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          PageFormat

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          Specifications Formats & Processes Refresh

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          Updated and republished: October 5, 2022

          AIA contract documents CSI MasterFormat outline spec Outline Specs PageFormat PPD Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD) Professional Practice AIA B101 Architect SectionFormat Specifications
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          Format? OR Content?

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          When writing construction specifications what is really important the format or content? Listening to some design teams, it seems lack of consistent...

          CSI MasterFormat PageFormat Professional Practice SectionFormat Specifications
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          Reinventing? Let's Standardize!

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          The construction industry in general and the architectural profession specifically, seem to enjoy the same challenge on every project. You would...

          contract documents CSI MasterFormat Outline Specs PageFormat PPDFormat Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD) SectionFormat Specifications standards UniFormat
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          Simplex or Duplex - Reducing Spec Volume

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          We started a new project this week with a familiar client. One of the first things we do is to set the specifications formatting instructions for the...

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          How Perfect Must Specifications Be?

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          I would like to produce perfect documents every time. However, I remember Hal Barcus, one of my architecture professors saying, "Architecture is...

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          SectionFormat and PageFormat 2008

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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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