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March 3, 2011
Proprietary Lunch
March 9, 2011
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April 7, 2011
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A little bit of information of the History of
Specifications
Prior to 1961, construction specifications often
consisted of a single document describing all
the materials and work required for a building.
These specifications were usually arranged both
chronologically and by craft or trade. For exam-
ple, in the Handbook of Specifications, by T.L.
Donaldson (1860), specifications were divided
into 2 general divisions, carcase and finishing,
As buildings became bigger and more complex, the specifications
were broken down into categories such as masonry, carpentry, and
mechanical work. Each of these was then divided into related sec-
tions. After World War II there was an explosion of new technologies
and materials. Specifications were becoming very large books that
varied in organization and structure according to the jurisdictional re-
gion.
Finally in 1948, the construction Specification Institute was formed to
address these problems. In 1961 they released an initial draft of a
guideline for organizing specifications; the Format and Arrangement of
Specifications and Related Documents. Then in September of 1963
the CSI Format for Building Specifications was officially published.
1963: CSI Format for Building Specifications. This publication orga-
nized specifications into 16 divisions with various subjects within each
division. Each subject within a division was considered an item of
work and each subject was called a section. Three hundred and four-
teen sections had been identified and were arranged alphabetically
within each division.
1964: CSI Format for Building Specifications. This publication was
updated to include 1010 sections within the same 16 divisions. The
publication was now 28 pages in length, of which 5 pages were devot-
ed to just the listing of divisions and sections.
1972: CSI Format incorporated into the Uniform construction Index.
The Uniform construction Index was developed to create a simple, log-
ical, and flexible system for rapid classification and retrieval of tech-
nical data in the construction industry. This included specifications,
data filling, cost analysis, and project information. The UCI used a 5
digit numbering system for divisions and sections. The first 2 digits
identified the division and the remaining digits were used for the sec-
tions. Although the UCI did not continue with updates, the CSI Format
did continue and began to include the other project related sections.
Master List of Specifications Section Titles. Beyond just the name
change for this update to the CSI publication was the use of the 5-digit
numbering system. The latest edition included 1220 sections.
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CHAPTER MEETINGS:
Regular Chapter meetings are held the
second Thursday of each month at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel in Addison, located at
14315 Midway Road, north of Spring Val-
ley. Social Time begins at 5:30, Dinner at
6:15, with the Program getting underway
at 6:45. Individual reservations for both
chapter members and guests are re-
quired. Guests will be free for their first
meeting. Anyone who is not a member of
the Dallas Chapter or a returning guest
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come, please join us.. To make reserva-
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SPEC WRITERS’ BREAKFAST:
Meetings are held at 7:00 AM, on the
fourth Thursday of each month at the
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Northwest Highway. This is a time for
specification writers and design profes-
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specification writing practices and other
issues pertaining to specifications. This is
a good time to share your experience and
to learn from others. Come Join us!
Reservations are not required.
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I n s t i t u t e E v e n t s
1975: MasterFormat – List of Numbers and Titles. The 1975 edition of the CSI Format contained 2120
section listings within the 16 divisions as well as a new division, Division 0, which included Bidding Re-
quirements and Conditions of Contract. This last point was very controversial.
1983: Master Format. The 1983 edition entitled Division 0 as Document Numbers.
1988: MasterFormat. In 1988 MasterFormat was again updated and included sections before Division
0 that were called documents rather than sections. This was suppose to begin a 5-year cycle of update
for this publication.
1995 MasterFormat. Master List of Numbers and Titles for the Construction Industry. The 1995 edition
was published jointly by CSI and the Construction Specifications Canada.
2004: MasterFormat. The 2004 edition of MasterFormat9MF04) increased the number of divisions
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from the original 16 first introduced in 1963, to 50. The expansion of the numbers and titles was to keep
pace with a construction world that continues to add complexity and new work results. The 5-0digit
numbering system was carefully replaced with a 6-digit system to maintain as much consistency as pos-
sible. MF04 also allows user-defined numbers and titles.
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Convince me © 2011, Sheldon Wolfe, RA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, CSC
We've all heard countless times about the amazing technological changes of the twentieth century, going
from horse-drawn buggies to a car in every garage and landing on the moon, from telegraph to cell phones,
from dirt roads to superhighways, from fresh food to frozen, and so on. Many of those changes resulted in
improvements in business or in our standard of living, and are so much an accepted part of our lives that we
take them for granted.
