I posted these remarks on the CSI-Connect Forum “Recruiting Young Specifiers / Labor Shortage” The term “Young Specifier” is probably not useful. The very nature of specification writing requires a solid body of industry experience gained through one or more practice channels over a period of time. A number…

Tuesday, November 17, 2020 Owner’s “Front End” Documents: We frequently are called upon to assist our architect clients in integrating owner-furnished bidding and contracting documents and Division 01 General Requirements documents into their project manuals. These range in quality from well-thought-out to,…

Wednesday, September 30 Elevator Code Changes: Catching up with ASME A17.1-19 for changes not yet in MasterSpec. The Emergency Communication System now requires a couple of additional features: The ability for users and the monitoring station to communicate using non-verbal means of communication (two-way…

Monday, August 31, 2020 Hot Aisle: In case you didn’t know there is such a think, large server arrays use this special type of enclosure structure to channel and exhaust hot air coming off of server banks. I didn’t know, but I do now. Specifiers become quick studys. Wednesday, August 26, 2020 Ballet…

Friday, August 14, 2020 Feedback: The most valuable emails SpecGuy receives are the ones from the architect that illustrate what can go wrong on a job site installation. We are frequently tweaking masters to help head off these problems next time. W. Edwards Deming, the Father of Total Quality Management,…