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While staying at a resort hotel, last week, I saw an interesting behavior in response to an interesting design solution. The entry level elevator lobby had two elevators, two hall call stations, and two elevator position indicators. The two call...
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I am really beginning to believe I am a dinosaur. Every day I am inundated by email messages. Some days it seems I spend the entire day just tending...
Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) products are plentiful and manufacturers are constantly developing adaptations to current building trends. This...
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The CSI Specifying Practice Group met to discuss concepts, tips and tricks to make producing specifications (and other word processing documents)...
"How to Read These Drawings" was the title for a block of eight notes on the cover page of a set of drawings we received. I was looking for some...
We are starting a new blog category Classic Drawing Notes because we can't make this stuff up. Thank you for the idea, Jamie, and for the first...
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Here is a piece of a "constructability review" completed recently by Jamie Hewitt. His comments are in bold, inserted into the specification text.
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I joined CSI in 1980. That decision was one of the best for my entire career. It can be for you too. The network and friends are nearly family.
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Thanks to Liz O'Sullivan for the first Bad Specs entry. 088000 glazing tech guide.pdf Send your own examples to me at dstutzman@conspectusinc.com.
Tech Tips received a CSI National Communications Award September 23, 2011 at the national convention.
