It's a debate. The debate is evidenced in all the commercial guide specifications and even CSI's SectionFormat™. Related Requirements is an article heading near the beginning of specification sections. This article gives specifiers an opportunity to list..
Contract Documents are Related
by David Stutzman | May 26, 2014 | AIA, Construction Administration, contract documents, CSI, Division 00, Division 01, MasterFormat, Professional Practice, AIA A201, SectionFormat, Specifications, Specifier, UniFormat
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?
Reinventing? Let's Standardize!
by David Stutzman | Dec 16, 2013 | contract documents, CSI, MasterFormat, Outline Specs, PageFormat, PPDFormat, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), SectionFormat, Specifications, standards, UniFormat
The construction industry in general and the architectural profession specifically, seem to enjoy the same challenge on every project. You would think the challenge is about the design - trying to optimize the response to the owner's program and 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..
PPD - Basic Organization
by David Stutzman | Oct 21, 2013 | basis of design, CSI, Design Development, MasterFormat, Outline Specs, PPD, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Schematic Design, UniFormat
Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD) are a formal method of presenting construction project data in a consistent, organized fashion. PPDs are arranged by element name, functional requirements, and system components - using the same organization as..
The Times They Are A-Changin'
by David Stutzman | Sep 30, 2013 | BIM, Commissioning, CSI, Design Team, MasterFormat, OPR, Owner, PPD, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Professional Practice, Specifications, Specifier, specifying, UniFormat
Linking BIM and Specs Through PPDs
by David Stutzman | Sep 16, 2013 | BIM, CSI, MasterFormat, outline spec, Outline Specs, PPD, PPDFormat, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Revit, Specifications, UniFormat
Technology provides a means to connect data. Standards provide the organizations that make the data connections meaningful.
Collecting Data - An Art and Skill
by David Stutzman | Jun 10, 2013 | Coordination, Drawings, MasterFormat, Professional Practice, Schedules, Specifications, Specifier, Table of Contents, UniFormat
Linking BIM to Specifications
by David Stutzman | Mar 18, 2013 | AIA, BIM, CSI, Design Considerations, PPD, PPDFormat, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Professional Practice, AIA CES, Specifications, UniFormat
The promise of BIM (Building Information Modeling) is that project data can reside in the model and can be extracted by anyone in a form for every purpose. The reality is that useful data extraction is entirely dependent on valid data input.
Building Design and Documentation Are Iterative
by David Stutzman | Feb 11, 2013 | CSI, Design Development, outline spec, Outline Specs, PPD, PPDFormat, Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD), Professional Practice, Schematic Design, AIA CES, Specifications, UniFormat
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 strength, nor concrete as a building material. The initial sketch may be a simple massing study to determine..