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Rapid River Ramblings · December 2016

www.csigrandrapids.org

In This Issue……... 2 · Your 2016/2017 Board Members · Regional Committee Chairs · Chapter President’s Message

3 · Anniversaries and New Members

4 · Nominations · SPEC THAT! · MasterFormat REMEMBER WHEN · Say What!!! 5-6 · Certification—CDT Classes Offered

7-8 · We Saw You—November

9 · www.CSI chapter098.history

10 · Tegularity—Sheldon Wolfe, RA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, CSC

11 · 2017 Scholarship Golf Outing

12 · Advertisement Packages

· Thank You to Bar sponsors in November

Next Chapter Meeting

No meeting in

December

Next meeting Thursday, January 12, 2016

Location to be determined

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We would like to wish our

members and their families

a Happy Holiday Season.

On behalf of the

Grand Rapids CSI Chapter,

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Grand Rapids Board of Directors, 2015/16 President’s Message

Committee Chairs

Jim Hojnacki, CSI, CCS

Retired or just tired Ph: 616.455.9357

Em: [email protected]

Chapter Historian,

Ed Avink, CSI, CCS

Progressive AE

Ph: 616.361.2664

Em: [email protected] Director ’17/ Past-President, Advertising

Chair, Technical Chair, Certification Chair

Gregg Jones, AIA, CSI, CCS

c2AE

Ph: 269.216.0222 Fx: 269.216.0223

Em: [email protected] Director ‘17/President-Elect

Charlie Appleby, CSI, CCPR

MWA

Ph: 616.291.3087

Em: [email protected] Director ‘17/President Elect

Gary Beimers, FCSI, CDT, SCIP GB Consultants Ph: 616.295.2232 Em: [email protected] Director ‘18/ Treasurer

Jeff Murphy, CSI, CDT Progressive AE Ph: 616.361.2664 Em: [email protected] Director ‘17/ Director, Golf/Scholarship Chair

J. Costen, CSI

J2 Sales Solutions

Ph: 616.826.9122

Em: [email protected] Director ‘17/ Director, EXPO Chair

Jennifer McCormick, CSI, CDT Dal-Tile Ph: 616.862.4748 Em: [email protected] Director ‘17/ Director, Membership Chair

Great Lakes Region Officers:

• Serving the Great Lakes Region from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017

President—Mr. Henry Hondorp, CSI Progressive AE—Grand Rapids [email protected]

President-elect—Mr. Kenneth Schmidt, CSI, CDT

Seward Associates LLC—Indianapolis [email protected]

Vice President—Mr. David Fryman, CSI-EP, CDT

Advanced Cabinet Systems—Indianoplis [email protected]

Vice President—Mark Lods, CSI Lods Architectural Products—Louisville [email protected]

Secretary—Mr. Edmund Brown, CSI, CCCA, Assoc. AIA, B. Arch

Sebree Architects—Indianapolis [email protected]

Treasurer—Scott Mitchell-Taylor, CSI, CDT

Conspectus, Inc.—Cleveland [email protected]

Immediate Past President—Philip Babinec, RA, CSI, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP

GBBN Architects, Inc.—Cincinnati [email protected]

Stan Elenbaas, CSI

Erhardt Construction

Ph: 616.676.1222

Em: [email protected] Director ‘18/Secretary

Pat Corderman, CSI, CCCA Rockford Construction Ph: 616.285.6933 Em: [email protected] Director ‘18/ Program Chair

TECHNOLOGY AND THE INFORMATION AGE

Not to date myself, but … We were having a great discussion at our

table at the last monthly program about past technology, how excit-

ing it was at that time and where we are at now. In our homes we

stepped up from black and white to color TVs to flat screens to Net-

flix, to microwaves and smart appliances, from rotary dial to touchtone to cell phones,

and encyclopedias to computers to laptops to tablets and smart phones. At work

we’ve gone from mimeographs to Xerox to laser and 3-D printers, mail to fax to email

and instant messaging, pay phones to cell phones to smart phones, maps to Garmin to

in-car GPS, and carrying rolls of drawings to a tablet. Yes, I have experienced all these.

It’s amazing the work we were able to accomplish with such primitive technology. But

we did.

The world of technology in the design and construction fields continues to develop

and improve our business. At CONSTRUCT we heard keynote speaker James Ben-

ham tell us about “Future Forecast: How Drones, Sensors and Integrated Apps are

Rewriting all the Rules". On the expo floor I spoke to specification providers about the

ability to link drawings, BIM, specifications and cost estimating systems.

