The Spec Shaman

The Spec Shaman

The building industry's top specification experts, LEED gurus, and design hotshots offer their best advice, research, and insights to help building product manufacturers increase product specifications. Building product specification is what keeps us up at night. Our team of experts are dedicated to helping building product manufacturers implement meaningful action to create positive outcomes. The goal of this blog is to create insightful, relevant content that building product manufacturers can utilize in their daily lives. Whether you are the company Owner, President, Marketing Manager, Sales Leader, Product Rep, or office intern we hope to provide you with strategies to improve product specification results and grow key parts of your business significantly.

On: Oct 8, 2018 By: Brad Blank
4 Reasons Why Online AIA CE Courses Help Product Manufacturers Get Specified
Building product manufacturers that don’t have an online AIA course, do so at their own peril. AIA continuing education is crucial for manufacturers to educate design professionals and increase their product specifications. A manufacturer that doesn’t have an online AIA CE course risks losing market share and giving their competition the upper hand.
On: Oct 4, 2018 By: Stacie Townsend
Is Amazon Taking Over the B2B World?
Last week, Amazon announced its investment in Plant Prefab, a Rialto, CA based startup. This isn’t Amazon’s first foray into the construction business. In May 2018, Amazon partnered with Lennar, the nation’s largest homebuilder, to pre-install Alexa in all their new homes. Just days before the Plant Prefab announcement, Amazon released their new line of Alexa-enabled smart home devices.
On: Oct 1, 2018 By: Brad Blank
How Values Can Affect Building Product Specification
Today, many building products are sold as commodities. Doors, windows, bricks, and other materials are available globally and at competitive prices. Customers can review and evaluate multiple building products that are competitively priced. So, what differentiates product A from product B?
On: Sep 27, 2018 By: Ron Blank
How Architectural Representatives Get Building Products Specified
Architectural representatives are professional educators to architects, specifiers, designers, engineers and other design professionals such as LEED professionals. An integral part of their job is building long-term relationships with design professionals that trust them for their honesty, product knowledge and availability to consult about the proper products for their projects.
On: Sep 25, 2018 By: Stacie Townsend
Highlights of the New AIA Healthier Materials Protocol Guide
Designing and constructing buildings that are sustainable and healthy for the earth and people should be a goal of everyone in the AEC industry.

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