Monthly Archives: September 2014

Planning Construction Site Visits

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Construction activities and materials change with stages of construction, so it is useful to consider the activities and products you should expect to see on a given site visit before you go. If, like most construction administrators, your job is…

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Posted in Construction Administration, Practice Management, Project Administration, Project Management

Planning a School Renovation Project

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Renovation projects may look easy if the folks who normally use the building are gone. School renovation projects are usually not that way. More often, design and construction have to account for ongoing occupancy and school operations during the course…

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Posted in Design, Project Administration, Project Management

Spec Writer = Information Manager

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A comment from Sheldon Wolfe RA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, CSC on The Role of the Spec Writer got me thinking about how, in today’s world of design and construction, the spec writer really is an information manager. Although spec writers…

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Posted in Design, Practice Management, Project Management, Specifications

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