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So, You Want to be a Specifier!
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Poll Question 1:
Are you, as your primary responsibility:
- considering becoming a spcifier?
- training to become a specifier?
- a specifier?
- happy being something other than a specifier?
- wishing for another option?
Poll Question 2:
How many specifiers do you estimate there are in the US?
Fewer than:
- 200,000
- 20,000
- 2,000
- 200
with a special thanks to Bruno Cadorini who inspired the topic for this meeting
WHY NOW?
conscious choice?
chance?
What does it take?
So where do I start?
Question
common knowledge
listen carefuly, critally analyze
Observe
surroundings
what works well, what does not
Understand
materials and products
what forms a complete system
Think
three dimensionally
imagine transitions and intersections
Contribute
professionally
befriend those who are sought for advice
societies
Build
networks & relationships
trusted colleagues
Certified Construction Specifier [CCS]
Certified Construction Contract Administrator [CCCA]
and where does it end?
By learning you will teach;
by teaching you will understand.
Latin Proverb
by teaching you will groom the next generation of
Specifiers
post comments at:
www.conspectusinc.com/blog/specifying-practice-group
So, You Want to be a Specifier!
How it's made
manufacturer videos
factory tours
limitations
How it's installed
sequences
interfaces
knowledge of all disciplines
multi-disciplines
broad focus
foreign to training
become involved, actively participate
product reps
mentors
Improve
personal status
Certified Document Technologist [CDT]
other professional credentials
Seek
diverse experience
Read
available resources
mechanic
books
Harold Rosen's "Construction Specifications Writing Principles & Procedures"
contractor
manuals
CSI's "Project Resource Manual"
resident architect/engineer
periodicals
new products and new application
inspector
codes, standards, contracts
classification systems
OmniClass
MasterFormat
Uniformat
master spec systems
entire industry
MasterSpec, SPECTEXT,
Speclink, UFGS, NBS, ...
keynote systems
colleagues
senior staff
junior staff
others what you learned
Teach
look beond the drawing detail
existing buildings and details
retirement, perhaps,
but meanwhile...
email comments to:
Louis Medcalf louis_medcalf@gspnet.com
Dave Stutzman dstutzman@conspectusinc.com
What's a Specifier?
technical resource
quality assurance source
Develop
researcher
desirable qualifications
career change
job dictate
new employment
WHY?
evolving interests
preserving employment
technical writer
interface
- detail comprehension
- inquisitive nature
- skeptical outlook
- research capabilty
- makes connections
corporate memory
Anywhere, everywhere!
- organized approach
- decisive
- skilled writer
- avid reader
- translation technique
- rounded experience
mind reader
last defense
formulate your own opinion
stay open to new ideas