Limestone at the base of a building façade is vulnerable to staining from various sources, including planting beds or soil adjacent to the wall, water or snow collecting against the building, and ice-melters used on sidewalks and paving.
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Manufacturer guide specifications are developed as a tool to make specifiers’ lives easier and to increase the chances of that manufacturer becoming listed, or better yet, the basis of design (BOD).
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In this conclusion of a two-part look at project management, the author examines the importance of documents (the best way to avoid construction problems), along with a look at forensic documentation analysis (FDA).
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Project managers are the only ones who control each and every activity in construction so they must be synergistic. In many ways, after all, the ultimate success or failure lies in their hands.
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Despite recent code changes to improve the energy efficiency and overall thermal envelope performance of the building enclosure, parapets can continue to be an enigma in the design process.
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Kelly Cone, innovations director at the Beck Group, kicked off CSI’s 2015 Master Specifiers Retreat in January with a provocative keynote posing this question, among many others with which specifying and manufacturing leaders have been wrestling.
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An active CSI member since 1962, I spent years authoring articles in my local chapter’s newsletter, based on what I had learned while writing specifications and managing an architectural studio—sharing knowledge with my peers in the old-fashioned spirit of the Construction Specifications Institute.
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In 2012, I attended my first three-day CSI Academies in San Diego. For me, it has become an architectural/engineering/construction (AEC) education event not to be missed. My fourth trip comes April 16 to 18, when I head out to San Francisco.
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In 1977, CSI began credentialing construction professionals, granting recognition to those demonstrating mastery of pre-determined subject matter through examination-based assessments.
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In response to greater focus on building envelope energy performance, insulation use in the exterior wall cavity has increased.
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