Since then we are following up at our own chapter meetings with a more in-depth and

local look at these technologies. At our September meeting we learned more about the

use of drones in design and construction – getting images and views of existing build-

ings otherwise difficult to obtain, using infrared technology to get energy scans of

buildings, aerial documentation of construction progress and providing our clients

with incredible fly-bys. At our November meeting we stepped into the world of VR

(virtual reality) and learned of the other related systems - AR (augmented reality) and

MR (mixed or mediated reality). Donning a set of goggles and the “magic wand” we

were able to walk-thru and experience an un-built, modeled world. Tools like this can

bring our 2D clients into the 3D world. No more models or mockups. We can put

them right into the building and allow them to walk around in it. I’m excited about

the prospect of even designing in VR. Finally in March we will have a program on 3D

imaging. Not only are we able to print out models and functioning parts, this technol-

ogy is even being used to create concrete structures in third world countries.

In the meantime, I will remember my rotary dial phone fondly as I walk around my

jobsite with my tablet loaded with drawings, specs and submittals, marking up PDF

drawings for existing conditions, taking punchlist notes and photos, connecting to the

internet to find product data and sending it all back to the office to be saved on the

server via the cloud or copied to the contractor and owner. But if you still need a

quick hand-sketched detail – I’m your man.

Gregg Jones, AIA, CSI, CCS

Grand Rapids CSI Chapter President

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Next Chapter Meeting Thursday, January 12, 2017

Name Company Joined Years

Ed Avink Progressive AE 12/1/1987 29 yrs

Dale Cammenga Progressive AE 12/19/1997 19 yr Eric DeJong Student 12/18/2015 1 yr Bill Hurst Hurst Companies 12/1/2015 1 yr Sandakahle Khumalo Student 12/18/2015 1 yr Walter Lutzke Tubelite Inc 12/16/1997 19 yrs

Stephen Marks Progressive AE 12/2/2015 1 yr Arlen Smith Central Interconnect 12/1/1988 28 yr Charles Smith Hardware Agents 12/7/2005 11 yr Courtney Vallier Progressive AE 12/18/2015 1 yr Kei Wing Student 12/18/2015 1 yr Tim Woll V&S Galvanizers Inc 12/8/2002 14 yr

Adam Boswell

Territory Manager - Ludowici 614-394-2047 [email protected] Manufacturer's Representative/Supplier

10/12/2016

Kevin Clausen

Vice President - Great Lakes Systems, Inc. 616-669-5300

[email protected] Subcontractor

9/9/2016

Roger Fabiano

[email protected] Manufacturer's Representative/Supplier 11/11/2016

Rick Hill End User Consultant - Stanley Security Solutions

616-304-1145 [email protected] Manufacturer's Representative/Supplier 1/31/2016

Matt Rinkowski

Wausaw

[email protected] Manufacturer's Representative/Supplier

7/28/2016

Rick Willinger [email protected] Architect 10/18/2016

Doug Zachary Sales - Shaffner Heaney Associates, Inc. 574-232-7470

[email protected] Building Product Distributor

7/7/2016

Michael Zuidema

Marketing Operations Manager - Code Blue Corp. [email protected] 11/7/2016

Chapter Member Anniversaries

New CSI Members : Welcome to the following new chapter members:

No meeting in December 2016

Enjoy the Christmas Holiday and time with Family and Friends

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MasterFormat Application Guide Gary Beimers FCSI, CDT, SCIP

CSI pins are being offered to members at a low cost of $8.00. These pins have been a tradition in our chapter and we hope to continue this. Show your support for CSI by wearing these

wonderful pins.

Board Nominations for FY 2018

OUR MISSION

TO ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION

DOCUMENTATION AND

EDUCATE BUILDING TEAMS TO

IMPROVE PROJECT

PERFORMANCE IN WEST

MICHIGAN.

SPEC THAT!

MasterFormat REMEMBER WHEN!

MasterFormat REMEMBER WHEN!

SPEC THAT!

41 22 13 – Cranes 32 94 00 - Planting Accessories

11 21 53 – Barber and Beauty Shop Equipment 32 01 90.19 – Mowing

10 14 00 Signage SAY WHAT ?????

