This month the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) will hold its annual convention and the Specifications Consultants in Independent Practice (SCIP) will hold its annual meeting, both in conjunction with CONSTRUCT, an annual educational seminar..
SPECtember - Value Certified Construction Specifiers
by David Stutzman | Sep 2, 2013 | agreement, AIA, Bad Specs, bidding, CCS, CDT, Certified Construction Specifier, CONSTRUCT, Construction Administration, Contract, contract documents, CSI, Division 00, Drawings, General Conditions, General contractor, Order of precedence, Professional Practice, Project Manual, Quality Assurance, Specifications, Specifier, SPECtember
Who's Minding Division 01?
by David Stutzman | Jul 8, 2013 | agreement, AIA, Construction Administration, Construction Manager, contract documents, CSI, Division 01, Engineer, General Conditions, Owner, Practice Guide, Professional Practice, Architect, Specifications, submittals, substitutions, ULSM
CSI MasterFormat Division 01 Level 2 titles courtesy of www.masterformat.com
Multipurpose Design Documents
by David Stutzman | Oct 15, 2012 | agreement, AIA, contract documents, CSI, Design, Design Considerations, Drawings, outline spec, Outline Specs, Specifications, SpecText
What documents are architects obligated to produce? The obvious answer may be drawings, of course, to show what design must be constructed. Under AIA Owner-Architect Agreement documents, in addition to drawings, the architect must produce outline..
Which Contract Document is Most Important?
by David Stutzman | Sep 3, 2012 | agreement, AIA, Construction, contract documents, CSI, Design, Professional Practice, Architect, Specifications, SPECtember
Construction contract documents include the Agreement, the Conditions of Contract, the Drawings, and the Specifications. Because of the legal implications, owners produce the Agreement and the Conditions. Architects are responsible for producing the..
