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Winter 2012-13
Winter 2012-13 Update of SpecLink+ Will Be The Final Update For The SpecLink+ Master Database
About the New and Revised Sections
LinkMan-E Has NEW Tools For Linking Custom Revit Elements
The Best Way To Start A New SpecLink-E Project
Inactive User Licenses Can Now Be Checked In Automatically
New Flexibility In Backing Up Your Projects Database
Advanced Features In CostLink/AE
BSD Customer Case Study: SpecLink Helps Otwell Associates Streamline Their Specwriting Process
Product Q&A
Featured
Manufacturers
About Your Updates
Fall 2012
Fall Editions of SpecLink-E and LinkMan-E Include Many Improvements
About the New and Revised Sections
Training Services for SpecLink-E, LinkMan-E, and CostLink/AE
Getting Started With CostLink/AE
BSD Customer Case Study: SpecLink-E Cuts Specification Writing Time In Half At Bledsoe Architects
Product Q&A
Featured
Manufacturers
About Your Updates
Summer 2012
Major SLE Software Enhancements Are Coming
BSD SpecLink's New Paint Specification Strategy
About the New, Revised, and Deleted Sections
Firestopping Section Upgraded With Latest UL System Listings
BSD Customer Case Study: SpecLink-E and LinkMan-E Help BC Architects, AIA, Inc. Deliver Two Concurrent Projects on Time and on Budget
Sherwin-Williams' Brands Are Featured in Hybrid MPI / Proprietary Paint Section
Product Q&A
Featured
Manufacturers
About Your Updates
Spring 2012
BSD SoftLink Spring Release
Personnel Changes at BSD
BSD Customer Case Study: SpecLink Takes Novice Spec Writer to the Next Level at F&S Partners
When Was The Last Time You Specified an Absorption Water Chiller?
Product Q&A
Featured
Manufacturers
About Your Updates
Winter 2011-12
BSD SoftLink® Winter Release
What Are Keynotes, and Why Does BSD LinkMan-E Include Them?Networked Controls for Lighting and Shading Systems
BSD Customer Case Study: SpecLink Brings Enhanced Synchronization of Processes to James Goodman, Architecture
Product Q&AFeatured
Manufacturers
About Your Updates
Fall 2011
What's New In SpecLink-E for Fall 2011
LinkMan-E Enhanced with Keynote Management FeatureTo Update, Or Not To Update - That Is The Question...
Hundreds of ASTMs UpdatedBSD Customer Case Study: SpecLink Helps Krech, O'Brien, Muller, and Wass Significantly Reduce Formatting Time
Product Q&AFeatured
Manufacturers
About Your Updates
Summer 2011
New Software Features for Summer 2011
BSD at the AIA Convention in New OrleansGreenWizard and BSD Form Collaborative Partnership
Shedding Light on Photovoltaics
BSD Customer Case Study: Software Functionality and Great Support Lead Virgo Gambill to SpecLink
Meet the BSD Spec TeamProduct Q&A
Featured
Manufacturers
About Your Updates
Spring 2011
SpecLink-E Enhancements for Spring 2011
Extreme Makeover: Electrical Edition
BSD at CSI Academies
BSD Customer Case Study: SpecLink Helps Glancey Rockwell and Associates Handle Formatting Challenges
Product Q&AFeatured
Manufacturers
About Your Updates
Winter 2010-11
What Is Next At BSD
CSI and BSD
BSD SpecLink Makes CMO Architects' Projects Better By Making Their Process Faster
Product Q&AFeatured
Manufacturers
About Your Updates
Fall 2010
Getting The Most From SpecLink-E
SpecLink Adds Online Submittal Management ServiceOnline Submittal Management Service & Electronic Copies of Submittals
Get Control Of Your Lighting
BSD SpecLink Provides Access to Corporate Knowledge at Lord, Aeck & SargentProduct Q&A
Featured
Manufacturers
About Your Updates
Summer 2010
Using the SpecLink-E and LinkMan-E Ribbon Bars
BSD SpecLink-E is Up-to-Date with Summer Quarter Release
Are Your Surge Protective Device Specifications UL 1449 3rd Edition Compliant?