The CSI Grand Rapids Chapter is looking for volunteers to join our board as

directors starting in July of 2017. If you would be willing to commit 2 years to the

success of our chapter, please let our nominations chair, Ed Avink CSI, CCS,

know. He can be contacted at Progressive AE at 616-361-2664 or emailed at

[email protected]

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CSI Grand Rapids Chapter Offering CDT Certificate Program Preparation Course

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CSI’s CDT program has provided foundation training in construction documentation for architects, contractors, contract administrators, specifiers, and manufacturers’ representatives for decades.

The Grand Rapids CSI Chapter is offering CDT prep programs during January, February and March. The chapter offers formal study groups and informal mentoring for candidates pursuing their CDT certificates and advanced certifications in CSI's spring 2016 exams

2017 CDT (Construction Document Technologist)

Certificate Program Preparation Class Schedule

Monday’s from 5:00p to 7:00p and Tuesday’s 7:00a to 9:00a (same class twice)

More information on page 6 of this newsletter.

Topic

January 23, 24 Fundamentals

January 30, 31 Project Concept

February 6, 7 CD’s Part 1

February 13, 14 CS’s Part 2

February 20, 21 CD’s Part 3

February 27, 28 Procurement

March 6, 7 Construction Part 1

March 13, 14 Construction Part 2

March 20, 21 Life Cycle Activities

March 27, 28 AIA 201

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We Saw You - November 2016 - “Virtual Reality in Construction” by Jim Hojnacki, CCS (retired), Member Emeritus

“Now you see it - now you don’t!” That’s kinda like the feeling I had when I watched several of our CSI members (donned with some weird looking helmet goggles) walking gingerly around the front of our Meeting Room at the Hyatt Place South, trying to keep from falling into some imaginary fireplace located in the middle of an imaginary room. This was a demonstration of “virtual reality” and how it might be used in the construction industry. My Webster’s Dictionary states that “virtual reality is a realistic simulation of an environment, including three-dimensional graphics, by a computer system using interactive software and hardware. [1985-90].” Our presenters were Brian C. Knapp and Brent Kettelhut of Externa GCI, a com-puter graphics company that was founded in the year 2000 by Brian C. and Jim Knapp as a premier CG animation and rendering studio.

Brian and Brent had “mapped out” the room earlier with dimension parameters to match a cou-ple of video presentations of the room we were meeting in. The helmet and goggles were in-teractive with two tall pole-mounted radar type sensors which were placed at opposite corners in the front of our meeting room, indicating the borders of an imaginary room depicted in their video. Our CSI “test drivers” included Pete DeJong, Pat Corderman, Kevin Clausen, J. Costen and Charlie Appleby. In one video, our players used one or two handheld wands that the sen-sors calculated the exact position of each of the players. With the two handheld wands, our players could actually see and feel as if they were holding a bow and arrow to shoot and de-stroy the “bad” enemy figures that were also shooting at our “good” CSI team members. The video screen on the wall showed exactly what our players were seeing in their headsets and how their arrows would hit and destroy the enemy figures.

In our demonstrations, we were using the first phase of Virtual Reality. There are three phases of this gaming reality - VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality), and MR (mixed or mediated reality), which is a combination of the first two. Virtual Reality was explained above. Some examples of VR include Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard, View-Master VR, and Google Day-dream. Augmented reality is a live direct or indirect view of a physical real world environment whose elements are augmented (or supplemented) by computer generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is modified (possibly even diminished rather than augmented) by a computer. How can we utilize VR in Architecture? AR can aid in visualizing building pro-jects. Computer generated images of a structure can be superimposed into a real life local view of a property before the physical building is constructed there. AR can also be employed within an Architect’s work space, rendering into their view animated 3D visualizations of their 2D drawings. Architecture sight-seeing can be enhanced with AR applications allowing users viewing a building’s exterior to virtually see through its walls, viewing its interior objects and layout. Likewise, with the continual improvements to GPS accuracy, businesses are able to use augmented reality to visualize geo-referenced models of construction sites, underground structures, cables and pipes using mobile devices. Augmented reality is applied to present new projects, to solve on-site construction challenges, and to enhance promotional materials. Examples include the Daqri Smart Helmet, an Android-powered hard hat used to create aug-mented reality for the industrial worker, including visual instructions, real time alerts, and 3D mapping. A similar system by Google has also been introduced called “Google-Glass.” Just recently (as I was preparing to write this article) a serious earthquake (magnitude 7.8) has struck Christchurch, New Zealand. A few years ago, when Christchurch was devastated by another earthquake, The University of Canterbury released “CityView AR”, which enabled city planners and engineers to visualize buildings that had been destroyed. Not only did this pro-vide planners with the tools to reference the previous city-scape, but it also served as a re-minder to the severity and magnitude of the devastation caused, as entire buildings had been demolished. Some examples of MR are the Micro Soft “Hololens” and “Magic Leap.” Magic Leap recently (June 16, 2016) joined forces with Disney’s “Lucasfilm” to research and develop their version of a similar system. One example of Magic Leap showed a photo of a very crowd-ed ocean beach with a huge whale swimming out of the water and then floating above the crowd, seemingly swimming in the sky. Oooh! Ouch! That last visual effect could have been the result of me having too much wine to drink courtesy of our CSI bar sponsors. The drinks were sponsored by J. Costen of J2Sales & Solutions and Charlie Appleby of MWA Firestone.

