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T H E P A R A M E T E R

www.csiboston.org

Issue 02 - February 2020

The Newsletter of the Boston Chapter of CSI

Volume 29

T H E P A R A M E T E R

Boston Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

M O N T H L Y P R O G R A M : H E A L T H Y I A Q I N S C H O O L S : W H Y I T ’ S I M P O R T A N T & H O W T O E A R N T H E L E E D V 4 C R E D -I T S T H R O U G H C O L L A B O R A -T I O N

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C O N T A C T U S 2

O F F I C E R S & C O M M I T T E E M E M -B E R S

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A R T I C L E : L E E D V 4 I A Q T E S T -I N G — N E W C R E D I T H I G H -L I G H T S F O R I E Q

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V O L U M E 2 9 , I S S U E 0 2

Knowledge for Creating

and Sustaining

the Built Environment

CSI — Boston Chapter

Since 1956

February 12th, 2020 Meeting Deta i l s :

Place: University of Massachusetts Club

One Beacon Street, 32nd Floor, Boston

Time: Board Meeting 4:15-5:15 PM

Networking and Table Tops 5:15-6:00 PM

Dinner and Presentation 6:00-8:00 PM

Parking: One Beacon Street Garage and

Center Plaza Garage

RSVP: For more information or to RSVP go to

www.csiboston.org

Please join the CSI Boston Chapter on Wednesday, February

12th for a presentation and panel discussion on Healthy IAQ in Schools.

Title:

HEALTHY IAQ IN SCHOOLS: WHY IT’S IMPORTANT & HOW

TO EARN THE LEEDV4 IEQ CREDITS THROUGH COLLABO-

RATION

Presenters:

Carrie Havey, Senior Project Manager, The Green Engi-

neer

Conor McGuire, Director of Sustainability, Columbia

Construction

Lisa Goodwin Robbins, Architect/Specifier, Kalin Asso-

ciates

Steven Burke, Sustainability Manager, Consigli Construc-

tion

Program Description:

The panel will provide expert knowledge on designing healthy schools by focusing on four LEED v4.1 credits plus specific WELL Air features and how to successfully meet them. They will look at the same problems from different points of view, sharing collaborative strategies to help in-form your practices. Presentation includes video interviews with Dr. Robin Dodson, an exposure scientist at Silent Spring Institute, and Tom

Nichols, an indoor air testing professional at 4 Elements Group.

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[email protected].

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issue is the third Friday

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900, or 1500 words.

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the Editor.

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CSI BOSTON 2018-2019 OFFICERS, COMMITTEES, ACTIVE MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS

PRESIDENT

Bob McEachern, CSI, CCPR Roof Tech Sales, LLC. Phone: 603-494-3757 Email: [email protected]

PRESIDENT ELECT

Susan Borne Sherwin-Williams Phone: 603-268-5848 Email: [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENT

Kelsey McMenamy, EIT, CDT Gale Associates Phone: 781-335-6465 Email: [email protected]

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Cynie Linton, Associate AIA, LEED AP Kalin Associates, Inc.

Phone: 617-964-5788 ex 28 Email: [email protected]

N. E. REGION DIRECTOR


TREASURER

Viesturs H. ULE, CSI, CCS

Phone: 617-981-2505

Email: [email protected]

SECRETARY

Craig Boucher GCP Applied Technologies

Phone: 617-285-2468 Email: [email protected]

DIRECTOR

Alain Stanislas Dorken Systems Inc. Phone: 413-302-3109 Email: [email protected]

DIRECTOR

Tara Ikenouye Wiss, Janney, Elstner Phone: 503-740-5934 Email: [email protected]

DIRECTOR

Arnel Catalan, CSI, AIA, LEED AP MVG Architects Phone: 781-213-5030 Email: [email protected]

DIRECTOR

Gary Brock HMFH Architects Inc. Phone: 617-844-2151 Email: [email protected]

DIRECTOR

Len Anastasi EXO-TEX Manufacturing, Inc. Phone: 781-344-9794 Email: [email protected]

