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What documents are architects obligated to produce? The obvious answer may be drawings, of course, to show what design must be constructed. Under AIA Owner-Architect Agreement documents, in addition to drawings, the architect must produce outline...
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You've seen them. You've been required to comply with them. You've been required to implement them. You may have written them.
Did you just severely restrict, or eliminate competition by including a UL design number for fire resistive masonry partitions? Unknowingly, perhaps....
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Building owners contract with architects, contractors, design-builders, or integrated project delivery (IPD) teams to create the owners' facilities....
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Because of discussions about a current project, I got to thinking: Just what is the best product research source? Since there are so many sources,...
You are designing a residential facility near an airport or a busy highway with large expanses of glass. How do you prevent the noise from nearby...
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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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The manufacturing industry mass produces many of the same, or essentially the same, items offered for sale to industry or the general public....
How can you make sure you get that "like new" look for the completed masonry? Detergent washing is only removing the surface dirt - not the right...
