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Looking for a new and better way of managing specifications production for building construction projects?
BSD SpecLink® is a master guide specification writing, management, and production system with built-in intelligence designed to help you dramatically speed up editing tasks and reduce specification production time while minimizing errors and omissions. Combined with the industry’s most comprehensive and up-to-date master database, SpecLink enables you to accelerate your specification development with unsurpassed accuracy and integrity.
SpecLink now includes PerSpective®, the industry’s first and only commercially available database of performance-based specifications. Performance-based specs are used during the early building design stages and for projects delivered via the design-build method.
The SpecLink database is organized on three tabs: PerSpective, Short Form, and SpecLink, which are connected by "intelligent" links. The tabs correlate to the major phases for building design and construction. The three tabs' intelligent linking feature causes specification decisions made at each phase to pre-select text for use during subsequent phases, facilitating improved coordination and significantly minimizing editing time.
PerSpective, Short Form, and SpecLink are sold either independently as stand-alone modules (catalogs) or as a fully-functional interactive group so you can purchase the pieces that meet your particular needs.
The PerSpective tab comprises performance-based specifications, used at the earliest project stages before building design begins. Selections of materials made via PerSpective specifications are linked to the Short Form tab.
The Short Form tab consists of abbreviated material used to communicate material and systems choices to the owner during the schematic and design development phases. Selections made using this tab are linked to the SpecLink tab.
The SpecLink tab is used to produce detailed construction documents. It also creates automatic administrative reports, such as submittal requirements, useful during construction administration. |
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BSD SpecLink® Performance Specifications
BSD PerSpective Performance Specifications are performance-oriented project descriptions that define the building performance requirements early in the project, before the facility has been designed.
Approximately 150 sections (individual documents) with a Uniformat-style organization are used to specify the design criteria for buildings of many types. These specs are often referred to as "whole-building" performance specs because they describe the performance of built elements (including the building as a whole) rather than the performance of individual materials or equipment.
These Performance Specifications are used by architects, owners, and design-builders to:
Establish design criteria before the design is begun.
Facilitate early decision-making; obtain consensus or agreement.
Communicate material and equipment decisions before beginning construction documents.
Avoid prematurely detailed drawings.
Transmit information to other members of the team -- owners, design-builders, estimators, construction managers, lenders, etc.
Prepare RFPs and proposals for design-build projects.
Document design criteria in writing for later commissioning activities. |
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BSD CostLink®/AE provides quick, easy, and modifiable cost estimates using built-in RS Means Cost Data. It was created exclusively for design professionals (and building owners) who like to keep things simple without sacrificing accuracy or flexibility.
Welcome to a cost-estimating package specifically designed for architects, engineers, and others who are doing budgets, cost plans, and design development estimates. CostLink/AE is designed for design professionals by design professionals. Let's face it, you don't want to spend lots of time learning or using a complex cost estimating system. You only have time for a cost estimating system that is quick, easy, and modifiable—and doesn't take much time to learn. Enter CostLink/AE:
QUICK: Create a reliable, accurate, and detailed cost estimate in 10 minutes or less! CostLink/AE provides a simple front-end cost modeling interface that allows rapid creation of a cost estimate at the very earliest stages of a project. Because your estimate is a "living" document, you can continually refine and modify it as your project evolves.
EASY: With CostLink/AE's unique front-end Cost Modeling interface (based on the reliable, built-in RS Means cost data that you've come to trust), you simply:
Pick one of the 75 building models that is similar to your project.
Select the frame and enclosure systems.
Enter the gross area and building perimeter.
Select optional additive items from a list appropriate to your building type.
If necessary, adjust project location and various mark-ups.
CostLink/AE then automatically generates an instant cost estimate for you. You can immediately view or print the estimate in as much or as little detail as necessary with our flexible data display options.
Built-in RS Means data: With RS Means cost data built-in and seamlessly integrated with your cost estimate, we've already done most of the work for you. Get more details on the cost data provided with CostLink/AE here.
MODIFIABLE: Your estimate can be refined and updated quickly and easily as your project evolves. You can refine your estimate by changing quantities, by making simple drag-and-drop material substitutions from the built-in RS Means databases, or by adding materials and systems common to your project type—all with minimal input time and effort. |
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