SpecsIntact Interagency Configuration Control and ...a) 11 Accepted b) 4 Rejected c) 2 Approved for Requirement Analysis . 3) 2 Deferred Change Requests Reviews: a) 1 Accepted b) 1

SpecsIntact Interagency Configuration Control and Coordinating Board Meeting Minutes

Date: November 4 - 5, 2009 Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Location: KSC Conference Center

Kennedy Space Center, FL Author: Cheryl Fitz-Simon

ATTENDEES: Organization/ E-Mail

Invited Attended Name Location Frank Der Steve Rider Pete Rossbach Steven Freitas Sheron Belcher Carl Kersten Mike Helmick Jim Brandenburg Pat Robinson Jim Whitehead Mark Mackenzie Cheryl Fitz-Simon Maggie Muller Michelle Pizzuto Rick Hatcher Richard Hungate

NASA (KSC) NASA (HQ) USACE (Washington) USACE (Sacramento) USACE (Huntsville) NAVFAC (Norfolk) Abacus Technology (KSC) Abacus Technology (KSC) Guest Abacus Technology (KSC) Abacus Technology (KSC) Abacus Technology (KSC) Abacus Technology (KSC) Abacus Technology (KSC) EG&G (KSC) EG&G (KSC)

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

MEETING OBJECTIVES:

1) Introduction 2) Review Past Action Items 3) SpecsIntact and Building Information Modeling (BIM) Integration 4) Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBIE) 5) SpecsIntact Accomplishments 6) New & Deferred Change Requests 7) Open Change Requests 8) SpecsIntact Supported Software 9) CSI Construct 2010 10) Priority Of Work 11) Action Items

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DISCUSSION SUMMARY:

Subject 1: Introduction

1) Pete Rossbach, USACE, opened the meeting by welcoming everyone.

Subject 2: Review Past Action Items

1) List of past action items were distributed to the attendees for status.

2) Each item was reviewed and commented on for posting with the meeting minutes.

Subject 3: SpecsIntact and Building Information Modeling (BIM) Integration

1) A Building Information Model (BIM) is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. As such, it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle from inception onward. Software products implement and support BIM.

2) Some capabilities proposed for SpecsIntact BIM Integration: a) Extract Section numbers and properties from BIM and put into COBIE/SpecsIntact

(1) Need to eliminate duplicate Sections/properties from new BIM data (2) Could use Excel Pivot Tables to do this

b) Add Sections to a new or existing project based on BIM model c) Use Specifiers Properties Information Exchange (SPie) as the foundation for SI/UFGS

BIM support

3) Could use Tailoring Options to integrate SPie properties into UFS Sections. a) The SPie property name could be a Tailoring Option, with additional nested Tailoring

Options for each property value. b) Issues if using Tailoring Options for BIM:

(1) Might need extensively nested Tailoring Options to represent all possible properties and values

(2) Tailoring Options are designed to exclude information, rather than including more information

(3) It would be better if removed Tailoring Options could be redlined (4) Army, Navy and NASA Tailoring Options might be confusing with BIM Tailoring

Options. The agency Tailoring Options cannot be avoided, as there will always be Agency specific requirements.

4) Contractors will need to know how to put the data into BIM for SpecsIntact.

5) Manufactures will input the data into the Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) productguide™ SPie.

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6) The end goal is to move the BIM data through construction and export the as-built BIM data into COBIE.

7) Corps has targeted 2012 as becoming BIM capable.

8) Bentley software is used for all Center of Standardization (COS) Designs for the Corps. Non-COS projects may use any product of their choice, and many use Autodesk Rivet.

9) Richard Hungate opened the Homeland Security BIM Process Guide for the UFGS and SI-CCCB to review.

10) The Homeland Security BIM Process Guide will be distributed with the meeting minutes.

11) Jim Whitehead suggested creating a few BIM prototype Sections using Tailoring Options and distributing them to some key players from each of the Agencies for review and comment.

12) Sheron Belcher stated that they are in a good position to attempt modifying a few of the Sections since they already have BIM projects to use.

13) Corps Specifications Steering Committee will be meeting in December 2009 in Sacremento, CA. This will be a good time to discuss BIM integration.

Subject 4: Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie)

1) Richard Hungate decided to table this discussion for another time.

2) The Whole Building Design guide (WBDG) has information pertaining to COBie available on their web site.

Subject 5: SpecsIntact Accomplishments

1) Jim Whitehead presented SpecsIntact Accomplishments to the SI-CCCB. a) SpecsIntact 4.4.0 and ThinApp release.

(1) Second-most documented improvements in any SpecsIntact release (2) Tailor Sections automatically when adding/editing Sections (3) List attachments in Section Table of Contents (4) Extensively improved support for tables (5) Word publishing streamlined and improved

b) More than 40,000 users of SpecsIntact throughout the world. c) SpecsIntact Technical Support

(1) Handling record numbers of calls – a 67% increase over recent years. (2) New support hours

d) NS-CCCB Meeting and UFGS Working Group Meetings, held July 2009 in Indianapolis, IN.

e) Two UFGS releases since last SI-CCCB meeting.

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f) SpecsIntact Web Site (1) Faster, more reliable web server (2) Released newly updated support documentation (3) Coming soon: SpecsIntact Screencasts

Subject 6: New & Deferred Change Requests

1) Michelle Pizzuto presented the New and Deferred Change Requests (See attached CRStatus11-05-09.pdf)

2) 17 New Change Requests Reviewed: a) 11 Accepted b) 4 Rejected c) 2 Approved for Requirement Analysis

3) 2 Deferred Change Requests Reviews: a) 1 Accepted b) 1 Remained Deferred

4) For convenience the “Status of Change Request (CR) from 11/05/2009 Meeting” Report is attached.

Subject 7: Open Change Requests

1) Michelle Pizzuto presented the Open Change Requests to the SI-CCCB. The intent of this report is to determine the next set of priorities the SI-CCCB would like the SI Team to work on once Alternate Paragraph Numbering has been completed.

Subject 8: SpecsIntact Supported Software

1) Jim Whitehead gave a presentation on the currently supported Windows versions. The purpose of this presentation was to have the SI-CCCB approve the discontinuation of our support of NT/ 98 / 98 SE and ME since Microsoft has discontinued their support.

2) The SI-CCCB agreed to discontinue support for older versions of Windows NT / 98 / 98 SE and ME as well as Microsoft Office 97 and 2000.

3) The SI-CCCB agreed that the SpecsIntact team should discontinue support for versions once Microsoft does.

4) The SpecsIntact Explorer was developed in Visual Basic which Microsoft no longer supports. We recommend re-writing in a newer software development environment, such as a newer version of Visual Studio.

5) The SI Editor is currently a Visual C++ application which is fully supported in all versions of Visual Studio.

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6) The SpecsIntact team will submit a software change request to allow them to discontinue support for Windows and Office versions once Microsoft discontinues support for these versions.

Subject 9: CSI Construct 2010 Conference

1) The SI-CCCB members discussed having SpecsIntact and the UFGS being represented at the Construct 2010 Conference being held in Pittsburgh, PA.

2) Frank Der stated that he would contact Steve Rider in regards to setting up a meeting with Earle Kennit of NIBS. The purpose of this meeting would be to see whether or not NIBS would be interested in sharing a booth with SpecsIntact and the UFGS.

Subject 10: Priority of Work

3) The next set of priorities to be worked after the completion of Alternate Paragraph Numbering is as follows: a) Submittal Wizard b) Tailoring Options List c) Report Modifications

Subject 10: Action Items

# Action Items Person Assign Date

Due Date

Item Status

1 Report status of meeting regarding using SpecsIntact to produce Design Build

Carl Kersten 05/07 11/07 Ongoing Discuss at May 2008 Mtg.

Withdrawn 04/02/2009 2 Forward customer support issues relating to the UFGS to

Carl, Pete and Frank Technical

Support Staff 05/03/07 TBD Ongoing

3 Distribute top priorities from the backlog of Change Requests

Pat Robinson 05/03/07 05/08 Completed 11/04/09

4 Remove the use of Change Notice Tags from the UFC 1-300-02

Steve Freitas 10/31/07 12/21/07 Completed 11/01/09

5 Send email to all SpecsIntact users informing them of the availability of the ThinApp version of SpecsIntact.

Steve Freitas 11/01/07 12/21/07 In Progress

6 Create way to log ThinApp downloads on the SI Web Site.

Cheryl Fitz-Simon 11/01/07 TBD Completed 09/01/09

7 Research Global/Replace Programs for the Database Managers to use during the Alternate Paragraph Numbering migration

Jim Whitehead Mark MacKenzie

04/01/09 TBD Completed 10/15/09

Comment: • Army cannot use Freeware for converting the database since all programs must be on the

certified list • Army and Navy will send their database to the SpecsIntact Team for preparing/converting the

databases for Alternate Paragraph Numbering release • Provide Links to the older versions of SpecsIntact and ThinApp for users who cannot obtain the

latest version of SpecsIntact

8 Send the RMS Excel Submittal Register workaround to the SpecsIntact Team (resulting from discussion on approved CR #08-002 & #08-004)

Steve Freitas 04/02/09 Cheryl Followup

9 Send the CSI Construct 2009 information to the SI-CCCB Frank Der 04/02/09 TBD Completed 04/02/09 10 Send latest SI Software Build to Carl, Steve, Sheron,

Rick and Richard for testing prior to the release. Jim Whitehead 04/02/09 Completed

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11 Two weeks prior to the SI-CCCB send an updated Open Change Request Report

Michelle Pizzuto 04/02/09 Completed 10/13/09

12 Reserve the KSC Conference Room Frank Der 04/02/09 11/2009 Completed 04/30/09 13 6 Months prior to the Alternate Paragraph Numbering

Prepare an ECB regarding warning for the Alternate Parapgraph Numbering Release

Sheron Belcher 11/04/09 TBD

14 6 Months prior to the Alternate Paragraph Numbering send a Web Notification List and post warnings on the SI Web Site

Cheryl Fitz-Simon 11/04/09 TBD

15 Email the Consensus COBie Specification to the SI-CCCB for review

Cheryl Fitz-Simon 11/04/09 11/06/09

16 CON for SpecsIntact Pete Rossbach 11/04/09 17 Email the UFGS Working Group with the Submittal Item

character length for RMS Steve Rossbach 11/05/09

18 Submit New CR to Add \ Manage Attachments within a project and generate a report

Steve Freitas 11/05/09

19 Add Robert Iseli to the UFGS Working Group and SI-CCCB Distribution

Cheryl Fitz-Simon 11/05/09

20 Requirement Analysis on BIM Integration prior to the CSI Contsruct 2010 Joint UFGS Working Group Meeting

Jim Whitehead 11/05/09

21 Send Pete, Carl and Frank an Email regarding coordination of the UFGS Release with SI Deployment

Jim Whtehead 11/05/09 Completed 11/06/09

22 Discuss the importance of the UFGS updates resulting from Alternate Paragraph Numbering changes at the CP Meeting

Pete Rossbach 11/05/09

23 UFC 01-300-02 will be modified to clarify the usage of list and item designation in 2-2.3 and Appendix A


Next SI-CCCB Meeting will be held May 10 – 14, 2009

At CSI Philadelphia, PA

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I t ti fIntegration of Building Information Management (BIM)

Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) p ( )and SPECSINTACT

Steven P. FreitasCorps Specification Steering Committee

US A C f E i S t Di t i tUS Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District

