Building Boardroom surveyed more than 300 architects to find out how approaches to product specification are changing. This part of the report examines architects’ levels of knowledge and how they ...

At the beginning of the design phase, it is important to enumerate the exact customer requirements that your design must satisfy. The Product Design Specification tool, or PDS, is a tool that is ...

HVAC product selection is not as easy as it sometimes seems. For sure, the key part of engineering is the KIS principle (Keep It Simple). However, the KID principle (Keep It Defendable) is even more ...

Identifying design opportunities involves spotting problems or needs that can be improved through design A design brief clearly describes the problem, goals, and specific requirements of the project ...

Autodesk Informed Designallows design professionals to create building designs in Revit with customizable, manufacturable building products that match their exact specifications in Inventor.

An important aspect of Quality by Design (QbD) is to establish meaningful and realistic specifications. Well-defined specifications control the performance of products, as they derive from ...