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Just What Are We Specifying?
Products delivered to the site
contract documents (5)
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Who's Minding Division 01?
Why the Architect/Engineer (A/E), of course! CSI MasterFormat Division 01 Level 2 titles courtesy of www.masterformat.com
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Can Goals Be Requirements?
I just completed review of a new document that the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) will be publishing soon: The CSI Sustainable Design...
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Efficient Construction Documents
What is the best way to ensure consistency and high quality in your construction documents?
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Multipurpose Design Documents
What documents are architects obligated to produce? The obvious answer may be drawings, of course, to show what design must be constructed. Under AIA...
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Division 01 - It's not boilerplate!
Division 01 sets the basic rules for administrative procedures of a construction contract. You may think that once written for a particular firm,...
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Where Is the Right Place?
Be careful! Often project specifications are not written by one individual. The final project manual may have contributions by the architect,...
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CSI Certification - It's Worth the Effort
I heard specs mentioned once in school. It was in one class of the professional practice course - the 30 hour course to teach students everything...
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Architectural Design Phases
What are the architectural design phases? SD - schematic design, DD - design development, and CD - construction documents.
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...