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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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Leadership Challenge
In the past two weeks, I attended two different leadership seminars for two professional associations, AIA and CSI. What struck me after attending...
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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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Specifiers and Manufacturers Exchanging Knowledge
Select the country's top specifiers. Carefully mix with manufacturer's top technical representatives. Add a dash of high-powered education. Let...
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Why are Specs So Long?
It seems a relatively simple building. There are only 50 drawings. So why are the specifications 800 pages? It does seem absurd. Let's take a...
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Are Outline Specs Necessary?
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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Why are Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPDs) Important?
Short Answer: PPDs document the architect's intended project quality.
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Efficient Construction Documents
What is the best way to ensure consistency and high quality in your construction documents?
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CSI Academies - Valuable Advanced Education
Continuing education can be valuable. Really, it can - especially when it offers a new idea or when it offers a solution to an existing problem and...