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Title: Product Descriptions CSC/CSI 3 Part Specifications


1
Product Descriptions CSC/CSI 3 Part
Specifications
  • Manufacturers Sales Tools
  • Targeted to Design Consultants and Specifiers

This website provides copies of all source
documents.
2
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
  • What are product descriptions?
  • What are CSC/CSI 3 part specs?
  • Why are they important?
  • Why should I provide them?
  • When do I use them?

3
Product Descriptions
  • We define Product Descriptions as
  • A summary document of all the product
    information that will be included in a
  • Project Manual.
  • It is characterized by
  • Being written in point form
  • Following the CSC/CSI 3 part specification as
    outlined in ProductFORMAT,
  • complementary to CSC/CSI MasterFORMAT standard.
  • Containing all the information required for
    bidding purposes
  • Being useful at all stages of the project
    development process from the

4
Product Descriptions
  • Can be used by a large number
  • of players from the conceptual
  • stage of the project development
  • process to final product selection.
  • Significantly reduces the time of all players
  • to find essential, relevant, information.

5
Product Descriptions
  • What do the multiple users need?
  • Just the facts man! Just the facts!
  • No fuss no marketing hype no pretty pictures.
  • But how? What?...................................
    ........

6
Product Descriptions
  • ProductFORMAT
  • To the Rescue
  • The Construction Specifications Canada (CSC)
    format standard specifically developed for
    Product Descriptions.
  • Follows the same 3 part format as product
    specifications
  • Includes the same information available in
    specifications
  • Ensures information can be found quickly, and
    efficiently.

7
Product Specifications
  • A document developed for use in Project Manuals
  • that has been standardized for content and
    format according to industry standards for the
    commercial construction industry.
  • Is written according to industry consensus
    Standards of Practice and Format
  • Standards developed for the commercial
    construction industry in US/Canada.
  • Contains all the information required to build a
    structure when accompanied by the contract
    documents, drawings, and associated schedules.
  • Used for bidding purposes.
  • Is legally binding if litigation occurs.

8
Product SpecificationsStandards of Practice
  • Standards of Practice
  • A number of conventions that have voluntarily
    been accepted by the industry
  • as standards of practice for the development of
    product specifications include
  • Language the imperative mood
  • Include only enforceable statements
  • Adhere primarily to one of three approaches to
    writing specifications Proprietary,
    Descriptive, and //////////.

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Product Specifications Format Standards
  • Everything in one location and one location
    only.
  • MasterFORMAT
  • Established numbered Divisions, Sections, and
    Subcategories that classify all
  • activities and products for the development of
    specifications within a Project Manual.
  • SectionFORMAT
  • Established the structure of each Section of
    the Product Specification into 3 parts, and the
    information to be included.
  • PageFORMAT
  • Defines the page format to be used for each
    section of the Project Manual.
  • All three consensus standards documents have been
    voluntarily developed jointly by
  • Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) and
    Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) in
    the United States

10
Why is this Important to Manufacturers?
  • One Project Manual includes over 300
    product specifications. Producing them is
    time consuming. Let your potential customers
    know you have a current, accurate product
    specification and they will use it.
    Wouldnt you!
  • Follow the rule Use it once use it
    twice! From your perspective, the more
    frequently your specification which sets
    the bar for the quality of the materials that
    are acceptable for the project is used, the
    more likely the specifier is to use your
    specification again. Thus increasing the odds
    that you will be the successful bidder.

11
Why is this Important to Manufacturers
  • Risk management a priority?
  • Of course it is!
  • If litigation occurs, you have ensured that the
    information
  • on your product is current, accurate, and
    comprehensive.
  • Can the courts ask for more?

12
GETTING THE WORD OUT
  • Product Descriptions and Specifications
  • integral to your Marketing Plan.
  • Include them in hard cover product manuals.
  • Hand them out to prospects on
    CDs.
  • Place them on your website.
  • Use them in calls/presentations.
  • Include them as part of your
    sales tool box.
  • Advertise their availability in
    your brochures.
  • YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID

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HOW CAN SPEX.CA HELP
  • Your hosts at Spex.ca are
  • Digicon Information Incorporated
  • And
  • Construction Specifications Canada (CSC)
  • CSC promotes standards of practice and education
    for key players in the commercial construction
  • industry.
  • Digicon Information develops and promotes
    excellence in document development for the
    commercial
  • construction industry.
  • Check us out at www.csc.ca and www.digicon.ab.ca
  • Contact Geri Watson at geri_at_spex.ca 519.712.9509
  • Our Seal Program reassures specifiers that the
    information is current, accurate, and complete.
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