DIRECTOR

Andrew Jeffrey, PE, LEED AP Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Phone: 781-907-9000 Email: [email protected]

DIRECTOR

Kristin Norwood, AIA, CSI, CDT SMMA Phone: 617-575-0317 Email: [email protected]

MEMBERSHIP

Co-Chairperson

Kristin Norwood SMMA Phone: 617-575-0317 Email: [email protected]

Co-Chairperson

Jared Gorman Atas Phone: 484-553-5109 Email: [email protected]

HOUSE

Hospitality

Heidi Jandris Jandris & Sons, Inc. Phone: 646-812-0860 Email: [email protected]

CERTIFICATION

Chairperson

Thomas A. Scarlata, CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA Bargmann Hendrie + Archetype, Inc. Phone: 617-456-2222 Email: [email protected]

Spring CDT Class Leader

Thomas A. Scarlata, CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA Bargmann Hendrie + Archetype, Inc. Phone: 617-456-2222 Email: [email protected]

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Liaison -BAC

Cynie Linton, Associate AIA, LEED AP Kalin Associates, Inc.

Phone: 617-964-5788 ex 28 Email: [email protected]

Liaison -Wentworth

Don Bannon, CSI, CDT

FINANCE

Chairperson

Viesturs H. ULE, CSI, CCS

Phone: 617-981-2505

Email: [email protected]

AWARDS

Chapter Awards


Speaker Awards

Don Bannon, CSI, CDT

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Chairperson

Howie Levine Ducan Galvanizing Phone: 617-389-8440 Email: [email protected]

COMMUNICATION

Chairperson


Parameter Editor

Jay Ford, CSI, LEED AP Kalin Associates, Inc. Phone: 617-964-5477 Email: [email protected]

Parameter Production

Chris Vance, AIA, LEED AP Forbo Flooring Phone: 802-310-0201 E-mail: [email protected]

Website Editor

E-vite Coordinator

Kelsey McMenamy, EIT, CDT Gale Associates Phone: 781-335-6465 Email: [email protected]

Tabletops Coordinator

Tony Devito Gaco Phone: 617-571-8900 Email: [email protected]

PROGRAM

Chairperson

Craig Boucher

GCP Applied Technologies Phone: 617-285-2468 Email: [email protected]

CHAPTER HISTORIAN

Chairperson


CSI DIRECTORY


CSI BOSTON WEBINARS

CSI Webinars are 90-minute interactive tele-phone/Internet education sessions that provide convenient, quality learning at an affordable price – you’ll be able to see materials, hear an instructor and ask questions in real time. Par-ticipants are charged by site, which means you can invite colleagues to attend the session with

you and share the cost!

Many courses qualify for CSI Continuing Edu-cation Units and AIA Learning Units.

CSI BOSTON MEMBERSHIP

CSI Boston is made up of a diverse group of professionals working in the construction In-dustry. This diversity provides a great opportu-nity to meet other members in different fields of the Construction Industry and provides a great audience for advertising your company, products, or services. If you are interested in becoming a member, advertising in our publi-cation or setting up a tabletop presentation at one of our meetings, please feel free to contact

us, see page 4.


LEEDv4 IAQ Testing – New Credit Highlights for IEQ

LEEDv4 IAQ Testing Requirements

Industrial hygienists across the US have been watching the USGBC as they’ve updated the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Testing Credit for Post-Construction. LEEDv4 IAQ Test-

ing requirements have changed since LEEDv2009. Many health and healthy building advocates hoped they would lower the allowable levels of formalde-hyde, but due to industry uproar that did not happen. Perhaps most impact-ful is the new way of calculating how many testing locations are required per building. A few buildings will require fewer testing locations, while most buildings will be required to test up to five times more locations than in LEEDv2009. We remain advocates of pre-occupancy IAQ testing and hope that more projects will pursue this credit in V4, however, the increased number of required test locations will

add costs for most building types.

