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LinkLine: Fall 2010

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Construction Specification Statistics

  • 564 sections total
  • 556 non-proprietary sections
  • 8 proprietary sections
  • 3 new non-proprietary sections
  • 1 new proprietary section
  • 339 non-proprietary sections updated
  • 5 proprietary sections updated
  • 58% of total sections updated
  • 58% of all non-proprietary sections updated
  • 71% of all proprietary sections updated
  • 74 sections with checklists
  • 119,483 paragraphs
  • 139,174 links
  • 32,007 notes to specifier
  • 16,746 notes with live hyperlinks
  • 1,758 external documents referenced
  • 692 ASTM documents referenced (all verified in last 2 months)
  • 211 ASTM documents updated (30% of total)
  • 1,066 other documents and standards referenced 
  • 24 newly-referenced standards
  • 170 standards organizations referenced, 1 new
  • 400 sections with manufacturers listed
  • 994 unique manufacturers listed

Sections in Each Catalog

  • Design Criteria Catalog  ―  109
  • A = Architectural  ―  393
  • S = Structural  ―  144
  • C = Civil --  169
  • L = Landscape  ―  138
  • M = Mechanical / Electrical  ―  292
  • X  = Basics  ―  185 (SpecLink+ only)
  • Short Form  ―  16 (SpecLink+ only)
  • Performance  ―  161 (SpecLink+ only)

Design Criteria Statistics

  • 32 sections total
  • 47% of total sections updated
  • 13,819 paragraphs
  • 10,985 internal links (targets and consequences)
  • 2,338 notes to specifier
  • 520 notes with live hyperlinks
  • 186 external documents referenced
  • 47 ASTMs referenced (all verified in last 2 months)
  • 139 other documents referenced  
  • 41 standards organizations referenced

Documents issued more than two years ago are verified quarterly, as are annual and semi-annual publications. The documents not verified this quarter were updated within the past two years.