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Steve Gantner, RA, CSI, AGCMO, CCS, CCCA: Mar 1, 2021 1:26:23 PM
Like many intern architects, one of my tasks would be to field verify existing building conditions prior to design. Sometimes easy, sometimes difficult, it always depended on whether or not there were "existing" building documents or if we had to...
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David Stutzman: Feb 23, 2021 9:00:00 AM
When owners determine a capital project is needed, it is a business purpose driving the decision. Therefore, the purpose of designing and...
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Steve Gantner, RA, CSI, AGCMO, CCS, CCCA: Feb 1, 2021 11:39:15 AM
If you are like me, toward the end of a project, you may lose a little focus when you start to see the light at the tunnel and start thinking about...
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David Stutzman: Jan 8, 2021 8:15:00 AM
While reading the AIA recently released "Firm Survey Report 2020[i]" and the November "Architecture Billing Index[ii]" (ABI), there were two...
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Steve Gantner, RA, CSI, AGCMO, CCS, CCCA: Jan 5, 2021 8:15:00 AM
I hope you all had a great holiday season and were able to connect with family and friends, either in person (socially distanced of course) or...
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David Stutzman: Dec 8, 2020 9:18:20 AM
In the children's story of "The Big Bad Wolf", he huffs and puffs and blows each house down, except for the brick house. The other houses were built...
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Steve Gantner, RA, CSI, AGCMO, CCS, CCCA: Dec 1, 2020 8:00:00 AM
Well, this is it, the last month of 2020, a year that has had just about everything. If Murphy could claim a year, this would have been it. This...
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Steve Gantner, RA, CSI, AGCMO, CCS, CCCA: Oct 30, 2020 2:59:27 PM
Later this month, we will begin the holiday season with Thanksgiving, a great time of year to reflect and be thankful for the many gifts in our...
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Steve Gantner, RA, CSI, AGCMO, CCS, CCCA: Oct 1, 2020 11:33:03 AM
It's finally here, fall! My favorite time of year when we change from hot humid days to cooler days and sleeping with the windows open. Speaking of...
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When folks spend over four decades working, problem-solving, and learning in an industry, they become intimately familiar with the limitations of the...
