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A Mostly Forgotten Technology
I am really beginning to believe I am a dinosaur. Every day I am inundated by email messages. Some days it seems I spend the entire day just tending...
Interior Woodwork Wood vs. MDF
Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) products are plentiful and manufacturers are constantly developing adaptations to current building trends. This...
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Word Processing Basics for Specifiers (Everyone)
The CSI Specifying Practice Group met to discuss concepts, tips and tricks to make producing specifications (and other word processing documents)...
Drawing Order of Precedence
"How to Read These Drawings" was the title for a block of eight notes on the cover page of a set of drawings we received. I was looking for some...
If It's a Problem, It's in the Scope
We are starting a new blog category Classic Drawing Notes because we can't make this stuff up. Thank you for the idea, Jamie, and for the first...
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Bidding Qualifications Criteria and Document Costs
Here is a piece of a "constructability review" completed recently by Jamie Hewitt. His comments are in bold, inserted into the specification text.
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CSI Benefits at a Discount
I joined CSI in 1980. That decision was one of the best for my entire career. It can be for you too. The network and friends are nearly family.
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Bad Specs - School District Glazing Tech Guide
Thanks to Liz O'Sullivan for the first Bad Specs entry. 088000 glazing tech guide.pdf Send your own examples to me at dstutzman@conspectusinc.com.
Cement Plaster Water-Ressistive Barrier
Tech Tips received a CSI National Communications Award September 23, 2011 at the national convention.