Ralph W. Liebing, RA, CSI, CDT

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Thread Last Poster Posts Pages Last Post Memorial Thoughts Lynn Javoroski FCSI 6  1  05-26-17  09:07 am Keeping Ralph's Spirit Lynn Javoroski FCSI 2  1  04-18-14  03:03 pm Ralph's Passing James Sandoz, AIA, C 2  1  02-14-14  11:50 am Why Johnny Doesn't Read...Specs Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  02-06-14  08:26 am Dear.... Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-29-14  09:03 am Submittals and the Client Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-22-14  09:37 am What Do You Want To Be....? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-15-14  09:15 am New Year, Same Needs Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-09-14  08:58 am Pennies, Nickels, and Dimes Chris Grimm, CSI, CC 2  1  12-08-13  05:56 pm By The Numbers ken hercenberg 2  1  12-04-13  04:22 pm DIFFERENCES Lynn Javoroski FCSI 2  1  11-20-13  10:01 am Think on This Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  11-13-13  09:49 am Snug It Up! Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  11-06-13  08:31 am Speak Up! Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  10-23-13  09:57 am RA Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  10-16-13  09:37 am Would You Believe...? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  10-09-13  12:41 pm The Dichotomy of Architecture Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  10-02-13  08:17 am CSI: Influential Force David J. Wyatt, CDT 4  1  09-26-13  04:04 pm The Future of History John Regener, AIA, C 4  1  09-19-13  09:50 am Do Knowledge and Skill, In Construction, Equate? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  09-11-13  09:32 am Arrogance and Spec Writing Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  09-04-13  08:19 am Show and CONSTRUCT Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-28-13  08:46 am The Angst With Codes and Documents David J. Wyatt, CDT 7  1  08-22-13  11:17 am CCPR? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-14-13  08:55 am The Finese of Reality Bidding Ralph Liebing, RA, C 3  1  08-07-13  10:40 am The Confluence Sheldon Wolfe 3  1  08-01-13  06:11 pm Hey, Wait a Minute.....! Sheldon Wolfe 2  1  07-17-13  08:58 am FOR THE SAKE OF APPEARANCES Ralph Liebing, RA, C 8  1  07-11-13  02:47 pm Bill of Rights Sheldon Wolfe 2  1  07-03-13  08:51 am Beef Stew Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  06-26-13  08:18 am You Never Know Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  06-19-13  08:11 am Old and New-- Do They Ever Meet? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 3  1  06-13-13  08:13 am SUCCESS Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  06-05-13  09:10 am Major Surgery Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  05-29-13  08:37 am Yet Another, The Same But This Year Different Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  05-22-13  08:19 am Education by the Numbers Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  05-15-13  08:02 am Getting Better is Tough Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  05-08-13  11:12 am Feasibility is not a Goal Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  05-01-13  08:54 am The Absolute Certainity Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  04-24-13  08:25 am The Second Meaning of Ripe Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  04-17-13  08:29 am Bag of Tricks......Tools Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  04-10-13  08:18 am Knowing It All Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  04-03-13  08:24 am Why? ken hercenberg 2  1  03-28-13  05:56 pm CSI, Who? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  03-20-13  08:16 am Substitute By Opinion Robert W. Johnson 2  1  03-13-13  03:38 pm The "Story": To Be Told Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  03-07-13  11:06 am The More The Merrier Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  02-27-13  08:23 am It's The Specs...... Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  02-20-13  08:42 am In The Service Of Peers Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  02-13-13  10:57 am Partners In................Success Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  02-06-13  01:08 pm Your Super Bowl Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-30-13  08:35 am Informational Submittals Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-23-13  10:05 am The "Company Line" Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-16-13  07:55 am New Way of Putting "U" in CSI Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-09-13  08:55 am Going Out on a Limb Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-02-13  08:28 am Holidays Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  12-19-12  09:02 am Realistically, Let's Assume... Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  12-12-12  08:07 am Anniversary Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  12-05-12  10:08 am The Dog As Specifier Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  11-14-12  08:48 am Outside Influences Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  11-07-12  08:16 am The Awakening! Ralph Liebing, RA, C 3  1  11-01-12  02:30 pm Who Supports This Event...... Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  10-24-12  10:00 am Transfer of Knowledge Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  10-17-12  11:08 am A Piece of The Pie! Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  10-10-12  08:25 am All Gone! Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  10-03-12  08:53 am Challenge Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  09-26-12  09:05 am Product Rep As Educator Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  09-19-12  08:44 am Part 3 Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  09-05-12  02:19 pm Part 2 of Education Anew Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-29-12  08:03 am EDUCATION ANEW Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-22-12  08:08 am When Is NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICIATIONS Week? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-15-12  08:05 am The Old Guard Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-08-12  08:01 am Phases of the Moon Margaret G. Chewning 2  1  08-02-12  05:12 pm Truth Be Told Lynn Javoroski FCSI 3  1  07-25-12  05:34 pm The Client's First Choice Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  07-18-12  08:21 am Unique and Impossible Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  07-11-12  08:28 am The Beginning is Just the Beginning..... Robert W. Johnson 2  1  07-07-12  01:31 pm Preview of Things to Come... Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  06-27-12  10:39 am Okay! Let's Do It! Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  06-20-12  08:19 am What It Is......Is Education Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  06-13-12  12:10 pm The Time is NOW! Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  06-06-12  09:07 am Purity Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  05-30-12  07:53 am STOP..............Look and Listen Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  05-16-12  09:04 am The Abyss.........Poof! Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  05-09-12  08:38 am Why The Abyss? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  05-02-12  08:44 am Avoiding Voids Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  04-25-12  08:46 am Tribute Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  04-18-12  08:39 am Architect-- Technical Marksmanship Lynn Javoroski FCSI 8  1  04-11-12  02:15 pm You Can't Have.... Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  04-04-12  01:22 pm How To Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  03-28-12  08:58 am Late in the Game Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  03-21-12  12:30 pm Why is it? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  03-07-12  09:24 am Absence of Thought Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  02-29-12  09:03 am Playing "Let Pretend" Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  02-22-12  07:59 am The Student, The Graduate............ Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  02-15-12  01:01 pm FACT Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  02-08-12  03:03 pm The Student, Graduate, Intern......... Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  02-01-12  08:45 am Let's Re-Visit Education Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-25-12  08:05 am The Price of Making a Difference Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-18-12  01:59 pm The Missing Word Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-11-12  09:46 am HMMMMMMM, What IF........ Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-04-12  09:52 am By Gosh, You're Gonna Spec....... Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  12-28-11  07:57 am The Specifications for Holidays Lynn Javoroski FCSI 3  1  12-21-11  10:56 am Responsible Control Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  12-14-11  09:20 am What Does It Take..... Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  12-07-11  09:00 am Go To ReliableGap-Filling Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  11-30-11  07:27 am Go To Reliable Gap-Filling Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  11-30-11  07:26 am Do They Understand? Dave Metzger 2  1  11-23-11  09:40 am Educators Unaware Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  11-09-11  08:32 am SHHHHHHHHH ! Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  11-02-11  09:07 am Gripping Reality Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  10-19-11  01:47 pm Pecking Order Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  10-05-11  11:21 am The Milking Stool Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  09-28-11  09:55 am Well, Now We've Done It Again Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  09-07-11  08:46 am Your Indulgence Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-31-11  09:41 am More Awards Lynn Javoroski CSI C 4  1  08-30-11  11:37 am New View Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-17-11  10:08 am Concern v, Suspicion Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-03-11  09:05 am BIM, Etc, Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  07-27-11  09:27 am Pop Quiz Colin Gilboy 1  1  07-23-11  03:38 pm Knowledge and the Project Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  07-13-11  09:05 am No Winners or Losers Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  07-06-11  12:19 pm How Come? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  06-29-11  07:08 am Is There No Wrong? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  06-22-11  09:21 am Who's Right? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  06-15-11  08:26 am Silence is...... Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  06-08-11  12:26 pm The Need   1  1  06-01-11  11:41 am In Memoriam Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  05-25-11  10:38 am Takes Two Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  05-18-11  12:10 pm Article in May 2011 Specifier George A. Everding, 1  1  05-17-11  02:57 pm The Starting Gun Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  05-11-11  10:27 am The Magic Wand   1  1  05-04-11  10:26 am Quirkism Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  04-27-11  01:41 pm Passion......   