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By Sharon B. Epple, CSI, AIA Assoc.

CSRF Publishes New Trenchless Construction Specifications In January 2003

CSRF introduced new state-of-the-art trenchless construction specifications in the January 2003 Edition published recently. Horizontal Directional Drilling and Microtunneling specifications enable Engineers, contractors, sewer and water districts and public authorities to utilize a safer, more efficient and cost effective alternative to traditional trenching and tunneling methods.

Worker safety, increased productivity, reduced operational disruption in environmentally sensitive or congested areas, reduced street cutting and repair, reduced soil disposal, and the ability to work in a wide range of soil and water table conditions are only some of the advantages SPECTEXT® subscribers and their clients will benefit from utilizing these techniques.

SPECTEXT® Horizontal Directional Drilling and Microtunneling Specifications are written in the CSI three-part format, conform to CSI MasterFormat™ 1995 and follow CSI's SectionFormat™ and PageFormat™ guidelines. These new Sections are available in a variety of SPECTEXT® and OUTLINE Specification Libraries. Details regarding trenchless construction specifications may be obtained from the CSRF Support Center by calling 1-877-773-2898.

January 2003 Edition Published!

CSRF has recently published its latest full edition of the COMPREHENSIVE, SPECTEXT®, SPECTEXT® II and OUTLINE Specification Libraries. Along with the new Horizontal Directional Drilling and Microtunneling Sections, subscribers will benefit from updated Sections, enhancements to the EDITSPEC® Section-Editing Tools and improvements in the SPECTEXT® User's Manual, EDITSPEC® Introduction, and Section Templates. Information and sample Sections regarding the January 2003 Edition may be obtained from the CSRF Support Center.

Welcome New Subscribers!

Thanks to the many organizations who support CSRF and its goals by subscribing and using SPECTEXT®. Subscriber fees support the expansion of programs like EDITSPEC and SPECTEXT®. We very much appreciate subscriber comments and recommendations for improvement to the SPECTEXT® database. CSRF reviews and uses these valuable subscriber comments to provide helpful changes and improvements that benefit all subscribers.

We welcome these new SPECTEXT® subscribers:

ACS - City of Indianapolis
Advanced Technologies, Inc.
Architectural Design, Inc.
Avery Design Build
B. W. Nelson Consultants SystemsCommissioning Services
Bradford Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Bureau of Reclamation, Central California Area
C & H Sugar Company
C. T. Owens & Associates
California Air National Guard
Capell Design Associates
Cerrone Associates, Inc.
Christopher Williams Architects, LLC
Cierra Electrical Group, Inc.
Clifford Taylor Architects, P.C.
Colorado Springs Utilities
Construction Consulting International

Construction Documents, Ltd.
Costa Engineering Corporation
Counter Technology, Inc.
DuSable, Inc.
DWL Architects & Planners, Inc.
Eastern Engineering, Inc.
Edmundo Lopez, Architect, P.C.
Eldridge & Associates
Engineering Diagnostics
Engineering Innovations, Inc.
Excel Engineering, Inc.
Facility Services & Engineering, Inc.
Fields Devereaux Architects & Engineers
G. Scott & Associates Architects, PLC
Griffiths Engineering
Hagemeister & Mack Architects
Haley & Aldrich
HCA Partners, Inc.
Larson Design Group, Inc.
Management Science Associates, Inc.

Moore Engineering
Oceanit Laboratories, Inc.
Parsons Brinckerhoff
PBK Architects, Inc.
Peninsula Associates Architects, LLC
Princeton Sewer Operating Committee
Proactive Architecture, Inc.
RMT, Inc.
RTW Professional Engineers and Consultants
Sherman Architecture
SpexResources
Summit Engineering
Third Party Environmental, Inc.
Toomey-Munson & Associates, Inc.
Tri-State Engineering, Inc.
TRW Architecture/Consulting
United States Air Force, 16th Civil Engineering Squadron
VEB&H Architects

For SPECTEXT® information please contact:
The Construction Sciences Research Foundation, Inc. CSRF Support Center P.O. Box 926 Bel Air, MD 21014-0926	1-877-SPECTXT (773-2898) or 410-838-7561 Fax: 410-420-2749 E-mail: supportcenter@csrf.org Internet: www.spectext.com and www.csrf.org

The CSRF newsletter is published for SPECTEXT® subscribers and others involved in design and construction. To obtain your copy of Creating a Common Language®, please contact the CSRF Support Center by telephone at 1-877- SPECTXT or 410-838-7561 or you may e-mail us at supportcenter@csrf.org