BIM Components

USACE BIM Road Map

Various CADD Programs• ArchiCAD Graphisoft’s Virtual Building™ software

– Geometric Description Language (GDL) • BentleyBentley

– MicroStation CAD/3D Software• Drawing Format (DGN)

• AutoDesk• AutoDesk – AutoCAD, Sketch-Up, and other software

• Drawing Format (DWG)• Drawing Exchange Format (DXF)Drawing Exchange Format (DXF) • Design Web Format (DWF)

– Revit AutoDesk® Revit® Architecture software • Drawing Format extension (RFA)Drawing Format extension (RFA)

PRACTICE STANDARDS• buildingSMART Alliance

– National Building Information Modeling Standard (NBIMS) http://www.buildingsmartalliance.org/ -

• American Institute of Architects– Integrated Project Delivery: A Guide http://www.aia.org/ -

• Associated General Contractors (AGC) BIM Guide:Associated General Contractors (AGC) BIM Guide: – The Contractor's Guide to BIM, Edition 1 http://www.agc.org/ -

• Construction Specifications InstituteTh P j t R M l (PRM) CSI M l f P ti– The Project Resource Manual (PRM) - CSI Manual of Practice http://www.csinet.org -

Format Standards• United States National CAD Standard (NCS)• Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG)g g ( )• OmniClass Construction Classification System

– UniFormat Defines Systems and Assemblies (Objects)(Objects)

– MasterFormat Defines Work Results and Contracts• Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)• International Framework for Dictionaries (IFD)

Library• Information Delivery Manual (IDM)Information Delivery Manual (IDM)

INITIATIVES• OmniClass Classification System• Construction Industry Terminology Initiative y gy

(CITI)• Construction Operations Building Information

Exchange Project (COBIE)Exchange Project (COBIE)• Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) • International Framework for Dictionaries (IFD) ( )• Information Delivery Manual (IDM)• Integrated Form of Agreement (IFOA)

Relation of MasterFormat and UniFormat to OmniClass

Spaces by

Function

Construction Entities by Form

Construction Entities by Function

Materials

Properties

Spaces by Form

Elements & Design

Elements

Tools

InformationOmniClass

Construction Information

MasterFormatConstruction Work Results,

Requirements Products

Products

Phases

Elements

Work Results

Services

Disciplines

Organizational Roles

Requirements, Products, Activities

UniForma

s

UniFormat

Systems and

Assemblies

Types of Specifying• IFC Data Model: Data Sets that Enable

Interoperability of Computer ProgramsInteroperability of Computer Programs• OmniClass: Organizes Construction

Classification System (Viewpoints)y ( p )• UniFormat: Defines Systems and Assemblies

(Objects)( j )• MasterFormat: Defines Contracts (Work

Results)

UniFormatDefines Systems and Assemblies (Objects) in Nine Categories

Table 21 of OmniClass• Project Description• A Substructure• B Shell• C Interiors• D Services• E Equipment and Furnishings• F Special Construction & Demolition• G Building Sitework• Z General

Industry Foundation Classes“The IFC data model is a neutral and open specification

that is not controlled by a singular vendor or group ofy g g pvendors. It is an object oriented file format with a datamodel developed by the International Alliance forI t bilit (IAI) t f ilit t i t bilit i thInteroperability (IAI) to facilitate interoperability in thebuilding industry, and is a commonly used format forBuilding Information Modeling (BIM) ”Building Information Modeling (BIM).

Source: CSI Wiki

International Open Standard

OmniClass Tables

MasterFormat™ 2004D fi W k R l d CDefines Work Results and Contracts

Table 22 of OmniClass• Procurement and Contracting Requirements Group:g q p

– Division 00• Specifications Group:

– General Requirements Subgroup: Division 01q g p– Facility Construction Subgroup: Divisions 02-14– Facility Services Subgroup: Divisions 20-29– Site and Infrastructure Subgroup: Divisions 30-39– Process Equipment Subgroup: Divisions 40-49

• UFGS is 80% compliant– 5 year maintenance cycle is almost complete

Many Deviations To Link And Data Transfer

• Projects will reference OmniClass tables 11 and 12• Designers, elements will reference OmniClass Table 21

(UniFormat)(UniFormat)• Work results (spec sections) will reference OmniClass

Table 22 (MasterFormat)P d t ill f O iCl T bl 23• Products will reference OmniClass Table 23

• OmniClass Table 31 as a structure and represented by Industry Foundation Classes (IFC’s) model I i l F k f Di i i (IFD)• International Framework for Dictionaries (IFD) classification scheme

• Materials will reference OmniClass Tables 41 and 49

BIM Specifications Life Cycle– Basis For Design: Before Design– Component Specifications: Before Design– Summary Specifications: Schematic Design– Keynote Specifications: Detail Linkage– Outline Specifications: Design Development– Project Manual: Procurement

Conformed Project Manual: As Contracted– Conformed Project Manual: As Contracted– As Built Project Manual: As Constructed– Operations Building Information Exchange (COBIE)Operations Building Information Exchange (COBIE)

COBIE Technologygy• Accepts designer BIM data set

All f ll l i• Allows contractors to fully capture electronic submittals C t i t li t d th i f ti• Captures equipment list and other information directly from contractors As-Built DrawingsDelivers entire set of information to DPW at the• Delivers entire set of information to DPW at the end of the project

Specifiers' Properties Templates Search

• The productguide™ Specifiers' Properties information exchange (SPie) project is bringing together software manufacturers, product manufacturers and related associations, professional associations

d j t t k h ld t d fi i f i f tiand project stakeholders to define a series of open information exchanges that improve construction document consistency, reduce product discovery and procurement costs and automatically capture construction handover data.

• Professional, trade, and manufacturer associations of record for a given domain will be responsible to work with their members and stakeholders, to update and manage their products' property sets.

• SPie provides templates that identify for a given type of product aSPie provides templates that identify, for a given type of product, a standard set of properties that should be included in a BIM model object.

• http://www.wbdg.org/references/pg_sptsearch.php

Specifiers’ Properties Templates

Sample SPie template for wood lockers

Data Index Methodology• Propose using a data index methodology• Meet FAR requirementsq• Goal is to move data to COBIE

Parts List1. Raw BIM data2 UFGS Masters (xml SI)2. UFGS Masters (xml SI) 3. Properties4 Submittals4. Submittals

The Proposed Process• Pull BIM into drawings• Extract BIM data from drawingsg

– Extract Specification Numbers– Extract material properties as tailoring options data

• Pivot Tables• Pivot Tables– Develop unique Pull Table list of Specifications– Develop associated list of tailoring options

• SpecsIntact Job Creation– Import Pull Table into Add Sections Dialogue Box– Import list of tailoring options– Import list of tailoring options

What About Submittals?S b i l l• Submittals are more complex

SD-02 Shop Drawings

Window units[; G][; G, [_____]]

SD-04 Samples

Window units

Submit when factory-finished color coating is provided.

Submit drawings indicating elevations of windows, full-size sections, thickness of metal, fastenings, proposed method of anchoring, size and spacing of anchors, details of construction, complete details of setting methods and materials for each type of glazing material, details of hardware, [mullion details,] [method and materials for weather-stripping,] [support conditions for the glass,] [material and method of attaching sub frames ] [stools ] [casings ] [sills ] [trim ] [window

SD-08 Manufacturer's Instructions

Glass

Submit glass manufacturer's instructions for setting and sealing materials and for installation of each type of glazing material specifiedattaching sub frames,] [stools,] [casings,] [sills,] [trim,] [window

cleaner anchors,] installation details, and other related items.

SD-03 Product Data

Window units[; G][; G, [_____]]

H d

material specified.

SD-10 Operation and Maintenance Data

Window units, Data Package 1; [; G][; G, [_____]]

Submit data package in accordance with Section 01 78 23 Hardware

Setting materials

Weather-stripping

Submit window frame data for each type and finish.

p gOPERATION AND MAINTENANCE DATA.

• This will be left for later

Submit window frame data for each type and finish.

Future Tasks• Modify SpecsIntact

– Pull Table and Data Importp• Job Creation to import Pull Table and UFGS • Import tailoring options data and Material

PropertiesProperties• Remove unused tailoring options

• UFGS Tailoring Options• UFGS Tailoring Options– Revise/add UFGS tailoring options to align

with Specifiers’ Properties Templateswith Specifiers Properties Templates

Questions?Steven P. Freitas

Sacramento DistrictSacramento District916-557-7296

Walter HeimbaughKansas City District

816-389-3306816 389 3306

Status of Change Request (CR) From 11/05/2009 MeetingREQUESTOREXPLANATION

Requirement Analysis

ACTION

METRIC AND ENGLISH UNITS I would like to see a routine that would delete whicheverunits I am not using and getting rid of the tags for theunits I am using. That would make editing easier and getrid of those continuing issues with spacing that are hardto see while editing with tags showing.

CHANGE REQUEST DESCRIPTION

RAY DUNCAN

08-003

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

P-ARMY ACCEPTED

SI Recommendation

Jim Whitehead to call Ray Duncan to discuss implentation and ideas for this CR. The board likes Jim's idea to to hide transparent tags.Board Comments

REQUESTOREXPLANATION


ACTION

Add "Location" to the Variable List underHeader/Footer

Add the "Location" field as a variable that can be addedto headers/footers at the Print Processing Header/Footertab.


DAVID FULKS

09-007

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

P-ARMY ACCEPTED

SI Recommendation

Board Comments



ACTION

Increase Job Name to More Than 8Characters

Please consider increasing the number of charactersallowed in the "JobName" field (e.g. 16 charactersinstead of the current 8 character limitation)


DAVID FULKS

09-008

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

P-ARMY ACCEPTED

SI Recommendation

Board Comments

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ACTION

Allow for Section Specifiers Add fields for Section Specifier.


DAVID FULKS

09-009

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

P-ARMY ACCEPTED

SI Recommendation

The board recommends to add this to the Job Properties Report when it prints.Board Comments



ACTION

Add Item and List Indent Buttons to theEditor Toolbar

Add Item and List Indent Buttons to the Editor toolbar.


ANN SHOTWELL

09-010

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

P-NAVY ACCEPTED

SI Recommendation

Board Comments



ACTION

SECTION TITLE AS A HEADER/FOOTERVARIABLE

Add the Section Title to the List of Variables on theHeader/Footer tab of the Process/Print/Publish dialogbox.


MIKE CASEY

09-011

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

P-ARMY ACCEPTED

SI Recommendation

The board considers this a low priority.Board Comments




ACTION

Update SI Dialog Controls to PredictablyChange Focus for 508 Compliancy

Restructure all dialog boxes to be 508 compliant.


MICHELLE PIZZUTO

09-012

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

OTHER ACCEPTED

SI Recommendation

Board Comments



ACTION

Allow for Removed Tailoring Options to BeRedlined

Allow removed Tailoring Options to be redlined insteadof just deleted.


CHRIS GRIMM

09-013

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

P-ARMY ACCEPTED

SI Recommendation

Board Comments



ACTION

Add a To-Do List Feature Consider adding a to-do list, that is linked to a Subpartin a Section. Where an Engineer can mark the Subpartto be looked at a later time. Create a report which liststhis "to-do" tags and like current reports, double clickingon the report would return you to the Section.


KEVIN DECKER

09-014

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

P-ARMY ACCEPTED

SI Recommendation

The board recommends a feature to toggle the view both when printing and editing.Board Comments




ACTION

Add a To-Do List Feature-with DifferentLevels of Tracking

If SpecsIntact implented a To-Do list, create differentlevels.


