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Today’s Webinar on Submittals
This afternoon I attended a great CSI Practice Group webinar. You don’t have to be a CSI member to be part of the Practice Groups. There are practice groups with free webinars for BIM, sustainability,...
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Why Does My Spec Writer Ask So Many Annoying Questions?
Many full-time specifiers were project architects at some point. We’ve been in your shoes. We are thinking about ourselves in your future shoes, a few months from now, during construction. That’s why...
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Really?!? “Who Cares Who’s a Licensed Architect?”
Architect magazine, “The Magazine of the American Institute of Architects,” just published a column by Aaron Betsky titled “Who Cares Who’s a Licensed Architect?” Architect magazine has perplexed me...
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“Brake Metal”– What Is It?
Have you ever wondered why architects’ construction details often have notes that call out “brake metal” (or, possibly, and incorrectly, “break metal”)? When I was an architectural intern, working on...
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Perpetuating a Misconception
Do we have an obligation to stop perpetuating a misconception that we know is out there? Or is it ok to keep it going, because it’s easier to gloss over it, instead of stopping conversation to correct...
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What is “Building Technology”?
I often mention “building technology” in my blog posts. I’ve realized that I’m using a term that many people aren’t familiar with. When I use the term “building technology,” I am not talking about...
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Illogical (part one)
I don’t know what to call this besides illogical: The cost of a college education has been increasing more each year than the cost of living has. Wages, particularly in the last few years, have not...
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Shoegnome Hit the Nail on the Head
Jared Banks (you might think of him as Shoegnome, as I do) hit the proverbial nail on the head in his blog post yesterday. His post “You graduated from Architecture School and want to be called...
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Specs, Lost in Translation
Do you ever see funny notes in completed construction drawings? I’ve seen notes on CDs out to bid that said things like “Match Lakeview storefront” (when Lakeview must have been an old project), and...
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Another Case for Licensure and Regulation
Last week I had an experience that makes another good case for the licensure of architects and the regulation of use of the word “architect” and its derivatives. I was chatting with a parent outside...
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Why Does My Spec Writer Ask So Many Annoying Questions?
Many full-time specifiers were project architects at some point. We’ve been in your shoes. We are thinking about ourselves in your future shoes, a few months from now, during construction. That’s why...
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Cramming It All In
Mid-January is unquestionably wintertime. No matter where we are in the northern hemisphere, the long hours of darkness tell our bodies to slow down and hibernate. The cold weather and the piles of...
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When Things Fall Apart
The best way to learn how buildings get put together may be to build them, or to watch them be built. But another pretty good way to learn how things go together is to see them falling apart. You may...
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