SPECSINTACT Interagency Configuration,
Control and Coordinating Board (SI-CCCB) Meeting
July 22-23, 2004
Washington, D.C,
Attendees:
Miguel A. Morales, NASA
Bill Brodt, NASA (Washington)
Carl Kersten, NAVFAC (Norfolk)
Steven P. Freitas, USACE (Sacramento)
Jim Quinn, USACE (Huntsville)
Bill East, USACE (Chicago)
Jeff Kirby, USACE (Chicago)
Pete Rossbach, USACE (Washington)
Umesh Bhangava, Bhargava International
Pat Robinson, InDyne
Jim Whitehead, InDyne
Introduction -Miguel Morales, NASA
· Welcomed everyone to the meeting.
· Introduced Pete Rossbach, who has been assigned some of Rick Dahnke’s tasks since Rick retired from the Corps of Engineers.
Status of Total Unified–Targeted Completion – Carl Kersten, NAVFAC
· Current Unified Facilities Guide Specification (UFGS) Database.- 737 Specifications
Ø Unified.-174 (Representing 45% of final database)
Ø ARMY Preparing Activity - 99
Ø NAVY Preparing Activity - 75
· Remaining Specifications
Ø “N” Specifications - 274
Ø “A” Specifications - 290
· Bill Brodt suggested that possibly the Army and Navy might want to investigate having Space Gateway Support (SGS) help with the effort of unifying the Army and Navy specifications.
· Bill Brodt commended SGS on their process of conducting the gap analysis for NASA. He stated they were functioning like a “well-oiled machine.”
· Carl Kersten asked if NASA want to be included in the review process of unifying the Army and Navy Specifications.
Action: Miguel Morales will task Frank Der to provide
a point of contact list of NASA personnel for inclusion in the review process
of unifying the Army and Navy Specifications.
Update of Steering Group Meeting – Jim Quinn, Army
· Purpose of Corps Specifications Steering Committee (CSSC):
Ø Provide policy recommendations for improving Corps of Engineers guide specifications and project specifications.
Ø Analyze feedback from the Specification Users.
Ø Identify and recommend new guide specifications as required.
· Two meetings are held a year.
· The June 2004 meeting included the following actions:
· Revise the governing regulation to restructure the committee (8 Division Representatives, 4 District representatives, 1 HQUSACE representative, and 1 UFGS representative retained, but one of the District Representatives would be a SpecsIntact Representative who would serve by appointment and not be subject to rotating off the committee as other District Representatives are required to do.
Ø Steve Freitas was elected as the SpecsIntact Representative.
Ø Freddie Rush re-elected as Chairman.
Ø Doug Larson, Omaha District, was elected a District Representative
Ø Decided that Corps Specifications Course did not need to be certified for Professional Development Hours (PDH), since State registration boards are satisfied with proof of attendance at such courses.
· Within the USACE Engineering and Construction Community of Practice (CoP), Specifications are now established as a sub-community of practice. CoPs are discipline groups that function as virtual teams to develop and provide policies and guidance and perform other functions common to the discipline.
SI Accomplishments/Tech Support Report – Patricia Robinson, InDyne
· SI4 Software Releases
Ø Web release March 2004.
Ø Web/CCB disc #63 release April 2004.
· User Tools
Ø Web release of new QuickStart Guide released February 2004.
Ø First Action Learning Tool under development.
· Web Site
Ø 20,000+ Hits this year.
· Software Update
Ø Software XML Compliant
· Priorities from last meeting were reviewed.
- Finish XML (completed)
- Develop Proposal for Counting SpecsIntact Users (completed, and will be in the September, 2004 software release)
- Alternate Paragraph Numbering
- Tables in Editor
- Stand Alone Submittal Register
- Stand Alone Editor
Technical Support Report – Patricia Robinson, InDyne
· Provided status of customer support calls for October 2003 to June 2004.