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Give Me a Good Spec!
I was reminded recently about a quote from our client that I first heard years ago.
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Floor Slab Flatness and Levelness
Flatness, Levelness, F-Numbers, Straightedge: What do the numbers mean? Recent changes to ACI 117 provide new procedures for straightedge...
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Collecting Project Spec Data - What Works?
The July 1st CSI Specifying Practice Group meeting focused on how to collect project data required to write specifications. Group members Louis...
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PPD: Deliverable Document and Powerful Design Tool
What do you use to describe your design projects? Will owners, lenders, estimators and others understand the design intent? Traditional methods rely...
CSI Blog >> The Code Corner No. 31 (Spring 2010) - Portable Fire Extinguishers
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Exterior Window Ratings
What is an AW60 window and how will it perform? The window performance classes and performance grades set by the North American Fenestration Standard...
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Interior Spray Foam Insulation
Chapter 26 of the IBC 2006 building code requires foam insulations used inside the building weather barrier to be protected by a thermal barrier. The...
Air Barriers
What functions must an air barrier perform? It may be more than the obvious. Learn about the types, functions, performance, difficulties, and details...
Acoustic Ratings for Partitions and Floors
Improving acoustic ratings for partitions and floors depends on increasing sound transmission losses to minimize unwanted air borne and structure...