HUNTSVILLE, ALA. (July 14, 2016)-- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville worked with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command and published two new Unified ...

Building Energy Data Exchange Specification (BEDES) version 1.1 was recently launched by the U.S. Energy Department. BEDES is a dictionary that facilitates consistent exchange of building ...

HVAC product selection is not as easy as it sometimes seems. For sure, the key part of engineering is the KIS principle (Keep It Simple). However, the KID principle (Keep It Defendable) is even more ...

A set of construction documents acts as the literal blueprint for a project, offering the details for how to construct a job. Those documents can be created through a team approach, with the owner, GC ...

Construction Specifications Institute, Inc. (CSI) and global standards organization ASTM International say they have finalized an agreement to formally link CSI’s UNIFORMAT standards and ASTM ...

What challenges are facing architects today when it comes to product specification? How are they tackling them? And what can manufacturers do to help? Building Boardroom surveyed over 300 architects ...

On a large renovation project of a seven-story apartment building, the owner engaged a construction management firm, which, in turn, bid out the electrical and telecommunications work separately. The ...

The sixth edition of Qatar Construction Specifications (QCS), to be released by 2018, is expected to set global standards in the field to be a reference for hot and humid regions. This was revealed on ...