Overview

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CSI Standards help you deliver

Construction projects are complicated enough.

That's why successful professionals rely on CSI standards to improve communication with their teams and deliver exceptional results to their customers.

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MasterFormat®

MasterFormat® is the bible for the built environment.
  • Lists of numbers and titles help you organize and communicate your plan to the whole project team
  • On task and on time - expect more of your projects to be completed as planned when you apply the tools presented in MasterFormat®
  • Design professionals rely on CSI standards like MasterFormat® to produce buildings that are safe, up-to-code and long-lasting

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Learning Library
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UniFormat®

UniFormat® helps you arrange system information as the project design is finalized
  • Common classification for the description, analysis, and management of a building throughout its life cycle
  • Estimators and design teams benefit from the UniFormat® cost analysis and early project design documentation
  • UniFormat® allows you to better evaluate design alternatives that affect facility performance

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OmniClass™

OmniClass™ provides a classification structure for electronic databases and software
  • Enriching your information with a classification system designed for the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry
  • Especially useful in Building Information Modeling (BIM), the classifications can be applied when organizing library materials and establishing structures for electronic databases.
  • Developed with a North American focus, but can be used to classify construction and its components in other countries

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Section Format

SectionFormat/PageFormat® gives guidance on organizing and formatting text for specification pages. The guidelines help reduce the chance of omissions or duplications and ensure consistentency in your presentations. 

National CAD Standard

The National CAD Standard (NCS) is a collection of standards, guidelines, and tools to streamline and simplify the exchange of building design and construction data from project development through completion.

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