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Closing the Communication Gap between Architects and Specifiers
Specifying is mostly about data gathering and organizing - data that architects hold - on the drawings, in the basis of design, but mostly in their...
Professional Practice (13)
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A Mostly Forgotten Technology
I am really beginning to believe I am a dinosaur. Every day I am inundated by email messages. Some days it seems I spend the entire day just tending...
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Word Processing Basics for Specifiers (Everyone)
The CSI Specifying Practice Group met to discuss concepts, tips and tricks to make producing specifications (and other word processing documents)...
Drawing Order of Precedence
"How to Read These Drawings" was the title for a block of eight notes on the cover page of a set of drawings we received. I was looking for some...
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Bidding Qualifications Criteria and Document Costs
Here is a piece of a "constructability review" completed recently by Jamie Hewitt. His comments are in bold, inserted into the specification text.
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Bad Specs - Let's Learn from Examples
Last week, a friend received a request for a bid from a Construction Manager. How the Construction Manager expected to get valid bids with the spec...
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Self-Inflicted Budget Difficulties
I received the specification shown below from a friend, an independent manufacturer's representative today. Yes this is the total expansion control...
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Public Bidding - Mind the Rules
One of our clients ventured into the public bidding realm, as a new adventure for the firm. The project is currently in the middle of bidding with...
Specs are Important
Specifications are important regardless the size, scope, complexity, and dollar value of the construction project. Learn what forms specs can take...
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Editing Master Specifications - Part 1
The CSI Specifying Practice Group met to discuss editing master specifications for construction projects. Listen to the recoded session when you log...