Gary Beimers, FCSI

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Kent County. This is valid for Grandville, Kentwood, Grand Rapids, Rockford and Cedar Springs. Gusts as high as 60 mph possible.

President Trump alleging massive election fraud so here we go. The vote will be legally challenged all the way up to the Supreme Court. Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Nevada are flash points.

AEC Young Professionals: Join me and @YoungArchitxPDX @YoungArchitxPDX TOMORROW, 4/30 at 4 pm PT for a lively and fun conversation about navigating your path in AEC! Two short 15 minute talks and then we open it up to questions and conversation! Grab…lnkd.in/d4eivUs

No nostalgia for ‘the good old days’ here. The Alvin Ames Lettering Guide is obsolete, and hooray. If you couldn’t produce acceptable architectural lettering freehand from a single baseline, shame on you. How much productive time was wasted drawing meticulously spaced lines?

Yesterday's off-site construction facility tour was fantastic. Thank you to everyone that joined us for the tour, dinner, and some networking at Centerline Prefab. A special thanks to Andrew Rener PE, DBIA and Dennis Moomey for the very informative tour. #csigr #prefab #aec

Some wonderful Holiday Spirit on display at the @CSI_GR Ugly Christmas Sweater Fowling Social!

No gold; just ugly sweaters, great people, and fun times! Join us next TUESDAY, December 10th for our final CSI meeting of the year, with Ugly Christmas Sweaters and Fowling. Prizes will be given out for the Best/Worst sweaters! RSVP here: csigrandrapids.org/event/dec2019/

Check out this video! Coast Guard Station Duluth's 45-foot response boat crew did some heavy weather training the other day when winds on Lake Superior reached over 70 mph. Video Courtesy: @USCGGreatLakes

New post Tuesday on the #FixConstrution blog welcomes back our friend @EliasSaltzCSI for 'Useless Search Bar Results' letsfixconstruction.com/1/post/2019/10…

CTBUH reveals 50 most influential tall buildings - Construction Specifier constructionspecifier.com/ctbuh-reveals-… #CTBUH #Skyscraper

Lots of questions regaridng this disaster from this morning's collapse in New Orleans...

What's more: Continued investment in the Certification program with an updated Project Delivery Practice Guide (PDPG), the CCCA and CCS exams will return in Spring 2020, and the CCPR is currently undergoing a needs assessment.

Quick hits looking forward: Dynamic Chapter Program, which helps chapter leaders improve the member experience will become available 24/7/365 – launching the CSI Store which will offer chapters customizable apparel, marketing materials, and more (including pins!)

CSI’s entire staff at Construct! #Construction #2019CONSTRUCT #amazing #CSI #architect

Is it not incredible that another @CONSTRUCTshow is coming to a close? Still not sure where the week has gone. Oh, right. Many laughs, hugs and smiles make the time fly. #CONSTRUCT2019

Final day of the @CONSTRUCTshow today. Swing by the @BASF_Construct Booth to discuss #Neopor. A @BASF accelerator product well suited for the commercial construction market.

Thank you to all our @CSI_GR golf outing sponsors and participants who helped support a great event and the charity scholarship. #csigr

Thank you to all of the architects, contractors, product representatives and specifications writers who came out for enjoying fellowship and fun within the building community and for a charity cause of scholarships to further promising future talent. #csigr

We ordered up some PERFECT weather for the golf outing Wednesday! See you then! 🌤👌🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♀️⛳️

Thank you to everyone that joined us @MeijerGardens last week for a spectacular behind the scenes tour of the completed and ongoing construction. A special thanks to our sponsors @ProgressiveAE @KemperSystemUS and @Hydrotech6125 #csigr