The first or second Tuesday of each month in 2012 will be a PCI-IW "Technology Tuesday" offering architects and engineers in various areas around Illinois and Wisconsin an opportunity to partake in lunch and a short (90 minute - 2-hour) seminar on a precast topic that is slightly more technical than our typical lunch and learn programs.  All programs will be good for AIA/CES credits and PDHs.

The seminars are FREE and include lunch, although we ask that you register in advance.

Tuesday February 7, 2012

Understanding PCI Certification
c/o Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
200 W Adams, 14th Floor, Chicago 60606
Noon - 1:30 pm

Speakers Dean Frank of Precast/Prestressed Concrete Insitute Quality Programs and John Birazzi of Booth Hansen will speak about what it means to specify products from precast certificed plants. Frank will take attendees through the program and give them a good understanding of how it works. Birazzi will give a case study of what happens when certification is not in place, and how the owners and architects can protect themselves by insisting on certain testing and paperwork.

Tuesday March 13, 2012
Resilience: The Missing Component in Sustainability
Downtown Chicago Location TBD
Speaker: Stephen Szoke, PE, LEED AP - Portland Cement Associatiopn

This session will explain a technically innovative approach for integrating functional resilient concepts into quality sustainable design for a true high performance building. Using case studies and testing data, the program will show how the benefits of reduced maintenance (and reduced damage/debris from disasters) enhance sustainability by minimizing the amount of energy and materials required for repair, removal, disposal and replacement.

Coming in 2012