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We Saw You - November 2016 - “Virtual Reality in Construction” by Jim Hojnacki, CCS (retired), Member Emeritus

The following CSI members made reservations to attend

the presentation:

Chris Alexander Progressive AE

Charlie Appleby MWA Firestone

Ed Avink Progressive AE

Gary Biemers GB Consulting

Bruce Burgess Mull-It-Over

Kevin Bush Atas

Dale Cammenga Progressive AE

Kevin Clausen Great Lakes Systems Roofing

Jim Collins C2AE

Pat Corderman Rockford Constr.

J. Costen J2 Sales Solutions

Pete DeJong Monsma Marketing

Stan Elenbaas Erhardt Construction

Neil Esdaille Progressive AE

Brad Hayden (Absent) Tremco Roofing

Jim Hojnacki (Emeritus) SA/MA--A.E.I.C.

Gregg Jones C2AE

Brent Kettelhut (Presenter) Externa CGI

Brian Knapp (Presenter) Externa CGI

Peter Kohler (Guest) V&S Galvanizers

Jeff Mullins J2 Sales Solutions

Jeff Murphy (Absent) Progressive AE

Mike Otis Double-O Supply & Craftsmen

Brett Scholsser PreBuck Products

Brian Welsh Progressive AE

Continued

Grand Rapids Chapter IN GOOD COMPANY

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WWW.CSI chapter 098.history by Jim Hojnacki, CSI CCS (retired), Member Emeritus, Chapter Historian

This month’s WWW History Column (The Way We Were) is vaguely related to the Presidential Election that we were smack dab in the middle of when I had to write last month’s History Article. Don’t worry that I might be heading towards some weird political exposi-tory. We all have our own reasons for voting for either a political party, or voting for someone who’s thought process resembles own, or just to keep somebody away from the presidency. In my very first opportunity to cast a ballot for President was when General Ei-senhower was running for re-election. That sounds like it was a long time ago. It is almost “ancient history” to some of you, but I can still remember those good old days when the word “trump” was almost always used in conjunction with a deck of cards and some card game or another. Out of the 103 listed (Wikipedia) card games that utilize the word “trump,” I am familiar with only seven games - namely Bridge, Euchre, Hearts, Ombre, Pedro, Pinochle, and Whist. But how does that tie into this article? Well, I’m almost reach-ing back into the ancient history of this column in order to continue along a path that was interrupted back in March of 2015. At that time I was writing about compilations of past Newsletters and was close to running out of “ammunition” because I had reached the end of my old “hard copy” Newsletters. Suddenly I found a 3-ring binder of past newsletters I that had misplaced which dated from 1997 to 2004. With this new “ammo” I was back in business.

April, 1997: Certification Exams: The unexpected stoppage in recapping old newsletters also coincided with a time frame stoppage in my personal life. That was in April 1997 when I was preparing to Proctor our annual Certification Exams at the Earth Tech offices on Saturday, April 5, 1997. I had a heart attack on Thursday, April 3, and all the exams were locked in my desk at Earth Tech. While under medical supervision at Blodgett Hospital, and under the influence of mind numbing drugs, I was able to contact my boss, Ward Walters, to unlock my desk and retrieve the sealed exams. I also contacted Mike McPharlin who was able to take my place as Proctor. The exams went well that year.

May, 1997: Annual Golf Outing: This year’s Golf Outing was changed to a Scholarship Outing. Exact criteria for awarding scholarships were still being worked out. Ed Tokarek, Education Committee Chair, stated that all scholarship participants had to pre-pare an outline specification in CSI Format, and prepare presentation boards with building elevations, floor plans, site plans, building sections, and details or perspectives. My, oh my, we certainly have come a long way in how the Scholarship Applicants must submit their data today.

