History of SpecText

The history of SpecText is directly tied to the history of specification systems.

1967 Stanford Report published and Construction Sciences Research Foundation (CSRF) formed by CSI as a direct result of the findings

1971 "Creating a Common Language" published by CSRF, and SpecText created as a subset of COMSPEC a computer-assisted specifications program

1978 SpecText developed and made available to subscribers

1987 SpecText II released

1996 National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) contracted as the exclusive developer and marketer of the electronic version of SpecText.

1998 SpecText marketing and support assumed by the CSRF SpecText Support Center and Conspectus contracted as the technical developer of SpecText

2011 SpecText acquired by ARCOM