Senior Architectural Specification Writer

Buz Groshong is the MasterSpec staff writer for specification sections dealing with LEED® requirements, masonry, stone, carpentry, woodwork, wood doors, metalwork, louvers, elevators, and miscellaneous other subjects. Since joining the MasterSpec staff he has added 28 new sections to the ASC library. He is also responsible for the Small Project library and is coordinator for the Outline library.

He has a B.A. degree from the University of Virginia, has worked in architecture in the Washington, DC area since 1969, and has been a MasterSpec writer since 1993. He is a member of the DC Metropolitan Chapter of CSI, ANSI Committee A108 on Ceramic Tile, ASTM Committee C15 on Manufactured Masonry Units, ASTM Committee C18 on Dimension Stone, the Nature Conservancy, and the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club.

In his spare time Buz enjoys hiking in various parts of the US and other countries and does a bit of relatively easy mountain climbing. The photograph of Buz was taken while he was learning to rappel in the Peruvian Andes.

My father was an architect and I grew up in the business. That experience taught me the importance of getting it right. Working on MasterSpec documents enables me to help provide architects and engineers with the best tools and information they can have to get it right.