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Author Message Gerard Sanchis Junior Member Username: gerard_sanchis Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2009 Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 09:14 am:    When will the new Manual of Practice be available? David R. Combs, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: davidcombs Post Number: 310 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 10:58 am:    I just heard from a committee member that it may be June 2010. Not official or cast in stone, though. No word if a review draft will be made availale for public comment. David R. Combs, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: davidcombs Post Number: 311 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 05:53 am:    Update / Correction: " . . . to the publisher by May 2010 for final edits, and published by November 2010 (subject to change of course)." Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI, CDT Senior Member Username: rliebing Post Number: 1080 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 03:57 pm:    Sure would like to see them go back to a ring-binder in lieu of the hard binding. Would seem to be more easily modified when necessary, too, Richard L Matteo, AIA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: rlmat Post Number: 352 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 04:01 pm:    The hard bound copy was probably so they could charge more money for it ?? D. Marshall Fryer, CSI, Assoc. AIA Senior Member Username: dmfryer Post Number: 73 Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 04:16 pm:    I agree with Ralph 100%. I really dislike having to re-purchase the 80% of the content that hasn't changed, just so I can read what has been changed. Only reason I can recall given was that it was less expensive to print & ship that way. PLEASE, bring back the loose-leaf binder, with occasional updates as needed. The updates could even be online, for us to download and print out like we had to do with SectionFormat and PageFormat. CSI's printing costs would go to zero! That should make the bean-counters happy! Wayne Yancey Senior Member Username: wayne_yancey Post Number: 280 Registered: 01-2008 Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 07:01 pm:    Issue on CD and abandon the bound book. Users can print what they want from the CD. Take a page from Arcom. They stopped printing paper updates of MasterSpec several years ago and the sky did not fall. Phil Kabza Senior Member Username: phil_kabza Post Number: 414 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 07:10 pm:    Great suggestions. Now let's go a step beyond and create a truly electronic MOP resource, formatted for viewing on a monitor (horizontally oriented), and hotlinked from the table of contents, the index, and the internal cross references. For that matter, don't publish it at all - make it a web-accessed document that is instantly updatable, accessed via a subscription. For an example of what I mean, see what Adobe has been using for online help files for years - they're very well designed. It's time to stop formatting electronic documents to look like old hard copy documents out of habit, and leverage the capabilities of true electronic documents to serve as an illustration of where BIM and contract documents are going. Nathan Woods, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: nwoods Post Number: 318 Registered: 08-2005 Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 07:12 pm:    "Kindle" Marc C Chavez Senior Member Username: mchavez Post Number: 354 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 07:24 pm:    Really, it is all changing so fast. We are referencing the IPD in the CDT ‘Ed classes and the new IPD document (one of our sources) is out in February. Every standard changes and... because they want us to buy the updates, they change more often (I know not really but it does bug me sometimes) I whole heartedly agree kindle, pdf or maybe even Wiki!!!!! post the PRM as part of the WIKI and require a signup or membership for full access to the whole thing without payment all you get is the summary like ASTM does. Richard L Matteo, AIA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: rlmat Post Number: 353 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 07:56 pm:    I like Wayne's idea, provided they don't charge us $250 for the CD. Phil's idea may work as well.