{"id":17117,"date":"2016-06-17T12:46:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T16:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/?p=17117"},"modified":"2016-12-16T11:15:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T16:15:02","slug":"csi-member-dubois-heading-specifications-at-tao-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/csi-member-dubois-heading-specifications-at-tao-group\/","title":{"rendered":"CSI member DuBois heading specifications at Tao Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17120\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17120\" src=\"http:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tao_Bill-DuBois-667x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Bill DuBois, CSI, AIA, CCS, LEED AP, is now heading specifications for Tao Group.\" width=\"261\" height=\"392\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Bill DuBois, CSI, AIA, CCS, LEED AP, is now heading specifications for Tao Group.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bill DuBois, CSI, AIA, CCS, LEED AP, is the new vice president of specifications at New York-based construction-consulting firm Tao Group, which produces the Praxis Live education series. DuBois, who previously served as senior associate at Gensler and led its global specification task force, is also finishing his tenure on CSI\u2019s Board of Directors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBill\u2019s matchless vision and leadership in specifications helped guide Gensler to its position as one of the world\u2019s most innovative and prolific design firms,\u201d said Brandon Godbey, Tao Group CEO\/president. \u201cBill has made countless contributions to the design market and specifications community. In his new role as head of global specifications at Tao Group, Bill will continue to serve the architectural world with his unmatched perspective, creativity, and passion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DuBois is looking forward to the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTao Group showed up at my office one day about two years ago and invited me to speak about specifying polished concrete at the World of Concrete exhibition in Las Vegas\u2014my talk was about how much I didn\u2019t know about concrete as an architectural specifier, and the difficulties I have encountered with communicating requirements for concrete,\u201d he explained. \u201cFrom that time forward, I\u2019ve been challenged and motivated to get to the bottom of the issues of understanding, communicating, and achieving polished concrete design intent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A former president of CSI\u2019s Metropolitan New York Chapter, DuBois credits the Institute for providing countless opportunities for professional development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure the bulk of my success can be contributed to the growth and reputation I\u2019ve gained through CSI,\u201d he said. \u201cI am amazed at how much I draw from my CSI membership that inspires me to tackle my new career path. We at Tao are out to change an industry, and it\u2019s a big challenge that affects a lot of individuals. I don\u2019t know of any other construction industry association that can bring together all the various interests within the industry to share information and communicate freely in order to reach results that can benefit everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s interesting to me that as I am coming to the end of my two-year term on CSI\u2019s National Board of Directors, I am making a major transition in my employment,\u201d DuBois continued. \u201cI feel as though this change is allowing me to take my CSI commitments one giant step beyond the walls of an architectural firm and into the broader business world of construction. I feel I\u2019m taking my role as a construction specifier to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill DuBois, CSI, AIA, CCS, LEED AP, is the new vice president of specifications at New York-based construction-consulting firm Tao Group, which produces the Praxis Live education series. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1029],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CSI member DuBois heading specifications at Tao Group - The Construction Specifier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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