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Preparing effective product guide specifications for manufacturers

Gary M. Schuman, a Professional Engineer and Certified Construction Specifier, has been preparing quality specifications to industry standards for manufacturers, architects, and engineers for over 30 years. Since 1993, Gary has specialized in preparing effective guide specifications in CSI Format for building product manufacturers. Before writing specifications, Gary spent 10 years at construction sites in the following capacities: Resident Engineer for a consulting engineering firm at an electrical power generating station in Kansas Owner’s Representative for a major retailer at a 1.6-million-sq-ft catalog center in Nevada Field Engineer for a general contractor at a three-building, high-rise apartment house and garage complex in Massachusetts Concrete Inspector for a materials testing laboratory at construction sites and concrete batch plants in Massachusetts Professional Engineer (P.E.), State of Kansas CSI Certified Construction Specifier (CCS) Guide specifications for manufacturers are written according to The CSI Construction Specifications Practice Guide, SectionFormat, PageFormat, and MasterFormat 2018 Edition. Author of article on guide specifications for The Construction Specifier Advertising in Monthly Publications

Former member of ACI Committee 121
—Quality Assurance Systems for Concrete Construction

BS in Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Member:

American Concrete Institute (ACI) American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) Specifications Consultants in Independent Practice (SCIP)

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