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Letsfixconstruction.com |
Let's Fix Construction is written by a collective group of construction professionals involved in letsfixconstruction.com, an online impartial platform to provide forward-thinking solutions to many longstanding issues that have plagued construction. Organizers and contributors seek to better the industry by sharing knowledge, while creating open and positive communication and collaboration. Many of the posts have appeared first on letsfixconstruction.com and are republished on Durability + Design with permission. Author information is available at the bottom of each blog entry.
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Intent vs. Outcome in Project Purchasing By Letsfixconstruction.com |
Purchasing for construction projects isn’t like purchasing in our personal lives. When we buy things in our personal lives, we go to a store or go online, find exactly what we want and buy it. ...
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POSTED OCTOBER 21, 2019 | 2 COMMENTS |
Not 'Equal,' Just Equivalent By Letsfixconstruction.com |
Specification marketing is second only to continuing education presentations as the most effective branding and marketing tool for construction product manufacturers. A product representative must be ...
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POSTED MAY 14, 2019 | 0 COMMENTS |
Project Compaction: Not Just for Soil By Letsfixconstruction.com |
I sat through a pre-construction meeting via conference call today to go over the ins and outs of our upcoming flooring installation. This project will be a combination of a renovated facility, with a...
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POSTED MARCH 7, 2019 | 6 COMMENTS |
Caution: Flooring and High Fly Ash In Concrete By Letsfixconstruction.com |
Is there a problem with flooring glued to concrete with a high fly ash content? Fly ash is the finely divided residue that results from the combustion of ground or powdered coal and that is transporte...
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POSTED DECEMBER 19, 2018 | 5 COMMENTS |
Misconception Series—Drawings, Specs Are Complementary By Letsfixconstruction.com |
Recently, I was preparing a masonry architectural specification section for a remodel project. The project has an existing CMU wall that is to receive a small area of new CMU infill. It’s an exterior ...
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POSTED NOVEMBER 16, 2018 | 2 COMMENTS |
Floored: Advance Actions Assure Acceptable Conditions By Letsfixconstruction.com |
The flooring industry is constantly challenged by the same repeating issues: installing too early, wet concrete, non-flat sub-floors, sub-floor surface not prepared, heat not on, windows not in and la...
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POSTED OCTOBER 29, 2018 | 1 COMMENT |
Is All of Construction on a Fast Track? By Letsfixconstruction.com |
While hosting a Let’s Fix Construction workshop at the 2018 AIA Conference in New York City, a theme struck me during a discussion after a team presented its real-world solutions to a question posed t...
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POSTED AUGUST 28, 2018 | 1 COMMENT |
Why We Shouldn’t Try to Change the Image of Construction By Letsfixconstruction.com |
For as long as I’ve been involved in and around the construction industry, there’s been an underlying consensus that we need to clean up the public's perception of the industry....
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POSTED JUNE 21, 2018 | 3 COMMENTS |
Everyone Needs Coaching, Mentoring By Letsfixconstruction.com |
It is a growing trend for busy professionals to spend some time each week with a coach to help them organize themselves, tackle important issues in the appropriate order and generally do their jobs be...
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POSTED MAY 31, 2018 | 0 COMMENTS |
Architects Have a Duty of Professional Service By Letsfixconstruction.com |
There is some misunderstanding, both inside the profession and among the population at large, about what architecture is and what architects do. The misunderstanding begins with popular cultural depic...
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POSTED APRIL 18, 2018 | 5 COMMENTS |
In Favor of Mass Timber Construction Systems By Letsfixconstruction.com |
Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately, you’re probably aware of the growing interest in and use of mass timber as a construction system in increasingly significant (larger and taller) building...
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POSTED FEBRUARY 14, 2018 | 2 COMMENTS |
Financial Safety: Insurance, Bonds, Warranties By Letsfixconstruction.com |
Construction insurance, bonds and warranties are among the most confusing and inscrutable matters requiring the everyday attention of everyone involved with design and construction. Consequently, it’s...
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POSTED DECEMBER 5, 2017 | 0 COMMENTS |
The Misconception Series — Spray-Applied Fireproofing By Letsfixconstruction.com |
Fireproofing, as covered by this specification section, typically refers to an application of a spray-applied fire-resistive material (SFRM) to steel structural framing or decking, which then greatly ...
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POSTED OCTOBER 11, 2017 | 2 COMMENTS |
The Misconception Series: Gypsum Board By Letsfixconstruction.com |
Misconceptions can be found across the spectrum, in every product category and in every MasterFormat number. I thought it would be fun and enlightening to ask my go-to reps in a wide variety of produc...
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POSTED AUGUST 23, 2017 | 0 COMMENTS |
What Does the Future Hold for Specifiers? By Letsfixconstruction.com |
In the last few years, it has been proposed that owners might benefit from hiring specifiers directly; it has even been suggested that specifiers might help owners choose architects. Specific aspects ...
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POSTED AUGUST 9, 2017 | 0 COMMENTS |
Educating the Young Professionals By Letsfixconstruction.com |
I have become more and more aware of an area where our young professionals are being neglected at an extremely critical time. We need to fix this....
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POSTED MAY 31, 2017 | 8 COMMENTS |
Correlation and Intent in Contract Documents By Letsfixconstruction.com |
Although it didn't seem like it at the time, one of the best parts of my CSI chapter's certification classes was reading the A201—not selectively, but the whole thing, beginning to end....
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POSTED MAY 26, 2017 | 1 COMMENT |
Construction Costs Unknown By Letsfixconstruction.com |
When architects begin with the design concept as the primary driver, or if they have a personal “favorite move,” the client’s budget is already at risk. ...
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POSTED MARCH 31, 2017 | 5 COMMENTS |
What Don’t You Know? By Letsfixconstruction.com |
In my humble opinion, the best way to fix something is to learn what you don’t know. Often problems are perpetuated simply because we lack a piece...
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POSTED MARCH 3, 2017 | 1 COMMENT |
Does Paint Make the Drywall? By Letsfixconstruction.com |
When you think about painting drywall in commercial structures, everyone is a critic when it comes to appearance...
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POSTED JANUARY 24, 2017 | 4 COMMENTS |
Team Spec: Communication is Key By Letsfixconstruction.com |
Are you communicating with your specifier during construction administration? Are you, perhaps, a little afraid to tell your specifier about something that didn’t get built according to the spec?...
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POSTED JANUARY 6, 2017 | 0 COMMENTS |
Steel Back Your Specification By Letsfixconstruction.com |
Many factors must be considered when a design specifies cold-formed steel framing members...
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POSTED DECEMBER 13, 2016 | 0 COMMENTS |
Is Construction Broken? By Letsfixconstruction.com |
This project is named “Let’s Fix Construction,” which implies that construction is broken—or at least not operating optimally...
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POSTED NOVEMBER 17, 2016 | 4 COMMENTS |
Construction Needs a Fix By Letsfixconstruction.com |
Our biggest challenge comes from working in a bubble. It comes from only seeing things from the perspective of our own discipline. It comes from lack of knowledge of how other disciplines work and whe...
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POSTED OCTOBER 28, 2016 | 0 COMMENTS |
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