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David Stutzman: 12/9/13 10:54 AM
Is this a trick question? Everyone knows that construction contract documents consist of the agreement, the conditions of the contract, the...
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David Stutzman: 10/21/13 1:34 PM
Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD) are a formal method of presenting construction project data in a consistent, organized fashion. PPDs are...
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David Stutzman: 9/30/13 10:55 AM
Ira Bloomenthal's CONSTRUCT2013 keynote address slide
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David Stutzman: 9/16/13 11:24 AM
Technology provides a means to connect data. Standards provide the organizations that make the data connections meaningful.
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David Stutzman: 7/15/13 11:31 AM
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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David Stutzman: 4/1/13 1:30 AM
An idea is formed. A new product or service is required. A need for a building emerges. What is the next step - a napkin concept sketch of a building...
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David Stutzman: 3/18/13 3:22 PM
The promise of BIM (Building Information Modeling) is that project data can reside in the model and can be extracted by anyone in a form for every...
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David Stutzman: 2/11/13 9:33 AM
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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David Stutzman: 1/7/13 5:30 AM
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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David Stutzman: 12/31/12 12:32 PM
Short Answer: PPDs document the architect's intended project quality.
