A TWO-PART SERIES ON HOW CEILING CONTRACTORS CAN MAKE SPECIFICATION WORK FOR THEM. PART ONE FOCUSES ON UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF QUESTIONING/CHALLENGING THE SPEC.
In commercial architecture, specification can often be a complicated process involving multiple stakeholders, each with a different motivating factor for what's included in the details.
Architects and designers most often make specification decisions based on visual beauty and/or engineered performance. General contractors want quality craftsmanship out of their installers and dependable building products that help them construct the best structure they can. And property owners seek buildings that are constructed to last over the long haul while providing occupants with the best possible experience that budget will allow.