Founded in 1948, CSI has over 17,000 individual members in the U.S. non-residential building design and construction industry. CSI membership includes specifiers, architects, engineers, contractors, suppliers, and building owners. As an association, CSI is the only organization that “serves all of the major disciplines involved in non-residential building design and construction.”

For more information on CSI please visit their web site at http://www.csinet.org/

CSI offers several certifications that could be of interest to security professional and related fields. They are:

• Construction Documents Technology (CDT)
• Certified Construction Specifier (CCS)
• Certified Construction Product Representative (CCPR)
• Certified Construction Contract Administrator (CCCA)