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Specifications Formats & Processes Refresh
Updated and republished: October 5, 2022
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How Will Specifications Drive Productization?
Specifications are the written documents defining qualitative construction requirements. Specifications complement drawings that define quantitative...
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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...
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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...