September, 1997: New Board Members: Larry Jachim replaced Erin Doan as President; Gary Beimers was President Elect; Treasurer was Jim Dalton; and Mark Lackowski was Product Show Chair. NIBS was pushing very hard for CSI to switch to Metrica-tion as the main form of measurement. This year’s class of Certification Graduates included Phil Kabza CCS, who passed his CCCA and Gary Johnson, who passed his CCS. Gary Johnson is still hanging around and attending almost every meeting while Phil Kabza moved away from the area and found his way along a couple of stops on the Eastern Seaboard where his started his “SpecGuy.com” company. Look for his recurring advertisement in the monthly CSI Construction Specifier Magazine.

October, 1997: Chapter’s 30th Anniversary: Edith Washington, FCSI, CCS, is the guest speaker for our 30th Anniversary Party at Bridgewater Place. She attended with her husband, Clarence Washington, retired Defensive End for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who owned his own construction company. Also in attendance was Kathy Bultman, Great Lakes Region Director. Ed Avink received his 10-yr CSI Chevron at that time. That party also initiated the annual presentation of the Gavel and Chain Lapel Pin to the outgoing Chapter president. Also present at that meeting were three Chapter Charter Members - Bill VanderBout, Bill Winglar, and James Shuster.

November 1997: MDNR, Mich. Dept. of Natural Resources Speaker: Ms Janice Tomkins of the MDNR was guest speaker at Lands Inn Restaurant. She spoke on how new construction affects the environment and how we, as construction professionals, can help. McDonald’s Restaurant in Westland MI is first in the United States to open using a geothermal heating and cooling system. System uses Earth’s constant temperature to cool, heat, and provide hot water without fossil fuels or flame.

January 1998: New Newsletter Column Introduced: Jim Hojnacki started a new monthly column, ASTM Standards That are Modified, which was shared with other local chapter newsletters and eventually found its way into 55 newsletters across the country from Maine to Hawaii and Florida to Oregon. That column finally ended when The CSI Institute Magazine, The Construction Specifier, included a Modified ASTM article and had me sign a waiver to discontinue the column. I never did understand that transac-tion and that particular CSI National Editor is long gone.

February 1998: Construction EXPO: Mark Lackowski, Todd Belden, Dean Boik, Gary Beimers were the “ top dogs” this year and organized a quality show. Sweets Group/McGraw Hill covered all the printing costs for this show at English Hills Banquet Hall. Set up crew included Jim Dalton, Dick Sedlecky, Jim Hojnacki, Pete Krumrey, Mike McPharlin, Chris harkema, Erin Doan, Bernie Wernette, Bob Aamoth, and Kathy McDonald.

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Tegularity © 2016, Sheldon Wolfe, RA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, CSC

As part of an update of approved abbreviations, my office changed its long-standing ACB (acoustic ceiling board) to ACT (acoustic ceiling tile). Before coming to this office I had always seen ACT, and it took a bit of time to get accustomed to ACB. No one knows where this unusual abbreviation came from, but it is the more logical of the two, as it includes both acoustic ceiling tile and acoust ic ceiling panels. Still, it was decided to change from ACB to ACT because ACB is unusual. I doubt many contractors will ask an architect, "What's ACT?" but it has not been uncommon for contractors, subs, or suppli-ers to ask us what ACB is.

The change reminded me of a discussion at a CSI technical committee meeting many years ago when we discussed correct terminology for SpecText. It also brought to mind a similar discussion on LinkedIn, which opened with the question, '"Ceiling TILE" or Ceiling "PANEL" -- What's the correct usage?' At the time of the former discussion I thought, as many do, that ceiling tile is 12 inches square, while ceiling panels are 24 by 24, or 24 by 48 inches. That belief lingers on, and appeared in the LinkedIn discussion.

One of the difficult things about specifying ceiling panels or tiles is the inconsistency of manufacturers' literature. It appears that the only com-monly used standard is ASTM E1264 - Standard Classification for Acoustical Ceiling Products, which defines both acoustical panel and acous-tical tile.

3.2.1 acoustical panel—a form of a prefabricated sound absorbing ceiling element used with exposed suspension systems.

3.2.2 acoustical tile—a form of a prefabricated sound absorbing ceiling element used with concealed or semi-exposed suspension systems, stapling, or adhesive bonding.

