Like many consulting engineers, you may be asking yourself, “Why smart buildings and why now?” This e-book answers this question by sharing the key trends driving smart building specifications. It ...

To properly select and specify green building materials, successful architects need authoritative, real-world advice on how to select and use nontoxic, recycled, and recyclable products, and how to ...

As part of the Building Boardroom survey into changing approaches to product specification, we asked more than 300 architects to identify the main current issues affecting their approach to ...

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 As part of a ...

A set of construction documents acts as the literal blueprint for a project, offering the details for how to construct a job. Those documents can be created through a team approach, with the owner, GC ...

The sixth edition of Qatar Construction Specifications (QCS), to be released by 2018, is expected to set global standards in the field to be a reference for hot and humid regions. This was revealed on ...

The fifth edition of Qatar Construction Specifications (QCS 2014) was inaugurated yesterday by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin zaid ...

DOHA: The Minister of Environment H E Ahmed Amer Mohamed Al Humaidi has issued Qatar Construction Specifications (QCS) 2014, which will take effect three months after its publication in the official ...

DOHA: The Ministry of Environment is making final preparations for issuing Qatar Construction Specifications (QCS) 2014, a senior official has said. Dr Mohammed bin Saif Al Kuwari, Assistant ...