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Using Information to Plan Production of Drawing and Specifications
It is ironic that architects write Division 01 requirements for detailed construction activity schedules but when it comes to their design work, the...
Drawings
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Simplifying Specifications
Elias Saltz: Oct 21, 2019 12:46:13 PM
Specifiers often struggle to come up with ways to make specifying simpler, to eliminate unwanted language, and to make specifications more correct....
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Magical Thinking in Specifications - Part 2
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...
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Construction Document Quality Crisis
David Stutzman: Apr 20, 2018 11:00:53 AM
This paper was first presented by Louis Medcalf, FCSI, CCS, SCIP and David Stutzman, AIA, CSI, CCS, SCIP at the National Institute of Building...
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PPDs Can Enhance Renderings' Utility
Elias Saltz: Mar 20, 2018 12:59:50 AM
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Evaluating Information Sources
Elias Saltz: Mar 8, 2018 11:09:36 AM
Architects and specifiers alike face significant and continuous challenges when it comes to identifying and validating reliable information about...
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Properly Written Specs Can Help You Avoid Awkward Conversations
Elias Saltz: Jan 29, 2018 11:26:15 AM
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...
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Linking BIM and Specs with Keynotes
David Stutzman: Sep 13, 2015 5:01:00 PM
Coordination, coordination, coordination! The better construction documents are coordinated, the better the outcome for the owner - not to mention...
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Front Line Quality Assurance
David Stutzman: Jul 6, 2015 3:09:43 PM
When does quality assurance begin during the design process for a construction project? Often formal document review may be planned for those last...
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Aren't Specs Contract Documents?
David Stutzman: Jun 8, 2015 7:04:04 PM
What statements below do you believe to be true?