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
• 17,392 paragraphs
• 22,127 internal links (targets and consequences) and links to Short Form specs
• 4,024 notes to specifier, 925 with live hyperlinks
• 191 external documents referenced, with live hyperlinks to order information
• 50 ASTMs referenced, 100 % verified within last 6 months
• 141 other documents referenced, 97 % verified this quarter*
• 39 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
• 9,056 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
• 354 external documents referenced
• 226 ASTMs referenced, 100 % verified within last 6 months
• 138 other documents referenced, 81 % verified this quarter*
• 42 standards organizations' documents referenced
See Specifier's Library for complete list.

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SpecLink^® construction specifications includes:

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

• 139 sections updated or new (26 %)
• 528 non-proprietary sections
• 3 new non-proprietary sections
• 3 proprietary sections
• 1 new proprietary section

Helpful checklists

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

Over 3,500 pages of specs

• 91,640 paragraphs
• 103,717 internal links (targets and consequences)
• 26,203 notes to specifier
• 15,044 notes with live hyperlinks to Internet web pages

2,130 external documents referenced, with live hyperlinks to order information

• 962 ASTMs referenced, 100% verified within last 6 months
• 1,254 other documents referenced, 84 % verified this quarter*
• 187 standards organizations referenced:
See Specifier's Library for complete list.

949 unique manufacturers listed in non-proprietary sections.

• 372 non-proprietary sections include manufacturer name listings
• 2,423 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:

• 00 4000 (00400) - Procurement Forms and Supplements
• 00 5000 (00590) - Contracting Forms and Supplements
• 01 4216 (01422) - Definitions
• 07 2501 (07261) - Rainscreen Weather Barrier with 2-D Drainage

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NEW SECTION SYNOPSES:

SECTION 00 4000 (00400) - Procurement Forms and Supplements:

Scope: Forms relating to competitive bidding process.

Catalogs: Architectural, Structural, Civil, Landscaping, Mechanical.

Synopsis: This section is for listing forms that bidders must use during the bidding or tendering process. Some forms are standard pre-printed forms published by organizations such as the AIA or EJCDC, which can, if desired, be incorporated by reference simply by listing them here. Others will be included in the Project Manual, such as the Bid Form. This section can be most efficiently prepared by first preparing Section 00 5000 Contracting Forms and Supplements, as the procurement forms should be coordinated with the contracting forms.

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SECTION 00 5000 (00590) - Contracting Forms and Supplements :

Scope: Forms relating to contract, after bidding; checklist for contracting documents.

Catalogs: Architectural, Structural, Civil, Landscaping, Mechanical.

Synopsis: This section is for listing forms that the contractor must use during the construction period. The most important of these forms are the Agreement and the General Conditions. All of the relevant model documents published by AIA, EJCDC, and ConsensusDOCS – those that relate to the actual construction contract – are listed here for selection (read more about these forms elsewhere in this newsletter). A checklist prompts the user for the contract type and which organization’s forms should be used, and then presents only the appropriate options. There is also a long list of other forms that may or may not be necessary for a particular project. The checklist in this section also preselects the appropriate options in Section 00 4000 Procurement Forms and Supplements. Although this section is not mandatory on all projects, it is an easy way to prepare a concise list of all the “front end” documents that are typically prepared outside of SpecLink.

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SECTION 01 4216 (01422) - Definitions :

Scope: Definitions not specific to other sections and not in the General Conditions.

Catalogs: Architectural, Structural, Civil, Landscaping, Mechanical.

Synopsis: This short section includes basic specification-related definitions that apply to many, if not most, sections – namely, “provide”, “furnish”, and “install”. Sometimes these definitions are included in the Supplementary Conditions (which is where in SpecLink they previously appeared). This new section has been prepared because there are so many different methods of preparing General and Supplementary Conditions, and the specification writer often does not have any input into those documents. The three terms defined here are fundamental to SpecLink specifications – this section should be included if there is likely to be any doubt as to what those terms mean. Other relevant terms can be added by editing.

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SECTION 07 2501 (07261) - Rainscreen Weather Barrier with 2-D Drainage:

Scope: Cosella-Dorken; 2-sided, dimply, polyethylene sheet for drainage, and weather barrier in external wall.

Catalogs: Free.

Synopsis: This section describes Cosella-Dörken’s Delta Dry dimpled plastic weather barrier designed for installation under most types of exterior cladding. It is only for above-grade use and provides a ventilated space behind the cladding with positive drainage. www.cosella-dorken.com.

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END OF CHANGE SUMMARY