CHRIS GRIMM

09-015

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

P-ARMY REJECTED

SI Recommendation

Board Comments



ACTION

Create Validation Log when Number ofCharacters are Exceeded in a Tag

Create a Validation Log, when characters in a tag exceedthe allowed number.


CHRIS GRIMM

09-016

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

P-ARMY ACCEPTED

SI Recommendation

The board also recommends reducing the number of Characters in the <SUB> tags to 100.Board Comments



ACTION

Allow the Primary Master to Be Moved toAnother Working Directory

Allow a Master to be moved when it is set to thePrimary.


MICHELLE PIZZUTO

09-017

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

OTHER ACCEPTED

SI Recommendation

Board Comments




ACTION

Add ATT to the Project Table Of Contents Allow attachments to be listed on the Project Table ofContents.


SHEILA HALL

09-018

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

P-ARMY REJECTED

SI Recommendation

Board Comments



ACTION

Create a Web and Windows Based Version ofSpecsIntact

Create a WEb Based Version of SpecsIntact


PATRICIA ROBINSON

09-019

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

P-NASA REQUIREMENTSANALYSIS

APPROVED

SI Recommendation

Board Comments



ACTION

Caution in Found Files, Revised Files The files in "Found Files" subfolders may appear to lessexperienced users to be extra copies that can be deletedwhen finished, this is also the case with Revised Files.Since this is not the case, please give a warning.


CHRIS GRIMM

09-020

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

P-ARMY REJECTED

SI Recommendation

Board Comments




ACTION

Enable "Save As" in the SI Editor Turn the SI Editor "Save As" command on so that it canbe used.


TERRY VITT

09-021

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

ARMY REJECTED

SI Recommendation

Board Comments



ACTION

Submittal Wizard Tagging submittals is tricky, and SpecsIntact does notreadily assist users in standardizing identical submittalitems in different Sections.


JIM WHITEHEAD

09-022

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

REQUIREMENTSANALYSIS

SI Recommendation

The board recommends when adding a Submittal to the Section, have the Submittal Wizard prompt the user to add it to the Submittal Article. Also to allow achoice to add the Submittal Item to multiple SDs. Update the Submittal list that the wizard uses, with each Master release. Create extra tags for each currentfunction of the <SUB> tag.

Board Comments



ACTION

Saved User Defined Default Fonts If a user needs to change fonts to fulfill a RFPrequirement they must then remember to change theirsettings when they updated Software.


CHRIS GRIMM

09-023

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

P-ARMY ACCEPTED

SI Recommendation

The board recommends as a low priority.Board Comments




ACTION

Integrate BIM Data Into SpecsIntact We need to develop a method to incorporate BIM datainto SpecsIntact. We can Extract BIM data fromdrawings as tailoring options data. We can use PivotTables to develop-unique Pull Table list of Specificationsections-associated list of tailoring options.


STEVEN FREITAS

09-024

CONTROL #

Board Reviewed

11/05/2009

ARMY REQUIREMENTSANALYSIS

SI Recommendation

The board would like the results of the Requirements Analysis before the CSI Construct 2010 conference.Board Comments


SpecsIntact Interagency Configuration Control and Coordinating Board MeetingSpecsIntact Interagency Configuration Control and Coordinating Board MeetingKennedy Space Center, FL

November, 2009

SpecsIntact SpecsIntact 4.4.0 released September 1, 2009

Released both normal and ThinApp versions Applying for Army Certificate of Networthiness Submitted for NMCI certification

W h t d S I t t i We have counted over 40,000 SpecsIntact users since 2004, averaging over 200 each week. As of last week: All users: 40,501All users: 40,501 Government users: 25,399

SpecsIntact CCCB Meeting ~ November, 2009 ~ Kennedy Space Center, FL

SpecsIntact and UFGS Attended the NS-CCCB and UFGS Joint Working

Group meetings, July 2009 in IndianapolisP id d Provided support

Demonstrated new SpecsIntact 4.4 features UFGS Master releases: UFGS Master releases:

August 18, 2009 May 22, 2009May 22, 2009 We generate a new UMRL from each UFGS release


UFGS and Masters Maggie Muller is UFGS Coordinator Maggie created or substantially improved:

Instructions for the UFGS Database Coordinator NASA Master Text Processing Instructions Instructions for NAVFAC Master Text Release to the UFGS Instructions for NAVFAC Master Text Release to the UFGS

Database Coordinator Guidelines and Instructions for the NAVY Master Sections

“Maggie, This is WONDERFUL! Thank you for the time you put in to this as it is quite detailed: a real help in helping understand not only the process but the steps.”- Alice Butler, Butler Consulting


UFGS and Masters Provided extensive support to NAVFAC and NIBS

“There are not enough ways for me to say Thank You for ll f h l d ti i t i i tall of your help and patience in training me to process

specs and use the SI program. It was most generous of you to offer to help, considering that I am working for the Navy, but they offered no training other than Alice Butler. I could not have done it without you. So thank you again I’m sure I will have more questions along theyou again. I m sure I will have more questions along the way, but you got me through this release, which I didn’t think would happen….”- Alynne Skrabalak, WBDG/NIBS


SpecsIntact Support New afternoon support hours:

12:00 PM - 4:30 PM Better for west coast, Hawaii

Stimulus funding for new projects Support desk handling record numbers of calls

2009 (first three quarters): 2093 8 A (fi t th t ) 2004-2008 Average (first three quarters): 1249

2004-2008 Average (all four quarters): 1614


SpecsIntact Support Calls

700

800

500

600

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call center each of you are a tremendous help.” Patricia DeHaro of Jacobs Engineering:- Patricia DeHaro of Jacobs Engineering:

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SpecsIntact Version 4.4.0 Second-most documented SI improvements ever Tailor Sections automatically when:

Adding Sections with Tailoring Options Editing Sections with Tailoring Options

Li h i S i bl f List attachments in Section tables of contents “I’ve been wanting this for a long time.”

Rick Robinson USACE Walla Walla district- Rick Robinson, USACE Walla Walla district New projects use revisions automatically Verify master Section references in notes Verify master Section references in notes


SpecsIntact Version 4.4.0 Extensively improved support for tables:

Much faster text searching in Section with tables Select multiple cells by clicking and dragging Rows enlarge automatically to fit newly typed text Customize table font sizes when printing Customize table font sizes when printing Rows sized better after importing Excel spreadsheet Dozens of enhancements and correctionsDozens of enhancements and corrections

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SpecsIntact Version 4.4.0 Renumber to 6th level paragraph Jobs can use both English and Metric units

SpecsIntact warns user when selecting this option:“…SpecsIntact supports this option for customers with an inescapable requirement for it but both the UFGS Working Groupinescapable requirement for it, but both the UFGS Working Group and the SI CCCB strongly discourage the practice....”

New location for SI initialization files and l l f f lSupplemental Reference file

Will reduce technical support calls -- many customers have limited access to Windows folderhave limited access to Windows folder


SpecsIntact Version 4.4.0 Word publishing streamlined and improved

Smaller footprint and faster publishingl bl l d h More reliable in normal and ThinApp SI versions

Header and footer publishing much more accurate Rename template for each release if modified Rename template for each release if modified

Should eliminate SI/Word template version mismatches

Numerous other corrections and improvements

Submittal register improved: Better handling of extremely long submittal items

l d Consistently accurate page counts and PDF page centering


SpecsIntact Version 4.4.0 Newly automated software build process

Includes SI ThinApp versiond b l f Reduces possibility of errors

Performed in virtual machine – consistent and portable

Released SI ThinApp version 4 4 0 simultaneously Released SI ThinApp version 4.4.0 simultaneously We track both ThinApp and regular SI downloads

Created multiple virtual test machines with supportedCreated multiple virtual test machines with supported Windows and Office versions More comprehensive testing Faster customer support


SpecsIntact Version 4.4 “The software has come so far... The software is great.”

- Albert Ray Duncan, Spec Consultants, Inc. “Kudos to the SI Development team for getting so

many updates into the new version 4.4! The greater awareness of presence of tailoring options andawareness of presence of tailoring options and common selections across sections will be of great value.” – Christopher Grimm, LS3P Associates Ltd., Charleston, SC


SpecsIntact Web Site Faster, more reliable web server

Load-balanced cluster of six computers Automatically recover from failure of any computer Migration from old server was challenging

R l d l d t d t d t ti Released newly updated support documentation: QuickStart Guide Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Integrated software help and web-based help

Coming soon: SpecsIntact screencastsComing soon: SpecsIntact screencasts


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All Open Change Request(Grouped By Assigned Rating, & Sorted By Control Number)

(No Ratings Specified)Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Oct 24, 1996

Date Completed:961011 Support CAD LINK Provide the capability within SPECSINTACT to link the specifications toCAD.

Submitter:Assigned Rating:

Programming Estimate:GARY COLEHAMER

Board CommentsImplement for both CAD and Intergraph

11/1/07 The SI-CCCB Memebers recommend changing the title of this CRfrom "Link CAD and SpecsIntact" to Support CAD Link"

Version:Change was: ACCEPTED

SI Recommendation 6/5/09 The SpecsIntact team recommends withdrawing this CR due to the futureintegration of BIM.

Submitter's Recommendation Modify SI software accordingly.

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1620's Assigned A Rating Of - 1Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 21, 2002

Date Completed:001004 SUBPART NUMBERING Many Architects doing work for the private sector (and in compliance withCSI's Section Format and Page Format) choose to number the Sub-Partsdifferently from what is currently allowed in SI. Instead of beginning theirnumbering with Part 1, and following with Subpart 1.1, and then withSubpart 1.2., they number utilizing Part 1, then Subpart 1.A, and followingwith Subpart 1.B. Our firm is wanting to use SI, but about 90% of ourarchitectural clients don't use the numbering system as SI is currentlyconfigured.

See Continuation On Page 2.

Submitter:Assigned Rating: 1

Programming Estimate:THOMAS SHAW 1 year

Board CommentsPending Analysis by Development Team.

Presented once again at the November 21, 2002 board meeting. Boardchanged 1620 status to accepted.


SI Recommendation Implementing this request would impact the master text for all three Agencies, and wouldrequire significant software changes.

Submitter's Recommendation Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Apr 02, 2009Date Completed:08-006 Search for Tags Only With Specified Attributes In the SI Editor, you can search for all tailoring option - TAI - tags, but you

cannot search for only TAI tags that contain specific tailoring options, suchas NAVFAC or FACEBRICK. Also, because these tailoring options are partof the tag, you cannot search for them using the Editor's normal text search.The need for attribute-based tag searching goes beyond TAI tags. It would beable to search for only those ITM tags with the INDENT attribute, forexample.


Programming Estimate:JIM WHITEHEAD 1-2 weeks

Board Comments Version:Change was: ACCEPTED

SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact team recommends implementing this CR to make the Search featureconsistent to the SI Explorer

6/8/09 The SpecsIntact team recommends this be one of the next programming tasksassigned.

Submitter's Recommendation Extend the existing Editor tag search dialog to allow user to limit a tag searchto only those matching tags that contain a specified attribute, or that contain aspecified attribute value combination.

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 17, 1998Date Completed:981008 PROVIDE AUTOMATIC RE-LETTERING Add an enhancement to re-letter a, b, c's.....


Programming Estimate:GLENN KATO 5 months

Board Comments11/17/98 - Army did not concur.


SI Recommendation Recommend R/A. This feature would benefit many users. A comprehensive solution withnew tags that provided automatic lettering/numbering would be best, but would besomewhat time-consuming to implement. Adding such functionality could also position usto better support other types of specification formats.

