Competitive Construction Procurement: What do I need besides the drawings and spec? Bidders need additional information about the bidding process to ensure their bids are responsive to the owner's needs and hopefully (for them) successful. Learn...
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Fifty-three members of CSI's Specifying Practice Group met August 5 to discuss the updates for two of CSI's formatting documents: SectionFormat and...
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I was reminded recently about a quote from our client that I first heard years ago.
Flatness, Levelness, F-Numbers, Straightedge: What do the numbers mean? Recent changes to ACI 117 provide new procedures for straightedge...
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The July 1st CSI Specifying Practice Group meeting focused on how to collect project data required to write specifications. Group members Louis...
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What do you use to describe your design projects? Will owners, lenders, estimators and others understand the design intent? Traditional methods rely...
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What is an AW60 window and how will it perform? The window performance classes and performance grades set by the North American Fenestration Standard...
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Chapter 26 of the IBC 2006 building code requires foam insulations used inside the building weather barrier to be protected by a thermal barrier. The...
What functions must an air barrier perform? It may be more than the obvious. Learn about the types, functions, performance, difficulties, and details...
