Flint Hills CSI October Meeting - Designing with Hardwood Veneer

A Visual Slide Show will illustrate the factors that affect the project. The program will reference the AWI Woodwork Standards. Credit Value: 1 LU and 1 HSW 

Learning Objectives:

•  Learn the six critical elements of specifying hardwood veneer on a project.
•  Learn how to match veneer styles to achieve a desired design.
• Understand the measurable qualities and properties of wood veneer grades.
• Recognize the importance of adequate specification to protect the integrity of the design vision.

Presenter BIO:

Honorary Lifetime Member of the Architectural Woodwork Institute, Margaret Fisher has been involved in the custom woodwork industry for three and a half decades. Recognized as an industry leader, she has served as President and Vice President of the Wisconsin Chapter and served on the AWI National Board of Directors twice.  

Wood & Wood Products Magazine featured her as a 2010 Market Leader. A past recipient of the Claude Twillenmeier award, she has also served on the Sustainable Resources Think Tank and Education Planning Committee. 

As AWI’s most prolific speaker, thousands of design professionals and contractors all over North America have attended her educational programs on Woodwork Quality Standards, Cores, Veneering, Moldings, Finishes, Using Wood in a LEED® project and how to overcome your fear of speaking which she has been authoring and instructing since 1997. Woodworkers have listened to her 12-part podcast series on Using Wood in a LEED project and attended her trainings.

Margaret Fisher is now the Communications Outreach & Relations Strategist of the Architectural Woodwork Institute and is the go-to girl for CSI/AWI Connections.

AWI is AIA Education Provider G003

Margaret S Fisher

Communications Strategist

Architectural Woodwork Institute

571-926-5522

mfisher@awinet.org