Submitter's Recommendation 11/12/98 - Have New Hire research R/A & program print part - Jim will program Editorpart. NOTE: Would only re-letter new documents.

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1620's Assigned A Rating Of - 2Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Jul 18, 2000

Date Completed:001008 REFERENCE REPORT MODIFICATION Presently the Reference Verification Report, Duplicate References and TitleDiscrepancy Reports print as individual reports. From the Print Menu underthe report options you only have the option to select the "ReferenceVerification Report:. There is no separate option to print the DuplicateReferences and the Title Discrepancy Reports. Regardless you will get allthree reports when you request the Reference Verification Report. Due toseveral calls from our Users, I recommend that the "Reference VerificationReport" and "Duplicate Reference Report" be combined into one report (seeattached example). Add a separate report selection for the "Title DiscrepancyReport". This will not only save paper but make it easier for the Users toidentify all the Reference related errors on report. Also, by giving them thechoice of printing the "Title Discrepancy Report" will save a tremendousamount of paper and aggravation since the current process prints the reportwhether they want it or not. The Submittal Verification Report is alreadydone this way.


Programming Estimate:CHERYL FITZ-SIMON 2 months

Board Comments32-Bit Application


SI Recommendation It is our recommendation to implement this in a future 32-bit release. It would also behelpful to add additional identifying information to the reports, such as Job/Master name,directory and date.

6/8/09 The SpecsIntact team recommends that this be worked with the other CR'sregarding Report handling, and be one of the next programming tasks assigned.

Submitter's Recommendation 7/26/02, 10:17:18 AM - FITZSCL - There are several approved 1620s that should beworked in conjunction with this enhancement, all having to do with report changes.

991013, 991007, 001023, 01-035 and 02-020

6/7/2004, 10:05:32 AM - HORVAJR - Per Cheryl Fitz Simon: This CR was one of theones that had been put in a long time ago, but is still valid. The purpose of the CR was toget the Reference Title Report (Title Discrepancies) broken out as it's own report instead ofbeing grouped in with the Reference Verification Report. This way the users and MasterText preparers are not forced to print it when they only want to see the UnresolvedReferences.

Unfortunately, this is a tricky and complicated area and it will take some time. One of theproblems we still have with the Reports is the "Forced Print". If you use the "ProcessOnly" against your entire Job, then r-click on the Reference Verification Report (becausethat is all you want), you get all the associated Reference Reports. Same thing when youwant to print just the Submittal Verification Report you are "forced" to print the SubmittalRegister.

This is still an area that needs a lot of work! It is frustrating to the users. We give them thechoice to print their reports but force them to print things they do not select!

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - May 02, 2001Date Completed:01-023 MODIFY SI3 BROWSE LIST When bouncing between Windows Explorer (for whatever reason) and all of

the SpecsIntact browse boxes, it is confusing. The two display differentdirectory structures.


Programming Estimate:PATRICIA ROBINSON 2 months


SI Recommendation This is a good suggestion, although it will require some work to implement. Using thestandard Windows common dialog box, which shows the user's desktop, rather than theolder Visual Basic version that we currently employ would be a good improvement.

Submitter's Recommendation Modify the SpecsIntact browse boxes to display the directory structure as inWindows Explorer. For Example: Desktop \ My Computer \ C:\ then all ofthe other drive letters.

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Jun 13, 2002Date Completed:01-052 COMBINE STOC WITH PDF FILES MODIFICATION When creating PDF files for a job, under "Process and Print" in the "Report"

tab, the "Combine Sections and Section Tables of Contents (STOC)" box ischecked and is rendered unchangeable. This adds the toc with each section.The first page of the processed "section" (combined w/STOC) is numbered aspage one. The first page of the actual section is no longer page 1. EX: 2 pagetoc, 5 page section. The job printed to PDF contains seven pages. The firstpage of the STOC is "Section ????? page 1" and the first page of the actualsection is "Section ????? page 3".


Programming Estimate:NEIL ANDERSON

Board Comments06/13/02 - Change Request was deferred and reviewed at the SI-CCCBmeeting. It was accepted to enable the options in PDF that are currentlyavailable for the printed hard copy.


SI Recommendation This would be a good enhancement for SpecsIntact 3 although it would require significantsoftware changes. Incorporate the option to control numbering even if the STOC iscombined with the Section. Also, add a new feature not to combine the STOC andSection. This gives our users more flexibility on how they want the PDF files handled.

Same as 01-028 which was deferred at the May 2, 2001 Meeting. This 1620 does providemore detail.

Submitter's Recommendation The box should not be checked. Page numbering should be permitted torestart between producing the section table of contents and the section, evenwhen producing a PDF file. People around here do not consider the first pageof the table of contents to be the first page of the section. Solution would beto allow a separate TOC PDF file to be produced, separate from the actualsection.

04/04/02 - CLF: When this feature is implemented it should also be tested with thePDF/Publish Tool.

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 21, 2002Date Completed:02-019 AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF REFERENCE ARTICLE FOR

JOBSCurrently the process to Generate New Reference Articles in Section, is onlyavailable in Masters. In order to do this on a Job using the UFGSREF Masteris confusing and time consuming to the users. Recommend adding a newfeature to Process \ Reference Processing for Job \ Reconciliation to updateReference Article.



Board CommentsDeferred for further consideration


SI Recommendation We recommend this feature be implemented for the processing of jobs. It would simplifythis process considerably for our users and save support time for the Technical SupportDesk.

Submitter's Recommendation Add new feature to Process \ Reference Processing for Job \ Reconciliation to"Update Reference Articles". This would update all references found in thesection as well as the UMRL, but leave the references that were not found inthe UMRL intact.

6/8/2009, 2:15:26 PM - MLGARCI1 - This would benefit customers using both Jobs andMasters. In Jobs this would include processing against the Supplemental Reference Listalso.

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 21, 2002Date Completed:02-020 PRINTING REPORT NOT SELECTED When Processing & Printing a job with the reconciliation process and no

reports have been selected in the print dialog box, the Verification Reportsare printed anyway.


Programming Estimate:JOE LOONEY 3-4 weeks

Board CommentsA report should be generated to let the user decided whether or not theywould like to make the necessary corrections.


SI Recommendation This would be a good enhancement to implement. The users should not be forced to getreports when none has been selected.


Submitter's Recommendation If no reports are selected, then don't print them. It's OK to generate the reportif necessary, but since they have a different file extension, have the softwareonly print the .prn files.

7/26/02, 10:14:26 AM - FITZSCL - There are several approved 1620s that should beworked in conjunction with this enhancement, all having to do with report changes.

991013, 991007; 001008; 001023 and 01-035.

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 02, 2006Date Completed:06-011 Show Revision when Using Rename Section Right now the only way you can show revisions when renaming a section is

by editing the section manually.


Programming Estimate:MARTHA MULLER 3-4 weeks


SI Recommendation This is recommended for implementation as submitter requested.

Submitter's Recommendation If "Use Revisions" is selected under the Option Tab in Job Properties, allowthe software to insert "Revisions" into the Banner as well as the SectionNumber and between Section Reference tags when renaming a section.

11/3/2006, 2:22:13 PM - HORVAJR - This change request was originally deferred on05/04/2006, then accepted at the 11/2/06 board meeting.

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 01, 2007Date Completed:07-007 Printable Tailoring Option List Admin. folks NEED to be able to print the tailoring list shown for the job so

the engineer can mark the selections needed. This has appeared in several classes when we introduced the tailoringconcept.


Programming Estimate:ALICE BUTLER 3-4 weeks

Board CommentsLow Priority


SI Recommendation 6/8/09 The SpecsIntact team recommends that this be one of the next programming tasksassigned.

Submitter's Recommendation Generate a printable list of Tailoring Options for each Section of the Job,much like the Screen that comes up when you bring up the Tailor Jobwindow.

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 01, 2007Date Completed:07-012 Add An Option to Remove Footer from the TOC When Printing the TOC, the default footer shows up, regardless of whether or

not you have information in the Header/Footer dialog box in theProcess/Print/Publish window. It is hard coded in to the Processing.


Programming Estimate:STEVE PRICE 1-2 weeks


SI Recommendation

Submitter's Recommendation Please add an option to remove the footer on the TOC.

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Apr 02, 2009Date Completed:08-002 EXPORT SUBMITTAL REGISTER Under the Process, Export Submittal Register function, after Exporting the

Submittal Register to a Web/Spreadsheet file and opening it with MicrosoftOffice Excel to edit, there is no title next to the Submittal Descriptionnumber (SD-01, etc.).Submitter:

Assigned Rating: 2Programming Estimate:BARBARA HARE 1-2 weeks


SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact team recommends making the Exported Submittal Register data moreconsistent to the printed form, including the header information. To accommodate this CRthe SpecsIntact team recommends distributing a UFGS Submittal Register in Excel Formatwith the Software. This will allow the customer to Export the current Submittal Registerdata to a comma delimited text format and then merge it into the distributed ExcelSubmittal Register format. This will allow another solution for CR #08-004.

Submitter's Recommendation While Exporting the Submittal Register to Microsoft Office Excel, insert theTitle next to the Submittal Description (SD-#). This will give the user aSubmittal Register, containing the same information that appears in theNAVY4288. file. It will also save them a lot of time, due to adding the titlesmanually.

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Dec 07, 1999Date Completed:991007 AUTOMATIC GENERATION SUBMITTAL REGISTER When creating the print files for the submittal register, an automatic

"Submittal Verification Results" report is printed along with the submittalregister. Errors related to submittal descriptions, submittal items andclassifications will be listed on this report. However, it doesn't do any goodbecause the submittal register continues to print before you even have theoption to fix the errors. It's a waste of paper and time because you will stillneed to go back into the job, fix the errors then reprint the SubmittalRegister.


Programming Estimate:MARTHA MULLER 2 months


SI Recommendation During the processing of the Submittal Register and the Submittal Verification Report, ifproblems exist on the Verification Report, pause the processing and allow the user tochoose to continue processing or generate the error report. Recommend this feature beincorporated into future releases of the 32-bit version of SPECSINTACT as a newenhancement.


We recommend the following options: 1) Print reports ONLY if errors found2) Print no Reports if no errors are found3) Prompt if errors are found4) Print both Reports and Sections regardless

Submitter's Recommendation When creating the print files for the Submittal Register, if there are errors onthe Submittal Verification Report, stop the process, flag the user that there areerrors and do not print the Submittal Register. Give them a chance to fix theerrors first.

05/23/00 - CLF: Spoke w/Jim Whitehead in reference to this 1620. Include all"Verification Reports" in this change request.

6/8/2009, 3:15:09 PM - MLGARCI1 - Work this in conjunction with 991013

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Dec 07, 1999Date Completed:991013 MODIFY PRINT PROCESS FOR THE SUBMITTAL

VERIFICATION REPORTWhen we finish a Job and we get it ready for the Electronic Biddset (EBS), itis really irritating to have to go through all the submittals and pull out theverification reports. Can you make this an optional choice, instead ofautomatically printing the Submittal Verification Report w/the SubmittalRegister, print it whenever we want?


Programming Estimate:KARENA SAMUEL 2 months


SI Recommendation In order not to cause additional confusion to our users, we recommend that if no errorsexist on the Submittal Verification Report that the report will not print. If errors are foundon the Submittal Verification Report give the user the capability of pausing the process inorder to print just the Report and not the Submittal Register. This should be worked inconjunction with #991007, since both 1620's have been submitted to enhance this process.This should be incorporated into the 32-bit version of SPECSINTACT as a newenhancement/feature.

