CSI Memphis

901 NOMA Beats for the BIG WIN!! This team were the tournament’s big time rollers! They played hard AND we saw them having a good time too! Congratulations to the 2024 CSI Memphis Bowling Tournament Champs, 901 NOMA Beats!!

901 NOMA Beats for the BIG WIN!! This team were the tournament’s big time rollers! They played hard AND we saw them having a good time too! Congratulations to the 2024 CSI Memphis Bowling Tournament Champs, 901 NOMA Beats!!

We had the team spirit at this year’s annual Memphis CSI Bowling Tournament! Everyone came in strong this year!! The competition was fierce, the afternoon was fun! See you next year…

We had a blast at the 2024 Memphis CSI Bowling Tournament!
Thank you to everyone who came out to play, who sponsored or just showed up to cheer the teams on…see you next year!

Hey all you Folks in the building and design community of Memphis! Get your bowling shirts out of the closet and save the date for the annual CSI Bowling Tournament this November 1st from 11:30-4:30 at Billy Hardwick’s All Star Lanes. Are you an architecture firm who wants to partner with a rep or vice versa to create a team? Pull your team together and come out for a lunch CEU before the games begin!! There will be food and beverages throughout the day and prizes to win at the end of the tournament.

Work hard, play hard!

We don’t want you to miss out on Build/IT 2025, so save the date now! We will be back at the Memphis Botanic Gardens for next year’s show so mark your calendars to get out and see your favorite vendors!
Stay tuned for more info!

Join us Next week for CSI Memphis /IT2023 on April 6, 2023! With a Keynote Panel Discussion on Tom Lee Park featuring: SCAPE Architecture, Studio Gang and Montgomery Martin Contractors.

Register Today via the link below! Want to be an exhibitor? Some booths are still available!

Thank you to our Sponsors for the event:
Keynote: Associated Builders & Contractors of West TN & The University of Memphis Department of Architecture

Bar Sponsor: Perkins-Everitt Lighting & Controls

Production Sponsors: SESCO Lighting, Inc, Sika Emseal, Looney Ricks Kiss

Door Sponsors & Donors: Dillard Companies, Hossley Lighting and Power Solutions, Good Groceries, Euclid Chemical, Wiseacre Brewing Company, Memphis Tigers

BUILD/IT 2023 — CSI Memphis The Memphis Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute is pleased to announce the 2023 BUILD/IT Products Display Show Keynote Panel Discussion.  This year, our chapter will host a panel discussion with representatives from the design and construction team of the Tom Lee P

Meet Razan Hadidi! She graduated from the University of Memphis in the spring of 2022 with a BFA in Architecture and a BFA in Interior Design and currently works brg3s

Prior to her current position, she worked for a year at Murphy Maude Interiors. Aside from her design experience, Razan has held positions in the student chapters for AIAS and IIDA, is currently a Scholarship committee member for the Memphis CSI Chapter, and is on the JEDI Taskforce for AIAS National. Born and raised in Damascus, Syria, Razan admires the cultural differences between her home country and the States. Part of a family of nine who love to travel, she grew to appreciate the variety of cultures around the world. This also led to her passion for languages. Razan is fluent in both Arabic and English and also has a sound knowledge of basic French. Razan also has a passion for sketching, crafts, and the cooking arts. She has been decorating cakes, cookies, and other sweets for a decade now.

Recently, she started an artist profile on Redbubble where she shares her architecture sketches. You can find her page here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/ronzansen/shop

Razan’s future goals include pursuing a master’s degree, becoming a licensed professional, starting her own practice, and going back to Syria to help rebuild it to the glory that it once was. We have no doubt she will do this and much more!!

We are excited to have Razan as a member of our chapter and we know she will add value and energy to everything she does!

Do you want to know why ALL Architecture, Engineering and Construction Professionals should have their CDT certification? The Construction Documents Technologist (CDT) Certification is offered from the CSI for EVERYONE who works in the AEC Industry and Michael Riscica answers the above questions and so much more in the video we’ll share at this monthly chapter meeting on March 22, 2023. Lunch will be provided, register today! ⬇️

CSI Memphis Monthly Chapter Meeting - Why You Should Become CDT Certified — CSI Memphis Do you want to know why ALL Architecture, Engineering and Construction Professionals should have their CDT certification? The Construction Documents Technologist (CDT) Certification is offered from the CSI for EVERYONE who works in the AEC Industry and Michael Riscica answers the above questions an

We had an awesome time last night with at our February event! The tour of Self Tucker’s building, hearing the history and talking to the STA staff about future plans for the Universal Life Insurance Building was interesting and informative. We love learning about the history of Memphis and the people who have made the city what it is today. The new student chapter of CSI was there too, we are very proud to have the student organization back in action! Big thanks to and for sponsoring the event, to Memphis NOMA for joining us and to Self Tucker for opening their doors for us to have a great time!

