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So Whose Job Is It - Selecting Manufacturers and Products?
Is it the Architect or the Specifier? The best I can tell, it depends.
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What is It?
I took this photo at a prospective client's office building when visiting for the first time. Even when I saw this in person, it took some pondering...
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Practice Group Survey - Acceptable Product Submittals
This month the CSI Specifying Practice Group discussed the results of a group survey about product submittals. The intent was to learn how the group...
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Linear Thermal Expansion Calcuations
Be Careful! A word of caution for anyone using the 11th Edition of Architectural Graphic Standards: The coefficients of linear thermal expansion for...
TOC Could Spell SANFU
Careless practices of preparing the Agreement Between the Owner and Contractor and assembling the Documents to be attached to this Agreement could...
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Missing Lock Cylinders
The newly opened rest stop on Interstate 95 in Delaware includes an unusual combination of door hardware on the entry and interior vestibule. All the...
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Unsustainable Building Entry Doors
All I could think was "Were you born in a barn?" It was one of the memorable lines from my father when anyone left a door open, spilling all the...
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Keypad Locks
Keypad locks offer the advantage of removing the need for keys, while sill maintaining a secure opening. The opening security is controlled by...
Namesake Racing Cars
Call it a fascination. Last week I had the opportunity to attend a Prosoco seminar about fluid applied air barriers at the Simeone Foundation...