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Proactive Approaches to Handling Product Substitutions in Design Projects
To Architects and Engineers, product substitution requests can ‘throw a spanner’ in your best-laid plans. But with whom does the responsibility lay when…
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From Ideation to Installation: The Journey of a Product
When a manufacturer develops a product, Architects and Engineers will naturally specify it and it will be installed on-site. Right?…
Nick Kunzli Speaking the Same Language: Company-Wide Consistency in Specifications
Miserable: Specification consulting is often termed ‘a dark art’, but we are generally the human search engines of architecture, equipped…
Nick Kunzli Cross-Discipline Consistency in Specifications
Coordinated documentation between Architects, Engineers and Consultants is essential. Inconsistency in drawings and specifications across disciplines creates ambiguity, leading to…
Nick Kunzli Consolidation vs Flexibility: To Specify or Schedule?
Consider your unique needs. In the years of providing Specification Consultancy, no two organisations are the same. Each organisation has…
Nick Kunzli What is a Specification?
Specifications are among the most crucial documents in Architecture, Engineering, and construction. They dictate the qualitative and procedural requirements for…
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Why Architects are Outsourcing to Specification Consultancies
We live in a fast-paced age where Architectural wonders pop up overnight, clients want their designs and specifications done yesterday,…
Nick Kunzli Procurement: How Contracts Shape Your Experience
Introduction: Procurement strategies and the form of contract used to administer a building development shape the experience and frame the…
Nick Kunzli Our Specification Consultancy Process
Step 1: Project Scoping We interrogate the current documentation and develop a structured scope sheet. Imagine a consultant, let's call…
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