The Ramada Inn Silicon Valley
1217 Wildwood Avenue, Sunnyvale
(Lawrence Expressway and Highway 101)

The Santa Clara Valley Chapter of The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) would like to extend an invitation for you to join them on the first Thursday of March. Mark your calendars for March 1, 2001, and come to enjoy a dinner, raffle, and an informative discussion on positive pressure fire door testing and its impact on design, installation and inspection of fire door assemblies.

This program will explain and illustrate current fire door testing procedures, how the recent positive pressure testing differs from the historic negative pressure testing and what this means to those of us who specify, supply, install or inspect doors, frames and hardware in fire assemblies.

Our speakers will be Mr. Bill Franz, Director of Operations for Best Access Systems in Asia and Mr. Mike Rice, Architectural Services Representative for Best Access Systems in Northern California.

Mr. Franz has 20 years experience in the distribution of architectural wood doors, steel doors and frames, aluminum frames and architectural hardware and has been directly involved with fire testing, code compliance issues, life safety, specification application and field quality administration throughout his career. Mr. Franz is currently setting up distribution for Best Access Systems throughout the Pacific Rim.

Mr. Rice works throughout Northern California as architectural specialist providing hardware consultations and specification writing services to Architects.

AIA/CES Learning Units: This program meets AIA/CES criteria. Participants will receive 1 hour of LUS (learning units) which also applies to 1 HSW Health, Safety, Welfare) hour.

When: THURSDAY, March 1, 2001.

Board Meeting:

Networking/TableTops:

Dinner:

Program:

**** RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED *****

R.S.V.P.: Please call Nancy Rhea (650) 962-9111 Ext. 1261 prior to Noon, February 27, 2001****
Please be aware anyone that does not cancel their reservation, and does not show up, will be billed for the dinner. Sorry, but we can no longer pay for no-shows.

Location map: Ramada Inn Silicon Valley, 1217 Wildwood Avenue, Sunnyvale
(Lawrence Expressway and 101).