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David Stutzman: 11/28/11 5:02 AM
Specifying is mostly about data gathering and organizing - data that architects hold - on the drawings, in the basis of design, but mostly in their...
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David Stutzman: 11/28/11 4:51 AM
While staying at a resort hotel, last week, I saw an interesting behavior in response to an interesting design solution. The entry level elevator...
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David Stutzman: 11/15/11 5:07 AM
Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) products are plentiful and manufacturers are constantly developing adaptations to current building trends. This...
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David Stutzman: 11/12/11 2:10 PM
The CSI Specifying Practice Group met to discuss concepts, tips and tricks to make producing specifications (and other word processing documents)...
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David Stutzman: 10/31/11 8:43 AM
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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David Stutzman: 10/20/11 5:56 PM
Thanks to Liz O'Sullivan for the first Bad Specs entry. 088000 glazing tech guide.pdf Send your own examples to me at dstutzman@conspectusinc.com.
David Stutzman: 10/18/11 4:54 AM
Tech Tips received a CSI National Communications Award September 23, 2011 at the national convention.
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David Stutzman: 10/11/11 10:56 PM
So what is the future? Hard to know, but Louis Medcalf presented ideas shared at CONSTRUCT2011 in Chicago with the Specifying Practice Group.
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David Stutzman: 10/10/11 8:44 AM
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...
