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November 29, 2011
The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) announced the release of the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications UFGS) Master and the Unified Master Reference List (UMRL). The SpecsIntact Team will also update the date for both the UFGS Master and UMRL so the software will now inform our customers to download the latest versions.
November 3, 2011
The SpecsIntact Interagency Configuration Control and Coordinating Board, made up of representatives from NASA, NAVFAC and USACE, met at KSC Conference Center, Kennedy Space Center, FL. The Board convenes regularly to review requests for changes in the software and set the priorities and direction for the design of the system.
November 1 - 2, 2011
The Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) Working Group, made up of representatives from NASA, NAVFAC and USACE, met at the KSC Conference Center, Kennedy Space Center, FL. The Board convenes regularly to review requests for changes and set the priorities and direction for the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) Master.
See the UFGS Working Group Meeting Minutes.
September 12, 2011
NASA hosted the Joint Agency UFGS Working Group Meeting, made up of representatives from NASA, NAVFAC and USACE. The meeting was held in Chicago, IL in conjunction with the Construct 2011 Conference. Steve Freitas, USACE, Jim Whitehead and Cheryl Fitz-Simon of Abacus and Richard Hungate, URS, gave a presentation on "Automated Specification Processing for Federal Projects and More." The board convenes regularly to set priorities and direction for the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS).
August 25, 2011
The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) announced the release of the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) Master and the Unified Master Reference List (UMRL). The SpecsIntact Team will also update the date for both the UFGS Master and UMRL so the software will now inform our customers to download the latest versions.
May 31, 2011
The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) announced the release of the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) Master and the Unified Master Reference List (UMRL). The SpecsIntact Team will also update the date for both the UFGS Master and UMRL so the software will now inform our customers to download the latest versions.
May 9 - 13, 2011
Dan Evans, Cheryl Fitz-Simon, and Richard Hungate presented SpecsIntact and the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) at the 2011 NASA Facilities Engineering and Real Property Conference held at the Hilton Nashville Downtown, Nashville, TN. View the Presentation.
April 21, 2011
The SpecsIntact Interagency Configuration Control and Coordinating Board, made up of representatives from NASA, NAVFAC and USACE, met at National Institute of Building Sciences, Washington, DC. The Board convenes regularly to review requests for changes in the software and set the priorities and direction for the design of the system.
See the SI-CCCB Meeting Minutes.
April 14, 2011
SpecsIntact Version 4.5.0 and ThinApp was released by the development team for download. Both versions now support Automatic Paragraph Numbering and longer Job and Master Names, read more about these exciting new enhancements in the Release Notes that can be found in the web Knowledge Base.
February 24, 2011
The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) announced the release of the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) Master and the Unified Master Reference List (UMRL). Pending the launch of STS-133 the SpecsIntact Team will also update the date for both the UFGS Master and UMRL so the software will now inform our customers to download the latest versions. To learn more about the changes since the last update, see the UFGS Listing Of Changes. `