BSD SpecLink Fuels Growth at Applied Engineering Services, Inc.Section 08 7100 - Door Hardware Significantly Improved
New Section Synopses
Product Q&AFeatured
Manufacturers
About Your Updates
Spring 2010
Corporate Edition of BSD SpecLink-E Released
CSI GreenFormat Links Added to BSD SpecLink
BSD LinkMan-E Now Available
New Section Synopses
Success Story: BSD SpecLink Helps WHR Architects Save Time and Money
Product Q&A
To Upgrade, or Not to Upgrade...That Is the Question
Featured
Manufacturers
About Your Updates
Winter 2009-10
SpecLink-E Is Here and Is Interoperable With Revit
ConsensusDOCS Publishes Another Industry First!
Success Story: BSD SpecLink Utilized on Award-Winning CHPS Project
Product Q&A
Featured Manufacturers
About Your Updates
Fall 2009
How SpecLink-E and LinkMan-E Work Together
MasterFormat '95 and BSD
Success Story: BSD SpecLink® Provides Access to Corporate Knowledge at Lord, Aeck & Sargent
Product Q&A
Featured Manufacturers
About the ASTM Updates
Summer 2009
Great Progress on SpecLink-E and Linkman-E
BSD SpecLink-E Final Beta Now Available
BSD at AIA
ConsensusDocs 6.3
LEED 2009 and SpecLink
New Manufacturers
Product Q&A
Featured Manufacturer: Vista System
Spring 2009
Message from the CEO
Specs for a LEED Platinum School
Specifying Vegetated Roofs
SpecLink: New Sections This Quarter
New Manufacturers This Quarter
BSD Becomes an AIA Cornerstone Partner
Costlink AE Updates
Replace Portland Cement to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses
Product Q&A
Sucess Story: Harris & Associates
Winter 2008-09
Coming Soon: SpecLink-E and Linkage to BIM
What Architects Need To Know About HVAC Commissioning, Retrocommissioning, and Recommissioning
Featured Manufacturer: Guardian SunGuard
SpecLink: New Sections This Quarter
BIM and Contract Documents
BSD SpecLink Helps Evan Terry Associates Meet Client Needs
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
Product Q&A
Fall 2008
New Outline and Short Form Specs in SpecLink-E
Are You Sacrificing Updating For Control?
About The ASTM Updates
SpecLink: New Sections Added This Quarter
Featured Products: Gypsum Board Assemblies
BSD SpecLink Helps Collins Architectural Group Save Time and Increase Productivity
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
Product Q&A
Summer 2008
BSD SpecLink-E Enters Beta Testing
New 3-Part Section Format Published
BSD Is Giving Away a Car
SpecLink: Revisions This Quarter
New BSD Training Course on Cost Estimating
BSD SpecLink Helps Elness Swenson Graham Architects Exceed Expectations
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
Product Q&A
Spring 2008
SpecLink-E Previewed in Two Webinars
Continuing Education with BSD
BSD at 2008's Tradeshows
Alternative Strategy for Painting Specs
SpecLink's Up-To-Date Reference Standards Help Waterleaf Architecture Stay Ahead
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
Product Q&A
Winter 2007
The Latest on BSD SpecLink-E
New Construction Contracts from Three Sources
BSD at Greenbuild
Preparing "Front End" Documents Using SpecLink
SpecLink® helps The Boldt Company achieve unparalleled time savings
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
Product Q&A
Fall 2007
SpecLink-E: An Overview
New ConsensusDocs™ Contract Forms
Success at CSI
About the ASTM Updates
AIA CEUs Sponsored by BSD
Specifier Education @ www.bsdsoftlink.com
SpecLink® Helps DSGW Produce Specifications in Half the Time
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
Product Q&A
Summer 2007
Spell Checking and Updating In SpecLink-E
Two More LEEDTM Rating Systems Added
CSI Three-Part Section Format Slated to Change
Now Playing: SpecLink® Webinars
Specifying LEED-EB for Existing Buildings
Specifying LEED-CS and -CI for Core & Shell Development and Commercial Interiors
CSI Award
BSD at the Trade Shows
We've Moved
BSD SpecLink® Takes Novice Spec Writer to the Next Level at F&S Partners
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
Product Q&A
Spring 2007
SpecLink®: The Next Generation, Part IV
LEED-CSTM added to SpecLink®
The Other Contract Document Forms
Now Playing: SpecLink® Webinars
CSI three-part format slated to change
Cost Estimating Workshop Now Available
SpecLink® helps Saratoga Associates increase efficiency
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
Product Q&A
Winter 2006
SpecLink®: The Next Generation, Part III
Statistical Harvest
Complimentary Subscriptions to SpecLink®
The Industry Foundation Classes
Customer Case Study: Roth & Associates
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
Product Q&A
Fall 2006
SpecLink®: The Next Generation, Part II
Avoiding Obsolescence
Are You Sacrificing Updating for Control?