6/8/09 The SpecsIntact team recommends that this be worked with the other CR'sregarding Report handling, and be one of the next tasks assigned.

Submitter's Recommendation This should be an option instead of automatically printing out whenever wewant the Submittal Register.

7/26/02, 10:16:18 AM - FITZSCL - There are several approved 1620s that should beworked in conjunction with this enhancement, all having to do with report changes.

001008; 001023; 1013, 1007, 01-035 and 02-020

6/8/2009, 3:14:29 PM - MLGARCI1 - Work this in conjunction with 991007

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1620's Assigned A Rating Of - 3Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Jun 13, 2002

Date Completed:02-016 AUTOMATIC SUBMITTAL ARTICLE / REGISTERGENERATION

Have SPECSINTACT generate the SUBMITTALS paragraph (as well as theSUBMITTAL REGISTER).

This will provide a method to encourage project specification writers to editthe list of submittals.


Programming Estimate:JOE LOONEY 6 months

Board Comments06/13/02 - Low Priority


SI Recommendation We recommend going with Joe's first solution to provide tag attributes that will support theautomatic generation of the Submittal Article. This would be a very beneficial feature forboth the Master Text Preparer's as well as your user community.

6/8/09 The SpecsIntact team recommends that this be one of the next large programmingtasks assigned.

10/08/09 The team recommends implementing CR 09-022 instead of this CR. This CRwould require an overhaul to the Master Text, whereas CR 09-022 would not.

Submitter's Recommendation Currently, the spec-preparer must manually edit submittals and items undersubmittals. Often times, since this paragraph is at the beginning of thesection, it is skipped over as editing begins, and then forgotten. In theprocess, provisions have been removed from the section, but correspondingsubmittal items in the SUBMITTALS paragraph have not. The result isconflicting requirements in the spec.

6/8/2009, 3:03:29 PM - MLGARCI1 - This would require the Master Text Preparers toretag the Sections to give the items tagged as Submittals the proper attributes.

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 21, 2002Date Completed:02-025 GENERATING NEW REFERENCE ARTICLES IN SECTIONS When using Process / Reference Processing for selected..../ Generate New

Reference Articles in Sections feature, the references are re-generated withinthe sections and placed in alphabetic order by the Organization Name. Whenthe Reference Id's are added they are not in numerical order. For example ifNFPA 70 and NFPA 101 were used in the body of the section and theprocessing was done, in the Reference Article NFPA 101 would be listedbefore NFPA 70. This should be worked with change request number 03-036in the section editor, and the reference wizard.



Board CommentsThis would be a good feature, but not a high priority.


SI Recommendation This would be a good enhancement to the Software, but is not a high priority.

Called Tara to receive her input.

Submitter's Recommendation When processing and re-generating new Reference Articles in the Sectionssort the Reference IDs by Alphabetic order according to the Acronym but alsoby numeric order. This is the way the References are typically ordered in theSections.

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 21, 2002Date Completed:02-037 MOVE THE TEMPLATES INTO ONE LOCATION We use multiple working directories for jobs and masters, but the SI

Documents tool wants to save newly created templates to whichever defaultworking directory is selected in the Working Directory tool. As a result I havetemplates scattered across three directories, and must manually consolidatethem to one. Currently, when we create a new job we must browse to thelocation of the template, instead of having all master documents appear at adefault location when the templates tab is selected. This utility could beimproved by coding which allows selection on the Templates tab of a defaultlocation for templates and/or a drop-down list of locations to select from.Also, since master templates must be available to anyone creating a job, thebest location to default to would be that location where the primary master islocated (which in our case is our Alaska master).


Programming Estimate:JED DIXON 3-4 weeks


SI Recommendation We recommend working in conjunction with 02-036 and allow users to optionally specifya single location for these files. If no location is specified then we would continue to usethe default working directory




Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Jul 23, 2003Date Completed:03-016 SUBMITTAL REGISTER XXXX4288.TXT FILE When producing the Submittal Register through SpecsIntact using the UFGS

Master, the .TXT generated is "NAVY4288.txt" even though the SubmittalRegister Format for the Job is UFGS. This has been confusing to the Armypersonnel who must use the Navy4288.txt file to import into RMS.Submitter:

Assigned Rating: 3Programming Estimate:CHERYL FITZ-SIMON 3-4 weeks

Board CommentsSuggested name subreg.txt


SI Recommendation This would be moderately complex change to the SpecsIntact software, and it makes a lotof sense to incorporate. Non-army users don't see this file -- it is transparent to users whodo not have a separate program (RMS) to generate the Submittal Register. However, thenew Submittal Register Program will make the 4288.txt file more visible, as we will allowusers to open it from the new SASR program.

Submitter's Recommendation When the Jobs Submittal Register Format is UFGS modify the filename to be"UFGS4288.txt".

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Feb 04, 2004Date Completed:04-012 AUTOMATICALLY CHECK TYPED RIDS AND AUTOMATE

ADDRESS SECTION UPDATINGThe Editor now provides excellent automated RID checking and updating ofthe Section Reference Article and the Supplemental Reference List. Thisfeature is automatic when entering RIDs via the Reference Wizard, but notwhen typing RIDs manually. This forces users to remember to use theEditor's "Check Reference" command. Also, we don't have a way to updatethe Address Section for new Reference Organizations.


Programming Estimate:JIM WHITEHEAD 5-6 weeks


SI Recommendation 6/8/09 The SpecsIntact team recommends that this be one of the next programming tasksassigned.

Submitter's Recommendation 1) The SI Editor should automatically check any Reference Identifiers that auser updates manually. This optional feature should be enabled by default. 2) Provide a way to automate adding new Reference Orgs to the 01420Reference Address Section (along with the existing functionality forautomatically updating the Section Reference Article and Supp. Ref. List).This should work something like this:(a) If a Reference is not in the Section Reference Article or the MasterReference List, look in the UMRL (if available, and if this was not alreadychecked via previous Reference Checking actions). (b) If found in the UMRL,use this information as the default. Either way, allow the user to manuallyenter the Reference information including Reference Title, Organization, andOrganization Address into a dialog box. (c) Then populate the user's SectionReference Article, Supplemental Reference List, and Reference AddressSection (01420) with the supplied Reference information.

6/8/2009, 1:42:29 PM - MLGARCI1 - See also cancelled CR 02-015 which states part ofthe same request.

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 02, 2006Date Completed:06-020 Save Tailoring Options SpecsIntact doesn't save tailoring options that have been deselected on the

job. When sections are overwritten or when other sections are added with thesame tailoring options, the users may not choose the same options for thelater sections as selected on the earlier sections.Submitter:

Assigned Rating: 3Programming Estimate:STEVEN FREITAS 3 months

Board Comments Version:Change was: REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS

SI Recommendation

Submitter's Recommendation Have SpecsIntact remember selected tailoring options in the job propertieswith option to apply them to sections added to the job at a later time. Theuser would be prompted for confirmation on the selections.

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 01, 2007Date Completed:07-010 Make Processed Files "Read Only" Customers are accidentally editing their Processed files, causing them to lose

all changes upon Processing again.


Programming Estimate:MICHELLE PIZZUTO 1-2 weeks

Board CommentsGive users the option to override this option


SI Recommendation

Submitter's Recommendation Make the Processed files Read-Only so that no changes can be made to themto avoid confusion.

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Apr 02, 2009Date Completed:08-007 Allow a Tailoring Option to Be Re-Added When in a job and the user tailors a Section, the tailoring option that was

removed is then no longer available if changes need be made.


Programming Estimate:RONNY KOEHN

Board Comments Version:Change was: DEFERRED

SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact team recommends that this CR be deferred until the other approved 1620'sfor Tailoring Options be implemented, and Customers utilization Tailoring Optionsincreases, before we visit this CR.

Submitter's Recommendation Enable a way that if a tailoring item has been unchecked that in stay in thetailor list for that Section, just unchecked, incase it needs to be re-addedbefore final publishing instead of having to start the Section all over again.

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Apr 02, 2009Date Completed:09-002 Allow Addtional PDF Writers to be Recognized Currently SpecsIntact's Publish to PDF feature is only supported when using

Adobe PDF. The submitter is asking for the software to allow other PDFsources to be able to function with SpecsIntact.


Programming Estimate:BRYAN UNGER

Board Comments Version:Change was: REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS

SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact development group requires a programming analysis and will report backto the SI CCCB at a later meeting.

Submitter's Recommendation Now that PDF is an open specification, please update SpecsIntact torecognize PDF creation software other than Adobe Acrobat.

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 17, 1998Date Completed:971008 PRINT SELECTED XML TAGS IN MASTER SECTION We believe many (probably most) A/E firms mark-up hard copies and give to

a typist for processing. When printing hard copies of guide/master sectionsfor a project to be marked-up (red-lined), there are currently two options forprinting the XML tags; print all tags or print no tags. The person performingthe red-lining needs to see some of the tags, but if all are printed the page isvery cluttered and somewhat confusing. When tags are printed, NOTES donot stand out because tags are printed instead of the rows of asterisks. If tagsare not printed, the user cannot identify submittal items, references, or testrequirements in the text. They often need to identify changes as well. WhenEnglish and metric units are included, the user may need these identified too.



Board CommentsA prototype will be presented at the next board meeting. Prototypedemonstrated at April 1997 meeting and Board rejected it. 11/17/98 -Re-opened and took it back to the Board for re-consideration due tonumerous user requests for it.

Version:Change was: PARTIALLY ACCEPTED

SI Recommendation 10/27/98 - Have received numerous requests since the Board rejected it, especially fromMaster Text preparer's, that this option be at least incorporated into the Masters PrintOptions. We are, therefore, re-opening it for further consideration as we feel it is animportant option.

Submitter's Recommendation Provide additional option for selecting tags to be included in the hard copyprintout of master text sections. It may be better to devise a convention forusing different fonts or text styles to identify items rather than using the tagsin the printed text to reduce the clutter. There should be no need to show thefollowing tags: AST, DTE, END, HDR, HL1, HL2, HL3, HL4, ITM, ITMINDENT=, LST, NED, NTE, NPR, OAD, ORG, PRT, REF, TRL, SCN, SEC,STL, SBM, SPT, SBS, SPS, TBL and THD (after tables are better developed),TXT, TTL, and &INC.

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1620's Assigned A Rating Of - 4Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Dec 05, 2000

Date Completed:001027 SPECSINTACT ENHANCEMENT Provide the capability to add section(s) into a Job/Master straight from awebsite. In the case of Navy, the NAVFAC website will often have the latestupdates available. It would be beneficial to add these sections into aJob/Master without leaving SpecsIntact.Submitter:

Assigned Rating: 4Programming Estimate:JOE LOONEY 3 months


SI Recommendation We recommend this be implemented in a future release of the 32-bit version ofSpecsIntact.


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 14, 2001Date Completed:01-041 HEADER ON A RENAMED JOB Renaming a job indicates starting a new or different job, as opposed to

duplicating a job which most likely implies a variation or modification of ajob that will basically remain the same.




SI Recommendation Recommend providing users with the capability of returning the default settings or to keepcurrent settings when renaming or duplicating jobs.

Submitter's Recommendation When renaming a job, default print settings should be applied. In particular,the header footer settings should be reset to the default fields. (This does notapply when duplicating a job.) As an alternative, there could be anotheroption/selection available when renaming or duplicating a job that asks theuser whether to return default setting or keep existing print settings. (Thereare other settings such as English/metric that could also come under this sameoption.)

