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Specification No. 74 Single Girder Cranes; Specification No. 78 Professional Services - This sets the standards for those who inspect, repair, design, and otherwise manage the supply and use of overhead cranes. Specification No. 79 Crane Operators Manual [3] Overhead Crane Inspection and Maintenance Checklist; CMAA Buyers’ Guide [4]
CMAA does host an advocacy program to represent the construction management industry before the United States Congress, federal agencies, state and local governments, and industry stakeholders. [6] CMAA is active in several industry coalitions advocating investment in infrastructure and other industry interests.
The 16 Divisions of construction, as defined by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)'s MasterFormat, is the most widely used standard for organizing specifications and other written information for commercial and institutional building projects in the U.S. and Canada. In 2004, MasterFormat was updated and expanded to 50 Divisions. [1]
"50 Divisions" is the most widely used standard for organizing specifications and other written information for commercial and institutional building projects in the United States and Canada. [5] Standardizing the presentation of such information improves communication among all parties.
Feasibility and design involves four steps: programming and feasibility, schematic design, design development, and contract documents. It is the responsibility of the design team to ensure that the design meets all building codes and regulations. It is during the design stage that the bidding process takes place. [4]
In November 2010, CSI acquired Building Systems Design (BSD) to help advance software tools for specifications development and communication of building information across the building team. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] BSD is a software firm that is a leading developer of commercial master specifications and construction cost estimating software.
A design specification (or product design specification) is a document which details exactly what criteria a product or a process should comply with. [1] If the product or its design are being created on behalf of a customer , the specification should reflect the requirements of the customer or client. [ 2 ]
Many tasks in building services engineering involve the use of engineering software, for example to design/model or draw solutions. The most common types of tool are whole building energy simulation [3] and CAD (traditionally 2D) or the increasingly popular Building Information Modeling (BIM) which is 3D. 3D BIM software can have integrated tools for Building Services calculations such sizing ...