The Construction Specifications Ins...
The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly bring out a Master Guide Performance Specification classification by the end of 1998
Performance specifying is generally regarded as ideally suited to design/build contrive delivery, according to DBIA, because specifiers identify the extreme point result (final level of quality and function) rather than the means (installation of individual materials and equipment).
In announcing the joint contingency CSI executive director Greg Ballestrero cited
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