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CSI Charleston Chapter - September Program 2014

Charleston One Source
Mt Pleasant, SC

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014
5:00 Check-in and Networking
5:30 Dinner Served (Food Provided by Ted's Butcher Block)
6:00 Program Meeting Starts
7:30 Adjourn

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Morris Island Lighthouse - The Fight to Save the Light
How do you save a 4000 ton brick and mortar structure surrounded by ocean in a marine environment?

Al Hitchcock will present phase I and phase II construction efforts to save the lighthouse, as well as the provide history of the lighthouse. Phase III is underway raising funds for the restoration portion of work.

The two phases of work have included Federal Govt contracting and private Design/Build contracting as a means to accomplish it.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
AL HITCHCOCK IS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND ONE OF THE OWNERS OF CR HIPP CONSTRUCTION, INC, A 52 YEAR OLD MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR IN NORTH CHARLESTON. BORN IN ABBEVILLE, SC, GRADUATED FROM CLEMSON UNIVERSITY WITH A BS DEGREE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. SERVED 4 YEARS WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WITH TOURS IN GERMANY, VIETNAM AND 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION AT FORT BRAGG, NC. LEFT THE SERVICE IN 1969 AS A CAPTAIN.

WORKED FOR CR HIPP CONSTRUCTION FOR THE LAST 34 YEARS.
LIVES ON JAMES ISLAND WITH HIS WIFE NANCY, IN A HOME THAT OVERLOOKS SULLIVAN'S ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE AND MORRIS ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE. HAS 3 SONS, ONE DAUGHTER AND FOUR GRAND DAUGHTERS.

ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF "SAVE THE LIGHT", THE NON PROFIT GROUP CREATED IN 1999 TO SAVE THE OLD MORRIS ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE. CURRENTLY SERVING AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CHAIRMAN OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE. SPENDS HIS FREE TIME SAILING, FISHING, BEACHING AND BOATING AROUND THE HARBOR, MORRIS ISLAND AND CHARLESTON .

HAS ACTUALLY SLEPT IN THE LANTERN ROOM AT THE TOP OF THE LIGHTHOUSE BACK IN 1995 AND CLIMBED THE 203 STAIRS TOO NUMEROUS TIMES TO COUNT.

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Charleston One Source (View)
826 Coleman Blvd
Mt Pleasant, SC 29464
United States

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Owner: Charleston Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute

On BPT Since: Feb 07, 2014

CSI Charleston Chapter

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Doug C.

GBA

United States

Sep 15, 2014 12:13 PM

Gary B.

Brantley Construction Company, LLC

United States

Sep 15, 2014 12:10 PM

Tom W.

United States

Sep 15, 2014 11:56 AM

Jody S.

Henry J Smith Architects

United States

Sep 15, 2014 11:49 AM

Julia H.

LS3P

United States

Sep 15, 2014 11:47 AM

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