CATEGORY A - Project Manuals:
Requirements: Three (3) copies of each entry. Limit one free entry per person in this category. Additional entries are $75 each.

CATEGORY B - Manufacturer's Product Binders:
Requirements: Three (3) copies of each entry. Limit one entry per person in this category.

CATEGORY C - Outline Specifications, Short Form Specifications, & Preliminary Project Descriptions:
Requirements: Three (3) copies of each entry. Limit one free entry per person in this category. Additional entries are $75 each.

CATEGORY W - Models:
Requirements: At least three (3) photographs each of the overall model, one or two details; and a check for $75* with each entry.

CATEGORY X - Renderings:
Requirments: Submit one copy of each rendering and a check for $75* with each entry.

CATEGORY Y - Websites:
Types: This can be anything including the website of an individual, a design firm, a manufacturer, an association, or an organization.
Requirements: Submit a one page letter giving the URL any other information you would like the judges to consider and a check for $75* with each entry.

CATEGORY Z - Other Presentations and Creative Ideas:
Types: This can be anything from a report to a walk through - anything you are proud of and would like to share with the design community. It can be as simple as a building detail or as complicated as a design-build proposal for a multi-story building that you feel was well presented. An unusual, but acceptable, entry would be software to automatically co-ordinate CAD and Specifications. An entry CAN NOT be the design of an entire building (there are design awards for this type of entry) nor a complete set of working drawings.
Requirements: Three (3) copies and a check for $75* with each entry. Call if the entry is not a printed document or is more than 100 pages.

Students are encouraged to enter any work they have done. Student entries will be judged along with all other entries. The project can be hypothetical. If there are 5 or more student entries, there will be a cash award of $250.00 for the best student entry. If 12 or more students enter, there will be an additional second place award of $150.00. A student's work in a team project is acceptable (include a note of exactly what you did along with the names and addresses of the other team members).

* = The first entry (in Categories W, X, Y, and Z) for each student is free and each additional entry is $25 (in lieu of $75). A student must be registered at a University in pursuit of a professional degree.

•    Honor Award: CSI’s highest award, recognizing outstanding achievement.
•    Honorable Mention: Exceptional entries with limited deficiencies.
•    Merit Award: Entries that use new or unusual approaches or handle specific conditions in a particularly effective manner.

•    You do not have to be a member of The Construction Specification Institute to submit an entry.

•    Entries must have been produced after Janurary 1, 2007; however, entries in Categories W, X, Y, and Z do not have a time limit.

•    Deadline for submittals is a Monday, February 16, 2009 postmark.

•    Make check (for each entry in Categories W, X, Y or Z) payable to "Gulf States Region CSI." (Multiple entries will be accepted)

•    Decision of the judges will be final.

•    Entries will not be returned. CSI GSR will not be responsible for lost or damaged entries.

•    Winning entries will receive one award framed certificate. Additional certificates and frames are available for a nominal fee.

•    Awards will be presented at the Gulf States Region CSI Conference Awards in Ocean Springs, MS on May 16, 2009.

Dudley L. Flotte, CSI, AIA, CCS
2009 Gulf States Region CSI Competition Chairperson
U. S. Postal Service: P. O. Box 3807 / Gulf Shores, AL 36547
OR Street Address:
1229 Gulf Shores Pkwy., #203 / Gulf Shores, AL 36542

If you have a question, call Dudley at 251-968-6700 or email him at: dflotte@hotmail.com

Dudley L. Flotte, CSI, AIA, CCS
2009 Gulf States Region CSI Competition Chairperson