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Elias Saltz: 4/24/18 8:57 AM
Almost all architectural firms and specifications consultants maintain full sets of office master guide specifications, which, among their many...
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David Stutzman: 4/20/18 11:00 AM
This paper was first presented by Louis Medcalf, FCSI, CCS, SCIP and David Stutzman, AIA, CSI, CCS, SCIP at the National Institute of Building...
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Elias Saltz: 4/19/18 10:23 AM
David Stutzman visited Chicago last week to stop in and talk to some of his current clients as well as to try to grow Conspectus's business into new...
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Elias Saltz: 4/12/18 11:03 AM
Looking at the recent history of construction, we find that it is littered with a spectrum of failures, from minor cosmetic types up to and including...
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Elias Saltz: 4/3/18 5:06 AM
Over the past year, several Conpsectus team members have attended architect-manufacturer summits, colloquially known as 'speed dating' events. David...
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Elias Saltz: 3/20/18 12:59 AM
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Elias Saltz: 3/8/18 11:09 AM
Architects and specifiers alike face significant and continuous challenges when it comes to identifying and validating reliable information about...
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Elias Saltz: 1/29/18 11:26 AM
Imagine you're a project architect and you're nearing completion of CD's. For half a year, you've been neck-deep in the project meetings, made myriad...
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David Stutzman: 9/13/15 5:01 PM
Coordination, coordination, coordination! The better construction documents are coordinated, the better the outcome for the owner - not to mention...
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David Stutzman: 8/17/15 10:29 AM
Construction specifications define work results. The results are divided among Divisions and Sections according to CSI's MasterFormat, the industry's...
