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The Times They Are A-Changin'
David Stutzman: 9/30/13 10:55 AM
Ira Bloomenthal's CONSTRUCT2013 keynote address slide
UniFormat (3)
David Stutzman: 9/30/13 10:55 AM
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Linking BIM and Specs Through PPDs
David Stutzman: 9/16/13 11:24 AM
Technology provides a means to connect data. Standards provide the organizations that make the data connections meaningful.
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Collecting Data - An Art and Skill
David Stutzman: 6/10/13 12:08 PM
Courtesy of cooldesign at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
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Linking BIM to Specifications
David Stutzman: 3/18/13 3:22 PM
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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Building Design and Documentation Are Iterative
David Stutzman: 2/11/13 9:33 AM
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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Improving Owner's Design & Construction Standards
David Stutzman: 10/8/12 3:29 PM
You've seen them. You've been required to comply with them. You've been required to implement them. You may have written them.
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Whose intent is this anyway?
David Stutzman: 6/4/12 9:34 AM
David Bishton, RA, CSI, CCS, CCCA, as Southwest Region CSI Editor, asks: "But how the heck does a contractor or supplier or installer of materials...
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How do You Communicate Basis of Design?
David Stutzman: 4/16/12 12:52 PM
Collecting basis of design product data before starting the project specifications takes time. It takes even more time to get the right information....
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Specification Interviews - the Art of Data Gathering
David Stutzman: 2/7/12 8:04 AM
CSI Specifying Practice group continues to grow and meets at 3:00 PM eastern the first Thursday each month. The show goes on despite the technical...