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APRIL 2013 

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VOTING IS A PRIVILEGE
  

Greetings!   

 

As you read this you should have received your ballot for the FY2014 (is it that year already? Where are those flying cars I was promised back in 1963? Or at least jet packs!) Southwest Region officers. If not, you will receive it soon. Please don't delay - vote and send it back as soon as possible.

 

"Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters." Abraham Lincoln  

 

David Furry, PE, CSI, CCS

Editor, Southwest Breezes 

dfurry@arcomnet.com

STRENGTHENING REGIONAL TIES - A SOUTHWEST CELEBRATION

David A. Bishton, RA, CSI, CCS, CCCA

Southwest Region President

 

The CSI Southwest Region is assembling again, this year in Denver - May 16-18, 2013 - for our annual gathering of CSI members and leaders from across 560,000 square miles of the Southwest USA. This is always a great event, colored uniquely by each chapter host location. In June 2012 we celebrated in Tucson where the chapter hosted a great 3-day leadership and learning event, while arranging for daytime temperatures to stay below 105 or so.

 

Denver conference

 

This year we gather in the vibrant atmosphere of downtown Denver - sports, museums, 12 block outdoor retail mall, river walkway, and federal/state buildings highlighted by the gold-leaf dome of the state capitol.

 

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THE FY2014 SOUTHWEST REGION VOTE 
Vote
 
Watch your mailboxes for the FY2014 ballot. Thank you for your participation & support. Deadline to vote is April 26, 2013. 
 
In case you don't receive a ballot, please use the following link:
 

 
 
MAY 16-18, 2013
SOUTHWEST REGION CONFERENCE
Marriott SpringHill Suites 
and
CONSTRUCT DENVER 2013
Embassy Suites Hotel

FY 2013-8

   

  
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SOUTHWEST
REGION OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
  David Bishton, RA, CSI, CCS, CCCA
  
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Currently vacant - please contact Dave Bishton if this could be you.
  
SECRETARY/TREASURER
Robin Snyder, CSI, CCS 
CDT PREPARATION CLASSES
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LAS VEGAS (fall 2013 exam)
Downtown Tucson Merchants Fuming Over Streetcar 'Construction Mayhem'
 
 
This week marks one full year of streetcar construction in downtown Tucson, but local merchants aren't celebrating.
LAS VEGAS CHAPTER 25th ANNIVERSARY PHOTOS
   LV anniversary
February Construction Starts Slide 7% Nationwide


At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $435.4 billion, new construction starts in February dropped 7% from the previous month, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Cos. The loss of momentum was present in two of construction's three main sectors - nonresidential building and nonbuilding construction (public works and electric utilities).

Meanwhile, the housing sector in February continued to strengthen. For the first two months of 2013, total construction starts ...

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