2024 AWARDS Recipients
Congratulations to the Recipients of 2024 CSI Honors and Awards. Recipients were honored during CSI Celebrates on Thursday, October 7, 2024, at CSI’s National Conference in Houston, Texas.
Distinguished Membership
Lane J. Beougher, FCSI, Distinguished Member, CCS®, CCCA®, CDT®, CCPR™
Distinguished Membership is the highest honor bestowed by CSI. The CSI Board of Directors confers this honor on individuals who have performed extraordinary services to the Institute and the construction industry in fields of activity related to the purposes of CSI.
CSI’s highest honor is being presented to Lane J. Beougher, FCSI, Distinguished Member, CCS®, CCCA®, CDT®, CCPR™. In recognition of your visionary leadership and transformative contributions to CSI, including your many years of service on the CSI Board of Directors, Foundation Board of Trustees, and College of Fellows. Also for rejuvenating CSI and re-establishing industry leadership through your essential role in leading the implementation of a transformative board governance framework to refocus the association on action and results; for your outspoken advocacy of principles cherished by architects and construction professionals; and for championing sustainable design and construction, the CSI Board of Directors hereby confers to you Distinguished Membership in the Institute on the 17th of October 2024.
Fellowship
Fellows of the Institute are chosen by their peers. Nominees must maintain membership for not less than five years and have notably contributed to the advancement of construction technology, the improvement of construction specifications, education, or by service to the Institute. Please congratulate the 2024 Class of Fellows:
Gregg Jones, CSI, FCSI, CCS®, CDT®, AIA
Erica Kennedy, CSI, FCSI, CDT®, AIA
Jarrod Mann, PE, CSI, FCSI, CCCA®, CDT®, LEED AP
Ellen Mae Onstad, CSI, FCSI, CDT®
Doyle Phillips, CSI, EdD, FCSI, CCCA®, CDT®, CPC, FCPE
Kevin Wang, CSI, FCSI, CCS®, CCCA®, CDT®, SCIP
2024 Awards Recipients
Board Chair Plaques
At the sole discretion of the FY2024 Board Chair, Cam Featherstonhaugh, CSI, CDT®, the Board Chair Plaques are presented to the CSI members who have performed exceptional work on behalf of the association.
Cherise Lakeside, FCSI, CDT®
Kirk Paisley, CSI, CDT®, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB
Jori Smith, CSI, CDT®, LEED AP
Kourtney Strong, CSI, CDT®, AIA, NCARB
John Raeber, FCSI, CCS®, FAIA
J. Norman Hunter Award for Innovative Allied Organization Cooperation
Presented to the Puget Sound Chapter for successfully bringing together multiple construction-industry associations, schools of higher education, and building product manufacturers to participate in collaboration, education sessions, networking, and to product exhibits at the Puget Sound Chapter’s ProSpec 2023 Tradeshow. For the chapter’s dedication to the advancement of the Construction Specifications Institute by hosting this industry-wide collaborative event resulting in the development of broad-reaching, long-lasting networks and relationships.
Communications Award
This award is presented to a Chapter, Region, or Organization which has implemented a comprehensive communications program, inclusive of multiple types of communications programs.
CSINext Chapter
Los Angeles Chapter
Phoenix Chapter
Stacy Colbaugh, CSI, CDT®, AIA
Michael Riccio CSI-EP
The Construction Specifier Article of the Year Award
The Construction Specifier Article of the Year Award is presented to the author(s) of an original article published in the Construction Specifier Magazine during the current fiscal year. Individual articles are nominated by the Construction Specifier Magazine Editorial staff and judged by the Specifier’s Editorial Advisory Board.
“Exterior cavity fireblocking: Exceeding fire performance", from The Construction Specifier, June 2024
By Steven Gaynor and Antoine Habellion
Moll/Betts Student Excellence Award
The Moll/Betts Student Excellence Award was established to promote the greater awareness of CSI to students enrolled at bona fide institutions of higher education in a course of study related to the construction industry, including (bit not limited to): Construction Architecture; Landscape Architecture; Interior Design; Construction Engineering; Construction Management; Construction Technology; Engineering; or other design or construction related field. The award is granted to the two students with the highest scores in the CDT exam during the fiscal year.
Caleb Bean, CDT®
Emily Wang, CDT®
Outstanding Chapter Commendation
This award is presented to chartered chapters that meets the designated pre-requisite core criteria, as documented in the appropriate form, and has provided the required supplemental data. As chapters earn Commendations, they may reach the following milestones (note: the number of years is not required to be consecutive):
Five years - Bronze Level
Ten years - Silver Level
Twenty years - Gold Level
Thirty years - Platinum Level
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Atlanta Chapter (Bronze) NEW!!
Austin Chapter
Boston Chapter (Silver)
Chattanooga Chapter (Gold)
CSINext Chapter
Dallas Chapter (Silver)
Denver Chapter (Silver)
Fort Worth Chapter (Silver)
Greater Lehigh Valley Chapter (Silver)
Indianapolis Chapter (Silver)
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Knoxville Chapter (Silver)
Los Angeles Chapter (Silver)
Memphis Chapter (Silver)
Minneapolis-St. Paul Chapter (Gold)
Mt. Rainier Chapter (Silver) NEW!!
Phoenix Chapter (Gold)
Portland Oregon Chapter (Silver)
Puget Sound Chapter (Silver)
Suncoast Chapter
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Chapter Cup
The Chapter Cup is awarded to the chartered chapter with the greatest percentage (%) increase in total membership, as reported in their Outstanding Chapter Commendation application in the current awards cycle. The membership increase will be based upon the Institute’s membership records as of June 30 of the fiscal year ending immediately prior to the nomination deadline. The winning chapter must have also received an Outstanding Chapter Commendation.
Fort Worth Chapter
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