
If your experience with Division 01 - General Requirements seems like a journey deep into the heart of darkness, let CSI shine some light into your life. Meet with us before the doors open for the Product Show and bring your questions, comments, criticisms, and complaints about the most important part of the documents.
Our panel consists of three architects who also have extensive experience as specifiers, construction contract administrators, contractors, and products. Here's why we think Division 01 is so important: "It is a project-wide rule book that governs how the work is to be executed, coordinated, administered, and delivered." And here's one of the first things we'll tell you: "Contract Documents are interrelated; none of them stand alone. And Division 01 is at the heart of the interrelationships."
Attendees will earn 1.5 hr LU from AIA-CES. [pending approval]
*In February, CSI National announced the rollout of “The Construction Standard,” a controversial new method to control licensing and to protect the trademarks on their flagship intellectual property, MasterFormat. The succeeding month saw a wave of dissatisfaction expressed by CSI members on social media platforms such as the CSI Community Forum, LinkedIn, and 4specs.com, followed by a series of responses by members of the CSI Board of Directors attempting to explain the rationale for the new licensing requirements.
CSI’s position is that the new dynamic standards provide a vital shared language that helps the construction industry communicate, coordinate, and build better projects. Creation of a new for-profit corporation will help create more contemporary ways to deliver, apply, and expand the usefulness of CSI standards in the market.
Members are upset that the new licensing fees are imposed on all entities who use the MasterFormat: designers and their consultants; manufacturers of building products and their representatives; contractors and their subs; owners and building managers; perhaps even governments who mandate the use of MasterFormat on their projects.
Join us for a quick update on what’s happening with this issue - we’ll take a few minutes at the end of our Product Show Education Session just prior to the Product Show on Wednesday April 15. [ Link here: Division 01 - Heart of the Documents ] This is your chance to learn about the transformation taking place in the way we use a now over 50-year-old industry standard that is a fundamental part of every aspect of the design and construction industry.