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CIF Nominations for 1998 at all time high Forty-six Nominees! Forty-six nominees are in the running for the 1998 NOVA Award competition. The number of nominations CIF receives continues to break records. This year's nominees beat 1997 by a total of 4, and that record broke the previous year's all time high of 34. The 1998 nominees were submitted by twenty different states with three from Canada, one from Russia and one from Switzerland. See Page 2 and 3 of this newsletter for a complete listing of the nominees for 1998. 1998 CIF Innovation Celebration  Plans
for celebrating the 10th Innovation Celebration are well underway. The
March 12, 1998 gala will kick off the start of the 10th Anniversary
Innovation Celebration. The tenth year celebration will continue throughout
the year and culminate at the 1999 Innovation Celebration with the presentation
of the 10th annual NOVA Awards. CIF Board Member Greg Dobson, from Albert
Kahn Associates, will chair the 10 year Celebration activities. Tickets
for the 1998 Celebration are selling at a brisk pace, so reserve your
space early. The keynote speaker will be Hanns Baumann, inventor of
Baumesh, a 1992 NOVA Award winner. His speech will cover Inventions
and Inventors. The Celebration begins at 4:30 PM with a cocktail reception,
followed by a magnificent dinner, keynote speech and the presentation
of the ninth NOVA Awards. Call the CIF office for a ticket reservation
form at (734) 995-1855.The NOVA Award Jury Process The selection of the NOVA Award recipients is a four stage process. The first stage is the Call for Nominations which starts the day after the March Innovation Celebration and ends September 15 of each year. The Jury meets to review the nominations and selects finalists for further investigation. CIF investigators contact people listed in the nominations and independent sources, and prepare a confidential report on each finalist. The reports are submitted to the Jury in early January. The Jury meets again in late January to review each report and selects the NOVA Award winners. Each winner is notified and work is begun on the script for the Innovation Celebration presentation. The NOVA Award winners are announced and statues are presented to the winning innovations at the Innovation Celebration held each March. All nomi-nees and winners are acknowledged at the Innovation Celebration in a Nominee Booklet that is given to each attendee. CIF Awards Manager is Robert B. Harris; investigators are Tony Tons, John Everett, Photios Ioannou, Bob Carr, Gary Elling, and Will Hansen of University of Michigan, Liang Liu of University of Illinois, and Iris Tommelein of Univesity of California, all Professors of Civil Engineering. CIF Announces 3 New Jurors Dr. Robert I. Carr, CIF Vice President and Chairman of Awards, has announced the selection of three new members of the CIF NOVA Award Jury. They are: Phillip V. Frederickson, President and CEO of The Christman Company, Lansing Michigan Dr. Michael J. O'Connor, Director, U.S. Army-Construction Engineering Research Lab in Champaign, Illinois and James C. Stein, President and COO of Fluor Daniel, Inc. in Greenville, South Carolina. Another juror, Ted Kennedy of BE&K, Birmingham, Alabama has stepped down from the jury. Mr. Kennedy was on the first NOVA Award jury and has served as a juror for the last eight years. We salute and thank Ted for his excellent service to CIF. Thanks also to Byron Farrell, formerly of Helmkamp Construction, who has completed three years of service.  
