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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. Optimization in manufacturing is key to returning the greatest profits. Time spent exploring optimum...
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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...
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Division 01 sets the basic rules for administrative procedures of a construction contract. You may think that once written for a particular firm,...
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If you find yourself caught between tradition and current industry practice for specifying sheet metal thicknesses you are not alone. It has been...
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An architect recently asked that I give an opinion about a shop drawing and what was actually installed on a project site. The installation was...
So many choices! What types and how many fire extinguishers do I really need? I don't have a copy of NFPA 10 that the code references. Isn't there a...
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I am not certain how to measure a community today. Before social media, I could have counted business cards in my Rolodex and friends in my...
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An interesting question--no doubt about it! More than 90 Specifying Practice Group members, an attendance record, met last week to discuss it.
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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...
