Thanks for Asking!
Museums & Musings in Winnipeg
A mindful and memorable experience
A walking tour of downtown Winnipeg, the Forks and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Fun Night at the historic Metropolitan hosted by the Winnipeg Chapter of Construction Specifications Canada during the 2015 National Conference
Thank you CSC Winnipeg! What will the Atlantic Chapter do for an encore in 2016?
Check out their pitch here
Soundtrack by Dan Walsh recorded live on Beaver Street in Preston
links:
The Forks
The Metropolitan
Bike Night II
Shout out to
Canadian Tire Kitchener West
for hosting Bike Night II
In support of Jumpstart
Student Design Awards LIVE at Connections Cafe May 20th, 2015
Construction Canada announcement here
Connections Café is about meeting with our colleagues in the design & construction community to discuss trends in the industry, share stories and make plans for the future. On May 20th at 7pm we will proudly introduce the top five winning teams of the 2015 CSC Student Design Competition
in celebration of the outstanding effort by all contestants & faculty
and the empowering inspiration of community creativity
Segments of the evening will be videotaped to share with friends of CSC across the country in recognition of the contributions of many supporters, especially our sponsors!
join us at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/csc-design-competition
Construction Canada online here
Following Connections Cafe, a display of the top five entries will be available for public viewing
at the Fashion History Museum at 74 Queen Street East in Cambridge
CSC is Tapping the Future
Tune in on May 20th!
join the live stream here at 7pm
View the Connections Cafe 2015 live stream invitation
contest background here
*** The Walker Living Campus***
at Woodend Conservation N-O-T-L
from the perspective of the Prime Mechanical
Shout out to Ken Willms
&
DSBN Regional SHSM Construction Technology Students!
Thanks to Brendan J Stephens of the Vaudevillian, JoJo Worthington & Davey James
whose music “narrate” the story of this amazing Project
built with the help of student labour
&
funded entirely by community donations
Soundtrack recorded live at
the Kitchener Studio Project & Cafe Pyrus
Links: dsbn.org/woodend/ woodendthelivingcampus.blogspot.ca/ facebook.com/pages/DSBN-Woodend-The-Living-Campus/164830240221779 teched.dsbn.org/tech-ed/secondary facebook.com/MZEarchitects centralontariomusicians.org/bands/jojo-worthington facebook.com/thevaudevillianmusic canadianrecordings.ca/about.html
Are you building in an earthquake zone? UPDATED
Maybe…
Thanks to Richard Levesque of HTS Ottawa
for a very informative presentation
See presentation slides: Seismic Presentation-jANUARY2015
Gorilla recording of the presentation may be viewed here
How is seismic compliance
impacting 
the construction industry
in Ontario?
Strategies for successful tendering, tips and demos
Jan 21st at the GVCA
In the News…Specifying restraints for non-structural building elements
Special Holiday Edition of the Fluffy Beaver
The Best Christmas Gift is
the Love of a Friend
Just in time for the Holiday melt down!
The Fluffy Beaver 9
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Saturday on the Night/Shift
Working the Night/Shift just keeps getting better
Many Thanks
to all who make these events possible
BROVOS
See post on grandsocial here
Living in the moment in Waterloo Region…
Thanks to the Museum
for hosting this evening’s forum for local candidates
to interact with & be informed by
the community
of our vision for a
vibrant & viable
Art & Cultural experience in Waterloo Region
Like the soundtrack?
"The Pool of Bethesda" composed & performed by Waterloo folk music artist, JoJo Worthington
SJU Campus Renewal 2015 groundbreaking photographed by Jessica RoseLocal musicians “The Vaudevillian” photographed by Jessica Rose Block 3 photo by KB Photography
SJU CAMPUS & The Art of Building Backwards
- Breaking Ground in Waterloo Region
A LOOK INSIDE THE BIG ROOM
A Look Inside The Big Room is a link to a Prezi storyboard that captures my experience in the “big room” in February 2014 as an observer and complete newbie to Lean Methodology & IPD as a Project Delivery Method. Thanks to Arthur Winslow for opening the door (again) and for the encouragement to keep asking lots of questions.
“transformative innovation requires the deliberate support of enabling organizational culture, perspectives and processes” Roger Martin
ST. JEROME’S UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS:
WHAT IS IPD?
WHO ELSE IS USING IT?
CSC Student Design Competiton Awards May 22nd, 2014
Coming to you live from the Crowne Plaza in Kitchener
Thursday, May 22nd at 7pm
Watch the Award Ceremony here
comment in real time by signing in via twitter, facebook, or by creating a ustream account
Architectural & Interior Design students have been challenged to design a restaurant using the old Galt Post Office as the subject building.
There are 12 entries in total from design teams from the University of Waterloo, Ryerson, Sheridan and Conestoga College. The top five entries will be displayed and the three winning proposals will be publicly acknowledged at the Crowne Plaza on Thursday evening at 7pm during the Connections Cafe. Cathie Schneider, Chair of the CSC-Grand Valley Chapter will make the announcements.
2014 Competition details and history about the CSC Student Design Competition
More at cscdesignchallenge.ca
Conference Sponsors at http://csc-dcc.ca/Conferences/2014+Conference+Sponsors/
Hope you can join us!
music & musings 