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Jun 13, 2002Date Completed:01-051 ENHANCEMENT FOR BACKUP/RESTORE/MANAGE

FEATURECurrently SpecsIntact gives the users the capability to backup Other Filessuch as the Supplement Reference List and the Section Template(s) SelectedBelow. We do not provide the users the capability to backup the SIDocuments such as their Project Information Pages, Cover Pages and BidSchedules that our users create. The Section Templates can easily beretrieved by one of two ways, copying them from C:\ProgramFiles\SpecsIntact\Templates to the Working Directory or by re-installingSpecsIntact. The users do not have a way to retrieve the SI DocumentTemplates if they are lost.


Programming Estimate:CHERYL FITZ-SIMON 3-4 weeks

Board Comments11/14/01 - Deferred for further investigation.06/13/02 - Request was reviewed at the SI-CCCB meeting and it wasaccepted.


SI Recommendation This would be a good feature to incorporate since the users have no way to backup the SIDocuments other than copying them through Windows Explorer.

Submitter's Recommendation Add the current option to backup "Other Files".

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Jul 23, 2003Date Completed:03-001 MODIFICATION TO PROPERITIES SCHEDULE TAB -

REVIEW STATUSCurrently on the Job Properties dialog box, Schedule Tab the user wants totrack the level of submissions using PDF and has the option to select None,30%, 60%, 90%, Final or Bid. While working with the customers I havefound this set criteria doesn't always fit the jobs requirements. They oftenhave to use the Amendment Levels to type in the percentage of the job, suchas 55% or 95%. The Amendment field was designed for A, B. C., etc.


Programming Estimate:CHERYL FITZ-SIMON 1-2 weeks

Board CommentsStart out at level (blank) instead of A, do not supply a default value, andcheck for any blank levels when saving.


SI Recommendation Allowing the flexibility of customizable completion percentages without changing thepurpose or size of the Amendment level field would be beneficial.

Submitter's Recommendation Recommend changing the Percentage field from a radio button selection toone that can be filled in by the user to reflect the percentage of theirsubmission.

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Feb 04, 2004Date Completed:04-006 CUSTOMIZE TAGS BAR ENHANCEMENT At present when you want to select which buttons you want to view on the

TAGSBAR you can only make one selection at a time. This step must berepeated multiple times when selecting more than one button to view/notview.Submitter:

Assigned Rating: 4Programming Estimate:CHERYL FITZ-SIMON 3-4 weeks

Board Comments11/1/07: Upon review of this Change Request, it was agreed to add two newoptions to the existing menu rather than making major modifications.1. Add All2. Defaults


SI Recommendation Customizing the SI Editors Tags Bar would be a good enhancement and would simplifythis process considerably for users. Recommend leaving the existing interface intact andadding a new tab in the Editor's Options dialog box for customizing all tag bar buttons atonce.

Submitter's Recommendation Suggest changing the Customize Tags Bar interface to a List in which youcan make multiple selections of buttons at one time.

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Jul 20, 2004Date Completed:04-029 ADJUST THE ADD SECTIONS DIALOG BOX When adding sections, the boxes are not large enough to read the entire

section title.


Programming Estimate:JOE HUESMANN 3-4 weeks

Board CommentsThis should be a low priority


SI Recommendation We recommend simply making the form resizable, and saving the last size for use the nexttime (like we do for the Reference Wizard). That way, people could make the dialog as bigas they want. Simply making the dialog bigger for everyone is not really a good idea,because it is already about 640 by 480, which is the size of some users' screens.

Submitter's Recommendation For the Add Sections dialog, make the dialog box much wider so that theentire title of the section can be read without having to resort to the horizontalscroll bar.

6/8/2004, 9:20:09 AM - HORVAJR - Per Jim - The ability to drag and drop Sections fromthe SI Explorer makes this capability less critical, as you can easily see the titles in the SIExplorer before copying the Sections.

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 02, 2006Date Completed:06-018 Add Comments To The Section Properties Due to the workflow process, it would be useful to track comments regarding

the workflow of Sections as we now do for Jobs. Presently in SpecsIntactyou can only assign specifiers and comments to a Division, not an individualSection. When Sections are being reviewed by several people within anorganization it would be very useful to the person responsible for theadministration of the project to allow the comments to be retained in theSection Properties screen for tracking that particular Section and itsworkflow process. These comments will not be retained if the Section ispulled into another Job.




SI Recommendation When working on jobs many customers manually keep status information for each sectionon paper. This information is not easily kept with the electronic copy of a job. Thischange request would allow all of the information to be kept together.

Submitter's Recommendation Add the capability to allow comments to be retained in the Section Propertiesdialog box.

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Apr 02, 2009Date Completed:08-003 METRIC AND ENGLISH UNITS Currently when setting up a Job a user chooses either Metric or English units

of Measure. This chosen unit is then shown in the Section with theappropriate tags. The proposed idea is that the user will be able to choose topermanently delete (not just hide) the unused Unit of Measure and also anoption to delete the tags from the used Unit of Measure.


Programming Estimate:RAY DUNCAN

Board CommentsJim Whitehead to call Ray Duncan to discuss implentation and ideas for thisCR. The board likes Jim's idea to to hide transparent tags.

Version:Change was: DEFERRED

SI Recommendation If approved, we can add a dialog box similiar to the remove HLS/CHG tags dialog box.We suggest adding an option to delete the unused Unit of Measure and then delete the tagsfor the used Unit of Measure. This would significantly reduce the amount of tagging insome Sections.

Submitter's Recommendation I would like to see a routine that would delete whichever units I am not usingand getting rid of the tags for the units I am using. That would make editingeasier and get rid of those continuing issues with spacing that are hard to seewhile editing with tags showing. I do not like to see extra tags while editing Ifind the tags confusing because they get in the way. Once I choose which unitof measure I need there is no reason for the alternate unit of measure toremain, or the tags to specify the unit of measure.

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Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Apr 02, 2009Date Completed:09-004 Prevent Automatic Scrolling When Undeleting Redline Revisions When undeleting a redline revision, that is at the top of the screen, it appears

to the bottom of the screen after the undelete is done. It is recommended tonot have the document scroll.


Programming Estimate:BRYAN UNGER <7 days


SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact Team recommends this as a low priority improvement.

Submitter's Recommendation Please stop SpecsIntact from automatically scrolling after undeletingrevisions. It’s quite jarring having the cursor and text that is edited jump tothe bottom of the screen each time.

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Apr 02, 2009Date Completed:09-006 Make the Cover Page Options on Job Properties Tab More User

FriendlyCurrently the Options on the Job Properties Tab for the Cover Page can besomewhat confusing. When you select the SGML (renamed to SI Cover Pagein upcoming release) or RTF cover page, you have to type a file name andclick edit to bring up the SI Editor or Rich Text Editor. You can also click onthe Copy button, which enables you to select an existing Cover Page. Thisfeature can become much more user friendly by the enhancements suggestedbelow.


Programming Estimate:MICHELLE PIZZUTO 3-4 weeks

Board CommentsApproved to be worked with CR 08-009


SI Recommendation It is recommended that CR 08-009 be implemented and then the following enhancementsalso take place. Selecting the checkbox for SI Cover Page or the RTF Cover Page willdetermine which features are enabled. When the SI Cover Page is checked, the New/Editbutton would open the existing SI Document Templates Dialog box, in which the user canEdit an existing SI Document Template or create a new one. We also propose adding an"ADD" button to the SI Document Templates Dialog box to enable the user to Add theNew or Edited Template directly to the Job. The Select/Copy button will Open the Add SIDocuments dialog box in which the User can add an existing document to the Job. Whenthe RTF Cover Page is selected the New/Edit button will open the RTF Editor. TheSelect/Copy button will open a window to Browse for an existing RTF Cover page.




1620's Assigned A Rating Of - 5Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Jul 18, 2000

Date Completed:001011 PRINT ENHANCEMENT - DOUBLE LINES Under the Print Options add the capability to print lines double spaced.


Programming Estimate:MARTHA MULLER 3-4 weeks


SI Recommendation This would not require extensive programming to implement in the software, and so werecommend it for the new software only.

Submitter's Recommendation This has been suggested by several engineers who edit sections on paper.This allows more room for editing and markup.

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 21, 2002Date Completed:02-036 MOVING THE CHANGE REQUEST FROM LOCATION We use multiple working directories for jobs and masters, but the Change

Request Form wants to save newly created change requests to whicheverdefault working directory is selected in the Working Directory tool. As aresult I have Change Request forms scattered across three directories, andmust manually consolidate them to one. This utility could be improved bycoding which allows selection of a default location for change requests,and/or a drop-down list of locations to select from. Since change requests areusually submitted by an individual, maybe a location on that person's C:drive would make sense. On the other hand, using a network location wouldgive the option to make the requests viewable by all concerned.


Programming Estimate:JED DIXON


SI Recommendation We recommend working in conjunction with 02-037 and allow users to optionally specifya single location for these files. If no location is specified then we would continue to usethe default working directory.




Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Feb 04, 2004Date Completed:03-035 CHANGE TAGS TO REPRESENT FUNCTION In writing our new guide, it occurred to me that our four HL# tags seem

unnecessarily confusing, especially to new users. I checked with the techsupport staff, and they knew of no reason for this system for identifying theseelements. In addition, since the introduction of the HLS tag for highlightingon screen, we now have one more potential confusion.


Programming Estimate:CHERYL MANSFIELD 3-4 weeks


SI Recommendation Affects XML schema, and software. Increases complexity until old tags are no longerpresent in any Sections, at which time the older tags can be removed. This might take 5years or more. Current tag count 54.

Tech support really likes the idea, we feel it would be a good enhancement to help userswhen they have their tags turned on and trying to determine which tags they have selected.

Submitter's Recommendation I would recommend that these tags be changed to actually represent theirfunction: UND for underline, ITL for italics, BLD for bold, and CTR forcenter. So that backward compatibility could be maintained, the softwareshould be able to recognize both tag for each designation.

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Jul 20, 2004Date Completed:04-021 NEED MORE CONSISTENT "MOUSE-OVER HELP" IN SI The backup/restore dialog box has a few very helpful and informative

"mouse-over help" text on its controls. Ought to propagate this good practicethroughout the entire application.


Programming Estimate:KEN TICHY 2 months

Board CommentsMake low priority


SI Recommendation SpecsIntact recommends implementing this to help make the program more consistent anduser friendly

Submitter's Recommendation Add additional mouse over help tips through out the application6/8/2009, 1:43:40 PM - MLGARCI1 - The Programmer is adding these mouse-overs as he

updates and adds features to SpecsIntact.

Additional Notes



Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Jul 20, 2004Date Completed:04-028 MAINTAIN CONCURRENY WITH ADOBE ACROBAT The Adobe software is constantly changing, which could cause a potential

software conflict with SpecsIntact.


Programming Estimate:PATRICIA ROBINSON 1-2 weeks


SI Recommendation SpecsIntact recommends implementing this change request so that we may test thesoftware with the latest Adobe software,

Submitter's Recommendation Require current (latest) version of Adobe Acrobat to evaluate that it isproperly operating with SpecsIntact when publishing to PDF.

6/8/2009, 1:44:51 PM - MLGARCI1 - This is an ongoing CR to justify the purchase ofcurrent Adobe PDF software.

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - May 04, 2006Date Completed:06-005 Place Brackets Around Inserted Items When we use the SPT tool bar Icon to insert a new subpart: <SPT

=1.1.1><TTL>1.1.1 Sub Title</TTL><TXT>Text</TXT></SPT=1.1.1>The "Text" can be selected by double clicking , but it takes somehand eye coordination to select the "Sub Title" for editing.Submitter:

Assigned Rating: 5Programming Estimate:STEVEN FREITAS <7 days


SI Recommendation If approved, consider a similar change for part (PRT) tags, although these are used lessfrequently than subpart (SPT) tags.

