Deliberate Words

About Deliberate Words

by Conspectus, Inc. - decision managers, word masters, aggregators. There is tremendous power in a word that is perfectly placed at the best location, at the best time, during the design and construction process of a project. Deliberate words can manage success, build trust, and provide transparency that every member of the project team craves. As decision managers of the team, Conspectus explores the notion of how transparency transforms three main components of every project: behavior, content, and outcomes, through the appropriate usage of words. Behavior of every participant, is the foundation communication and collaboration, through deliberate words. It will transform the team, and build strong relationships. Content, the documentation built on these relationships, containing deliberate words, is then transformed. The outcome is a successful project, with a legacy of ultimate collaboration. Join us as we chat with members of the architectural, engineering, construction, and owner communities to learn how deliberate word shape their contributions, their projects, and their world! Through these conversations, words aggregate decisions, and transforms perspectives on transparency in the decision-making process.

Publisher

David Stutzman and Steve Gantner

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jul 2021

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

107 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026

   What a Week! Are Your Owner Standards Working?

   How useful are an owner’s design standards if the project team can’t easily understand, maintain, or apply them? In this episode of What a Week, Tina Montone joins Dave Stutzman, Steve Gantner, and Elias Saltz to recap a new hands-on workshop developed for the Construction Owners Association of America (COAA). Piloted with the Michigan Chapter, the workshop helps owners take a critical look at their design standards, guide specifications, and technical specifications, whether they have a well...

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Lessons from Tragedy: How September 11th Changed the Way We Build

   The buildings we design today carry lessons learned from the failures of yesterday. But how well are we putting those lessons into practice? Marking the 25th anniversary of September 11, David Stutzman and Steve Gantner welcome Sal Verrastro of Spillman Farmer Architects to discuss the World Trade Center collapse and the changes in building codes, fire protection, and emergency egress that followed. The conversation reaches beyond September 11 to explore lessons from other construction failur...

3. 

   23 Sept 2026

   What A Week! The Design Intent Gap Summit Recap

   The first Design Intent Gap Summit brought nearly 50 industry professionals together around one central question: How can we better capture and carry design intent from early design through construction? In this episode of What a Week, Dave, Steve, and Elias recap the first-ever Design Intent Gap Summit in New York City, where architects, specifiers, contractors, estimators, owners, manufacturers, educators, and technology providers explored how Systems and Performance Descriptions (SPDs) cou...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 17 / 100

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Quality

21

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

30

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