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How Will Specifications Drive Productization?
Specifications are the written documents defining qualitative construction requirements. Specifications complement drawings that define quantitative...
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Making Use of New Communications Tools
There are a few significant challenges when it comes to performing specification consulting work. Obviously, there are the fun and interesting...
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A Traditional but Not-So-Smooth Path Into Specifications
Last week, my colleague Marlon Hollis wrote eloquently about his meandering path from military aviation and law school into construction specifying,...
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A Stranger in a Strange Land-One || Outsider's View in Specifications
Does one need an architectural degree to be a specifier? Elias Saltz, my colleague, argues that though it may be helpful, it is not a necessary...
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Architecture Degree - What is it good for?
A Twitter discussion broke out recently after Paul Gerber posted this tweet in response to AIA tweeting a November, 2016 article by Ariana Zilliacus...
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It's Just a Spec
Yes it is a spec, and it deserves attention - the proper attention to be certain the contractor delivers what is required by the contract. The design...
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Is the Spec Open or Closed?
Is the contractor permitted to submit substitutions or propose comparable products? Not if the spec is closed, he is not. Be careful if you think you...
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Check the Limitations
Product selection for construction projects is all about finding the right product at the right price to satisfy the owner's project requirements....
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A Script for Specifications - in 3 Acts
Writing is the easy part. Knowing what to write is another story.
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Tracking Issues Needing Resolution
Writing construction specifications is like assembling a jigsaw puzzle. Except puzzles always have a photo of the completed puzzle on the cover of...