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InterSpec
targets booming AEC market
InterFace
Tech News (July 13, 2000)
BY
JOSHUA SHEA and ERICA SANDLER
PORTLAND, Maine
- Business in the AEC (architecture, engineering and construction)
market is booming and specification writers Interspec have created
e-Specs, a spec writing engine that allows architects to submit ideas
and sketches to spec writers via the Internet.
Architectural
specs are precise documents that meticulously detail every item needed
in the construction of a project. These texts can run hundreds to
thousands of pages.
An
e-Specs writer can quickly and efficiently submit specs to the architect
and, instead of just producing a bulky document, continue to interact
with the architect over the Internet. Changes can be easily made and
a log is kept throughout the entire process listing any changes.
Interspec's
chief executive Michael Brennan said the company has dozens of projects
going on in 18 states. Prior to the development of e-Specs, which
took a year to create, spec writers were often limited to a small
geographic region.
"Back
then, you could really only go where a day's car ride would take you,"
said Brennan. "With our engine we can now throw a large net over the
market."
Technical
founder Gilles Letourneau said that there has been a little resistance
among veterans in the architecture world simply because some of the
concepts Interspec has introduced are revolutionary.
"People
will say, 'what do you mean you can take CAD (computer assisted drafting)
drawings and convert them to text' or they think that all of the language
has to be standardized," said Letourneau. "It surprises people, but
it's really not that big a deal."
Mark
Burnes, project manager with Gawron Architects in Scarborough, Maine,
described Interspec as a clearinghouse of information keeping customers
up to date in terms of product changes and availability. www.interspec-llc.com
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