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Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)

In 1948, the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) was founded to address the need for common systems of presenting and organizing construction documents. You should be a CSI member if you are an architect, specifier, product representative, contractor, or any other kind of construction professional, and you want to know more than your piece of a project.

CSI members have an in-depth understanding of construction because what they know goes beyond their job. They spend time with professionals from other fields and learn how they fit with the rest of the building team. They are experts in the process of identifying real-world building product solutions, communicating those solutions in construction documents, and ensuring that all the members of the construction team are building the facility the owner wants and is paying for. Employers benefit from a CSI members ability to see everyone's role in a project, and because CSI members can deliver on time and on budget.

Learn more about CSI history here.

Northwest Region

CSI organizes chapters into regions of the country. The Puget Sound Chapter is in the Northwest Region, which includes six chapters total in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. A regional conference is held every two years, rotating among Northwest Region Chapters.

Learn more about the Northwest Region.

CSI Northwest Region Conference  |  2027 Date and Location TBA 

Puget Sound Chapter

The Puget Sound Chapter (PSC) of CSI was chartered on February 15, 1958 and has members from Blaine, WA to Long Beach, WA and from Port Angeles, WA to
Ellensburg, WA plus some regional and out-of-state members.

PSC CSI consists of architects, product and manufacturer representatives, design professionals, specifiers, engineers, contractors, sales associates, information managers, business developers, technical writers, and other representatives from all disciplines of the construction industry.

Our annual meeting is held each June to install new chapter leaders and present awards. View a recap of our 2024 Annual meeting here.