SCHEDULE

Wednesday, May 21

4:00PM to 8:00PM

Conference Registration  
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

New Member and First Time Conference Attendees Reception - By invitation only.
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Welcome Reception

Thursday, May 22

7:30AM - 6:00PM

Conference Registration
7:30 - 8:45 am

Welcome Breakfast for all Delegates and Companions.
9:00-10:00 AM

Session 1A -  Common Masonry Specification Pitfalls 
Speaker -  Andrew Smith is a Masonry Design Engineer with the Canada Masonry Design Centre
9:00-10:00 AM

Session 1B - 1B Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires in Canada and Applicable Solutions
Speaker - Ali Al-Janabi with Rockwool
9:00-10:00 AM

Session 1C -  High Performance Facades for a Sustainable Future 
Speakers Andrew Brassington, CTR - Technical Sales Manager, Western Canada -  Owens Corning Canada LLP and Stephanie Fargas, CSP, RSW - Associate, Sustainable Materials Specialist – DIALOG

10:30 - 10:30 AM

Networking Break –  This is a great opportunity to connect with the sponsors and other delegates.
10:30 - 11:30 AM

Session 2A - Fire Code Issues /FIRE STOP
Speaker -    Alana MacLellan-Bonnell  with  Jensen Hughes Consultants
10:30 - 11:30 AM

Session 2B - Effective Approaches to Acoustical Challenges in Mass Timber Buildings
Speakers - Kiyoshi Kuroiwa, CCCA - Aercoustics Engineering Ltd and Sarah Mackel - Technical Associate Aercoustics Engineering Ltd
10:30 - 11:30 AM

Session 2C -  How Focusing on Embodied Carbon will Impact Sustainable Specifications
Speakers -  Cyle Sheppard,  Designer, Sustainability at NORR  and Tanmay Naik, Designer, Sustainability at NORR
11:45 am - 1:30 pm

Lunch with keynote presentation by Joelle Jefcoat of Perkins Will on Consultant Contract Negotiations w New Contract Types (MDB, PDB, P3, IPD)
1:45 - 2:45 PM

Session 3A - Revitalizing a Community: Lessons in Large Scale Building Envelope Retrofits
Speaker - Stacey McDougall -  P.Tech.(Eng), NCSO, LEED® AP – Project Technologist RFC Engineers
1:45 - 2:45 PM

Session 3B - Low Carbon Concrete
Speaker - Chris Bennet of Bennet Build and Keith Robinson, FCSC, FCSI, RSW
1:45 - 2:45 PM

Session 3C - How Specifiers Could Benefit from Quantity Surveyors’ Input During Design and Construction
Speaker - Tammy Stockley, PQS(F), MRICS, GSC, AET -  Chair - CIQS, CIQS - Board Director, Altus Group - Director Development Advisory
2:45 - 3:15 pm

Networking Break –  This is a great opportunity to connect with the sponsors and other delegates.
3:15 - 4: 15 PM

Session topics and presenters to be finalized prior to posting.
4:30-5:15PM

College of Fellows Induction Ceremony (open to all) 
5:30 - 9:00PM

Connections Cafe - This reception is a time to get to meet with the sponsors and other delegates from across and the country and local industry member.  

Friday, May 23

7:30AM - 5:00PM

Registration

7:30-8:45 AM

Breakfast - Delegate and Companions
7:45-8:45 AM

College of Fellows Breakfast (Fellows only)
Please have breakfast prior to attending the meeting.

7:45-8:45 AM

Technical Representative Meeting - you do not have to be a CTR to attend 
Please have breakfast prior to attending the meeting.
9:00-10:00 AM

Session 5A - Code Requirements and Innovation for Fire Rated Assemblies
Speaker - Brent Belanger, CTR – CertainTeed Canada 
9:00-10:00 AM

Session 5B - Substitutions vs Alternatives - a Terminology Misuse.
Speaker - Paul Gerber, Senior Specifier at Archispectural Consulting Inc.
9:00-10:00 AM

Session 5C - Practical Guidelines & Best Practices for Low Carbon and Equitable Steel
Speakers  - Stephanie Fargas, CSP, RSW - Associate, Sustainable Materials Specialist – DIALOG and Matthew Winters  - Project Manager – Steligence, ArcelorMittal
10:30 - 11:30 AM

Networking Break –  This is a great opportunity to connect with the sponsors and other delegates.
10:30 - 11:30 AM

Session 6A - A Sustainable Approach to Building Envelope Construction
Speaker - Mohammed Dawoud, Ennova Facades
10:30 - 11:30 AM

Session 6B - A Window on Heritage
Speaker -  Dale Jarvis, Executive Director - Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador
10:30 - 11:30 AM

Session 6C - Building Enclosure Commissioning
Speaker -  Michael Barrington, P.Eng., PE, BECXP, Director, Fishburn Sheridan & Associates Ltd
11:45 AM - 1:30 PM

Lunch - Presentation by Robert Mellin-Architecture in NL
1:45 - 2:45 PM

Session 7A - Social Media for Architects: Unlocking Possibilities and Benefits
Speaker - Dory Azar -  RIB Software
1:45 - 2:45 PM

Session 7B - CRCA Roofing – FM vs CSA Assembly Attachments
Speaker - Troy Ferriera, Roofing Canada
1:45 - 2:45 PM

Session 7C - Robotics and Innovation in Construction  
Speaker - Yuri Bartzis, Innovation Director for Pomerleau
2:45 - 3:15 pm

Networking Break –  This is a great opportunity to connect with the sponsors and other delegates.
3:15 - 4: 15 PM

Sessions are being finalized for this time slot.
4:15 - 5:15PM

Specification Writer and Contract Administrator Meeting
You do not have to be a certified member of CSC to attend.
5:30 - 11:00PM

“CSC Fun Night 2025 - Rally in the Alley"      
St. John’s has more bars and pubs per capita than any other city in Canada and most of them are located on the infamous George Street.  This evening our group gets to experience the famous nightlife of downtown St. John’s. CSC will host a traditional Fish and Chips Dinner at the Delta Hotel and follow dinner with an organized Pub Crawl (we will be in three groups) that features local entertainment and cultural experiences in each venue.  We finish the event at a venue that can accommodate a live dance band and our group. There will be Sing Song, Screech in and Step dancing and more....

Saturday, May 24

7:30-8:45 AM

Breakfast for Delegates and Companions
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

CSC Members' Forum
This is your opportunity to ask questions of the Executive Council.
10:15-10:30 AM

Break
10:30AM - 12:00PM

CSC Annual General Meeting
Members only or by invitation. 
12:00 - 1:30PM

CSC Annual Awards Luncheon
1:30- 6:00PM

Free Time
6:00-7:00 PM

President's Reception
Formal attire is recommended for the President's Reception and Ball.
7:00PM - 1:00AM

President's Ball
Formal attire is recommended for the President's Reception and Ball.

Sunday, May 25

7:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Travelers' Breakfast for all Delegates and Companions