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CSI Honors and Awards 2018: Class of Fellows Honoree David A. Stutzman

By CSI HQ posted 09-18-2018 03:47 PM

  

CSI is pleased to recognize the 2018 CSI Award Winners. Recipients will be honored during the CSI Honors and Awards Ceremony at CONSTRUCT 2018 in Long Beach, CA, Thursday, Oct. 4th. You can register to attend the ceremony in person here.

 

David Stutzman, AIA, CSI, CCS, SCIP will be honored as a member of the Class of Fellows at the ceremony. Here, he discusses what the award means to him, and how CSI has impacted his life and career.

  

What does being a member of the 2018 Class of Fellows honorees mean to you?

It is a step in my career and recognition by peers that the contributions made to CSI over the years have been worthwhile and appreciated. Now I will move on to the next career chapter to revolutionize the industry.

 

As Fellowship acknowledges contributions to the advancement of construction technology, of all your contributions to CSI, which of them are most significant to you?

Authoring PPD Format. This was a continuation of the long-time involvement with UniFormat and a step toward a better understanding of what construction documents could be. This led to my current passion to marry UniFormat and MasterFormat documents and treat both as contract documents to reduce risk and improve value for owners.

 

How has being a member of CSI informed your life and career?

 CSI extended my network tremendously. It gave me opportunities to meet, interact and make friends with other members across the country and to be generally recognized in the industry as a leading independent specifier. 

 

What has been your favorite aspect of making your career in this field?

Bringing practical experience to help solve design problems and deliver effective construction documents for owners. Architecture is far more than design.

 

Is there anyone you would like to recognize for supporting the work you do?

Definitely my wife, Jan, and all my children. They all helped assemble and mail chapter newsletters in the days before PDF and email. Plus, they tolerated the time I spent with CSI events and responsibilities when I could have been with them.

 

What advice would you share with newer CSI members about how to have a career as fulfilling as yours?

Attend local chapter events. Get involved and learn from other members. But be skeptical and confirm what you learn is correct rather than accepting information at face value. Not everything you hear and read is entirely true.

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