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One of the significant reasons for the existence of specifications is to describe the level of quality to the products and work that go into a building project. Specifications establish the performance of the products and assemblies and their...
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Last week, my colleague Marlon Hollis wrote eloquently about his meandering path from military aviation and law school into construction specifying,...
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Does one need an architectural degree to be a specifier? Elias Saltz, my colleague, argues that though it may be helpful, it is not a necessary...
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A Twitter discussion broke out recently after Paul Gerber posted this tweet in response to AIA tweeting a November, 2016 article by Ariana Zilliacus...
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Almost all architectural firms and specifications consultants maintain full sets of office master guide specifications, which, among their many...
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This paper was first presented by Louis Medcalf, FCSI, CCS, SCIP and David Stutzman, AIA, CSI, CCS, SCIP at the National Institute of Building...
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David Stutzman visited Chicago last week to stop in and talk to some of his current clients as well as to try to grow Conspectus's business into new...
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Looking at the recent history of construction, we find that it is littered with a spectrum of failures, from minor cosmetic types up to and including...
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Over the past year, several Conpsectus team members have attended architect-manufacturer summits, colloquially known as 'speed dating' events. David...
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