1  1  04-20-11  10:33 am Train Time!!! Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  04-13-11  12:15 pm Yo! Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  04-06-11  09:38 am Flexibility......... Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  02-23-11  08:13 am What If No........?   1  1  02-09-11  09:14 am Reflecting.... Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  02-02-11  08:48 am Does Anybody.... Dennis C. Elrod, AIA 2  1  01-26-11  02:28 pm Have you noticed..... Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-19-11  07:57 am New Archtecture Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-05-11  03:06 pm Rules, Etc. Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  12-22-10  10:20 am Rules, Axioms......... Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  12-15-10  09:20 am The Curious Status of the Big Three Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  12-08-10  07:50 am Education of the Young [and OLD, too???]   1  1  12-06-10  09:39 am DESIGN PHILOSOPHY   1  1  11-24-10  08:32 am Do We Need to Chnge?   1  1  11-17-10  07:59 am WOWEEEE!   1  1  11-10-10  08:23 am Who/What?   1  1  11-03-10  08:08 am Equality of Documents   1  1  10-27-10  09:43 am Aha! The Truth is Loose...   1  1  10-20-10  08:54 am Dead-End?   1  1  10-13-10  09:01 am Can't James M. Sandoz, AIA 2  1  10-06-10  10:02 am Number 100 Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  09-29-10  10:43 am Survival   1  1  09-22-10  09:29 am Separation   1  1  09-15-10  04:48 pm Separation   1  1  09-15-10  04:43 pm When Omnipotence Fails David Axt, AIA, CCS, 2  1  09-08-10  02:05 pm Indifference Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  09-01-10  08:46 am We and Them, etc. Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-25-10  09:41 am Let's Get Real! Ralph Liebing, RA, C 3  1  08-18-10  10:59 am Boiling Cauldron Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-11-10  06:47 am Doesn't Anybody Care? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-04-10  08:03 am The End Run Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  07-28-10  07:33 am TRAVESTY George A. Everding, 2  1  07-07-10  10:17 am Rights Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  06-30-10  08:32 am Sumptin' New Colin Gilboy 1  1  06-23-10  08:41 am Mutually Exclusive? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  06-16-10  06:55 am Core Values Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  06-09-10  06:37 am Core Values Ralph Liebing, RA, C 0  1  06-09-10  06:33 am I Don't Think Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  06-02-10  09:55 am Duffy and Emerson! Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  05-26-10  06:41 am I Went; I Saw; I Came Back.......Convinced! Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  05-19-10  06:45 am Why Do We Keep Doing This? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 3  1  05-05-10  11:16 am Codes and Specs Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  04-28-10  07:39 am What Are We Trying To Do? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  04-21-10  06:53 am Have You Missed Anything? Tim Werbstein, AIA, 2  1  04-14-10  07:52 am PERCEIVED OMNIPOTENCE Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  04-07-10  07:12 am The Crucial Element Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  03-31-10  07:05 am Over........................? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  03-24-10  01:05 pm Simplistic Complexity Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  03-17-10  08:21 am Many Voices Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  03-10-10  07:55 am Better of Two   1  1  03-03-10  10:44 am Decorum Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  02-24-10  06:54 am Audacity! Chris Grimm, CSI, CC 2  1  02-17-10  05:40 pm It's Back Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  02-11-10  09:01 am I Miss Joseph Berchenko 2  1  02-03-10  04:02 pm "Selling" Project Manuals Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-27-10  06:38 am Show Me Yours----- Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-20-10  12:45 pm Preparation James M. Sandoz, AIA 2  1  01-14-10  08:55 am Our Facets Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  01-06-10  06:41 am Something Else to Think About Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  12-30-09  02:12 pm Are We Afraid? Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  12-23-09  07:03 am Time of the Year Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  12-09-09  07:01 am Specs and Chinese Drywall-- A Lesson John Bunzick, CCS, C 2  1  12-07-09  12:10 pm Hello, Emerging Professionals....... Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  11-25-09  07:16 am The Gap Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  11-18-09  08:06 am Revisit ingEdcuation Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  11-11-09  12:29 pm Perplexed Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  11-04-09  06:28 am Looking Ahead Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  10-28-09  07:03 am Divide and Conquer Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  10-21-09  07:00 am Useless! Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  10-14-09  07:20 am A&C Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  09-30-09  10:03 am Joke James M. Sandoz, AIA 2  1  09-23-09  09:31 am Revisiting BIM Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  09-16-09  07:55 am Check Your Specs Specification Writer 2  1  09-09-09  10:46 am RFI Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  09-02-09  06:35 am Giving Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-26-09  07:57 am Legacy Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-19-09  07:08 am Vision Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-12-09  06:36 am Checking Two Things Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  08-05-09  06:52 am Meetings Randy Cox 2  1  07-29-09  02:21 pm You Never Anne Whitacre, FCSI 2  1  07-23-09  06:08 pm IGNORANCE IS Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  07-15-09  06:45 am Potential Ralph Liebing, RA, C 1  1  07-08-09  06:44 am 38 - Reminiscences Ralph Liebing, RA, C 3  1  07-02-09  07:31 am   Start New Thread

Author Message Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI, CDT Senior Member Username: rliebing Post Number: 1115 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:03 am:    091223 AND FOR NEXT YEAR……….. by Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI, CDT Cincinnati,OH CSI- Continue Seeking Initiatives New year coming; new starts; new vision; new directions? Without forgetting what new came to us in 2009, we now make comment and offer suggestions for revising and upgrading some of the programs now in-place and some noted but lingering. 1. Review how the new strategic alliances benefited CSI both nationally and locally. What have allied organizations done specifically for CSI? Have the allied organizations endorsed CSI’s certification programs? Are the allied organizations actively promoting CSI in their publications? Need we review the existing alliances and learn how to improve our approach to new and existing ones? Is the real need expansion of CSI’s purview, perspective and reach? 2. Establish new and revised guidelines for directly and strongly taking CSI, its programs, its cause, documents, support, and resources to academia- faculty and students. Take CSI services, programs, and personnel for specifications instruction to local colleges and universities; encourage and support strong local chapter efforts in this direction to expand the purview of CSI and take the word of CSI to new exposures-- prior to office exposure and CDT. CSI will benefit by having young people coming into the professions AND CSI with a better understanding of all construction documents and creating better relations to foster new interest in specification writing in young professionals; and a desire to become members of CSI to utilize it resources and programs. Initiate program to transition and establish CSI as the “construction industries’ document and communications resource”! 3. Work to make the CSI web site even better, and Forums in particular, for prompter response and easier access and use; continue to resolve individual issues promptly. Also, how about better public access? Include a permanent, public area in CSI’s website (www.csinet.org) highlighting articles on the need for good construction documentation (including specs), design and construction quality, and how the role of the specifier, product representative, designer (architect and engineer), construction administrator, and owner contribute to that goal. This might involve focusing information in fewer places and gaining easier access. The Institute website is a most valuable asset for CSI as it evolves and becomes more expansive, user-friendly and responsive. 4. Expand exposure to, awareness of, benefit of, and advertising for the certification programs to other outlets, resources and organizations, that can and will benefit from participating in them. Change from the concept of “CSI-only” programs to offerings that affect and benefit many others in the industry, just as the CCPR program does now. By offering a service to others, CSI will gain prestige, influence, and credibility, along with increased revenue. 5. Continue to refine the testing programs with better question creation, better cohesion, and faster distribution of grades. Create early-education [prior to CDT] to orient, familiarize and attract new participants according to their present need to know about contract drawings and specifications! The “lingerers”! a. The program outlined above would help others see how training and organizational materials developed by CSI play an important element in that goal. CSI could then market and promote this information to design firms, other professional organizations, code officials, and owners. We know it's hard to sell “creative” people the idea that standards are good and helpful. However, they are a necessary part of how we communicate. b. Designate an ombudsman at the highest level of Institute to speak for and carry the messages of the members to the Board and staff, a person with the facility and authorization to express the thoughts of members where that information would do the most good to produce results. The Member Services Department works well in answering relatively basic questions, but does not have the ability to resolve some of the issues that are addressed to them. There are more ideas and issues that have been discussed within our forum—too many for the short expression of grass roots insight offered here. But, if WE are proud of what we do, then we need to put it out there; and if we value what we offer, then other people will value it too. CSI and “WE” have much to offer; it just needs to be made visible with more flair in the packaging. Let’s make some really “new” progress in CSI in 2010-- new vision; new efforts; new ideas and new solutions!