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mortar and its Spec-Mix silo system to lay block backup on the 250,000 square-foot NMAI. The project took three years, involved more than 40 masons and required two custom blended colors, which were individually mixed into the mortar for wet setting stone. In addition, 1,500 QUIKRETE 3,000-pound bags of fine grout were used on NMAI.
Dexter + Chaney Makes
'Software 500' Ranking
Dexter + Chaney, Seattle-based developer of Forefront Construction Management Software, has achieved another business ranking based on the company's size or growth rate.
Dexter + Chaney was included in the recently announced "Software 500," Software Magazine's listing of the world's largest software and services providers. The company placed 383 on the list, with 2003 revenues of $12 million. IBM and Microsoft were first and second, respectively.
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The Software 500 ranking is one of several that regularly include Dexter + Chaney. In May, Forefront placed first overall in the Job Costing/Accounting/Payroll Applications category in the 2004 Information Technology Survey for the Construction Industry released by the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA).
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New CSI Program for
MasterFormat Users
The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) recently announced the outlines of an industry-wide education program being developed to aid the commercial/institutional construction industry's transition to the groundbreaking 2004 edition of MasterFormat", North America's predominant standard for organizing specifications and other information for construction projects.
In anticipation of the release of MasterFormat 2004, this year CSI will launch an education initiative for two groups: MasterFormat users and prospective instructors.
Two types of MasterFormat education programs are being developed:
Customized Education Programs
CSI will offer education programs directly for groups of MasterFormat users-architectural, engineering and construction firms, government agencies, corporations and others. The program will address the differences between MasterFormat's 1995 and 2004 editions, best-practice concepts for the new edition, and the use of its section numbers and titles directly affecting a particular organization.
The MasterFormat Accredited Instructor Program-The program's objective is to prepare people from various segments of the industry to teach others about MasterFormat's 2004 edition. Using CSI-supplied materials, accredited instructors will conduct education tailored to the needs of their JAL CSI SHOW ENTION particular constituencies, including architects, specialty contractors, product suppliers, owners and others.
Education programs about Master-Format's 2004 edition also are being developed for The 49th Annual CSI Show & Convention, taking place April 20-23, 2005 in Chicago, in conjunction with MCAA's Masonry Showcase.
Functioning as the "Dewey Decimal System" for construction information, MasterFormat is divided into divisions, and each division is composed of sections. The 2004 edition has additional divisions and many more sections. That enables specifications, the written instructions for construction projects, to address spectacular advances in construction technology since the 1995 edition. The new edition also enables specifications to better address building owners' evolving construction priorities such as security, life safety and environmentally responsible facilities.
The new MasterFormat's section numbers and their titles (plus errata) are downloadable at no charge from CSI's web site at www.csinet.org/masterformat.
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