LEEDv4 IAQ Testing Credit High-

lights

New Credit Name: EQ Credit 4: In-

door Air Quality Assessment

Testing added for Ozone – can be

with hand held meter OR by in-

dustrial hygiene method

Testing also added for 35 more con-

taminants, though these are often

included in most “VOC scan”

tests anyway. Limits Table found

below, or at the USGBC’s web-

site. It’s the difference between

just looking at Total Volatile Or-

ganic Compounds (TVOC) and

TVOC plus more details on these

specific chemicals.

Note: VOC maximum allowable lim-

its are much lower for healthcare

projects (200 vs. 500 ug/m3)

Note: For Formaldehyde & VOCs, air

quality testing laboratories need

to be accredited under ISO/IEC

17025

Timing: After construction ends and

before occupancy, but under ven-

tilation conditions typical

for occupancy for that time

Quantifying number of required air

testing samples:

Select testing locations with the

least ventilation but the great-

est concentration of VOCs and

other contaminants. Testing

must be completed by an ap-

propriately accredited profes-

sional. Use current versions

of ASTM or ISO methods.

The number of testing loca-

tions depends on the size of

the building and number of

ventilation systems but must

include all occupied spaces. If

sampling is used, all space

types must be represented

(e.g., office and classroom).

Use the following methodol-

ogy to determine how many

air testing locations are re-

quired.

Test at least one location per venti-

lation system for each occu-

pied space

There must be a minimum of one

test per

The locations selected for testing

must represent the worst-case

zones where the highest con-

centrations of contaminants of

concern are likely to

For offices, retail, schools, hospi-

tality, and multifamily resi-

dential projects, test areas no

larger than 5,000 square

feet (465 square meters).

For warehouses or large open

spaces in other building types


(e.g., ballrooms in hospitality,

gymnasiums in schools), a

limit of 50,000 square feet (4

654 square meters) may be If

there is evidence that the air in

the space is well mixed and

sources of contaminants of

concern are uniform, project

teams may test a single loca-

tion in that space.

Determine whether the project

includes spaces (e.g., offices,

school classrooms, or multi-

family residential units) that

are identical in their construc-

tion, finishes, configuration,

square footage, and HVAC

Project teams may sample

identical spaces by testing one

in seven.

If the one sampled space fails, all

seven must be tested. This

may lead to unexpected

LEEDv4 IAQ Testing Requirements

change orders.

LEEDv4 IAQ Testing Summary

For those familiar with LEED IAQ Testing the changes in LEED v4 are not too substantial. The most signifi-cant change will most likely prove to be the increased number of testing lo-cations required for offices, retail, schools, hospitality, and multifamily residential projects. There is no better way to provide quality control over the design/build team than to perform veri-fication testing after construction. When a team knows that IAQ testing will be performed, we have seen the designers and builders pay more close attention to IAQ details. While it’s not nearly as robust as WELL Building Standard Verification Testing, we see LEED v4 IAQ testing as an important piece of a high-performance building

puzzle.

LEEDv4 IAQ Testing – New Credit Highlights for IEQ cont.


RENEWING AND NEW MEMEBERS

Paul Marquez

George Guanci

Nardin Soliman

Rene Bouchard

Philip Belanger

Kim Crispino

Alain Stanislas

Leonard Anastasi

Matthew Zyrkowski

Abraham Sachariah

Katherine Ciaramitario

Benjamin Forde

Bob Mercier

Valter Cabral

Ned Keating

Francis De Simone

30 Year Anniversaries

William Waterson 2/1/1990

40 Year Anniversaries

Clifford Stockman 2/1/1980

Kenneth Kruger 2/1/1980

CSI BOSTON - CONTINUING ED

EDUCATION PROGRAM 2018-2019

February 12th, 2020: Healthy IAQ in Schools

March 11th, 2020: Large Format Tile and Stone

Installation

April 15th, 2020: Avoiding Failures

May 13th, 2020: Glass Half Full, or Half Empty?

June, TBD, 2020: Summer Social/ Awards Night

ADDITIONAL EVENTS:

May 28th—30th, 2020: Northeast Region Con-

ference


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