3 "tabs" for management of 3 types of specs:

• Performance specifications, for design-criteria and whole-building performance specifications
• Short Form, for brief specs early in the design or small, low-risk projects
• SpecLink^®, for construction specifications

Performance specifications includes:

Approximately 600 pages of design criteria and performance specifications.

• 161 sections
• 17,393 paragraphs
• 22,128 internal links (targets and consequences) and links to Short Form specs
• 4,024 notes to specifier, 925 with live hyperlinks
• 190 external documents referenced, with live hyperlinks to order information
• 50 ASTMs referenced, 100 % verified within last 9 months
• 140 other documents referenced, 50 % verified this quarter*, 3 updated
• 38 standards organizations' documents referenced
See Specifier's Library for complete list.

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Short Form specifications includes:

Approximately 300 pages of outline specifications.

• 16 sections corresponding to Divisions 1 through 16 in Masterformat 1995
• 8,308 paragraphs
• 9,054 internal links (targets and consequences) and links to SpecLink^® sections for continuity during design process
• 1,564 notes to specifier, 1,023 with live hyperlinks
• 365 external documents referenced
• 226 ASTMs referenced, 100 % verified within last 9 months
• 139 other documents referenced, 47 % verified this quarter*
• 42 standards organizations' documents referenced
See Specifier's Library for complete list.

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SpecLink^® construction specifications includes:

533 full-length specification sections. See Catalog Listing for complete list.

• 332 sections updated or new (62 %)
• 528 non-proprietary sections
• 5 proprietary sections
• 2 new proprietary sections

Helpful checklists

• 55 sections with optional checklists to highlight critical options and specifying tactics

Over 3,500 pages of specs

• 92,081 paragraphs
• 104,855 internal links (targets and consequences)
• 26,285 notes to specifier
• 15,044 notes with live hyperlinks to Internet web pages

2,211 external documents referenced, with live hyperlinks to order information

• 962 ASTMs referenced, 100% verified within last 9 months
• 1,249 other documents referenced, 52 % verified this quarter*, 27 updated
• 188 standards organizations referenced:
See Specifier's Library for complete list.

954 unique manufacturers listed in non-proprietary sections.

• 377 non-proprietary sections include manufacturer name listings
• 2,431 manufacturer listings in all, with live hyperlinks to their web sites

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* Documents issued more than two years ago are verified quareterly, as are annual or semiannual publications. The documents not verified this quarter were updated within the past two years.

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NEW SPECLINK SECTIONS:

• 09 9100.PRATT (09910.PRATT) - Painting
• 09 3000.PRATT (09930.PRATT) - Staining and Transparent Finishing

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NEW SECTION SYNOPSES:

SECTION 09 9100.PRATT (09910.PRATT) - Painting:

Scope: Products (Part 2) based on Pratt & Lambert paints.

Catalogs: All (free of charge).

Synopsis: This section is intended to be used with 09 9000 BSD Painting and Coating, as a proprietary PART 2 accompanying non-proprietary PARTS 1 and 3. See the LinkLine newsletter article "Alternative Strategy for Painting Specs" for more information.

SECTION 09 9300.PRATT (09930.PRATT) - Staining and Transparent Finishing:

Scope: Products (Part 2) based on Pratt & Lambert paints.

Catalogs: All (free of charge).

Synopsis: This section is intended to be used with 09 9000 BSD Painting and Coating, as a proprietary PART 2 accompanying non-proprietary PARTS 1 and 3. See the LinkLine newsletter article "Alternative Strategy for Painting Specs" for more information.

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END OF CHANGE SUMMARY