Category: Construction Documents and Services
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What you need to know about Additional Services
Supplemental architectural services can: • help architects generate income • increase the value of the firm through diversification • help attract new clients or keep the firm involved with existing patrons • be used as special projects for young professionals to nurture their development. Each supplemental architectural service in this series includes bullet points on…
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CSI Divisions – Current MasterFormat divisions
The current MasterFormat Divisions are: PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS GROUP: Division 00 — Procurement and Contracting Requirements SPECIFICATIONS GROUP General Requirements Subgroup Division 01 — General Requirements Facility Construction Subgroup Division 02 — Existing Conditions(natural conditions) Division 03 — Concrete(footing) Division 04 — Masonry(concrete block/brick) Division 05 — Metals(beams) Division 06 — Wood, Plastics,…
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Contract Days by the Numbers
4 days – Architect issue addendum to all bidders for acceptable substitution 7 days – Architect issue cert of payment after Contractor applies – Owner pays – Contractor pays subs and suppliers – Contractor can stop work if Architect does not issue a Contractor of Pay or Architect does not pay within 7 days –…
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Construction Situation Quiz – CDS Sample Questions
Some of the most high risk decisions come on the job site during construction administration when what the contractor builds doesn’t agree with the contract documents. Here is a short quiz on difficult construction situations. 1. You are the architect for an auditorium facility, which contains an underground concrete utility trench. The contractor asks you…
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CSI Division Categories from ICC-ES
ICC-ES is the International Code Council Evaluation Service. ICC-ES came into being on February 1, 2003, when America’s four building-product evaluation services officially combined their operations. The four “legacy” evaluation services that came together to form ICC-ES were the National Evaluation Service, Inc.; BOCAI Evaluation Services; ICBO Evaluation Service, Inc.; and SBCCI Public Service Testing…
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Door Handing and Door Swings — What type of door is it?
When trying to describe to someone which way the down swings, this can be handy, or more confusing. But its always good to know terminology, b/c you never know what is going to show up on a test.