CIF in PrintRecent news about the Construction Innovation Forum has appeared in several publications. Here is a partial listing of those publications: ABC Today CIF on the Web CIF's Web site is generating more hits each day. Have you taken a look yet? A new downloadable nomination form is online. We expect to add more forms in the future for easy printing of forms at your own printer. In addition, General Motors Corporation - North American Operations Facilities Engineering has given CIF a grant for additional development on the Web site. Look for more changes coming soon! CIF Members through Nov. 4, 1997 INNOVATION SPONSORS The Detroit Edison Company The Dow Chemical Company General Motors, WFG Facilities Engineering Mobilization, Optimization, Stabilization & Training (MOST) ALLIED INDUSTRY MEMBERS Asbestos Workers Regional Local 207 The Business Roundtable Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust Miller, Johnson, Snell, Cummiskey, P.L.C. CORPORATE MEMBERS AGC Greater Detroit Chapter, Inc. Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. Angelo Iafrate Construction Company BE&K, Inc. Black & Veatch Construction Association of Michigan Consumers Energy Ford Motor Land Development Corp. GEM Industrial Inc. George W. Auch Company Ghafari Associates, Inc. Michigan Chapter AGC Operating Engineers Local 324 Labor-Management Committee Perini Building Company Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 190 Robert I. Carr, Ph.D., P.E. Soil and Materials Engineers, Inc. Southeastern Michigan Chapter, NECA ASSOCIATE MEMBERS A.J. Etkin Construction Company American Glass & Metals Corp. Associated Builders & Contractors - W. MI Chapter Associated Underground Contractors, Inc. B & V Construction, Inc. Baker Concrete Construction, Inc. Bechtel Construction Company Bierlein Companies Carpenters Labor Man. Productivity and Training Committee Civil Engineering Research Foundation CMI Corporation Fluor Daniel, Inc. Harley Ellington Design John E. Green Company Kvaerner Songer Laborers' Local No. 1076 Lansing Mechanical Contractors Association Lovett Silverman Construction Consultants, Inc. M.U.S.T. Michigan Construction User's Council, Inc. Michigan Trenching Service, Inc. Morrison Knudson Corporation Motor City Electric Co. Nagle Paving Company NAWIC - Gr. Detroit Chapter 183 Novocon International, Inc. Orfei Construction Company Phillips, Getschow Co. Plante & Moran, LLP Plumbing & Heating Industry of Detroit PMC Association of Washtenaw County, Inc. Raytheon Engineers & Constructors Rudolph/Libbe Inc. Siberian State Academy for Mining & Metallurgy SMACNA Metropolitan Detroit Chapter Smith, Hinchman, & Grylls Associates The Stanley-Carter Company St. Mary's Cement Company TIC International Corporation Townsend & Bottum, Inc. Washtenaw Contractors Association WC Associates Webb Electric Company West Carroll Bergmann Associates, Inc. New Membership and Sponsorship Levels The CIF Board of Directors formally adopted many changes to CIF Membership. John Doherty, Chair of the Sponsorship Committee spearheaded the changes and says "more companies would rather be a sponsor instead of a member, these new changes reflect that trend."Many of the new sponsor levels include free tickets to the banquet and advertising space in the newly designed Banquet program. The new Banquet program format is larger and will include descriptions of the 1998 NOVA nominees. Here are the new categories listed with their respective dues and benefits. Memberships Associate $250 Membership Certificate Newsletter subscription listing in Banquet Program and Innovator Newsletter Corporate $1,000 Membership Certificate Newsletter subscription listing in Banquet Program and Innovator Newsletter Web site link Innovation Sponsor Members Bronze Innovation Sponsor $1,500 CIF Membership Newsletter subscription 2 Banquet tickets Web site link 1/8 page ad in Banquet program Silver Innovation Sponsor $2,500 CIF Membership Newsletter subscription 4 Banquet tickets Web site link 1/4 page ad in Banquet program Gold Innovation Sponsor $5,000 CIF Membership Newsletter subscription 8 Banquet tickets with priority seating Web site link 1/2 page ad in Banquet program Platinum Innovation Sponsor $10,000 CIF Membership Newsletter subscription 16 Banquet tickets with priority seating Web site link full page ad in Banquet program Additional Banquet Sponsorships are available, as well as Special Project Sponsorships such as the CIF Web site currently sponsored by General Motors. Please call CIF at (734) 995-1855 for more information. |
