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SPECTEXT^® PRESS RELEASES

For the latest information on new developments affecting SPECTEXT^® and its subscribers, please review the following press announcements and publications.

For more information, please contact the SPECTEXT^® Support Center, 1-877-SPECTXT (773-2898) or 410-838-7525 or by e-mail to supportcenter@csrf.org.

CSRF ELECTS OFFICERS AND BOARD
SPECTEXT® TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS ANNOUNCED
SPECTEXT® ANNOUNCES MasterFormat™04 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
SPECTEXT® INTRODUCES STRUCTURAL LIBRARY
CSRF INTRODUCES SPECTEXT® TRENCHLESS CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS
CSRF INTRODUCES NEW SPECTEXT ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS

CSRF ELECTS OFFICERS AND BOARD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2005

Baltimore, Maryland - The Construction Sciences Research Foundation, Inc. (CSRF) at its May, 2005 Board meeting elected Officers and Directors who will take office on July 1, 2005.

Re-elected as President is Arthur J. Miller, P.E., FFES, FCSI. Mr. Miller is Senior Vice President of AVART, Inc., an E/A firm in Miami, FL and is a Past President of the Construction Specifications Institute.

Newly elected officers include A.B. (Buddy) Cleveland, Jr., Senior Vice President of Bentley Systems, Inc. in Exton, PA as Vice President, and Colin Gilboy, P.E., CCPR, owner of 4Specs.com in Heber City, UT as Secretary/Treasurer.

Newly elected to the Board of Directors are David Hammond of the USCG Office of Civil Engineering, Timothy Killen, P.E., KillenWOOD, CA, retired Chief Engineer of The Bechtel Group, and Elizabeth J. Heider, AIA, Vice President, of Skanska USA Building, Inc.

Continuing as Officers are Raymond K. Best, P.E., President of The Environmental Company, Inc., Vice President of Finance & Administration, and Douglas W. Day, FCSI, CCS, President of Douglas Day Associates, Foster City, CA, Immediate Past President.

Continuing as CSRF Directors are Michael D. Dell'Isola, PE, CVS, FRICS, Vice President of DMJM, Coral Gables, FL; Robert W. Johnson, AIA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, President of Johnson & Johnson Consultants, LLC, Cedar Crest, NM; David E. Boelzner, Esq. of Wright, Robinson, Osthimer & Tatum, Richmond, VA; Charles Chief Boyd, FCSI, CCS, Principal of Thalden-Boyd Architects, Tulsa, OK, and David Stutzman, RA, CSI, CCS, President of FOCUS Collaborative, Inc., a specification and architectural/engineering quality assurance consulting firm with offices in NJ, OH and PA. Mr. Stutzman serves as Special Board Member.

CSRF is an independent, not-for-profit construction industry research organization dedicated to unifying and integrating communication between programs and design/communications processes used in facilities design and construction.

SPECTEXT® TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS ANNOUNCED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2005

Baltimore, Maryland - The Construction Sciences Research Foundation, Inc. (CSRF), developers of SPECTEXT® Master Guide Specifications, announced the appointment of new members to the SPECTEXT® Technical Review Committee. The Committee is composed of experienced, practicing specifiers who write project specifications for a wide variety of projects going out to bid on a daily basis. The Committee members represent architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and environmental engineering disciplines and are selected based on their expertise and experience and CSRF’s future development plans for SPECTEXT®.

Serving on the SPECTEXT® Technical Review Committee are:

Julie K. Brown, CSI, CCS, President - JKB Architectural Specifications, Morgan Hill, CA
Donald F. Caskie, P.E., Principal - Bay Design Group, Saluda, VA
Charles Denisac, FCSI, CCS, President - CMS Consultants, Downey, CA
Faramarz Farassat, P.E., Senior Mechanical Engineer - Bay Area Rapid Transit, Oakland, CA
Donald Sieracki, P.E., Senior Project Engineer - CTE Engineers, Chicago, IL
Peter Slavovsky, NCARB, CSI, CDT, Senior Architect & Group Leader for Specifications, Westinghouse Savannah River Company (Bechtel), Aiken, SC
Susan Sprague, P.E., Quality Assurance Manager - C.S. Davidson, York, PA

CSRF sponsors the SPECTEXT® Technical Review Committee to ensure the high quality of the SPECTEXT® libraries is maintained and all subscribers’ needs are satisfied. The Committee reviews the technical content of new SPECTEXT® Sections as they are developed and provides ongoing quality control review of the SPECTEXT® database to ensure SPECTEXT® Master Guide Specifications are continuously updated to reflect current standards, best practices, and conformance to the specification formatting standards recommended by CSI.

