Imagine you're a project architect and you're nearing completion of CD's. For half a year, you've been neck-deep in the project meetings, made myriad decisions large and small, and are intimately knowledgeable of the design intention and you know all of..
Properly Written Specs Can Help You Avoid Awkward Conversations
by Elias Saltz | Jan 29, 2018 | contract documents, Coordination, Drawings, Professional Practice, Quality Assurance, Specifications
Linking BIM and Specs with Keynotes
by David Stutzman | Sep 13, 2015 | BIM, Construction Administration, contract documents, Coordination, Design Considerations, Drawings, keynote, Quality Assurance, Specifications
Coordination, coordination, coordination! The better construction documents are coordinated, the better the outcome for the owner - not to mention the design and construction teams. Imagine the perfect set of construction documents: no bidder's..
Do Relationships Matter?
by David Stutzman | Aug 18, 2014 | contract documents, Coordination, Professional Practice, Schedules, Specifications
August 4, Bloomberg News published an article about a way that the six largest US automakers could improve profits by $1.4 billion last year. No matter how the money would be split among them that should be enough to make the auto execs and the..
Tracking Issues Needing Resolution
by David Stutzman | Jan 6, 2014 | Communication, Coordination, notes, Professional Practice, Automation, Specifications, specifying
Writing construction specifications is like assembling a jigsaw puzzle. Except puzzles always have a photo of the completed puzzle on the cover of the box.
Collecting Data - An Art and Skill
by David Stutzman | Jun 10, 2013 | Coordination, Drawings, MasterFormat, Professional Practice, Schedules, Specifications, Specifier, Table of Contents, UniFormat
What's Wrong with This Picture?
by David Stutzman | Nov 20, 2012 | 4030, Construction Administration, Coordination, Division 00, Division 01, Professional Practice, publications, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Specifications, Sustainable Design, Tech Tips