In communication, the last century saw a remarkable increase in speed and convenience. Everyone in the US
has known about telephones as long as they can remember. A few of the old crank phones were around for a
while, but the rotary dial phone was common in the '50s, the touch-tone phone came along in the '60s, and
cell phones in the '70s.
But while phones have been great for oral communication for nearly a hundred years, getting documents
from one place to another was a problem well into the second half of the last century. There wasn't much
choice; sticking paper in an envelope and entrusting it to the post office was about it. And then came the fax.
I remember seeing Steve McGarrett getting faxes on Hawaii Five-O. The facsimile machine (fax) would create
an image - usually of a ne'er do well he was tracking - on a spinning drum, a process that seemed to take half
an hour to complete. Faxes were common around the world in the '80s, when faxing by computer came along.
Although the fax machine must have been a hard sell at first - "Great! I can get a copy of a document any-
where almost instantly! But who else has one?" - there were very good, and explainable, reasons to have a
fax, which soon became an indispensable part of business. It was days faster than mail, and though the early
machines were expensive, the obvious advantages increased demand, which led to lower costs and improved
performance.
The cell phone has a similar history. The benefits of being able to contact someone nearly anywhere, or of
being able to make a call without first finding a phone booth, were obvious, and demand again led to lower
costs and improved performance. The advantages, again, could be explained.
And then we have the Internet and e-mail. Again, a tremendous improvement in ability to communicate. Virtu-
ally instantaneous transmission of documents, audio, and video at little cost. Although there was a lot of hype
about the Internet, its benefits were easy to explain. I was an early participant, and a promoter, as the bene-
fits were so obvious.
In contrast, the proponents of cable and satellite TV promised a wonderful future, full of educational and cul-
tural programming, free of advertising. The supposed benefits were based on assumptions. The reality? In-
stead of four or five TV channels, we now have hundreds of channels of re-runs, "reality" shows, game shows,
and other drivel - along with advertising.
The fax, the cell phone, and the Internet offered substantial improvements in communication, and were obvi-
ously useful in doing business. Today, we're being told how important it is to use social networking, and that
to survive, a business must use it. But, unlike the fax, the cell phone, the Internet, and e-mail, there has been
no clear benefit associated with the social network.
Let me make a distinction here; I'm talking about business. I like satellite TV because I like to watch movies,
and I have a Facebook account because that's where my kids put pictures of their kids. Much of the fun of
Facebook comes from the free-for-all commentary in response to comments and pictures, and the ease of
posting both. But does that work for business? While a website will always deliver the desired message and
image, Facebook, and, increasingly, LinkedIn, are chaotic, with the last visitor defining to the next visitor what
the group is.
If anything, the use of LinkedIn and Facebook groups for business has confused communication by increasing
the number of places to store and look for information, and Twitter's tweets are more of an annoying buzz. I'm
not saying that these things don't have a place; I just haven't seen a good example of their use in business.
While I am interested in what my friends are doing, on a business level I don't need to see personal details -
when they feel good, when they have a headache, what the dog's latest trick is, and so on. When I go to Face-
book, that's what I expect, but I don't want to see it when I'm doing business. (Continued on page 6)
So far, random thoughts are what social networking seems to be about. I recently read an editorial in Struc-
tural Engineering & Design, which talked about the magazine's expansion into social media. In the same is-
sue, the following were offered as "Top tweets" on the magazine's website:
“Managers fear tighter budgets…”
“George Washington University tests materials…”
“Cleveland casino to break ground in 2011”
“…bridge collapses…”
“Will [one building be taller than another]?”
Not one of these offered information that was of immediate interest, or would affect most readers soon
enough to warrant the use of their time to read them. I looked through more tweets on the magazine's web-
site, and again found nothing critical; everything there could have been handled in a monthly update. A bridge
collapse may be interesting, and might be of immediate concern to a very small number of people, but the
date of the tweet was a day after the collapse, so it wasn’t exactly breaking news.
While writing this, I revisited the magazine's Facebook site. Virtually everything on the wall was a tweet, with a
couple of Thanksgiving Day greetings, and a "hi everybody". There were several photos from a meeting, maga-
zine covers, and no discussions. In short, it was mostly material that would appear in the magazine. The mag-
azine is published both in print and on paper, so the Facebook site adds little that isn't already available.
A real concern is the fragmentation of communication. If I want to know more about something mentioned by
Structural Engineering & Design should I go to the website, the LinkedIn site, the Facebook site, or Twitter?
