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          Design Development

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          PPD - Basic Organization

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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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          Specification Work Flow

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          It's linear - just like design! Start at the beginning and finish at the end. Straight line. No sidesteps. No circling back. No changed minds. Smooth...

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          Building Design and Documentation Are Iterative

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          Building design starts with a concept, a sketch at a macro scale. At the first stroke of the designer's hand, there is no concern for concrete...

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          Are Outline Specs Necessary?

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          A very good question. By searches on this blog, it is one question that definitely wants to be answered. Something must be necessary, but is it...

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