Today the International Code Council announced that free electronic copies of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) are available thanks to funding provided the by the US Government through through the Building Technologies Program and...
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Tile setting beds are no longer limited to mortar beds and thin beds. Now medium beds are part of the ANSI standards. Selecting the right...
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CSI's Specifying Practice Group met to debate why contractor submittals are required, how submittals are classified, and the A/E's responsibilities...
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"Limiting the scope of the spec writers may save a few thousand dollars during the design phase, but it can result in expensive conflicts after...
Competitive Construction Procurement: What do I need besides the drawings and spec? Bidders need additional information about the bidding process to...
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Fifty-three members of CSI's Specifying Practice Group met August 5 to discuss the updates for two of CSI's formatting documents: SectionFormat and...
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I was reminded recently about a quote from our client that I first heard years ago.
Flatness, Levelness, F-Numbers, Straightedge: What do the numbers mean? Recent changes to ACI 117 provide new procedures for straightedge...
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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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What do you use to describe your design projects? Will owners, lenders, estimators and others understand the design intent? Traditional methods rely...