BSD SpecLink® Contributes to Katrina Reconstruction
About the ASTM Updates
New MasterFormatTM Website
BSD Fall Conference Participation
SpecLink® Cuts Specification Writing Time in Half at Bledsoe Architects
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
Product Q&A
Summer 2006
SpecLink®: The Next Generation
BSD Exhibits at 2006 Trade Shows
CAD & BIM Survey
LEEDTM Tips
BSD's New Training Facility
SpecLink Quarterly Updates Keep Interplan Specifications Up-To-Date
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
Product Q&A
Spring 2006
Growth of BSD SpecLink®
10-Year BSD SpecLink® Veterans
CostLink/AE Gets New Cost Data
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
Pickering Incorporated Achieves Both Time Savings and Quality Increases with SpecLink
Product Q&A
LEED-NC Version 2.2 Added to SpecLink
Winter 2005
Meter Accounts Are Here
SpecLink Data to Provide Manufacturer Lead Service
Contractor Certifications for LEED Credits
SpecLink Brings Specification Automation to Neumann/Smith and Associates
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
SpecLink Workshops Yield Benefits
Product Q&A
Fall 2005
Reference Standards On Demand
LEED and Steel
LEED and Wood
SpecLink Brings Specification Helps Krech, O'Brien, Muller and Wass Significantly Reduce Formatting Time
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
About the ASTM Updates
Product Q&A
Upcoming Events
Summer 2005
Svigals + Partners Brings Specification Writing In-House with BSD SpecLink
CostLink/AE Makes Estimating Easy
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
Getting Started With LEED and Specs
Specifying “Green” Without LEED
Product Q&A
Hyperlinking Between BSD SpecLink® and MS Word
SpecLink Makes LEED Specs Easier
New LEED Tag and Report
Spring 2005
BCArchitects Create Clear and Concise Specifications With SpecLink
CostLink/AE Gets New Cost Data
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
Commissioning Specifications in BSD SpecLink®
Meet the BSD Sales Team
Product Q&A
New Updating Features in BSD SpecLink®
BSD SpecLink Enhancements Improve Flexibility
Specifying Commissioning Using SpecLink
Winter 2004
Switching to the New MasterFormat™
C.M. Architecture, P.A. Finds Answers with BSD SpecLink
About Your SpecLink & PerSpective Updates
New Edition of NFPA 70
Recent Enhancements to CostLink/CM
Product Q&A
New Features in BSD SpecLink
Fall 2004
About the ASTM Updates
Changes in BSD SpecLink®/PerSpective® Updating
A New BSD SpecLink®!
Review Committee Forming
BSD SpecLink Helps Drive Quality and Innovation at Coleman-Johnston-Clyma, Inc.
TCA Adds Another Member Benefit
Summer 2004
Announcing: CSI/DBIA/BSD Technical Review Committee
BSD SpecLink First with MasterFormat 2004
BSD SpecLink to Incorporate PerSpective
Optional Checklists in New Sections
Spring 2004
An Inside Look at the MasterFormat™ 2004 Update
A New Approach to Building Product Manufacturers in BSD SpecLink®
BSD SoftLink® Product Improvements
Winter 2003
Handing Off Cost Estimates: CostLink/CM Now Converts CostLink/AE Projects
What Our Users Have to Say about SpecLink®+
BSD SpecLink® Section Changes
Performance Improvements in BSD SpecLink® and PerSpective®
MasterFormat 2004 and BSD SpecLink®: Adopting New Numbering Should Be a Seamless, Painless Transition
Editor: Will
Mosher
LinkLine: A BSD SoftLink®
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