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Elias Saltz: 4/19/18 10:23 AM
David Stutzman visited Chicago last week to stop in and talk to some of his current clients as well as to try to grow Conspectus's business into new...
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Elias Saltz: 3/8/18 11:09 AM
Architects and specifiers alike face significant and continuous challenges when it comes to identifying and validating reliable information about...
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Elias Saltz: 1/29/18 11:26 AM
Imagine you're a project architect and you're nearing completion of CD's. For half a year, you've been neck-deep in the project meetings, made myriad...
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David Stutzman: 9/13/15 5:01 PM
Coordination, coordination, coordination! The better construction documents are coordinated, the better the outcome for the owner - not to mention...
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David Stutzman: 7/6/15 3:09 PM
When does quality assurance begin during the design process for a construction project? Often formal document review may be planned for those last...
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David Stutzman: 6/8/15 7:04 PM
What statements below do you believe to be true?
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David Stutzman: 3/30/15 8:50 AM
Specifiers may be one of the best kept secrets on the design team. Specifiers, especially independent specifiers, typically interact with the...
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David Stutzman: 12/22/14 12:39 PM
Just what would a specifier wish for Christmas? Peace? Goodwill? Perhaps, but there are some more mundane wishes to help improve every construction...
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David Stutzman: 10/6/14 9:06 AM
What is it that your specifier really needs? There was, once upon a time, an easy explanation. Just give me a set of drawings that you would turn in...
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David Stutzman: 9/15/14 11:15 AM
It's a process, not just technical requirements. During design-assist, the architect of record, asks the contractor (usually a specialty...
