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Marc C. Chavez, CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA, SCIP
ZGF Architects LLP
Seattle, WA
206-521-3492
mcchavez@comcast.net
Speaker Fee: Travel expenses only
Overall Evaluation: N/A 
Biography: Marc Chavez is an experienced technical architect. He has practiced architecture in participating in the creation of a wide variety of buildings from single-family wood structures to very large institutional buildings. His expertise in architectural practice is centered on document production and construction management. An AutoCAD user since 1987 he has seen CAD bloom from a clumsy tool to a sophisticated 3D and 4D modeling tool. He has been actively specifying buildings and conducting material research for 10 years. He currently works at Zimmer Gunsul Frasca, acting as an architect for the construction of new buildings and renovation of existing facilities and writing specifications.
Speaker Specialties:
  • Certification
  • Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
  • MasterFormat Accredited Instructor (MAI)
  • Specifications Writing
  • Building/Facility Information Modeling (BIM)
Sessions:
  • CSI Webinar - Intermediate Specifying for Design Professionals (4/16/13)
    Date: 04/16/2013
    Session Evaluation: N/A 

    Session Description:

    CSI Webinar:
    Intermediate Specifying for Design Professionals

    Marc C. Chavez, CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA, SCIP

    Speaker:
    Marc C. Chavez, CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA, SCIP

    Architects, Engineers and other design professionals regardless of design or drafting ability will eventually find themselves “stuck with writing a spec.” These neatly printed and bound volumes form the “quality” basis of the contract documents; and yet have often been seen holding up the broken leg of a job trailer chair or holding the door open. With the demise of the Sweets Catalogs, they have formed the large majority of model making weights used in design offices today. Model shop notwithstanding, what should you do when approaching this apparently monumental task? Writing is not your forte. Arcane product knowledge and ASTM standards are difficult and although we make fun of them, we REALLY do not want to find ourselves at the job site and have the Contractor point and laugh, or worse yet ask for a large change order based upon incorrect information on the drawings or the specification. Marc Chavez CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA, SCIP assoc. will guide you through the process of building a structurally sound, well designed specification using purchased “master specifications,” free online documents as well as specs “from scratch”.

    Learning Objectives
    1. Use building assemblies and UniFormat as a guide to planning required work for drawings and specifications.
    2. Use checklists, generic tables of contents and MasterFormat to make sure you have not forgotten required items.
    3. Learn how to save time and be consistent by utilizing "packaged" master specifications.
    4. Describe how to take advantage of specification data at manufacturer's and association websites.
    5. Review how to create good specifications by consistently applying SectionFormat to sort the data you collect about products.
    Credit: 1.0 AIA CEHs, 1.0 PDHs

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  • CDT Bootcamp Spring 2013
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  • CSI CDT Bootcamp 2012
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