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LinkLine: Fall 2011

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Construction Specification Statistics

  • 569 sections total
  • 561 non-proprietary sections
  • 8 proprietary sections
  • 3 new non-proprietary sections
  • 350 non-proprietary sections updated
  • 4 proprietary sections updated
  • 50% of total sections updated
  • 50% of all non-proprietary sections updated
  • 75% of all proprietary sections updated
  • 81 sections with checklists
  • 110,927 paragraphs
  • 138,255 links (targets and consequences)
  • 31,730 notes to specifier
  • 17,607 notes with live hyperlinks
  • 1,813 external documents referenced
  • 731 ASTM documents referenced (all verified in last 2 months)
  • 271 ASTM documents updated (37% — 8% more than last year)
  • 1,139 other documents and standards referenced
  • 57 newly-referenced standards
  • 174 standards organizations referenced (3 new)
  • 410 sections with manufacturers listed
  • 1015 unique manufacturers listed

Sections in Each Catalog

  • Design Criteria Catalog -- 128
  • A = Architectural -- 408
  • S = Structural -- 156
  • C = Civil -- 181
  • L = Landscape -- 150
  • M = Mechanical / Electrical -- 302
  • Basic Catalog -- 196 (SpecLink+ only)
  • Short Form -- 16 (SpecLink+ only)
  • Performance -- 161 (SpecLink+ only)

Design Criteria Statistics

  • 32 sections total
  • 40% of total sections updated
  • 13,819 paragraphs
  • 11,049 internal links (targets and consequences)
  • 2,340 notes to specifier
  • 522 notes with live hyperlinks
  • 186 external documents referenced
  • 47 ASTMs referenced (all verified in last 2 months)
  • 16 ASTMs updated (34%)
  • 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.