Successful construction projects rely on complete, accurate, timely, and understandable communication; maximizing all of these reduces the likelihood for disputes to arise. Unfortunately, many project teams fall short of proper communication, and that's..
Eliminate Asymmetric Project Information
by Elias Saltz | Sep 17, 2018 | contract documents, PPD, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Professional Practice, Specifications, UniFormat
Evolving Specifications 2018
by David Stutzman | Jun 18, 2018 | MasterFormat, outline spec, PPD, PPDFormat, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Professional Practice, Specifications, UniFormat
First published at Young Architects Forum Connection 16.01.
PPDs Can Enhance Renderings' Utility
by Elias Saltz | Mar 20, 2018 | BIM, Drawings, PPD, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Professional Practice, Architect, Specifications
Evolving Specifications Construct 2014 presentation
by David Stutzman | Mar 30, 2015 | B2010, BIM, contract documents, Contractor, Design Considerations, Division 08, Estimate, PPD, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Quality Assurance, Specifications, subcontractor, UniFormat
Specifiers may be one of the best kept secrets on the design team. Specifiers, especially independent specifiers, typically interact with the architectural team, only. Even then, the interaction may be limited to project architects and project managers...
Connection: BIM, Spec, Estimate
by David Stutzman | Dec 1, 2014 | BIM, CSI, Estimate, Links, PPD, PPDFormat, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Professional Practice, Specifications, UniFormat
Have you made the connection yourself? Connecting data to make it available and useable for each team will improve efficiency and reduce risk for every construction project. The focus has been on inserting data into BIM to describe the objects the design..
Specifying Design-Assist - How?
by David Stutzman | Sep 15, 2014 | B2010, bidding, contract documents, Design Considerations, Division 08, Drawings, MasterFormat, PPD, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Professional Practice, Specifications, UniFormat
It's a process, not just technical requirements. During design-assist, the architect of record, asks the contractor (usually a specialty subcontractor) to help develop system details and confirm system performance to meet project requirements. Typically..
Evolving Specifications Construct 2014 presentation
by David Stutzman | Aug 4, 2014 | BIM, contract documents, CSI, MasterFormat, PPD, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Specifications, UniFormat
Construction specifications are arranged by MasterFormat's 50 divisions and thousands of section numbers and titles - everyone knows that. There is a recent trend, at least with our architect clients, toward specifying complete systems and assigning..
Estimates of the Cost of Work
by David Stutzman | Apr 21, 2014 | AIA, bidding, BIM, CSI, Estimate, PPD, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Professional Practice, Revit, RS Means, AIA B101, Architect, UniFormat
When is the architect required to prepare an estimate of the Cost of Work according to AIA Document B101 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Architect?
Trending to Assemblies
by David Stutzman | Mar 24, 2014 | BIM, contract documents, Drawings, Links, PPD, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Specifications
Traditional construction documents were drawings and specifications - both published in paper form. The industry is trending to more electronic means of representing the construction contract requirements. Building information models are touted as the..
Can PPDs Be Used as Contract Documents?
by David Stutzman | Dec 9, 2013 | AIA, BIM, contract documents, CSI, Estimate, PPD, PPDFormat, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Specifications, UniFormat
Is this a trick question? Everyone knows that construction contract documents consist of the agreement, the conditions of the contract, the specifications and the drawings. Just check all the standard AIA agreements. Of course, preliminary project..