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Product specification report
Product specification for architects: Executive summary
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 asked 300 architects
Product specification for architects: Design challenges
As part of the Building Boardroom survey into changing approaches to product specification, we asked 300 architects to identify the main current issues affecting their approach to specification
Product specification for architects: Specification knowledge
Building Boardroom surveyed 300 architects to find out how approaches to product specification are changing. Here we look at architects’ levels of knowledge and how they share information
Product specification for architects: Information sources
To find out about changing approaches to product specification, Building Boardroom surveyed 300 architects. Here we reveal what they said about their information sources and what they seek from manufacturers
Product specification for architects: International perspective
As part of the Building Boardroom survey into product specification for architects, we looked at how the profession’s approaches to specification diverge in different parts of the globe
Interview: Chris Jarvis, Sheppard Robson
As part of our report into how architects approach product specification, we spoke to Sheppard Robson technical director Chris Jarvis, who would like to see product standards developed to be relevant for MMC
Interview: Tom Waddicor, Maccreanor Lavington
As part of our report into how architects approach product specification, we interviewed Maccreanor Lavington’s education lead, Tom Waddicor, who sees the main challenges as relating to changing regulations and the climate
Interview: Colin Rice, Cullinan Studio
As part of our report into how architects approach product specification, we interviewed Cullinan Studio partner Colin Rice, for whom circular economy principles are a key interest
Interview: Paul Owen, BDP
As part of our report into how architects approach product specification, we spoke with BDP’s technical delivery lead Paul Owen, who would like to see more focus on information-sharing
Interview: Richard Gatti, Gatti Routh Rhodes
As part of our report into how architects approach product specification, we spoke with Gatti Routh Rhodes’ founding partner Richard Gatti, who says sample libraries would be a good idea