Mark Kalin, FAIA, FCSI, CCS, LEED® AP

President at Kalin Associates Inc. Specifications

Newton, Massachusetts

Mark is the President with Kalin Associates Inc. Specifications. Founded in 1984, the firm has prepared specifications for more than 3,500 projects, including more than 200 projects seeking USGBC LEED® certification. Mark is a Registered architect, CSI certified construction specifier, USGBC LEED® accredited professional. He has taught architectural specifications at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and is currently chair of the Sustainable Facilities Practice Group of the Construction Specifications Institute.

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What have you written or published within your profession?

Wrote, Kalin Associates Master Short-Form Specifications, and BIMspec Specifiers’ Property Sets, Co-wrote, Construction Specifications Writing, Sixth Edition, 2010 published by Wiley

What topics have you lectured or presented on?

Writing Construction Specifications, Understanding the Basis of Design Method of Naming Products in Specifications,

Associations

Association	Position
Construction Specifications Institute	Past-national technical committee chairman
Specifications Consultants in Independent Practice (SCIP)	Past President
AIA Masterspec Review Committee	Past Chair

Association

Position

Construction Specifications Institute

Past-national technical committee chairman

Specifications Consultants in Independent Practice (SCIP)

Past President

AIA Masterspec Review Committee

Past Chair

School	Degree	Graduation Year
University of Rochester	BA English, Literature
OSU and University of Rochester	OSU BS, Architecture

School

Degree

Graduation Year

University of Rochester

BA English, Literature

OSU and University of Rochester

OSU BS, Architecture

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