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. The EBN article nicely lays out what is mostly the same, what is different, and what is totally...
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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...
Today the International Code Council announced that free electronic copies of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) are available thanks...
Tile setting beds are no longer limited to mortar beds and thin beds. Now medium beds are part of the ANSI standards. Selecting the right...
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CSI's Specifying Practice Group met to debate why contractor submittals are required, how submittals are classified, and the A/E's responsibilities...
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"Limiting the scope of the spec writers may save a few thousand dollars during the design phase, but it can result in expensive conflicts after...
Competitive Construction Procurement: What do I need besides the drawings and spec? Bidders need additional information about the bidding process to...
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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.