Does each have a unique function? If the same information is repeated everywhere, what is the point of hav-
ing multiple sources? And if it's different, how will I know where to go? Who is making sure that it's current
and correct? Of course, if Mark Zuckerberg has his way, there will be only one answer!
Many organizations and companies are struggling with these issues. Unfortunately, the unsubstantiated
claims - “You must use Facebook!”, “You won’t survive if you don’t tweet!”, and so on - exacerbate the prob-
lem. I am not a Luddite; my experience with computers goes back to punch cards and FORTRAN, and I was an
active and early promoter of websites and e-mail. I have created and maintained websites; e-mail and the
Internet are essential to my job; and I have LinkedIn, Facebook, and even Twitter accounts.
CSI has about 120 websites, about forty-five LinkedIn groups, and half a dozen Facebook groups. About fif-
teen of the websites are down, and many of the remaining sites promote activities that are two or more
months old as "coming events". The most recent comments in many of the LinkedIn groups are months old,
and some go back more than a year. Isn't CSI the organization that promotes "say it once in the right place"?
With information appearing in so many places, will it be clear, complete, concise, and correct? And isn't cur-
rent important? It's better to have a static website with basic information than to have one that shows that no
one cares about what is available.
Convince me! Would we not be better off with an organized, consistent Internet presence? If it's so important
to be involved in social networking, shouldn't we be everywhere? If you click on the "share" icon on many web-
sites, you get over three hundred options - should we use all of them? If we continue to create new groups in
other networks, who will manage the content? Who has the time to follow all of them? At the moment, the
lack of activity on nearly all of these websites and groups is not an enticement to participate; instead, it indi-
cates a lack of both purpose and interest.
I do not object to progress; I believe that most advances in technology and communication have valid uses.
However, I also believe in use of the appropriate tool for the job at hand. I don’t kill flies with a shotgun, and I
don’t see the value of telling the business world that I'm at a great seminar or that I had a hard day at work.
I do think it's possible to have a website as a formal source of information, and a more casual presence on
Facebook or LinkedIn. Having a group for people studying for an exam, as suggested by Joy Davis, is a good
idea, and I'm sure there will be more. But, instead of making vague claims about why we simply can't survive
without social networks, show us a real benefit. Don't put up new websites and groups just because it's easy;
figure out what you want them to do, make a plan to achieve the goals, and keep them current and active.
Please - convince me! Follow me at http://swconstructivethoughts.blogspot.com/,
http://twitter.com/swolfearch
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HAVE YOU NOTICED WHAT HASN’T CHANGED? ---
THE REALITY OF THE “THIRD” CONTRACT DOCUMENT by Ralph W. Liebing RA, CSI, CDT
Despite the variations due to nuances in the many available project delivery systems, there usually will be a
“set” of three Contract Documents-- the Agreement [Contract] between Owner and contracting entity; the
complete set of drawings; and a Project Manual [perhaps in the form of several bound booklets] that contains
the specifications in addition other pertinent project documentation.
The Agreement, of course, draws a lot of attention as it is the instrument that prescribes the exchange of
money in return for a project correctly and completely finished, in accordance with the associated “plans and
specifications”. Oddly enough while the “specifications” are included [as part of the definition of “contract
documents”] they all frequently maligned, discounted, and virtually if not actually ignored, by any or several of
the project parties [contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers, manufacturers, code officials, etc.]. So why the
effort, time and money to produce them?
Plain and simply, there are integral parts of “contract documents” [by definition!] and actually inseparable
from the drawings. Specs are not subject to personal likes or dislikes; to actual dismissal, or game-playing;
they’re not some type of mystical process, musings or writings, but rather are directly linked ancillary docu-
ments to the drawings-- complementary and supplementary! Besides, how does one “ignore” a definitive part
of an entity that provides added and expanded information to the work?
Literally, one cannot execute any project without BOTH the drawings and the SPECIFICATIONS.
Hence, it’s wholly improper to consider any separation or obviation of the specifications with regard to any
phase of the project. No project can be built with graphic pictures [i.e., drawings] alone, even if they contain
voluminous notations]. Certainly it would take volumes to describe in narrative form, how a project is to be
built and what materials, methods and systems are involved. Fundamentally, the situation is one of location
of information. It is not a matter of preference, option or choice-- it is one of pure necessity in the communica-
tion of the requisite information from the design office to the contractors and their on-site and trades person-
nel.
