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Specifications Formats & Processes Refresh
David Stutzman: 10/5/22 3:52 PM
Updated and republished: October 5, 2022
SectionFormat
David Stutzman: 10/5/22 3:52 PM
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Writing a Spec Section From Scratch
Elias Saltz: 8/20/18 8:12 AM
Almost every specification section most specifiers will ever need is available in one or more commercial master guides, and for those that aren't,...
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Format? OR Content?
David Stutzman: 11/3/14 8:11 AM
When writing construction specifications what is really important the format or content? Listening to some design teams, it seems lack of consistent...
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Contract Documents are Related
David Stutzman: 5/26/14 1:27 PM
It's a debate. The debate is evidenced in all the commercial guide specifications and even CSI's SectionFormat™. Related Requirements is an article...
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Reinventing? Let's Standardize!
David Stutzman: 12/16/13 12:23 PM
The construction industry in general and the architectural profession specifically, seem to enjoy the same challenge on every project. You would...
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How Perfect Must Specifications Be?
David Stutzman: 8/13/12 10:19 AM
I would like to produce perfect documents every time. However, I remember Hal Barcus, one of my architecture professors saying, "Architecture is...
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What's so Important about Submittals?
David Stutzman: 6/12/12 7:45 AM
An interesting question--no doubt about it! More than 90 Specifying Practice Group members, an attendance record, met last week to discuss it.
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Specifying Different Products Differently
David Stutzman: 10/11/10 7:00 AM
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
David Stutzman: 9/5/10 12:08 PM
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
David Stutzman: 8/8/10 8:15 PM
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...