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An architect wrote to us to request specification revisions for a project in the middle of the bidding phase. Only one of the comments was unclear. So we completed the other revisions and returned the corrected files with the following message:
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Drawing Note Says: Treated wood sill plate. What type - Preservative? Fire Retardant? Both are wood treatments. Know the building code to understand...
Preparation, preparation, preparation! Understanding that if you do not take steps to ensure the plywood subfloor and underlayment are installed and...
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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...
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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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How should LEED compliance be specified? The Construction Specifications Institute's Specifying Practice Group explored the options and the Group's...
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....
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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What, you say? Of course, different products are specified differently! Concrete block, doors, and air handlers are simply not the same. Why would...
