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A program at the Philadelphia AIA Design on the Delaware annual conference last week, discussed the legal aspects of green building. The panelists used an outlandish hypothetical case to explore where the design pitfalls may lie. Issues ignored by...
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We see it time and again. The deadline approaches. The rush is on. All the delayed decisions and tasks are now urgent.
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Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD) are a formal method of presenting construction project data in a consistent, organized fashion. PPDs are...
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Image Credit: Xylophone Films Blog post by Alberto Izarraraz on May 08, 2013
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Technology provides a means to connect data. Standards provide the organizations that make the data connections meaningful.
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The bidders are required to attend a pre-bid meeting. The owner, the design team, and (presumably) all the bidders attend. Each meeting follows...
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This month the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) will hold its annual convention and the Specifications Consultants in Independent Practice...
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Who is best to write project construction specifications - the project architect or a dedicated specifier? Arguments will go both ways, depending on...