Reserve your vendor space for BUILD/IT 2023! We're already at 44% capacity! This year’s event will be hosted at The Kent Memphis, located in the Historic S***f District on 61 Keel Ave in downtown Memphis. We’re very excited about this year’s venue. It is much larger than last year’s, has higher ceilings, plenty of parking, and ease of access for load in and load out, as well as an architectural appeal unlike any other.
https://www.csimemphis.org/events/build-it-2023

Please join us on February 22 from 4:30-7:00pm to celebrate the accomplishments of Self+Tucker Architects, tour the Universal Life Insurance Building, and learn about the historical impact this building has had in our city. CSI and NOMA Memphis join together to bring you an evening of social and educational significance. This event is graciously sponsored by SESCO Lighting, Inc and is free for members and non-members of both organizations. Food and beverages will be provided. We hope you can make it!! RSVP under the events tab on the CSI Memphis website at www.csimemphis.org

CSI Memphis welcomes our new member, Hailey Ratcliff, from Perkins-Everitt Lighting & Controls! Hailey is a 2012 graduate of the University of Mississippi with a degree in Business Marketing. She began her career working in pharmaceutical sales for six years until switching to development operations when she moved to Memphis. Two years later, Hailey was introduced to a new career path in the lighting industry in early 2021 with Perkins-Everitt. She says she has always had a knack for design and truly enjoys being a valuable asset in the design world today.
Outside of work, Hailey enjoys sports, the gym, being outdoors and spending time with her boyfriend and her Cane Corso pup, Izzy! Growing up with five siblings set the stage for her competitive nature, but she also loves to have fun and has always been a social butterfly at heart. Hailey “enjoys exploring all the wonderful things Memphis has to offer and I am currently on my journey to become a world traveler…first stop, Thailand!”

CSI Memphis is happy to have Hailey and we look forward to seeing her throughout the year!

This past week, Wally Bostelmann, CSI Fellow turned 90 years old! We are late in wishing him a happy birthday, but when you turn 90, we think you can celebrate every day of the year! Wally is a very distinguished member of the Memphis Chapter who has served as chapter president for the Shreveport, LA
Chapter, chapter President for the Memphis Chapter and he also served as the Gulf States Regional Director. We are proud of his accomplishments and we hope he is proud as well! Congratulations and Happy Birthday Wally!

Are you interested in getting your CDT Certification this year? Michael Riscica, RA with Young Architect is hosting a live webinar on January 18th, 2023 (link 👇 ) to help show the essentials of the CDT and why you want to take this test!

https://youngarchitect.com/cdt-panel-discussion/

How to Pass the CDT: Live Webinar - Jan 18th 2023 Learn why becoming CDT Certified can significantly benefit your career and hear unique stories and strategies from people who have recently done it.

Meet our Member if the Month, Chris McNally! Chris is one of our board members and we value his insight and expertise.
Chris is the owner of Memphis Reprographics and has been a component of the design and construction community for over a decade. Growing up in the arts, Chris has always had a love for design and building things, dating back to his early childhood with mountains of Legos and worlds to create. Working alongside his father, who was a woodworking hobbyist, Chris learned to build theatrical sets and furniture. He even assisted in home improvement remodels. Chris came to Memphis, TN, where he attended Rhodes College in the early 2000s, graduating with a degree in Political Science. His original aspirations were that of pursuing law. He competed in and then coached Mock Trial at Rhodes College for several years. After college, Chris switched gears, focusing on an entrepreneurial path. This led him to starting Memphis Reprographics in 2010. Outside work, Chris enjoys spending time with his wife Elizabeth, son Liam, and their Golden Retriever, Winnie. He coaches team sports, loves to cook, listens to Audio books, and is an avid reader. Now he gets to share his love of building with Liam on the weekends, playing with some of the very same Legos he had when he was a kid.

Every year CSI Memphis raises money for two students to win a full year of in state tuition by applying to the Dempsie B Morrison Scholarship. We have been doing this since 1979 and we are very happy to be a part of enhancing the lives of two hard working talented architecture students, as well as taking the financial burden away for a year so they can fully focus on their studies. We do this in conjunction with the University of Memphis who matches our contribution every year. Won’t you consider helping us reach our goal of $12,000? Julie Fleming from has been instrumental in the success of this fundraiser for years and we want to help her towards another successful year! For more information, visit www.csimemphis.org

We were very happy to have these three lovely ladies at our year end party! From left Julie Fleming from , Kristin Ogburn from and Michelle Ashbery from . We hope you had a fun evening!

Melissa Pope, President Elect, from addressed our guests at the year end party to make note of some great things on the horizon!

These smiles say it all, good times ! Kristin Ogburn from is with Michelle Bellican and Chris Chastain from at the year end party.

Enjoying time together at the Memphis CSI year end party from left are Jeffrey Parnell from and his lovely wife Brittany, Wendy Cooper Kelly from LRK] , Michelle Bellican from and Mike Zielinski from LRK]

We couldn’t be happier to have our CSI University of Memphis Student Chapter join us at our year end party! They are official this year and we couldn’t have gotten this chapter together without the help of Jenna Thompson and Safari love !

The Hadsky Men and Edmond Miller from Eco Spec enjoying the CSI Memphis Chspter year end party! Edmond joins us from Birmingham, AL!!