CSI Certification
The course is part of the Continuing Education curriculum in the Construction Management Certificate program, but the content is developed from Construction Specifications Institute's documents and publications; Manual of Practice (now withdrawn), Project Resource Manual, and the now-current Practice Guides.
Most of the material in this series is preparation for the Exam for the Certified Construction Specifier Certification (CCS) and, to some extent, the Construction Documents Technologist Certification (CDT) If you are considering taking any one of these exams, (and you should be) this material will help you prepare.
It's fortunate that the discussion of Quality Assurance and Control is under discussion here as the Certification "season" opens. CSI Certification can be seen as a form of QA/QC for people working in the construction and design field. Licensed professionals, Architects and Engineers, can add to their professional credentials with a certification, while others can also take these difficult exams and demonstrate their proficiency in critical aspects of the Design and Construction activities.
Working with a CSI-certified construction professional means confidence that they have met clear standards of performance in industry-standard protocol, terminology and concepts. Everyone in the industry, regardless of position or focus; construction, design, product sales, owners' representatives, should consider becoming certified. It isn't easy, but it is worth it.
For further information, visit http://www.csinet.org/certification or your local chapter.
Exams will be offered April 2 - April 28, 2012, in the U.S. & Canada.
