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SPECSINTACT
Interagency Configuration,
Control and
Coordinating Board Meeting
May 2-3, 2001
Washington, D.C.
Attendees:
Tom Adams, InDyne
Rick Dahnke, USACE
Steven P. Freitas, USACE (Sacramento)
Ed Gallaher, NAVFAC (LANTDIV)
Thomas Hinshaw, NASA
Carl Kersten, NAVFAC
Joe Looney, NAVFAC (SouthDiv)
Miguel A. Morales, NASA
Pat Robinson, InDyne
Jim Quinn, USACE
Introduction –
Miguel Morales, NASA
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Welcomed attendees.
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Discussed the workload for the SpecsIntact Team mainly focused on
assisting the Army and Navy to support the new Unified Facility
Guide Specification (UFGS) database released in April.
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UFGS system was implemented in March 2001.
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Long range plans for reducing duplication of specifications in the
UFGS database is projected to take five years. This effort is
scheduled to start in 2002.
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Each specification identifies in the banner the preparing
activity responsible for the specification.
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The specifications will be distributed by the preparing
activity for review.
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National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) server is hosting
the UFGS web page.
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Cumbersome to access the UFGS home page because initial entry
accesses Construction Criteria Base (CCB) home page and the
button to access UFGS home page is at the bottom of the page
instead of the top.
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Responsible for
creating PDF files from the UFGS database to post on the UFGS
home page.
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ACTION: Carl Kersten and Rick Dahnke will revise the procedure
(Distribution Process used for Technical Component to conduct UFGS
Review) and add Tom Hinshaw as the technical contact representing NASA
to participate in the review of the UFGS documents.
ACTION: Tom Hinshaw will distribute the specifications to the NASA
Coordinating Team members to provide comments on the UFGS documents.
ACTION: Pat Robinson will setup a teleconference in July with Rick
Dahnke, Miguel Morales, Jim Quinn, Tom Hinshaw and Carl Kersten to
discuss any impacts the user community is experiencing using UFGS.
NASA is considering the possibility of incorporating the NASA
specifications into the UFGS Master.
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Reported six versions of
the software were released since the last meeting.
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Reviewed customer
comments stating their impression of the new interface and features.
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Described the new
features incorporated in the software releases for the past six months.
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Described the various
aids developed to assist new users and existing users.
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Reported web site
statistics regarding hits to the home page and software downloads
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Reported statistics of
user calls by agency and associated firms.
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Marketing
Joe Looney
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Discussed if there were future plans to market
SpecsIntact to the commercial industry outside of Department of Defense
(DOD).
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It was noted that we are not
permitted to market SPECSINTACT to compete with the commercial industry
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Presented for Boards consideration
twenty-nine new Change Requests
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The status of the changes requests presented:
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Accepted 16
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Rejected 6
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Deferred 3
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Requirement Analysis 2
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Withdrawn 2
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Change requests must be submitted two weeks
prior to the SI-CCCB meeting for review.
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Change Request Evaluations (PDF)
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Questionnaires were posted on the SpecsIntact
web site and emailed to select individuals.
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A prototype was demonstrated to the board
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ACTION: Proceed with the new submittal
program. The original requirement for the register to be stored on one
diskette is no longer a requirement.
Reference Processing Jim
Quinn
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Reviewed the value of adding the option to
SpecsIntact to access Single Master Reference List (SMRL) along with each
individual master reference list.
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Changed the name of the SMRL to Unified Master
Reference List (UMRL)
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Technical
Discussion Feedback/Recommendations Round Table
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Steve Freitas discussed having the software
eliminate the alpha character (A and N) from the file name when a UFGS
specification is added to a job.
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Discussed the section reference report produced
by SpecsIntact to identify sections referenced within a specification.
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Discussed continued programming support for
WordSpec.
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ACTION: The burden should be on the Master Text
preparer and not the software. Army will change the text in the
specification to reference the section designated by a letter.
ACTION: When the 32-bit Editor is XML compliant
there should no longer be a requirement to support WordSpec. Microsoft
Word supports HTML and should support XML documents. The only projected
changes to WordSpec will be to correct problems with Microsoft platforms
for NT, Windows95, and Windows98.
Construction
Criteria Base
(CCB) Review
Earl Kennet
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Discussed Whole Building
Design Guide (WBDG) and how it is an Internet resource to a wide range of
building-related design guidance, criteria and technology. The URL to
access the web page is http://wbdg.org/
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WBDG is a powerful interface for the National
Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) Construction Criteria Base (CCB)
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Two new subcommittees are in the process of being
formed. The new subcommittees are: Building Systems and Products for
Durability (chaired by Corp of Engineers) and Building Systems and Products
for Cost Effective (chaired by NIBS).
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Requested NAVFAC, Corp of Engineers, and NASA
select a representative to participate on the subcommittees.
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CCB is still a separate system and distribution
will remain web based and CD-ROM
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Discuss
Master Text Paragraph Numbering
Tom Hinshaw/Tom Adams
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Tom Hinshaw stressed the
requirement for SpecsIntact to have the capability of changing the
specification to appear more like the industry format.
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Tom Adams presented the
areas that would be impacted to implement this change and provided an
estimate of the programming effort.
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ACTION: Consensus was
agreed on that because of the hours required to change the format to A, 1,
etc. is a very low priority. In the long-term, plan to migrate to the new
format used by industry. This request will be deferred until after the
32-bit editor is rewritten and other high priority items are implemented.
Prioritize Future
Direction Miguel Morales
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The following items were
prioritized by the board:
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Editor rewrite (32-bit, Visual C++)
10-16 months
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Enable Printing from new stand alone
submittal register and integrate into front end 1-3 Months
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Extend PDF printing capabilities to
include automatic hyperlinks in tables of contents2-3 Months
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Analyze requirements for using
masters directly from the web 1 month
Wrap-Up
Miguel Morales, NASA
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The
next meeting is scheduled for November 14-15 in Charleston, South Carolina.
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