Concrete Repair Institute out to build its ranks.After a period of potential dissolution and two years of rebuilding, the Metropolitan New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Chapter of The International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI ICRI International Coral Reef Initiative ICRI International Concrete Repair Institute ICRI Institute of Clinical Research (India) ICRI Interdisciplinair Centrum Voor Recht En Informatica ) is positioned to provide educational and networking opportunities to owners and facilities managers, design professionals contractors, and vendors. ICRI, the only association in the concrete industry devoted solely to its repair and restoration had not been active in what is the nation's largest restoration market. As recently as 2001, the chapter was on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of extinction. Over the past year, the infrastructure was established to form a fully functioning chapter. "Metropolitan New York is a unique market, " said Paul Millman, PE, RA, Principal of SUPERSTRUCTURES: Engineers + Architects and current Chapter President, "The region has more buildings over 6 stories than the rest of the country combined and its fair share of special concrete structures such as tunnels, parking garages, and marine piers. New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. has more constraints and regulations, but also more opportunities." Reflective of the diversity of the New York City market, the Chapter's mission is not limited to concrete but includes restoration, preservation, and maintenance of all constructed facilities, and encompasses brick masonry, stone, terra cotta cot·ta n. pl. cot·tae or cot·tas A short surplice. [Medieval Latin, of Germanic origin.] , roofing, terraces, plazas, and fenestration fenestration /fen·es·tra·tion/ (fen?es-tra´shun) 1. the act of perforating or condition of being perforated. 2. . This expanded scope will appeal to contractors, manufacturers, design professionals, distributors, owners and anyone who will benefit from knowing the best methods, products, and firms available. "Immediate past President Si Solomon did a great job of getting us off to a running start;" said Millman. "Our mission now is to build the organization's membership to insure our long-term viability, as well as to maximize the educational and networking opportunities." The Board of Directors is scheduling technical meetings that will range from highly detailed presentations on the chemistry of repair materials, to project profiles such as their 2004 kick off presentation, "Restoration of Prestressed Concrete Elements of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater", to programs on how to get completed projects published. "One objective", added Millman, "is to maximize the programs that offer Continuing Education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). Credits (CEU CEU Continuing Education Unit CEU Central European University CEU College of Eastern Utah (Price, UT) CEU Centro Escolar University (Manila, Philippines) CEU Centro Escolar University ) for Registered Architects and Engineers". The Chapter will be holding all of this year's public events at the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen in the heart of midtown Manhattan, a New York City Landmark. Additional information on ICRI can be found on the web site at http://www.icri.org/ or by email at ICRI@superstructures.com. |
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