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Summary of BSD SpecLink® Database Changes

The Spring 2009 edition of SpecLink® includes the following:

3 "tabs" for management of 3 types of specs:

Performance specifications includes:

Approximately 600 pages of design criteria and performance specifications.
  • 161 sections
  • 17,394 paragraphs
  • 22,297 internal links (targets and consequences)
  • 4,025 notes to specifier, 926 with live hyperlinks
  • 190 external documents referenced, with live hyperlinks to order information
  • 50 ASTMs referenced, 100 % verified within last 8 months
  • 140 other documents referenced, 42 % verified in the last 6 months
  • 38 standards organizations' documents referenced
    • See Specifier's Library for complete list.
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Short Form specifications includes:

Approximately 300 pages of outline specifications.
  • 16 sections corresponding to Masterformat 1995 divisions
  • 8,308 paragraphs
  • 9,234 internal links (targets and consequences) and links to SpecLink® sections for continuity during design process
  • 1,564 notes to specifier, 1,023 with live hyperlinks
  • 365 external documents referenced
  • 226 ASTMs referenced, 100 % verified within last 5 months
  • 138 other documents referenced, 50 % verified in the last 6 monhts
  • 42 standards organizations' documents referenced
    • See Specifier's Library for complete list.
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SpecLink® construction specifications includes:

536 full-length specification sections. See Catalog Listing for complete list.

  • 536 sections total, 25% updated
  • 6 new sections
  • 7 proprietary sections, 3 updated

Helpful checklists

  • 67 sections with built-in checklists

Over 3,500 pages of specs

  • 94,990 paragraphs
  • 110,657 internal links (targets and consequences)
  • 27,337 notes to specifier
  • 15,524 notes with live hyperlinks to Internet web pages

2,303 external documents referenced, with live hyperlinks to order information

  • 974 ASTMs referenced, 100% verified within last 8 months
  • 1,329 other documents referenced, 43 % verified in the last 8 months
  • 196 standards organizations referenced:
    • See Specifier's Library for complete list.

949 unique manufacturers listed in 382 sections, 6 updated this quarter.

  • 2,554 manufacturer listings in all, with live hyperlinks to their web sites
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* Documents issued more than two years ago are verified quarterly, as are annual or semiannual publications. The documents not verified this quarter were updated within the past two years.
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