SPECTEXT® ANNOUNCES MasterFormat™04 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 1, 2005

Baltimore, Maryland – The Construction Sciences Research Foundation, Inc. (CSRF) developers of SPECTEXT® Master Guide Specifications officially announced its schedule for inclusion of the MasterFormat™04 Section numbering system in all of its SPECTEXT® Libraries. MasterFormat™04 is a major revision over previous editions of the numbering format and introduces numerous new Divisions and relocates and renames many Sections accordingly.

Beginning with the Summer 2005 Edition of SPECTEXT® Master Guide Specifications, subscribers will have the option of writing specifications utilizing either the familiar MasterFormat™95 numbering system or the newly introduced MasterFormat™04 numbering system, which is currently being adopted industry-wide. This capability will be provided to the subscriber at no extra cost. Additionally, software will be available to assist the subscriber who desires to completely convert his existing in-house master from the current five-digit MasterFormat™95 to the new six-digit MasterFormat™04.

SPECTEXT® provides an accepted industry standard framework for writing technically superior specifications and is the only commercially available system that follows the standard formats – MasterFormat™, SectionFormat™, PageFormat™ and CSI Manual of Practice – recommended by the Construction Specifications Institute.

SPECTEXT® is written, reviewed and maintained by nationally recognized, practicing engineering and architectural specification writers who collectively represent several hundred years’ experience in preparing actual project specifications for a wide variety of projects going out to bid on a daily basis.

SPECTEXT® INTRODUCES STRUCTURAL LIBRARY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1, 2004

Baltimore, Maryland – The Construction Sciences Research Foundation, Inc. developers of SPECTEXT Master Guide Specifications announced the introduction of a new Structural Engineering Specifications Library.

The new Structural Engineering Library will consist of over 120 SPECTEXT® (Full-Length), SPECTEXT® II (Short-Form), and OUTLINE Specification Sections ready to edit for project specifications or to establish and maintain an office master specification system.

SPECTEXT®’s clear, concise, streamlined writing style appeals to the industry as a whole – not a limited sector or discipline. This approach has had wide appeal to engineering firms looking for consistent, unbiased specifications that meet the stringent technical demands of engineering projects.

SPECTEXT® is written, reviewed and maintained by nationally recognized, practicing engineering and architectural specification writers who collectively represent over 125 years’ experience in preparing actual project specifications for a wide variety of projects going out to bid on a daily basis.

CSRF INTRODUCES SPECTEXT® TRENCHLESS CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 3, 2003

Baltimore, MD - The Construction Sciences Research Foundation, Inc. (CSRF) announced the expansion of the SPECTEXT® Master Guide Specification Library by the addition of new specifications on state-of-the-art trenchless construction techniques.

New SPECTEXT® horizontal directional drilling and microtunneling specifications offer engineers, contractors, sewer and water districts, and public authorities more efficient, safer and cost effective alternatives to traditional trenching and tunneling methods.

Horizontal directional drilling, pipejacking and microtunneling technology provides more productive installation methods with several distinct advantages. Underground pipe repair, replacement and renovation, conduit installation, and sewer installation and renovation are some of the construction situations in which these technologies will provide increased efficiency, safety, environmental and financial benefits.

Advantages of utilizing trenchless construction techniques include:

worker safety,
increased productivity,
ability to work in a wide range of ground conditions as well as below the water table line,
ability to work in environmentally sensitive or socially, commercially or industrially congested areas,
reduced soil haul away and disposal,
reduced operational disruption for existing structures, highways, railroads, and
reduced street cutting, patching and repaving.

CSRF is a not-for-profit construction research foundation, founded by the Construction Specifications Institute in 1967 to solve construction information communications problems in the A/E/C industry.

CSRF publishes EDITSPEC® Section-Editing Tools and the SPECTEXT®, SPECTEXT® II, OUTLINE Master Guide Specification Libraries for architectural, structural, site, civil, environmental, mechanical and electrical construction projects covering CSI MasterFormat™ Divisions 1 - 16. The next edition is scheduled for publication in January, 2003.

CSRF INTRODUCES NEW SPECTEXT® ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March, 2002

Baltimore, Maryland – The Construction Sciences Research Foundation, Inc. (CSRF) has expanded its engineering specification offerings by introducing a new SPECTEXT® Environmental Engineering Specification. The first of several specifications packages to be offered in this new group is a specification addressing water, wastewater and other sanitary projects.

The new water, wastewater and sanitary specifications, written and reviewed by experienced engineers, will appeal to larger engineering firms as a reference and resource for improving their specifications. Smaller engineering firms specializing in sanitary wastewater projects will find these specification useful in preparing project specs or establishing and maintaining an office master specification system.

Public works departments, public agencies, and municipalities will be able to establish their own specifications and develop a set of criteria as they work to inspect and rehabilitate their facilities.

Please contact the CSRF Support Center by calling 1-877-SPECTXT (773-2898) toll-free, or 410-838-7525, to receive a complete listing of Sections provided in this new specification database.