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Case Studies are submitted to us by building professionals across the nation to showcase their construction projects and to build the nation’s largest database of actual construction costs. The data is broken out into the 16 CSI divisions, building square foot costs, accompanied by pictures, site plans or elevation plans, as well as an architect’s statement describing the project. To submit or for more information, contact Patty Owens at patty@dcd.com.

Specifiers Spotlight 
Specifiers Spotlight is a leading World Wide Web source of architectural and construction information on building materials, supplies and products for architects, builders, contractors and developers.


Building Products Revue
In most every construction project, there is a specific product that stands out. Whether the product saved the builder time or money or even stress. In Builder Product Revue we spotlight the product that made the project a successful one.


TradeWinds
There are tons of press and news releases that go out every day. There is hardly any time to read them all. In TradeWinds, we give readers a re-cap of some of the most pertinent information the building community needs to know.


Arthur F. O'Leary, FAIA, MRIAI 
Since January 1980, Arthur F. O’Leary, FAIA, MRIAI has been a regular contributor to Design Cost Data magazine along with serving on DCD’s editorial board.

Co-founder of O’Leary Terasawa Partners, now merged with Widom Wein Cohen O’Leary Terasawa, a Santa Monica Architectural firm, O’Leary is one of the nation’s most highly recognized architects.

He received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Southern California and Certificate in Real Estate from UCLA School of Management. Licenses to practice architecture in California and formerly licensed in 13 other states, he is certified by the National Council of Architectural Boards and is qualified to practice in Ireland and by reciprocity in all of the states of the European Union.

In addition to serving on the Advisory Board of DCD and regular contributor, his professional writing includes: membership on the Board of Contributing Editors of California Construction Law Reporter, author of A Guide To Successful Construction – Effective Contract Administration, BNi Publications, 1997 and Construction Nightmares Jobs From Hell & How to Avoid Them, BNi Publications, 2000.

Now retired from active practice and living and writing in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, O’Leary continues to remain current on architectural issues, and he solicits suggestions from the readers of DCD for subjects that they would like to see covered. O’Leary’s email address is art@dcd.com.


DCD Insights....
DCD Insights is the section dedicated to those articles written by the building community. Architects, contractors, builders and designers from all over submit. Articles range from common problems to helpful solutions, to commentaries that are relevant to readers today.


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