In a very quirky turn, in the face of legal entanglements, almost without exception it is the specifications that
receive first mention and scrutiny, by the attorneys and the court involved. Being “people of words”, the
courts and attorneys turn to the specifications, in lieu of the drawings, for the answer to all of the pending
questions. Often they will try to resolve or “try” situations based on specifications information, only, as im-
proper a scenario as possible.
Even in the face of this unnecessary dilemma, the specifications remain maligned, and treated in an off-
handed manner. And even more so by the contractors, manufacturers and suppliers to the project who ignore
or fail to grasp the depth of information contained in specifications. In fact this information is vital to their
benefit too, and is information that is not capable of being shown in a graphic manner.
The same misperception is a wide-ranging one too often held by fairly modest clients to large corporations.
They share a collective thought that specifications are needless documents, serve no real purpose on the
project, and merely are an added and unnecessary cost in the fee paid to the professional for their produc-
tion. This perspective of cost-cutting is so instilled that the counter arguments that point out the loss of con-
trol over the work, the loss of legal recourse, and the lack of definitive information necessary for the faithful
and correct construction of the project are marginalized, minimized, ignored, or simply overlooked.
Within the group of major commercial, institutional and industrial owners, the perception of major cost reduc-
tions by eliminating specifications needs to be addressed as highly risky myth.
While difficult to quantify, the value and benefit of specifications can be linked to insurance information, risk
management, quality control, and value given for dollar spent. There is a distinct and irresolvable gap on con-
struction projects where even the most prestigious client will spend far too much money to solve a situation
that could easily have been avoided via good specifications.
Design professionals need to discuss their deliverables with their clients and create full understanding and
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UPCOMING TECHNICAL EVENTS
All events will be held at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel
14315 Midway Road, Addison 75001, 800.227.6963
PROPRIETARY PRESENTATION AND LUNCH
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confidence in what they produce as being fully in the very best interest of the client-- Fortune 500 corporation
or small local entity.
Too often the view is taken that the vast, but nonetheless valuable, minutia of the project requirements can
be enforced by sheer force of will, status or prestige of the owner. Such a view, since it operates outside con-
tractual bounds, leads directly-- and frequently-- to conflict, confrontation, claims, and disputes, up to and can
eventually include litigation. And all that may be forestalled by having well-founded, well-crafted and well-
coordinated documents in effect.
In large part, many owners/clients do not realize, understand or tend to minimize the concept of supplemen-
tary and complementary documents-- the common relationship of Contract Drawings and Specifications.
There is a lack of regard for, or a misunderstanding of the premise that some things are better written out
than depicted, and vice versa [as outlined in the chart above].
Some companies and corporations instruct their outside professionals to use the “standards” the corporation
has in effect. Here, in this age where corporate-level central engineering functions have been abandoned [for
cost cutting measures] these standards often are obsolete, out of date, or needlessly parochial. Further, they
are, more times than not, not in specification format or language, and at best can be used [in part] as input to
Part 2 of specification Sections. They usually lack the general and execution aspects of the work. So, again,
while the materials selected may be valid [for the sake of uniform plant or system wide use] and for products
the client is quite specific about, there is no background, or back-up to ensure proper, correct and quality use
of those products. And all this has a direct bearing on project cost.
The result is that the client/owner is left exposed and without real leverage and recourse in handling the
smallest of items, much less the horrors of litigation [where things get far out of hand]. Perhaps the percep-
tion is that the situations are easily resolved if enough money is thrown at them, and, in the case of large cor-
porations, the money amount is inconsequentially small.
Construction, though, should not be allowed to degenerate into a “push-and shove" contest, where the might
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of one party is pitted against others. A relatively small but skilled subcon-
tractor should not be exposed to ridicule, and less than full payments or
extremes of opinions about the work, when in fact, there is no specific
indication or information about the material, the work, the processing of it,
or the results required/intended.
Reality shows that no result in construction should be left so open-ended
and so undefined that only a clash of opinions remains in lieu of a viable
and rapid source of resolution! The construction world needs to know,
now!, that there are THREE [3] contract documents-- and while not neces-
sarily “equal”, they are inseparable, and none of them, singly, or in pairs
can produce a properly constructed Project.
It takes ALL THREE OF THEM, ALL OF THE TIME! There is a message here, friends--
not that you don’t know, but rather that WE still have work to do that will enhance
what we do and what comes to be via our work. Seems a task to be undertaken
that all is well worth telling and “sharing” with our whole industry-- with added ben-
efit to our cause, work, dedication and continuing effort.
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