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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…

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…

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…

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,…

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.