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Author Message Ed Storer Senior Member Username: ed_storer Post Number: 39 Registered: 05-2009 Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2019 - 02:39 pm:    I don't know if this should be in this forum topic or "Water Cooler". Maybe neither. You all remember the song/dance - "You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out..." Almost always when I'm instructed to remove a section from a project; e.g. "Delete vinyl windows, we're using fiberglass." I move that section to a sub-folder I name Culls. When the estimating is done, I'm told that vinyl windows are to be used. I just move that section back to the folder for the project spec. I've had to employ this many times. Before I archive the project, I look for sections that were custom in both the project spec and culls folders and save them for future reference. Steven Bruneel, AIA, CSI-CDT, LEED-AP, EDAC Senior Member Username: redseca2 Post Number: 671 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2019 - 03:20 pm:    I maintain similar folders myself, taking care to save any custom creations that didn't make it to construction. I tend to use the labeling of the folder to release various demons and make use of parts of my brain that spec writing often under utilizes. Poking through recent projects I have used: Parts Department The Safe House Waste Bin Surplus Materials The Odd This and That Scraps of History Hope Chest Dust Bin Holding Tank Hidden Surprises The Dead Zone Questionable Goods Shallow Grave Field of Dreams Mysterious Strangers Cloverfield Leftovers Guantanamo The Quiet Room Junk Yard Holding Cell Dark Mysteries That May Resurface Dark Matter Lost and Found The Pool of Despond Where the Wild Things Go Essentially, find the folder with a name that corresponds to no known CSI/AIA naming convention and you are most likely there. J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 1109 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2019 - 03:38 pm:    I simply rename the section with "(not used)" in front. This sorts the section out of the ones that start with the CSI section number. J. Peter Jordan, FCSI, AIA, CCS, LEED AP, SCIP Guest (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2019 - 03:04 pm:    I was really happy when Deltek/Avitru incorporated the ability to inactivate a section in e-SPECS for precisely this reason. I can mark a section as inactive and leave it in the project without needing to delete it entirely. If it comes back at some point, it's simply reactivated and I can continue from where I left off.