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Release
InterSpec,
a Web Technology Company, Introduces
Convenient, Inexpensive On-line Spec Writing Services
PORTLAND,
ME, March 20, 2000 -- InterSpec, LLC of Portland, ME, is changing
the way architectural firms prepare construction specifications
for commercial and residential projects. The company has launched
e-SPECS™ On-Line (http://www.e-specs.com), an Internet-based
automated specification preparation service providing the convenience
of fast, accurate and cost-effective construction specifications.
"Our
technology has transformed what had been a locally focused industry
into one that can service clients across the country," said
Michael Brennan, CEO of InterSpec, in making the announcement today.
"We can consistently beat competitive quotes while providing
complete documents with unsurpassed accuracy and faster turnaround
time."
e-SPECS
application software is the only specification management system
that links an architect's CAD drawings to the master guide specifications,
a feature which eliminates the need to mail or deliver large blueprint
drawings to the spec writer. However, CAD drawings aren't required
to take advantage of e-SPECS. The Web site's user-friendly start-up
checklists and project notes allow architects to input all necessary
information at the earliest stages of the project, before any drawings
are available, and instantly obtain an outline or preliminary specification.
InterSpec
Introduces On-line Spec Writing Services
"InterSpec's
service has been an enormous timesaver in our small practice,"
states Stan Allen of Stan Allen Architect, AIA, in New York. "The
service is reliable, the turn-around prompt, and the specifications
clearly and accurately written. The interface is easy to use and
allows input from consultants, which has been helpful to us working
on projects in other states. I'd recommend it without hesitation."
Once
a project team enters the data, InterSpec's expert specifiers complete
the documents to meet the architectural firm's requirements. They
determine what items remain to be answered and prepare an on-line
project question-and-answer forum to be completed by the architect.
The spec writers also can provide a report of inconsistencies and
errors in drawing calloffs.
The
company's proprietary interactive on-line editing systems integrate
an entire project team into the specification development process
over the Internet with secure password access. The project team
can make edits to the specs at any time with InterSpec's e-SPECedit™
editor program which tracks changes, creates an audit trail, saves
all previous versions of the specs, and more.
e-SPECS
can customize specification documents with a firm's language and
abbreviations, as well as create custom links from one specification
section to another, and save this information for incorporation
into subsequent project documents. Completed specification manuals
are delivered in three formats: on-line for client downloading,
printed and bound, or on CD-ROM.
Do-It-Yourself
Version InterSpec also offers ezSPECS Online™ (http://www.ezspecs.com),
an easy do-it-yourself version of its e-SPECS On-Line program. ezSPECS
is designed for architects who have small commercial and residential
projects and want to complete the specification documents themselves.
This tool shares many of the features of e-SPECS, yet is a simple,
quick and inexpensive way to produce a customized project manual
complete with bidding requirements, contract forms, conditions of
the contract, and specifications in the standard CSI 3-part format.
ezSPECS eliminates the mundane tasks required to fully specify a
project, providing specifications that are 80% complete. Page 3
- InterSpec Introduces On-line Spec Writing Services
Established
in 1998, InterSpec, LLC, is the only Internet source for construction
specification services. InterSpec develops spec writing automation
software and provides on-line application services for architecture
and engineering firms. The company's founders have strong technology
backgrounds in computer science, architecture and engineering.
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