Construction Specifications Institute (CSI's Masterformat)

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The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) is an association that maintains the changes the standardization of construction language as it pertains to building specifications. It provides structured guidelines for specification writing in the Project Resource Manual which formerly known as the Manual of Practice (MOP).

CSI's Masterformat
MasterFormat is basically a master list of numbers and titles classified by work results which is a publication of CSI and CSC. It is primarily used to organize project manuals and detailed cost information, and to relate drawing notations to specifications.

Every Construction projects use many different kinds of delivery methods, products, and installation methods, but there is one thing common to all these – the need for effective teamwork by the many parties involved to ensure the correct and timely completion of work.

For the successful completion of projects requirement of effective communication amongst the people involved, and then it requires easy access to essential project information. Efficient information recovery is only possible when a typical filing system is used by everyone. MasterFormat provides such a standard and typical filing and retrieval scheme that can be used throughout the construction industry.

MasterFormat facilitates communication among architects, specifiers, contractors and suppliers, which helps them meet building owners’ requirements, timelines and budgets.

Contact Detail:
The Construction Specifications Institute
603 Stewart St, Seattle, WA, United States ‎

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