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Specifications Formats & Processes Refresh
David Stutzman: Oct 5, 2022 3:52:53 PM
Updated and republished: October 5, 2022
outline spec
David Stutzman: Oct 5, 2022 3:52:53 PM
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Evolving Specifications 2018
David Stutzman: Jun 18, 2018 9:31:03 AM
First published at Young Architects Forum Connection 16.01.
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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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Specification Work Flow
David Stutzman: Jul 15, 2013 11:31:40 AM
It's linear - just like design! Start at the beginning and finish at the end. Straight line. No sidesteps. No circling back. No changed minds. Smooth...
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Who Controls Project Schedules?
David Stutzman: Jun 17, 2013 9:56:18 AM
As a consultant to architects, primarily, we must react to schedules set by someone else. It may be the owner, architect, construction manager, or...
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Building Design and Documentation Are Iterative
David Stutzman: Feb 11, 2013 9:33:25 AM
Building design starts with a concept, a sketch at a macro scale. At the first stroke of the designer's hand, there is no concern for concrete...
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Are Outline Specs Necessary?
David Stutzman: Jan 7, 2013 5:30:01 AM
A very good question. By searches on this blog, it is one question that definitely wants to be answered. Something must be necessary, but is it...
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Multipurpose Design Documents
David Stutzman: Oct 15, 2012 1:16:24 PM
What documents are architects obligated to produce? The obvious answer may be drawings, of course, to show what design must be constructed. Under AIA...
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Self-Inflicted Budget Difficulties
David Stutzman: Oct 6, 2011 2:10:52 PM
I received the specification shown below from a friend, an independent manufacturer's representative today. Yes this is the total expansion control...
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PPD: Deliverable Document and Powerful Design Tool
David Stutzman: Jun 7, 2010 6:30:00 AM
What do you use to describe your design projects? Will owners, lenders, estimators and others understand the design intent? Traditional methods rely...