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Do You See the 90% Opportunity?
Everyone is working to make construction better. That is the problem. The focus is on construction. Yet the greatest opportunity to affect project outcomes exists before construction starts.
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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions!
Capital projects require thousands of decisions before the owner takes occupancy and begins meaningful operations. Every decision affects compliance...
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Which Contract Document is Most Important?
Originally published: September 3, 2012 Updated January 7, 2022 Construction contract documents include the Agreement, the Conditions of Contract,...
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RFI - Bane or Pride
RFIs - Requests for Information are common in the construction industry. They are the means by which contractors ask designers to clarify the...
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How are Specifications Evolving?
Specifications are the written documents defining qualitative construction requirements. Specifications complement drawings that define quantitative...
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Why Be Static?
I was working on completing a specification for a window replacement project in the Bahamas. Our client is the owner's representative, also in the...
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Can Capital Projects be a Profit Center?
When owners determine a capital project is needed, it is a business purpose driving the decision. Therefore, the purpose of designing and...
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Can Architectural Firms Improve Profitability?
While reading the AIA recently released "Firm Survey Report 2020[i]" and the November "Architecture Billing Index[ii]" (ABI), there were two...
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The Specifier and The Big Bad Wolf
In the children's story of "The Big Bad Wolf", he huffs and puffs and blows each house down, except for the brick house. The other houses were built...
