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Over the years there has been a lot of talk and writing, including by me, about fixing the things wrong with the construction industry. Budget and schedule busts, bad workmanship, and designs that don’t respond to owner requirements are some common...
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I am going to state the obvious, and say what you already know - we are living in a crisis. Every person has entered into or is preparing to enter...
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The Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) is an industry association made up of the largest commercial owners and big construction companies. Owner...
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It is ironic that architects write Division 01 requirements for detailed construction activity schedules but when it comes to their design work, the...
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Specifiers often struggle to come up with ways to make specifying simpler, to eliminate unwanted language, and to make specifications more correct....
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Recently, Conspectus participated in two conferences: Construction Owners Association of America (COAA) and Lean Construction Institute's Lean in...
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In my recent post, When Specifiers Engage in Magical Thinking, I described what happens when a specifier believes that putting more instructions into...
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One of the hallmarks of magical thinking is the notion that if you think a thing, you can make it happen, simply by thinking it. This is often...
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The primary requirement written into architectural practice acts for most U.S. states is that architects are licensed only for the purpose of...
