Specifiers' Library
THE PATH TO SUCCESSFUL CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS
News
- Download the latest update
of SpecLink: Spring 2008 Update, posted March 1, 2008.
- The next update will be posted on or about June 1, 2008.
- A 1-hour Quarterly Content Briefing for users, followed by a 1/2-hour technical session on updating, is held approximately one week prior to the update posting date. Sign me up!
- Latest Catalog Listings (TOCs).
- Summary of Changes to the Contents: Spring 2008 (see also Winter 2007-2008, Fall 2007, Summer 2007, and Section 07 2500)
- Newsletter, Newsletter Archive
- Referral Program: Earn $$$ for referring building product manufacturers to BSD
- Get 10 percent discount on ASTMs in Building Codes
- ARCHI-TECH magazine AIA CEU Series
- SpecLink Job Opening: Specification Writer
Specifier Education
- Best Practices
- Organization and Formats
- Agreements and General Conditions
- Laws and Regulations
- Referenced Documents
- Design-Build
- Building Product Evaluation Services
- Units of Measure
- Terminology and Definitions
- BSD Product Guides
- BSD-Sponsored AIA CEU articles at ARCHI-TECH Magazine
- "Specifying and Cost Estimating with BIM" (expires April 2008)
- "What Is MasterFormat™ and Why Should I Care?" (expires July/August 2008)
Step-by-Step
- Installing and Learning BSD SpecLink®
- New User Webinars
- Learning About the Contents of SpecLink
- Producing a Project Specification
Common Issues
- Who's Your Audience?
- Methods of Specifying
- Procurement and Contracting Requirements
- Agreements and General Conditions
Ask
- Look up section numbers in Masterformat™ 2004 edition
- BSD Specification Writers
- www.4specs.com Discussion Forum (independent spec writers)
- BSD Technical Suport
Optimize Production Procedures
- Specifying LEED Requirements
- Making an Office Master
- "The Office Master and Corporate Memory", PowerPoint Slide Show, originally presented at The CSI Show, June 2007
- User Manual Chapter 10 (pdf)
- Updating Your Office Master (pdf), User Manual Chapter 11
The SpecLink Specifiers' Library is provided as a service to our customers by Building Systems Design, Inc. Sources of information and costs are subject to change.
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Revised: February 28, 2008