Building a Collaborative, Data-Driven Specification Program

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Description

About This Program

As specification writing evolves and the pace of project production increases, it’s more important than ever before to have a centralized system for managing office masters and project specifications. The right specification software can empower everyone involved in writing specifications while ensuring that your specification experts maintain visibility and control over the final output. A data-driven program can also significantly reduce the time spent on spec editing and formatting tasks that can be set, applied, and automated across multiple projects.

Session Takeaways

Be able to adopt a central system for managing specifications and tailor the program to meet your firm’s unique needs
Utilize tools to capture and transfer knowledge from past projects to guide everyone involved in specifications
Demonstrate how creating specifications on the cloud facilitates working as a team and across disciplines
Create templates and standards that significantly reduce repetitive specification-writing tasks
Identify the benefits of managing the collaborative editing and review process using a single platform

Learning Units

CSI:	1.0 LU
*May be submitted for domain specific learning units to CDT and CCS recertification, and/or general learning units for CCCA and CCPR.
AIA:	1.0 LU*
*Submitted for credit and awaiting confirmation.

Relevant Practices

General Project Delivery
Design/Engineering
Specifying/Information Management
Product Selection/Specification

Contributors

Scott McIntosh-Mize, CSI, CDT, CCS

Specifications Team Manager - Core Content
Building Systems Design, Inc.

G. Scott McIntosh-Mize earned a degree in Architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology, holds CSI’s master level certification in specification writing, and has more than 20 years’ experience as a full-time specification writer. He has been with BSD for more than a decade. Within the Specs Department, Scott is responsible for the content of Divisions 02, 03, and 05. He also manages production to BSD Support, checking and publishing new content to the subscriber version of SLE.
Galen Ricci

Strategic Account Manager
Building Systems Design, Inc.

Galen Ricci has spent several years in the construction software and technology industry, with a particular focus on serving the AEC community. Galen joined BSD in 2018 and has quickly developed a reputation for successfully helping companies manage the transition to digital specification management. Galen is based in Portland, Maine and is a regular speaker at industry conferences and virtual events.