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The Times They Are A-Changin'
David Stutzman: Sep 30, 2013 10:55:38 AM
Ira Bloomenthal's CONSTRUCT2013 keynote address slide
BIM (2)
David Stutzman: Sep 30, 2013 10:55:38 AM
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Linking BIM and Specs Through PPDs
David Stutzman: Sep 16, 2013 11:24:01 AM
Technology provides a means to connect data. Standards provide the organizations that make the data connections meaningful.
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Linking BIM to Specifications
David Stutzman: Mar 18, 2013 3:22:26 PM
The promise of BIM (Building Information Modeling) is that project data can reside in the model and can be extracted by anyone in a form for every...
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Practical Learning You Can Put to Use Today
David Stutzman: Feb 18, 2013 7:58:20 AM
The CSI Academies brought expert instructors and students together, a total of about 140 individuals, for 13 hours of advanced education and learning...
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Ensuring Specifications Consistency & Quality
David Stutzman: Dec 10, 2012 12:21:50 PM
How can architects ensure their specifications are consistent from one project to the next or one project architect to the next? How can architects...
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Is it a Product or a Building?
David Stutzman: Jul 30, 2012 12:21:13 PM
The manufacturing industry mass produces many of the same, or essentially the same, items offered for sale to industry or the general public....
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Whose intent is this anyway?
David Stutzman: Jun 4, 2012 9:34:39 AM
David Bishton, RA, CSI, CCS, CCCA, as Southwest Region CSI Editor, asks: "But how the heck does a contractor or supplier or installer of materials...
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Where is the next crop of Specifiers?
David Stutzman: Apr 2, 2012 11:05:23 AM
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...
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SPie - Specifier's Properties Information Exchange
David Stutzman: Dec 14, 2009 7:24:27 PM
Last week I attended the Ecobuild America conference held in Washington DC. As you might expect from the name, the conference focus is on sustainable...