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Specification Work Flow
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...
Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD) (3)
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Before Design Begins
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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Linking BIM to Specifications
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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Practical Learning You Can Put to Use Today
The CSI Academies brought expert instructors and students together, a total of about 140 individuals, for 13 hours of advanced education and learning...
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Building Design and Documentation Are Iterative
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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Why are Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPDs) Important?
Short Answer: PPDs document the architect's intended project quality.
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Improving Owner's Design & Construction Standards
You've seen them. You've been required to comply with them. You've been required to implement them. You may have written them.
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Whose intent is this anyway?
David Bishton, RA, CSI, CCS, CCCA, as Southwest Region CSI Editor, asks: "But how the heck does a contractor or supplier or installer of materials...
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PPD: Deliverable Document and Powerful Design Tool
What do you use to describe your design projects? Will owners, lenders, estimators and others understand the design intent? Traditional methods rely...