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Author Message Robin E. Snyder Senior Member Username: robin Post Number: 784 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Monday, July 29, 2019 - 03:05 pm:    I am getting inquiries almost daily for work I need to decline. Any independents who are looking for work (usually tight schedules), please email me so i have your contact info handy and can refer potential clients to you. Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, SCIP Senior Member Username: chris_grimm_ccs_scip Post Number: 493 Registered: 02-2014 Posted on Friday, August 02, 2019 - 07:53 pm:    I'm often game for such abuse, will send you my info. Ed Storer Senior Member Username: ed_storer Post Number: 35 Registered: 05-2009 Posted on Monday, September 16, 2019 - 07:25 pm:    I'm easing into retirement. I have no sympathy for design firms that need specs done in a short time frame. They should have planned ahead, but that's not a typical characteristic of a design firm. More typical: "OMG - we need a spec and we don't have a clue how to do them." I have accommodated such requests and had not problems- mainly because nobody read the specs anyway. At least I got paid. David J. Wyatt, CDT Senior Member Username: david_j_wyatt_cdt Post Number: 311 Registered: 03-2011 Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 08:44 am:    I am happily employed, but I would have welcomed such an opportunity a few years ago when I was on my own. Each new project as an independent spec writer is an adventure. The small firms I worked for usually had such good drawings and details that the specs were but added formalities. The large firms usually had projects with larger spec budgets that moved slowly through CDs. No matter who I worked for, I always learned something important that made me a better spec writer for the next project. Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, SCIP Senior Member Username: chris_grimm_ccs_scip Post Number: 514 Registered: 02-2014 Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 10:09 am:    Generating pretty accurate first pass specs for such people is no problem for me by looking over the drawings and asking a few questions, then using my masters and tools which I call human-powered integrated specs. I try to avoid allowing too many insertions into my schedule. But if I never allowed interruptions I figure I would not have a business at all. My team is in growth mode & I'm looking for part-time admins who can process markups when they are straightforward, and intermediate level spec people who can do so when they are less straightforward. I still personally look over the markups to offer feedback and to develop new master content where needed.