75+ attendees gathered on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at East Bank Club in Chicago for our October Chapter Meeting. It was a great night of networking and knowledge sharing.
The night lead off with our President Andrea Baird welcoming our members and guests. Andrea recognized our 4 new members since the last chapter meeting and reviewed our upcoming events. She also highlighted that
2020 CSi2eye manufacturer applications as well as the chapter’s
2020 CDT Scholarship applications are closing Friday 11/22/19. Andrea also shared the sad news learned earlier in the day of the passing of our member Laura Gagliano.
Tim Blatner, then introduced our speakers for the night Judy Pollock and Carl Giometti. Judy is a Bird Conservation Consultant from Living Habitats and President of the Chicago Audubon Society. Carl is a Project Architect from Perkins & Will and President of the Chicago Ornithological Society. Judy and Carl co-presented on Designing For The Birds. Chicago holds many perils for birds, it’s true - but it is also the home of ground-breaking partnerships between the building community and bird conservationists - first the Lights Out program, and now the Bird Friendly Design ordinance.
Judy and Carl explained why Chicago’s location spells danger for migratory birds, how the proposed new ordinance will help, and what the basics of bird-friendly design are. Attendees learned the following:
- The importance of addressing bird activity and migration while developing designs for Chicago buildings.
- How the Chicago Department of Buildings (DOB) is working with local experts to develop the Bird-Friendly Building Ordinance.
- How the ordinance will impact Chicago’s design and construction industry.
- Effective ways of designing bird-friendly buildings through use of materials, lighting, landscaping, and technology.
Judy and Carl also recommended anyone looking to learn more on bird friendly design, the research, Chicago’s proposed ordinance, and/or building solutions to visit
www.birdfriendlychicago.org.
Thank you to everyone who attended to make this another successful Chapter Meeting event. Special thanks to Judy Pollock and Carl Giometti and our tabletop sponsors – dormakaba USA Inc, Hunter XCI, Life Safety Hardware Consultants, S.J. Mallein & Associates, and PULP STUDIO. View our event
photo album here.
Recap written by Brad Schwab, CSI, CDT.