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The 1998-1999 Jury Phillip V. Frederickson President and CEO The Christman Company Lansing, Michigan Milton C. Gore, Jr., P.E. Senior Construction Technology Consultant DuPont Engineering Orange, Texas Peter J. Green President and CEO John E. Green Mechanical Contractors Highland Park, Michigan Charles W. Jones International President Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers Kansas City, Kansas Thomas P. Muller Advanced Concept Manager Caterpillar, Inc. Aurora, Illinois Michael J. O'Connor, PhD Director U.S. Army - Construction Engineering Research Lab Champaign, Illinois James C. Stein President and COO Fluor Daniel, Inc. Greenville, South Carolina Howard B. Stussman Editor-in-Chief Engineering News-Record New York, New York Robert A. Valentine, AIA Director General Motors Facilities Engineering Detroit, Michigan Richard N. Wright, PhD, P.E. Director, Building and Fire Research Laboratory National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, Maryland 1998 NOVA Award Nominations National Alabama Skid Resistant Coatings Using Convergent Spray Technology&TM; on concrete road surfaces Huntsville, Alabama Alaska Open-Cell Bulkheads - Cellular structure with unconnected sheet pile tail walls Anchorage, Alaska California 4D Modeling Process - Three dimensional CAD drawings to improve communication, coordination and planning Pleasanton, California Geo-Jet System - New technology in mechanical cutting, jet mixing & high volume cementing Oakland, California Last Planner - Management technique for production planning San Francisco, California LonWorks Control Network Technology - "Intelligent" devices communicating with a common protocol Palo Alto, California Process 2000 - Customer Service through Innovative Project Management and Technology San Diego, California Silicon Valley Uniform Code Adoption & Interpretation San Jose, California Simplified Monitoring System for Civil Structures - Strain memory alloy-based passive sensors San Diego, California SOFF-CUT System - Controls random cracking in concrete Corona, California Tycor Retaining Wall System - Universal retaining wall system Fullerton, California Colorado Q-Liner® - Straight Shaft Concrete Pier Liner Englewood, Colorado Connecticut A Hom4Me Tolland, Connecticut District of Columbia Building Performance Assessment Team Process (BPAT) - Disaster inspection team Washington, D.C. Mobile Training Centers - Mobile unit for 12 week pre-job masonry training courses Washington, D.C. NRDC Eco-Office - Synthesis of advanced resource-efficient design and materials Washington, D.C. Delaware Constructing the Future - A Construction Technology Transfer Network Wilmington, Delaware Illinois Noncontact Laser Vibrometer System - Remote measuring of Bridge Cable Force Measurements Skokie, Illinois Segmented Steel Lattice Frame System - Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain Chicago, Illinois Indiana MICCS - Metro Indianapolis Coalition for Construction Safety Indianapolis, Indiana Kansas International Brotherhood of Boilermakers MOST Program - Joint Labor Trust Fund Kansas City, Kansas Rapid Replacement and On-Site Erection for Short Span Bridges Russell, Kansas Maryland Simulated Building Smoke Control Model - Fire Safety Simulator Emmitsburg, Maryland Massachusetts Eclipse for Concrete Cambridge, Massachusetts Michigan Air Handling Units in the Truss Space Detroit, Michigan Big 8 - Monitoring and Measuring 8 Most Important Safe Behaviors Lansing, Michigan Construction Summit - Labor, Owners and Contractors in Southeast Michigan Detroit, Michigan Smart Kids Play It Safe - Construction jobsite safety program for children Bloomfield Hills, Michigan The Virtual Electrician - Interactive CD-ROM training programs Lansing, Michigan New Jersey End User Quality Satisfaction Survey for Construction Team Parsippany, New Jersey Exodermic Bridge Deck - Rapid Bridge Deck Replacement Upper Saddle River, New Jersey New York Modular Composite Panelized Precast Concrete Foundation Wall System - Thermal-Krete East Pembroke, New York Ohio Flash Fill®, A Unique Flowable Backfill Material Columbus, Ohio Oklahoma Automatic Concrete Drill System - Drill multiple holes in concrete pier columns Stillwater, Oklahoma Reclaiming Streets and Roads using foamed asphalt Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Semi-Active Vibration Absorbers (SAVA) for Highway Bridges Norman, Oklahoma South Carolina Foreman's Electronic Time Card for hand-held data scanners Greenville, South Carolina Texas Automated Road Maintenance Machine (ARMM) - Pavement crack sealing technology Austin, Texas Rectangular Concrete Hyperbaric Room for Medical Treatment San Antonio, Texas Washington Gray + Tham, Wall Smart - Continuous Wall Pour Seattle, Washington Glovebox Panel Containments for high radiation environments Richland, Washington Temporary Shielding Plug for Tank Risers - Direct access to tanks containing radioactive liquid Richland, Washington International Canada Real-Time Positioning for Accurate Placement of Large Precast Bridge Components Calgary, Alberta Hydro-Mobile Scaffolding - hydraulic power lifts and lowers scaffold L'Assomption, Quebec Russia Slag Ash Concretes - Reduce or eliminate cement in concrete Novokuznetsk, Russia Switzerland Sika CarboDur® - Structural Strengthening System Zurich |
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