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So, You Want to be a Specifier!
The CSI Specifying Practice Group has gone international by welcoming two potential specifiers as guest presenters to help discuss this month's topic:
Practice Group (2)
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The Many Options for LEED Specs
How should LEED compliance be specified? The Construction Specifications Institute's Specifying Practice Group explored the options and the Group's...
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Specifying Different Products Differently
What, you say? Of course, different products are specified differently! Concrete block, doors, and air handlers are simply not the same. Why would...
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Submittals, Submittals, Submittals
CSI's Specifying Practice Group met to debate why contractor submittals are required, how submittals are classified, and the A/E's responsibilities...
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SectionFormat and PageFormat 2008
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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Collecting Project Spec Data - What Works?
The July 1st CSI Specifying Practice Group meeting focused on how to collect project data required to write specifications. Group members Louis...
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The Specifier's Role for Construction Projects
Today CSI's Specifying Practice Group discussed "What Can You Expect of a Specifier?" As an independent specifier, I presented the specifier's point...
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Inaugural Meeting for CSI's Specifying Practice Group
Today I had the honor of hosting the first meeting for CSI's Specifying Practice Group. Nearly 200 people have joined the group and over 70...