Internet-Based Automated Spec Writing

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Author Message (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 01:10 pm:    Anyone familiar with this? http://www.myspecwriter.com/ Looks like some sort of automated spec writing deal. Anne Whitacre, FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: awhitacre Post Number: 1145 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 01:24 pm:    I've seen his (Dan Castillo's) name come up before with "automated" spec systems -- but this site looks more like a collaboration and hosting site rather than any specifications expertise. James M. Sandoz, AIA, CSI, CCS, LEED AP Senior Member Username: jsandoz Post Number: 94 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 03:39 pm:    Cool. The little cartoon globe shows "me" in Texas right where I am but, while having a consultant in Brazil and a client in Spain may seem a little unlikely, having production in the east coast of the United States really stretches credulity (yes, it is a real word according to Merriam-Webster). It's more likely that production would be on the side of the globe that we can't see. I really haven't had much time to investigate this concern but I'm always a bit leery of things that claim to make my life easier. It's true my food processor saves a bunch of time on preparation but it takes much more work to clean it after use than my trusty kitchen knife. George A. Everding, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: geverding Post Number: 590 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 04:50 pm:    I'm still waiting for the combination food/word processor, for those tasty snacks while you work. George A. Everding AIA CSI CCS CCCA Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies St. Louis, MO Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1235 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 04:52 pm:    Yeah, but do you want to eat your words? Sheldon Wolfe Senior Member Username: sheldon_wolfe Post Number: 481 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 04:57 pm:    Outstanding! Ronald L. Geren, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA, SCIP Senior Member Username: specman Post Number: 943 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 04:57 pm:    Lynn, you took the words right out of my mouth. ;-) Ron Geren, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA, SCIP www.specsandcodes.com Ron Beard CCS Senior Member Username: rm_beard_ccs Post Number: 380 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 08:19 pm:    Under Pro Services: "Need help updating or converting your specification specifications from '94 to the '04 format? Our SPECWRITER staff can help for as little as $5 per page." Now that is a really good service ....or should I say job. "Fast is good, but accurate is better." .............Wyatt Earp Steven Bruneel, AIA, CSI-CDT, LEED-AP Senior Member Username: redseca2 Post Number: 272 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 08:59 pm:    I am willing do it for $4.50 per page. Tim Werbstein, AIA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: tim_werbstein Post Number: 37 Registered: 09-2006 Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 07:28 am:    ...at what font size? Doug Frank FCSI, CCS Senior Member Username: doug_frank_ccs Post Number: 282 Registered: 06-2002 Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 08:14 am:    Somehow it's hard for me to have confidence in any system that contains this many typos in a single paragraph of their marketing literature: Templates are saved list of your favorite specification section from the CSI MasreFormat list. There are over 7500 section numbers available to choose from. Assign a Templaye to a job and reduce the number of sections your team can choose from. The team can also search the MasterFormat list for the occasional section number mot in your Template. Doug Frank FCSI, CCS, SCIP Affiliate FKP Architects, Inc. Houston, TX Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1236 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 09:59 am:    To say nothing about the grammar and English.