1. Specifications in New Zealand Masterspec until 2013 Before online specifications we used some tools CBI to make specifications portable and portionable into sections of discrete information Split into further standalone groups of information for the relevant consultant, trade or building owner Digitised the information and provided it via the web - but specifications were created locally in Word Information flow was one-way

2. A Hub for Construction Information Specification PlatformsOnline

3. Specifications provide us with a document for wide range of roles: Briefing A Design Record Demonstration of Compliance Cost Planning Tool Tender Document Contract Document Project Management Aid On site Manual Proof of intent Resource for Facilities Management It’s a legal requirement; Building Act 2004 section 45.1.b Used by building control (NZTA’s) as a compliance document Seen as the last bastion for designers intent The legal backstop and protection

4. Specifications are delivered in more Efficient Method MS Word Web based Digital FormatOnline Cloud TIME

5. Specifications can learn from Drawings Word Based Masters Digital Format Online Cloud Manual Drawing 2d CAD BIM Modelling

6. Specifications Online can be much more Today Specification platforms are more data rich environment They more often than not - holds other useful data for the design process This can be mapped and linked to other tools That data can be used to drive and link parameters through out the whole building process

7. Concept Design Preliminary Design Developed Design Construction Consultation & Engagement Tender Documentation Building Use/Reuse Building Completion Demolition & Recycle Design Brief The Design & Building Process

8. Online Specifications provide us with more Opportunity Much like drawing information has with BIM Pushing information from the spec Populating other parts of the design process with construction information

9. Our Online Platform is Data Rich Product ListingsKeynotes Branded Sections

10. Recent Advances we have made due to the Masterspec Online Platform Faster & more accurate specs for designers Office/project masters – Customisation, Constancy Automation of Schedule Clauses - Accuracy Automated Updates - Accuracy Richer Product Information - More informed Allows for Partner Interaction - Expertise

11. Faster Accurate Specs

12. Automation of Schedule Clauses

13. Automated Updates

14. Richer Product Information

15. Allows for Partner Interaction

16. Partner Reporting Live

17. From Spec to Drawing: MasterKey

18. Concept Design Preliminary Design Developed Design Construction Consultation & Engagement Tender Documentation Building Use/Reuse Completion Demolition & Recycle Design Brief Online specifications provides us with new Opportunities A platform or HUB to push information from the spec to populate other parts of the design and construction process

19. Concept Design Preliminary Design Developed Design Construction Consultation & Engagement Tender Documentation Building Use/Reuse Completion Demolition & Recycle Design Brief Product Partner Advice Construction Information HUBs - Future Opportunities On request from the designer a partner can offer advice Designers are look for a partner not a supplier Expert advice helps the design process and should help efficiency New Partner Module

20. Concept Design Preliminary Design Developed Design Construction Consultation & Engagement Tender Documentation Building Use/Reuse Completion Demolition & Recycle Design Brief Creation of project keynotes attached to clauses from cloud based specs MasterKey is already making design teams to start the spec earlier Preliminary Specifications Maintenance Documentation Linking to National BIM Library Objects

21. CI HUB’s can do for Specs what BIM has done for Geometry – Improve relevance Word Based Masters Digital Format Online Cloud Manual Drawing 2d CAD BIM Modelling

22. QUESTIONS? Word Based Masters Digital Format Online Cloud