Although E1264 defines panels and tiles, those terms often are used interchangeably. Note that neither definition refers to size or shape, the distinction being based entirely on how the acoustic boards are suspended. In fact, dimensions are not referred to in the standard, nor is con-figuration; the panels or tiles can be any size, and they don’t have to be square.

Even though the meanings of the terms panel and tile are clarified, E1264 is a surprisingly complicated standard. In addition to the two defini-tions above, it specifies fifteen Types (I through XIV, plus Type XX), some of which have three or four Forms, thirteen patterns (A through L, plus Z), flame spread classifications, and several edge designs: butt, reveal, kerfed and rabbeted, square, and beveled. Despite the inclusion of so many characteristics, the standard remains vague, using imprecise terms such as "large holes," "small holes," "lightly textured," and "heavily textured."

In practice, the complexity of E1264 is rarely, if ever, invoked. Drawings typically show ceiling panel and tile dimensions, and finish schedules and specifications typically define other characteristics by specifying specific manufacturers and model numbers, so there is no need to under-stand all the details of E1264.

We use standards to improve consistency and to minimize confusion. While I don't think anyone is going to have a problem with this specific item, applying the same logic to an entire project is bound to cause problems. For example, and this is an all too common problem, the same material may be identified by different terms in the same set of documents. Why can't the design intent be expressed using accepted defini-tions and standards?

On a related topic, what's a tegular edge? Going back to the CSI committee meeting I mentioned before, we found that it's a term perhaps first used by Armstrong for a specific edge detail. Armstrong defines tegular as "A functional edge detail that allows a suspended ceiling panel to extend below the grid, making the grid less noticeable." I don't believe Certainteed, National Gypsum, or USG use that term, though Rockfon does. And yet, I often see "tegular edge" used as if it applies to all acoustic ceiling manufacturers, probably because it sounds cooler than reveal edge. Those who use the term don't always know what it means; if I say, "Do you mean a reveal edge?" the response is often, "No, tegular."

By the way, tegular is a real word, meaning "pertaining to or resembling a tile." According to A.Word.A.Day (highly recommended!), they ety-mology of tegular is:

"From Latin tegula (tile), from tegere (to cover). Ultimately from the Indo-European root (s)teg- (to cover), which is also the source of thatch, deck, detect, stegosaur, tog, and protege. Earliest documented use: 1828."

That makes the way it's used a bit odd, as it doesn't describe the panel itself, which resembles a tile. Instead, it is used to describe only the edge, which does not resemble a tile. To say it pertains to a tile means nothing, as all edges of a panel or tile obviously are related to the tile.

The first definition of tile is usually something like "a thin slab of hard material such as baked clay laid in rows to cover walls, floors, and roofs." A couple of ceramic tile reps insist that the stuff they sell is the tile, and that what goes on ceilings is something else, but not tile. Final-ly, tegular comes from tegula, which, in construction, means roof tile. (See "Imbrex and tegula" in Wikipedia.) Apparently, some ceiling tile looks like roof tile.

Using a defined term is always the way to go, assuming the term is defined in an accepted standard. ASTM E1264 shows a detail of a reveal edge, and most manufacturers use that term. They often modify it with beveled, angled, square, wide, and narrow, but it remains a reveal edge. In this case, ignoring the standard definitions has resulted in a bit of potential confusion, but widespread use of tegular has essentially created a new standard term.

If the suppliers know the specifiers are using terms interchangeably they won't assume that either is used correctly, and if it appears to specifi-ers that suppliers don't care, well... I guess it all works out.

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Save the Date for our 32nd Annual

James “Hojo” Hojnacki

Scholarship Golf Outing

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

The Golf Club at Thornapple Pointe

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A Smokin’ Hot Cocktail’n Brunch (Ok! Now we’re talking eggs!!!)

Build your own 6-pack to go (custom course drinks aka roadies)

Hot Dogs & Chips at the Turn- Yummy Lunch

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Superb Steak Dinner

Accep2ng Hole & Other Sponsorship Opportunity Inquiries now!

For more informa2on please email:

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For more information, contact Ed Avink, CSI, CCS: Phone: 616-361-2664 E-mail: [email protected]

We have spots for

you to advertise

with us!!

If you would like to sponsor the dinner or the bar at a

future membership meeting, please contact Pat Corderman.

Thank you to MWA and J2 Sales

for sponsoring the bar at the

November meeting.