Stephen J. Andros, AIA/FCSI/CCS/LEED-AP

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• David Stutzman commented on CSI Specifying Practice Group
  Steve, Thank you for the comments. I was thrilled to have this opportunity from CSI. I believe it may stimulate some good conversation about timely, relevant topics. I am glad to hear you like the initial proposed list. I am anxious to learn what the group will think to add at our first meeting. I learned from CSI that over 150 have joined the practice group and about 50 signed up for the first meeting. The presentation will be recorded so you can watch for the posting on CSI's website....
• Harris Bynum commented on CSI Specifying Practice Group
  Thanks again for creating this group. One of your suggested topics for this group was something like "Who is the spec for? and your answer was "The Owner". Project Specifiers would agree, but product specifiers too often have personal success as their objective, and Project Specifiers keep them at arms length. I wrote product and system specs for over 30 years, and found that long term trust relationships were easily developed if I maintained focus on The Owner. I once wrote a flat non-competitive spec for my competitors system, and instantly gained trust from the Project Specifier. My competitor was...
• David Stutzman commented on CSI Specifying Practice Group
  Harris, thank you for the comments. I appreciate learning from different points of view. My hope is that the practice group will provide a forum to exchange ideas and points of view. When we are asked to help with a product specification, one of our first questions is, "Who are your best competitors?" Then we suggest that the new product spec name the competition. This is where the resistance starts. The manufacturer wants to maintain a proprietary stance, after all he is paying for the spec. We try to explain that if the spec is fair and sets a reasonable...