Specifiers often struggle to come up with ways to make specifying simpler, to eliminate unwanted language, and to make specifications more correct. At this year's CONSTRUCT AEC Education and Expo, Beth Stroshane posited that the way we write..
Simplifying Specifications
by Elias Saltz | Oct 21, 2019 | CSI, Drawings, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Professional Practice, Architecture, Specifications, UniFormat
Magical Thinking in Specifications - Part 2
by Elias Saltz | May 20, 2019 | Bad Specs, Drawings, Professional Practice, Architecture, Specifications
In my recent post, When Specifiers Engage in Magical Thinking, I described what happens when aspecifier believes that putting more instructions into a specification willmake for a better outcome. Never mindwhether or not those instructions were..
Architect - What's in a title?
by David Stutzman | Nov 5, 2012 | AIA, Designer, licensing, Professional Practice, Architect, Architecture
Several discussions about architectural licensing and use of the term "Architect" started recently on blog posts (See Liz O'Sullivan's blog) and on the LinkedIn AIA group. The Philadelphia Young Architects Group announced plans to explore "Why get..
Where is the next crop of Specifiers?
by David Stutzman | Apr 2, 2012 | Academia, BIM, Business, CSI, Design, Education, Emerging Professional, Professional Practice, Architecture, Specifications, Specifier
Perhaps the first question should be: Do we need another crop of Specifiers? After all, we should be able to push the BIM spec button and generate a project spec. Right? Well, not yet. And even if we could, who will be responsible to be certain the spec..