Submitter's Recommendation Place brackets around the inserted items that need to be replaced so we canuse the Bracket Replacement Wizard to select them for replacement.1.1.1[Sub Title] [Text]

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 01, 2007Date Completed:07-006 SI EXPLORER - "DRAG AND DROP" Right now you can "drag and drop" .sec files from folder to folder within SI,

you can "drag and drop" files into SI from the desktop, but you cannot "dragand drop" out of SI to the desktop. The only way you can get a .sec file outof SI is to e-mail it to yourself.Submitter:

Assigned Rating: 5Programming Estimate:RICHARD (RICK) HATCHER


SI Recommendation

Submitter's Recommendation I want to request the ability to "drag and drop" .sec files to the desktop (andmaybe to/from Windows Explorer) directly out of SI.

(Maggie) - If this is not do-able, possible right-click on the section and select"send to."

Additional Notes



Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Apr 02, 2009Date Completed:08-008 Change Tag color to Gray. It is sometime confusing to users to use the tags. If color was a lighter gray

color, keeping on all the time would "fade" them into the background, whenviewing them in the SI Editor.


Programming Estimate:ALICE BUTLER

Board CommentsChange was Accepted with the option to toggle between gray and black, withgray as the default.


SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact team does not recommend this change. We feel it would be confusing toexisting users and could possibly cause problems for visually impaired users.

Submitter's Recommendation If color was a lighter gray color, keeping on all the time would "fade" theminto the background.

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Nov 21, 2002Date Completed:991001 ABILITY TO GET TOTAL PAGE COUNT PER

SECTION/PROJECTThe SI help desk has received this request from several customers. Add theability to get the total number of pages per section and also per projectwithout going in and opening/retrieving every section.


Programming Estimate:MARTHA MULLER 6 months

Board CommentsDeferred until the next SI-CCB Meeting.

Re presented at the November 21, 2002 meeting for the board. The boardapproved this change request with a low priority.


SI Recommendation This is a feature the DOS Version (1.4) offered the users. At their request they would likethis feature incorporated into the current version.

If approved, it is our recommendation to bring this feature back and build it into futurereleases of the 32-bit software.

Submitter's Recommendation Generate a report that would allow the users to view/print a report thatgenerates the total page count for the Sections, STOC, PTOC and Total pagecount for the entire project.Example: 08310 25 01000 10 STOC 2 PTOC 6TOTAL: 43

Additional Notes


All Software Change Request For Review

(New and Deferred)

(Sorted By Control Number)

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Apr 02, 2009Date Completed:08-003 METRIC AND ENGLISH UNITS Currently when setting up a Job a user chooses either Metric or English units

of Measure. This chosen unit is then shown in the Section with theappropriate tags. The proposed idea is that the user will be able to choose topermanently delete (not just hide) the unused Unit of Measure and also anoption to delete the tags from the used Unit of Measure.

Submitter: RAY DUNCAN

Board CommentsJim Whitehead to call Ray Duncan to discuss implentation and ideas for thisCR. The board likes Jim's idea to to hide transparent tags.

Version:Change was: DEFERRED

SI Recommendation If approved, we can add a dialog box similiar to the remove HLS/CHG tags dialog box.We suggest adding an option to delete the unused Unit of Measure and then delete the tagsfor the used Unit of Measure. This would significantly reduce the amount of tagging insome Sections.

Reviewer's Comments Recommended Change

Submitter's RecommendationI would like to see a routine that would delete whichever units I am not usingand getting rid of the tags for the units I am using. That would make editingeasier and get rid of those continuing issues with spacing that are hard to seewhile editing with tags showing. I do not like to see extra tags while editing Ifind the tags confusing because they get in the way. Once I choose which unitof measure I need there is no reason for the alternate unit of measure toremain, or the tags to specify the unit of measure.

Additional Notes

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(New and Deferred)


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/Requirement Board Reviewed - Apr 02, 2009Date Completed:08-007 Allow a Tailoring Option to Be Re-Added When in a job and the user tailors a Section, the tailoring option that was

removed is then no longer available if changes need be made.Submitter: RONNY KOEHN

Board Comments Version:Change was: DEFERRED

SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact team recommends that this CR be deferred until the other approved 1620'sfor Tailoring Options be implemented, and Customers utilization Tailoring Optionsincreases, before we visit this CR.


Submitter's RecommendationEnable a way that if a tailoring item has been unchecked that in stay in thetailor list for that Section, just unchecked, incase it needs to be re-addedbefore final publishing instead of having to start the Section all over again.

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-007 Add "Location" to the Variable List under Header/Footer Currently under the list of variables to add to a Header or Footer, there is no

option to add the Location that is entered on the Job Properties dialog box.The submitter is asking for this variable to be added as an optionSubmitter: DAVID FULKS

Board Comments Version:Change was:

SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact recommends this Change as a low priority.


Submitter's RecommendationAdd the "Location" field as a variable that can be added to headers/footers atthe Print Processing Header/Footer tab.

Additional Notes



(New and Deferred)


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-008 Increase Job Name to More Than 8 Characters Current the Job Name field is limited to 8 characters, no space, no special

characters. The submitter is asking for allowing a greater number ofcharacters.Submitter: DAVID FULKS


SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact Team recommends this change.


Submitter's RecommendationPlease consider increasing the number of characters allowed in the"JobName" field (e.g. 16 characters instead of the current 8 characterlimitation)

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-009 Allow for Section Specifiers Currently under the Job Properties / Specifier Tab you can assign Specfiers

for each Division, but not each Section. There are times that multiple peoplemay be working on a Division. The Submitter is requesting that there be away to identify Specifiers at the Section level also.

Submitter: DAVID FULKS


SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact team recommends this as a low priority. Please also refer to accepted CR06-018


Submitter's RecommendationPlease consider allowing the specifier to be controlled at the section levelrather than the division level. In other words, the Division Default Specifier isfine as-is, but consider adding a checkbox in the section properties dialog boxfor "Section Specifier" that will turn on a field where a specifier other thanthe Division Default Specifier can be assigned just to the current section.

Additional Notes



(New and Deferred)


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-010 Add Item and List Indent Buttons to the Editor Toolbar Currently when creating an Item or List Indent the User has to first insert the

Item or List tag, then place their cursor to the right of the beginning tag thenclick on the Toggle Indentation button on the toolbar. The Submitter isrecommending to have two new buttons which will in one step create the Itemor List Indent. An Item Indent and a List Indent.

Submitter: ANN SHOTWELL


SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact Team recommends this change, it would be beneficial to Customers andMaster Text Preparers.


Submitter's RecommendationCurrently for a list that is a., b., c., we're supposed to use the <ITMINDENT=-0.33></ITM> tags, yet there is no quick button on the toolbar forthis.

Additional Notes



(New and Deferred)


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-011 SECTION TITLE AS A HEADER/FOOTER VARIABLE Would like the Section Title to be a choice in the header/footer variable

selection.

If you consider the amount of time wasted finding the first page of the sectionto make sure the section you are reading is in fact the section you thought youthought you were looking at and not another section, the number of errors thatoccur because you end up reading one section and you thought you werereading another, and the level of frustration that is the caused by the lack ofhaving this information on the page, it would seem to me that no one woulddecide not to have this information on every page.

Submitter: MIKE CASEY


SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact Team recommends this change as a low priority.


Submitter's Recommendation7/7/2009, 1:22:24 PM - MAMULLER - A previous Change Request (CR) # 03-031, hasbeen rejected.

Additional Notes



(New and Deferred)


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-012 Update SI Dialog Controls to Predictably Change Focus for 508 C During a recent test of SpecsIntact for 508 compliancy, it was discovered that

when choosing a menu item, then using the Tab key to move through thescreen, the focus does not change to the different Menu Tab, even though thetab key, changes to the next Menu tab.

For example: When selecting the Process/Print/Publish dialog box, and usingthe Tab key to move through the Sections Tab, the tab key should move thefocus to the Reports tab, but the focus stay on the Sections tab.

Submitter: MICHELLE PIZZUTO


SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact Team recommends this as a hig priority to meet 508 standards.


Submitter's RecommendationAdditional Notes



(New and Deferred)


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-013 Allow for Removed Tailoring Options to Be Redlined Tailoring options are a great feature in concept, but in practice, we often have

to manually delete text instead of actually using the tailoring functionality,because many agencies and districts require all revisions to be marked.Therefore we cannot fully realize the power of the tailoring options feature,we can only search for tags and manually delete the unneeded text. Can a future release of SpecsIntact make it possible for unselected tailoringoptions to be marked as deleted, instead of just being gone?

Submitter: CHRIS GRIMM


SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact Team recommends this change with the following suggestions. If there ismultiple choices in one tailoring option (example Navy, NASA), the option would not beredlined if Navy was taken out.





(New and Deferred)


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-014 Add a To-Do List Feature Can an option be added that will allow me as the Specifier to select particular

text, Subparagraph or article and add it to a "to do list"?

As I am editing thru sections there are constantly items that cannot becompleted due to lack of info at the time. However, if that text, subparagraphor article could be flagged on a to do list then when the to do list is opened Ican see the items. If I click on the item it will open the referenced section andgo to the flagged area for Specifier input and completion. I see this workingsimilar to how reports work now. If I open up a report and click on the item ittakes me to the paragraph where correction is required.

This should also be added to the "Reports" under the print processing. Thatway if a To Do Flag was imbedded in a section and not corrected orcompleted it will be listed in a report during the printing process.

I see the To Do List being an icon on the toolbar while in the SpecsintactExplorer mode.

It's been a while since I have used Specsintact but now that I am back editingspecifications I am creating a paper list of to do items. I just was thinking thathaving a generated list would be nice.

Submitter: KEVIN DECKER


SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact Team recommends this as a low priority feature.





(New and Deferred)


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-015 Add a To-Do List Feature-with Different Levels of Tracking If SpecsIntact were going to have a to-do list feature. If it could be included

among the standard reports, that could benefit the Government reviewers aswell. I'd suggest it could have multiple levels, somewhat like highlighting tags- maybe <TD1>, <TD2>, etc to manage who should be getting the comments.To-Do 1: Internal design team, To-Do 2: Consultants, To-Do 3: Contractor,To-Do 4: Government. Perhaps an optional <DTE> tag could be includedwithin the <TD_> tags to indicate the date by which follow-up should beresolved. From that report, a user could double-click an item to go right tothat place in the spec, when they have the information for input. Initially this would benefit designers (a lot!), but I think it would also save theGovernment money through more efficient design, better communications,and fewer complications from forgotten items.



SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact Team recommends this as a low priority if CR 09-014 is accepted. If thisis accepted we suggest making the "levels" of the List attributes of the tag that can bechange, instead of adding multiple tags.





(New and Deferred)


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-016 Create Validation Log when Number of Characters are Exceeded Currently there is no why of knowing when the text between two tags exceeds

the maximum number of characters. The only way this is known currently isthat some tags such as the <RID> tag will cause a message on ReferenceReports stating "Too Many Characters", others such as the Submittals, do notcause an error report because of too many characters, but a warning is placedon the Submittal Register that states this submittal has Exceeded 300characters, however the Register may not be double checked.



SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact Team Recommends this change as a low priority. We suggest runningthis validation on the following tags; <RID> <SUB> <TTL> and <SRF>


Submitter's RecommendationSimilar to letting us know of incorrect number of spaces between subpart titleand number, can validity rules warn of exceeding any character limits thatmay exist? This was very difficult to track down. Also would be ideal ifinstead of the submittal register program just crashing with no explanation(this problem was fixed with Version 4.4), it could report what section it gotstuck on, or better yet, skip that section and let the user know why.

Additional Notes



(New and Deferred)


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-017 Allow the Primary Master to Be Moved to Another Working Dire Currently you cannot move a Primary Master to another Working Directory.

If you only have one Master, to move it you must first create a "Dummy"Master and then set it as the Primary Master. Then right-click on the"Orginal" Master and move it. Then you must go to Connect Masters andchange the Primary Master from "Dummy" to "Orignal", then you must deletethe "Dummy" Master. This seems like a lot of steps to move a Master.

Submitter: MICHELLE PIZZUTO


SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact team recommends this as a high priority. This would be beneficial tocustomers and save time on the corresponding support calls.



Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-018 Add ATT to the Project Table Of Contents Currently the ATT tag only prints the Name of the Attachment on the Section

Table of Contents. Our clients do not want us to print the section table ofcontents but they want the attachments listed on the project table of contents.If the Project Table of Contents is needed with the Attachment listed we mustrecreate the Project Table of Contents. If this changes we must remember tomanually change it each time.

Submitter: SHEILA HALL


SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact Team recommends this change and suggests the following. Werecommend an option to include Attachments in the Project Table of Contents. If the userchooses to include the Attachments, we suggest a prompt letting them know it will slowtheir processing time, because SpecsIntact will have to search each Section in the Job tosee if there is an <ATT> tag.


Submitter's RecommendationAllow attachments to be listed on the Project Table of Contents.

Additional Notes



(New and Deferred)


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-019 Create a Web and Windows Based Version of SpecsIntact Currently the way to run SpecsIntact is by downloading the Program from the

SpecsIntact website and installing and running it via a local machine orNetwork. To stay up to date with the ever changing needs of the Customers,SpecsIntact should begin to create a web based version as well as the currentWindows based version

Submitter: PATRICIA ROBINSON


SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact team recommends a requirements analysis to determine the needs of thecustomers.





(New and Deferred)


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-020 Caution in Found Files, Revised Files The files in "Found Files" subfolders may appear to less experienced users to

be extra copies that can be deleted when finished, this is also the case withRevised Files. . This is NOT the case (as we who peruse the help files or whohave learned through hard knocks experience already know), it is actually afiltered view of the REAL files, and the file will be permanently deleted.



SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact Team recommends implementing the Submitter's minimal solution, whichwill only take a week of programming time. If the board likes the Submitter's preferredsolution also, it could be worked in at a later time since it will need more programmingtime.


Submitter's RecommendationMinimal Solution: Add a special warning when deleting files from "FoundFiles" subfolders, that says something like "HEY WATCH OUT! Do youreally want to delete the REAL file(s)? These aren't copies here!!! (translate tostuffy technical wording if needed.) Preferred solution: Above, AND some sort of recycle bin for SpecsIntact files(which we would love anyway, as designers often say they don't need asection after you've edited it, then later tell you they do need it - again hardknock talking here - I don't delete, I move to subfolders - but would be great ifthere could just automatically BE a deleted subfolder, which would NOT getcleared out when closing the program like some other temporary files do).

Additional Notes



(New and Deferred)


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-021 Enable "Save As" in the SI Editor Currently, in the SpecsIntact Editor, you can only "Save" not "Save As". The

submitter is recommending the use of "Save As" to save this file as a differentname.Submitter: TERRY VITT


SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact Team recommends this as a low priority with the following suggestions.When using the Save As feature, issue a warning if the user is not saving to the Job'sPulldata, if saving to the Pulldata, offer to update the Job's Pulltable.


Submitter's RecommendationTurn the SI Editor "Save As" command on so that it can be used.

Additional Notes



(New and Deferred)


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-022 Submittal Wizard Tagging submittals in the submittal article is difficult and frustrating for new

users, and even sometimes for experienced users. It is even more complicatedwhen reviewers and reviewer classification codes are needed. This is one ofthe biggest sources of frustration for new users.

Also, submittals are not standardized, so it is easy to define slightly differentsubmittals without intending to.

Submitter: JIM WHITEHEAD


SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact Team recommends this as the top priority after alternate paragraphnumbering is completed. This would be a great feature to add for customers. We alsorecommend that the board reassign open CR 02-016 a lower rating. CR 02-016 is anapproved CR for a similar feature, however, CR 02-016 would require Master TextPreparers to re-work the Master Text, whereas this CR would not.


Submitter's RecommendationProvide a Submittal Wizard in the SI Editor to automate the tagging ofsubmittal items. We could add great value to SpecsIntact by and improve thequality of the specs for many projects by creating a Submittal Wizard in theSI Editor.

This feature would be similar to the Editor's Reference Wizard, although thechallenges would be different because requirements for project submittals areless structured than for References. In particular, we might want to use a newor enhanced Submittal List from the full UFGS as a starting point for usersinserting submittal requirements in a Section. This enhanced Submittal Listwould list all Submittal Items and SD numbers in the Job or Master for whichit is run. Being able to choose from the existing UFGS submittals in auser-friendly Submittal Wizard would help to standardize these submittalitems, and reduce the possibility of errors.

Additional Notes



(New and Deferred)


Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-023 Saved User Defined Default Fonts Current SpecsIntact has one set of Default Fonts. The submitter wants to be

able to change those fonts to a user set default. If a user needs to change fontsto fulfill a RFP requirement they must then remember to change their settingswhen they updated Software.



SI Recommendation The SpecsIntact Team recommends this as a low priority CR. We also suggest a promptwhen opening SpecsIntact the first time after a new install, asking the user is they wouldlike to keep their custom settings.


Submitter's RecommendationSince UFC 1-300-09N requires us to use certain formatting for additions anddeletions, can the software use those formats as the default? This would beless of a problem if it did not wipe out the user's settings when updating tonew versions of the software. Either fix would be good, and both fixes wouldbe great.

Additional Notes

Control Number Title of Prob/Requirements Explanation of Problem/RequirementDate Completed:09-024 Integrate BIM Data Into SpecsIntact <We need to develop a method to incorporate BIM data into SpecsIntact. We

can Extract BIM data from drawings-Specification Numbers-Materialproperties as tailoring options data. We can use Pivot Tables todevelop-unique Pull Table list of Specification sections-associated list oftailoring options

Submitter: STEVEN FREITAS


SI Recommendation


Submitter's Recommendation1. Develop an option in the SpecsIntact Add Sections Dialog Box to importPull Table into Sections listing.2. Develop an option in the SpecsIntact Tailor Sections Dialog Box to importlist of tailoring options to include in job.

Additional Notes


SpecsIntact Interagency Configuration Control and Coordinating Board MeetingSpecsIntact Interagency Configuration Control and Coordinating Board MeetingKennedy Space Center, FL

November, 2009

Supported Windows Versions SpecsIntact supported Windows versions:

Windows 7 (coming soon) Vista XP 2000 2000

Microsoft will discontinue support in July, 2010

ME / 98 / 98 SE/ 9 / 9 Microsoft discontinued support in 2006

NT 4 Microsoft discontinued support in 2004


World Operating System Usage Windows XP 60.06% Windows Vista 22.39%

M OS X % Mac OS X 7.30% Windows 7 2.05% Linux 1 84% Linux 1.84% Windows 2000 0.73% ...... Windows 98 0.12% All other less than 0.12% Source: W3Counter, September, 2009


Supported Windows Versions Recommendations:

Support Windows 2000 / Vista / XP / Windows 7 /Di i f NT/ / SE / ME Discontinue support for NT/ 98 / 98 SE / ME

Authorize SpecsIntact team to discontinue OS support any time after Microsoft doesany time after Microsoft does Provide flexibility to continue support after Microsoft Would probably discontinue support for Windows 2000 next

year

SpecsIntact will likely continue to work with unsupported operating systems for some time, but nounsupported operating systems for some time, but no guarantees


Supported Office Versions SpecsIntact supported Microsoft Office versions:

2007 2003 XP/2002 2000

Microsoft discontinued extended support in July, 2009 97

Mi ft di ti d t d d t i Microsoft discontinued extended support in 2002

Recommend discontinuing support for Office 97 and 2000 Recommend authorizing SpecsIntact team to discontinueRecommend authorizing SpecsIntact team to discontinue

support for Office version any time after Microsoft doesSpecsIntact CCCB Meeting ~ November, 2009 ~ Kennedy Space Center, FL

SpecsIntact Development Visual Basic

Using Visual Studio 6.0 (1998) SI Explorer interface VB development began in 1999 Not compatible with any Visual Studio release since Extended support ended for Visual Basic IDE: 2008 Extended support ended for Visual Basic IDE: 2008 Microsoft still supports Visual Basic runtime only:

Supported in current Windows versions including Windows 7pp g 7 No plans to support after Windows 7 Source: Support Statement for Visual Basic 6.0


SpecsIntact Development Visual Basic, continued

Visual Basic bugs in other components not supportedf l l d b f l h f Recent SI failure resolved by final MS patch for VB 6

component: “Mainstream Support for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 ended on March 31, 2005. Microsoft is releasing this

k h i l d i b i ipackage that is unrelated to security because it contains improvements that were ready for release just before the end of Mainstream Support. Visual Basic 6.0 has transitioned to E d d S d E d d S h hExtended Support, and Extended Support runs through March 31, 2008. Microsoft is not extending the Mainstream Support phase for Visual Basic 6.0 in any way.”


SpecsIntact Development Visual C++

SpecsIntact code fully compatible with VS 2008 Recommend analyzing requirements for new version

of SpecsIntact, particularly SI Explorer Consider: Consider:

available tools, technology, and platform data location and host


Thank you!y

SpecsIntact Interagency Configuration Control and Coordinating Board Past Action Items

1

# Action Items Person Assign Date

Due Date

Item Status

1 Report status of meeting regarding using SpecsIntact to produce Design Build

Carl Kersten 05/07 11/07 Ongoing Discuss at May 2008 Mtg.

Withdrawn 04/02/2009 2 Forward customer support issues relating to the UFGS to

Carl, Pete and Frank Technical

Support Staff 05/03/07 TBD Ongoing

3 Distribute top priorities from the backlog of Change Requests

Pat Robinson 05/03/07 05/08 Ongoing

4 Remove the use of Change Notice Tags from the UFC 1-300-02


5 Send email to all SpecsIntact users informing them of the availability of the ThinApp version of SpecsIntact.


6 Create way to log ThinApp downloads on the SI Web Site.

Cheryl Fitz-Simon 11/01/07 TBD Completed 09/01/09

7 Research Global/Replace Programs for the Database Managers to use during the Alternate Paragraph Numbering migration

Pat Robinson Mark MacKenzie

04/01/09 TBD Completed 10/15/09

8 Send the RMS Excel Submittal Register workaround to the SpecsIntact Team (resulting from discussion on approved CR #08-002 & #08-004)


9 Send the CSI Construct 2009 information to the SI-CCCB Frank Der 04/02/09 TBD Completed 04/02/09 10 Send latest SI Software Build to Carl, Steve, Sheron,

Rick and Richard for testing prior to the release. Jim Whitehead 04/02/09 Completed

11 Two weeks prior to the SI-CCCB send an updated Open Change Request Report

Michelle Pizzuto 04/02/09 Completed 10/13/09

12 Reserve the KSC Conference Room Frank Der 04/02/09 11/2009 Completed 04/30/09