Join us as we chat with members of the architectural, engineering, construction, and owner communities to learn how deliberate word shape their contributions, their projects, and their world. Through these conversations, words aggregate decisions, and transforms perspectives on transparency in the decision-making process.
Episode Summary Dave Stutzman sits down with two of Conspectus’s 'young' professionals, Obed Eriza and Sophie Dalton, to explore the unconventional paths that led them into...
This week, we welcome a special guest from the Conspectus team - senior specifierJay Bethel. We chat about his unusual path into specifications. Jay moved from hands-on...
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When people, materials, and ideas align, architecture gets stronger. That spirit drives our latest Deliberate Words conversation with Rowan Georges of Skidmore, Owings &...
Spring doesn’t just bring thunderstorms, it signals the start of product show season across the industry. This week, the team compares experiences from traditional trade show...
This episode reframes supply chain not as a downstream construction issue, but as a design constraint that must be addressed early. Late-stage decisions on equipment and...
This episode dives into the familiar specifier experience of going down the research rabbit hole, or as the team calls it, “squirreling.” What starts as a simple product...
This episode explores a recurring request from design teams: generating submittal, QA, and other specification-based reports. The discussion questions the actual purpose of...
Design intent is the governing framework of a project, yet it is often compromised as it moves from concept through construction. In this episode of Deliberate Words, Ben...
This episode offers a rare peek behind the curtain at how a specification platform is developed by the very practitioners who use it every day, experienced specifiers who...
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This episode explores the idea behind the Design Intent Gap and why ambiguity in construction documentation continues to create confusion across the industry. The...
This episode explores a frequently overlooked factor in building design: the influence of property insurance requirements on construction documents and specifications. The...
This episode was sparked by a familiar and uncomfortable question: should you copy a specification section from a prior project, or start from scratch? Steve Gantner, Elias...
This episode was sparked by a familiar and uncomfortable question: should you copy a specification section from a prior project, or start from scratch? Steve Gantner, Elias...
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Colin Gilboy, founder of 4specs.com, sat down with Conspectus executives David Stutzman, Steve Gantner, and Elias Saltz in Orlando, FL to button up the final details of its...
This Deliberate Words episode captures a lively and fun conversation between Dave Stutzman and Steve Gantner of Conspectus and their guest, Tucker Beech, a third-year (of...
Steve Gantner, Elias Saltz, and Tina Montone attended the CURT (Construction Users Roundtable) National Conference in Orlando, Florida in early February 2026 and returned...
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In this episode, Dave Stutzman, Steve Gantner, and Elias Saltz tackle a deceptively simple question that carries real contractual risk: Where should reference standards live...
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A conversation captured at the Construction Users Roundtable. CURT members don’t gather to admire the industry as it is, we gather to challenge it. Throughout the year,...
In this episode, Dave Stutzman, Steve Gantner, and Elias Saltz unpack a deceptively simple question with serious implications: Why don’t we recommend requiring manufacturer...
This episode is sparked by a simple question that opened a much bigger reflection: why Conspectus started, and how it became what it is today as the firm enters its 33rd...
In this year-end episode, the Conspectus team (David Stutzman, Elias Saltz and Steve Gantner) reflect on the signals, surprises, and steady momentum that defined 2025 while...
