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Enterprise 2.0 Connections
by David Stutzman | Apr 22, 2013 | AIA, Community, CSI, Enterprise 2.0, Links, McAfee, Professional Practice, Network, Social Media, Specifications, Specifying Practice Group, Twitter
Division 01 - It's not boilerplate!
by David Stutzman | Jul 16, 2012 | Boilerplate, Construction Manager, Contract, contract documents, CSI, Division 01, Fast Track, General Conditions, Integrated project delivery, IPD, Multiple Prime, Practice Group, Professional Practice, Specifications, Specifying Practice Group
Division 01 sets the basic rules for administrative procedures of a construction contract. You may think that once written for a particular firm, there should be little reason to modify Division 01. However there are at least six factors that will..
What's so Important about Submittals?
by David Stutzman | Jun 12, 2012 | Construction Administration, CSI, Division 01, MasterSpec, Practice Group, Professional Practice, SectionFormat, Specifications, Specifying Practice Group, submittals
An interesting question--no doubt about it! More than 90 Specifying Practice Group members, an attendance record, met last week to discuss it.
Improving Knowledge & Skills Through Community
by David Stutzman | Mar 5, 2012 | CSI, CSI Academies, CSI Master Specifiers Retreat, Practice Group, Professional Practice, Social Media, Specifications, specifying, Specifying Practice Group, TweetChat, Twitter, Universal Design
This month is jam packed with opportunities to improve personal knowledge and skills. This underlying theme is the same for all for all three.
Specification Interviews - the Art of Data Gathering
by David Stutzman | Feb 7, 2012 | CSI, Data Gathering, MasterFormat, Practice Group, Professional Practice, Specifications, Specifying Practice Group, Table of Contents, UniFormat
CSI Specifying Practice group continues to grow and meets at 3:00 PM eastern the first Thursday each month. The show goes on despite the technical difficulties.
Join the group and watch the antics, if nothing else you can smile knowing that the technical..
Word Processing Basics for Specifiers (Everyone)
by David Stutzman | Nov 12, 2011 | Professional Practice, Specifications, specifying, Specifying Practice Group, word processing
The CSI Specifying Practice Group met to discuss concepts, tips and tricks to make producing specifications (and other word processing documents) easier and more efficient. Join the group to be notified of each meeting. It's free. More Members means More..
The Future of Specifications
by David Stutzman | Oct 11, 2011 | Practice Group, Specifications, Specifier, Specifying Practice Group
So what is the future? Hard to know, but Louis Medcalf presented ideas shared at CONSTRUCT2011 in Chicago with the Specifying Practice Group.
Editing Master Specifications - Part 2
by David Stutzman | Sep 19, 2011 | Master Specifications, Practice Group, specifying, Specifying Practice Group
Practice Group Co-host Louis Medcalf contributed this description of the last group meeting
Editing Master Specifications - Part 1
by David Stutzman | Aug 8, 2011 | Master Specifications, Practice Group, Professional Practice, Specifications, Specifying Practice Group
The CSI Specifying Practice Group met to discuss editing master specifications for construction projects. Listen to the recoded session when you log into the CSI website or view the presentation below.
Practice Group Survey - Acceptable Product Submittals
by David Stutzman | Jul 19, 2011 | change order, comparable products, Construction Administration, Division 01, Practice Group, Professional Practice, Specifications, Specifying Practice Group, submittals, substitutions, survey, Survey Results
This month the CSI Specifying Practice Group discussed the results of a group survey about product submittals. The intent was to learn how the group processed contractor submittals for products that are not specified by name.
