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Elias Saltz: 9/4/18 8:50 AM
Specifications must be written following the "Four C's" of effective communication: Clear, Concise, Correct and Complete. Getting each "C" done right presents its own challenges. To be correct, a spec must avoid errors and properly describe the...
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Elias Saltz: 8/20/18 8:12 AM
Almost every specification section most specifiers will ever need is available in one or more commercial master guides, and for those that aren't,...
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Elias Saltz: 7/23/18 11:23 AM
Architecture is not an easy profession to enter. To become an architect, candidates must obtain specialized advanced education, work their way...
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Elias Saltz: 7/9/18 7:49 AM
As we enter the final week of this year's thoroughly enjoyable World Cup soccer tournament, with the countries of France, Belgium, Croatia, and...
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Elias Saltz: 7/5/18 9:58 AM
My attention was recently directed to an interesting blog post by Lee Jussim in Psychology Today that questions whether most published findings in...
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Elias Saltz: 6/11/18 8:37 AM
There are a few significant challenges when it comes to performing specification consulting work. Obviously, there are the fun and interesting...
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Elias Saltz: 5/29/18 10:51 AM
One of the significant reasons for the existence of specifications is to describe the level of quality to the products and work that go into a...
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Elias Saltz: 5/22/18 8:34 AM
Last week, my colleague Marlon Hollis wrote eloquently about his meandering path from military aviation and law school into construction specifying,...
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Elias Saltz: 5/10/18 9:07 AM
A Twitter discussion broke out recently after Paul Gerber posted this tweet in response to AIA tweeting a November, 2016 article by Ariana Zilliacus...
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Elias Saltz: 4/24/18 8:57 AM
Almost all architectural firms and specifications consultants maintain full sets of office master guide specifications, which, among their many...
