Three Weeks until #CONSTRUCT

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It seems like just a few weeks ago I was in Phoenix for the first time.  Then a few weeks before that was Chicago.  It turns out that PHX was 1 year ago this month and the Windy City was one year before that.  It is incredible how fast time has flown over the last few years.  My daughter has become a Tween, my once newborn son has entered the ‘Terrible Two’s’ and we now have a 1 month old daughter on our hands.  They say the older we get, the faster time goes.  I’m not so sure I’m ready for that.

I am ready to go to Nashville this month, though.  The reason being for the same event that I went to Arizona last year and Chicago the year before that: CONSTRUCT.  The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) Annual National Convention and Tradeshow attracts the ‘Who’s Who’ from the AEC community.  Especially those that look to educate themselves and others all while meeting up with friends that get together all to sparingly.  Camaraderie is strong and the willingness to share is even stronger in CSI.  Dozens of the AEC industry’s thought leaders are set to speak with over 50 seminars slated over four days this coming September 24th through the 27th.  That is coupled with a Tradeshow that is truly about learning, sharing and educating.  Complete with a Learning Pavilion and hundreds of exhibitors eager to share the latest in building products, CONSTRUCT has quickly become my only can’t miss convention of the year.

My schedule is fairly full from the start on Tuesday morning, September 24th, straight through to Friday, September 27th.  Seminars on specifications, marketing, relationships and more fill my time.  Thursday could be a highlight of the stay with not only a TweetUp at 2pm in the CSI Booth 435 , but also a private event at the Country Music Hall of Fame hosted by the Nashville Chapter of CSI.  Thousands will be converging on Nashville for this event.  While most are strangers to each other, all have the mission of CSI in mind: “to advance building information management and education of project teams to improve facility performance”.

Those that I feel closest to are connected through the digital realm.  We may not share a Chapter, but we do share the mission and the love of social media.  Through Tweets, webinars, LinkedIn Groups, TweetChats, Facebook posts and more, a core group of CSI Tweeps keep in touch digitally, but utilize CONSTRUCT as our reunion and homecoming all tied into one.  The big event has not even started and plans are underway for TweetUps, blogging panels and perhaps the Grand Finale – a post CSI Honors & Awards Gala on Friday night.  Keep your ears peeled for details on that!

It’s not too late to attend this can’t miss event.   It’s only three weeks out and we all know how fast time goes by.  Visit http://constructshow.com for more information on attending. If you can’t attend, be sure to tune into the #CONSTRUCT hashtag.