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| Cost of building materials goes up |
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| Construction input prices rose 2.2 percent in June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index (PPI) data. |
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| UPCOMING DEMO-CASTS |
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| Deltek Specification Solutions |
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| Aug 12 @ 1 PM ET |
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| A new approach to acoustics |
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| With mounting recognition of the need to support focused work and promote wellness, many organizations are looking to provide building occupants with improved speech privacy, noise control, and acoustic comfort. |
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| Illuminating design for the visually impaired |
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San Francisco’s LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a 115-year-old social services organization serving people who are blind or have low vision. In designing the organization’s new headquarters, the architects at Mark Cavagnero Associates had the opportunity to reimagine their usual design process and rethink how to create beautiful spaces focusing on all senses.
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| Inside CSI |
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| PRODUCT REPS SHOULD INVOLVE BOTH THE DESIGNER AND THE SUBCONTRACTOR/INSTALLER |
| Though I am no longer a manufacturer representative, or technical sales rep, I was one for several years. Of course, everyone knows you need to have an excellent reputation and relationship with design firms to be successful. The first thing you are taught in manufacturer/ territory representative school is specification-driven product sales. This is all important, and true. However, for about half of my career I spent my time as a project manager and estimator for some subcontractors and general contractors, and what I think is key to note is that the best product representatives stay tight with their regional product installers and have ongoing, sincere discussions with them. This can be just as important as getting your products specified by the designer.
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| BID DOCS VS. DESIGN DOCS |
| When marking up shop drawings, colleagues often refer to “bid docs” or “design docs” interchangeably. How can this be correct since changes often come out after the bid documents are bid on? Instead, I would expect the colleagues to reference “contract documents” in submittals since that is what the contractor is using for building and completing the project.
Just curious if other members come across these often mis-used terms during their course of the day. Thanks!
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