SPECTEXT Support Center News

By Sharon B. Epple, CSI, AIA Assoc.

SPECTEXT® Master Guide Specifications January 2002 Edition Shipped!

The latest editions of the COMPREHENSIVE, SPECTEXT® , SPECTEXT® II and OUTLINE Specification libraries have been shipped to all current U.S. and international subscribers. Included in this edition are many new, revised and updated Sections involving Divisions 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14 and 15, providing subscribers with relevant and timely information to aid them in preparing consistent project specifications more efficiently and updating and maintaining their office master specification system.

An overview of the new and revised information provided in the January 2002 Edition may be obtained from the CSRF Support Center. CSRF will publish the next semi-annual edition of the COMPREHENSIVE, SPECTEXT®, SPECTEXT® II and OUTLINE Specification libraries in July, 2002.

SPECTEXT® Environmental Engineering Specification Expanded

CSRF has expanded the new SPECTEXT® Environmental Engineering Specification, including Water, Wastewater and Sanitary Specifications by adding 12 new Sections, including SPECTEXT® and OUTLINE Sections, for the January 2002 Edition. Engineering firms, owners, school boards, public works departments, public agencies and municipalities are finding these new specifications a valuable tool as a reference and resource to improve and update their specifications, prepare project specifications, and inspect and rehabilitate their facilities.

Free information and new sample Sections of the SPECTEXT® Environmental Engineering Specification and SPECTEXT® Environmental Engineering Add-On are available from your SPECTEXT® Representative. Call 1-877-SPECTXT (773-2898) today to order your free information packet and samples.

New Custom Specification Formatting Service Available

Over the years, your firm has made a substantial investment in time and effort developing its in-house master specification system. Your firm is also considering subscribing to SPECTEXT® because of its conformity to CSI's MasterFormat™, SectionFormat™ and PageFormat™, its clear, concise, straightforward writing style and the consistency it provides from Section-to-Section. You'd like to expand the number of Sections available for your projects and increase your efficiency even more, but the formatting of your in-house master isn't consistent with SPECTEXT® or compatible with SPECTEXT® 's EDITSPEC® Section-editing tools. How can you quickly and cost effectively standardize the formatting of your in-house master to be consistent with CSI MasterFormat™ 1995, SectionFormat™, PageFormat™, SPECTEXT® and EDITSPEC® so that your firm can benefit from the new Sections and updated information in SPECTEXT® ?

If this sounds familiar to you, CSRF may have the answer you've been looking for. CSRF is offering a new custom formatting service for current subscribers who wish to standardize the formatting of their in-house master specification Sections with those of SPECTEXT® . With this custom tool, subscribers will be able to use their in-house master Sections with SPECTEXT® Sections and utilize EDITSPEC® tools with both libraries without sacrificing the information they've developed in their in-house master.

There is an additional fee for the custom formatting service and in-house master Sections must meet certain requirements. For more information and a price quote, please contact your SPECTEXT® Representative at 1-877-SPECTXT today.

CSRF Responds to Specifier Needs - Offers More Choices

CSRF is responsive to the needs and demands of specification writers by developing and publishing more specification subscription packages covering a wider variety of engineering and architectural disciplines than any other provider of master specification systems.

With more than 20 specification subscription packages in the SPECTEXT® , SPECTEXT® II and OUTLINE library database, CSRF better equips your specification writers with the right specifications tailored to your project's needs.

Over the past 24 years, CSRF has developed SPECTEXT® as the specification of choice for engineers, architects, owners, and specifiers who want clear, concisely written specifications. CSRF employs nationally-recognized practicing architectural, civil, mechanical, electrical and environmental specification writers ñ each with a minimum 25 years experience ñ to write, update and maintain SPECTEXT® Master Guide Specifications. SPECTEXT® 's practicing specification writers collect information from actual project use so that the SPECTEXT® libraries include practical, real-world experiences that help users reduce errors and questions during construction. CSRF uses specification writing consultants who write project specifications that are put out to bid on a daily basis.

To find out more about how SPECTEXT® Master Guide Specifications can benefit your firm, call your SPECTEXT® Representative at 1-877-SPECTXT.