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Elias Saltz: May 20, 2019 8:03:30 AM
In my recent post, When Specifiers Engage in Magical Thinking, I described what happens when a specifier believes that putting more instructions into a specification will make for a better outcome. Never mind whether or not those instructions were...
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Elias Saltz: May 13, 2019 8:13:04 AM
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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Tina Montone: Apr 26, 2019 1:55:56 PM
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Elias Saltz: Jan 15, 2019 8:26:49 AM
The primary requirement written into architectural practice acts for most U.S. states is that architects are licensed only for the purpose of...
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David Stutzman: Dec 18, 2018 9:07:18 AM
What could possibly go wrong?
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David Stutzman: Dec 4, 2018 9:09:17 AM
When starting a new design project, what is actually known? Very little. The relevant design decisions must be made as the project progresses. So how...
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David Stutzman: Nov 19, 2018 10:21:37 AM
Architects are obligated to protect the public as a primary duty, but not the only duty. We wrote about architects having a fiduciary duty to the...
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David Stutzman: Nov 13, 2018 8:09:32 AM
New and Different The industry is changing. The emerging revolution is that licensed architects and engineers owe a fiduciary duty to owners. This...
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Elias Saltz: Oct 15, 2018 8:04:15 AM
In his blog post last week, David Stutzman presented several examples illustrating ways in which architects fail in their fiduciary duty to owners,...
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David Stutzman: Oct 8, 2018 8:14:41 AM
First, owners must know who the specifiers are before this question can be answered. Trust and confidence is an underlying core principle of the...
