Well-maintained, current office master specification systems are critical -- they're the foundation for consistently high quality project specifications. CSI is proud to announce the acquisition of Building Systems Design Inc. to assist CSI members in their preparation of specifications. CSI members receive a 15% discount on BSD products!
Read the CSI/BSD press release.
Read FAQs regarding the acquisition.
BSD is a leader in the development of master specifications and interoperability software. Their products include:
- BSD SpecLink®-E: Designed to produce specifications for all types of projects and for all phases of a project — from programming all the way through construction administration. One database of over 600 sections can be expanded or collapsed to provide outline, short form, and full construction specs — without the need to start over at each phase of a project. SpecLink-E also includes 150,000 intelligent links designed to speed specification production, improve coordination, and minimize editing errors. It is a sophisticated master guide specification system subscribed to by architects, engineers, and specification writers nationwide and used for over 26,000 projects annually.
- BSD LinkMan-E®: A linking software product that allows the user to easily create, monitor and modify relationships between various representations of a building design project—as drawn using Autodesk Revit, as specified using BSD SpecLink-E, and, in future, as estimated using BSD CostLink/AE. LinkMan-E shows discrepancies between a Revit model and the specifications and allows automated activation of the specifications based on information from the model. It also includes a keynote management system that allows even closer coordination between drawings and specifications.
- BSD CostLink/AE®: Quick, easy, and modifiable cost estimating using built-in RS Means Cost Data. CostLink was created exclusively for design professionals (and building owners) who like to keep things simple without sacrificing accuracy or flexibility. Using built-in parametric models, CostLink/AE allows the designer to develop a detailed project estimate in minutes that can easily be modified as the design develops, allowing up-to-date cost estimates at any stage of project development.
Through its acquisition of BSD, CSI now can provide better practice tools to construction professionals while also remaining a member-driven organization focused on providing formats, education, certification, and a powerful network of construction experts.
See what BSD can do for you! Remember to ask for the CSI Member 15% discount!
Resources for this section
- CSI Acquires BSD
CSI today announced that it has acquired Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD). The acquisition provides for BSD’s current management and employees to remain in place, and BSD will continue as a separate, for-profit enterprise. - FAQs on CSI Strategic Partnership with Building Systems Design (BSD)
FAQs include: Why did CSI acquire BSD? Why BSD? How is this strategic partnership beneficial to CSI members? My office doesn’t use BSD products -- what about me? - BSD SoftLink Suite
BSD provides specifications, cost-estimating, and BIM interoperability software for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. BSD SoftLink state-of-the-art products address all phases of design and construction. All BSD SoftLink products are designed to share information with each other.
CSI members receive a 15% discount on a first year subscription to any BSD product and a 5% discount on the renewal price thereafter. Provide your CSI member number at the point of purchase.
Visit BSD's site at www.BSDsoftlink.com, or contact them at 888-BSD-SOFT. - First Source/SpecData/ManuSpec
Formatted product information from Reed Construction Data. - SpecText
Specifications for the A/E industry, published by Construction Sciences Research Foundation Inc. CSI members save 10%! Visit www.spectext.com and provide your CSI member number at checkout. - SpecWizard®
ARCAT provides information on building materials for architects, spec writers, engineers and contractors. Including 10,500 manufacturers with thousands of their cad details, specifications, BIM families, wizards, links to every web site and other information.
- Sweets Catalog
National product information available online from McGraw-Hill Construction.