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Indoor/Outdoor Wood Strip Flooring
What were they thinking? That is all I could imagine asking. While walking in Philadelphia, I found an application for wood strip flooring that was baffling.
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HVAC Systems Affecting Perception
While attending the Philadelphia AIA Design on the Delaware conference, I stood in the meeting room pre-function space, a balcony overlooking the...
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The Many Options for LEED Specs
How should LEED compliance be specified? The Construction Specifications Institute's Specifying Practice Group explored the options and the Group's...
Your Guide to the New Draft of LEED - BuildingGreen.com
Environmental Building News (EBN) published a guide to the proposed changes to LEED NC issued for public comment and expected to be released in 2012....
CSI Buys BSD and Master Specification Product
Today, The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) announced the purchase of Building Systems Design (BSD). See http://www.csinet.org/bsdpr for...
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Specifying Different Products Differently
What, you say? Of course, different products are specified differently! Concrete block, doors, and air handlers are simply not the same. Why would...
2009 International Energy Conservation Code Available Free
Today the International Code Council announced that free electronic copies of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) are available thanks...
Tile Setting Methods & Products
Tile setting beds are no longer limited to mortar beds and thin beds. Now medium beds are part of the ANSI standards. Selecting the right...
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Submittals, Submittals, Submittals
CSI's Specifying Practice Group met to debate why contractor submittals are required, how submittals are classified, and the A/E's responsibilities...
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"Right" or "Not Wrong" - Choose Your Specs Wisely
"Limiting the scope of the spec writers may save a few thousand dollars during the design phase, but it can result in expensive conflicts after...