Advance Your Skills and Grow Your Network This October

The 2025 CSI National Conference, October 15–17 in Cleveland, Ohio, is your opportunity to stay ahead of change, deepen your expertise, and expand your professional network.

What to expect:

• Peer-reviewed education sessions. Sharpen your skills with sessions designed to elevate your expertise in construction documentation and project delivery.
• Meaningful networking opportunities. You’ll find countless ways to build meaningful professional relationships, from welcome receptions to speed networking and the CSI Celebrates awards ceremony.
• Collaboration with 400-plus AECO professionals. Exchange ideas, solve shared challenges, and broaden your network with professionals who understand your workplace realities.

Don’t miss this chance to learn, lead, and make lasting industry connections. There are limited seats available, so claim yours now! For more information or to register, visit csinationalconference.org/home

Elevate Your Career with a CSI Credential

As an AECO professional, you help transform ideas into reality. However, without project delivery know-how, you can be left on the sidelines while other built environment professionals lead the conversation.

By understanding the delivery process and construction documentation, you’re prepared to communicate more effectively with contractors, engineers, manufacturers, product reps, and other design and construction professionals.

You’ll lead the conversation both in the studio and on the job site.

Take the next step in your career and discover why a CSI certification isn’t just an acronym but a career advancement. Early registration for the Fall 2025 Certification exam cycle opens on August 12.

Learn more about each certification here: csiresources.org/certification/overview

Get ‘The Specifics’ on a Wide Range of Topics from Industry Experts

The Specifics is a quarterly webinar series designed to help elevate the profession of specifiers in the AECO industry. These offerings range from business skills to industry and construction documentation skills.

All past recordings are accessible in the CSI Learning Library, a great way to earn learning units.

Check them out here: pathlms.com/csi/courses?category_ids[]=9592

New Learning Library Course: Spec Writing for Project Teams

Spec Writing for Project Teams offers a comprehensive exploration of how effective communication, structured processes, and specialized tools elevate the specifier’s role in today’s complex construction landscape. This learning experience will equip you with the expertise to navigate the nuanced world of specifications with clarity and excellence.

Though not a prerequisite, those who completed the Specs 101 Series in the Learning Library will find this course a natural next step, deepening their expertise and building on the foundational knowledge they’ve already gained.

This course is approved for 2.75 CSI LUs and 2.75 AIA LUs.

Learn more and start now. Visit pathlms.com/csi/courses/98393

Help Shape the Future of CSI: Join the New Question of the Month Online Discussion

CSI is dedicated to equipping you with solutions to help overcome the challenges you face in your work.

The CSI Board of Directors’ Insights Committee started a new question of the month post in the CSI-Connect online community to gain perspective on how CSI can better serve you.

Get caught up on conversations you may have missed by visiting the community here: csiresources.org/communities/openforumhome

(Note: You must log in to the CSI website to access this post. Anyone can view the conversation, but commenting is a members-only feature.)