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Digicon Acquired by NBS (UK)
In January, Digicon Information Inc announced the news that it has been acquired by NBS, a global provider of construction information and knowledge management services, based in the UK.
Digicon’s products and software will continue to be sold and supported via the online storefront Spex.ca; an alliance between Digicon and CSC (Construction Specifications Canada).
For the complete press release, browse to the
Digicon or
NBS websites.
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CMS Updated
Digicon has done its annual review of standards in CMS, so to ensure that all sections have current citations, we have replaced all of the technical Divisions (02+).. Section 01 62 00 has been removed and replaced with new sections 01 23 00 and 01 25 00. Section 06 46 00 - Wood Trim has been added, and the scope of section 06 48 00 modified completely to new AWMAC standards. Other sections in Division 06 have been modified to coordinate properly. Related sections in other Divisions have been updated to maintain cross-reference integrity.
BIMdrive Subscribers: Automatically access the updated CMS sections directly from our cloud server.
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MiniSPEC Updated
This quarter, MiniSPEC has had changes performed on wood subjects to current AWMAC standards. As well, cross references in sections impacted by these changes required updating of sections in Divisions 07, 08, 09, 10, 12, 14. New section 06 40 10 - Architectural Woodwork has been created, to specify to AWMAC standards. Seciton 06 11 10 - Wood Framing was deleted and replaced with Section 06 10 10 - Rough Carpentry. Finally, section 06 20 10 and 06 41 10 (previously 06 41 15) were updated to parallel changes to equivalent CMS sections.
BIMdrive Subscribers: Automatically access the updated CMS sections directly from our cloud server.
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NMS Updated
The latest January 2017 NMS update is available at Spex.ca. This update primarily includes updating, renaming and re-numbering of historic / conservation subject sections, and updates to a variety of sections in Divisions 03 through 11.
Review the
Update Summary for January 2017. (
en francais ici)
Review the current complete
NMS Table of Contents (
en francais ici)
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CSC Updates Education Materials
Spex.ca offers manuals for CSC education courses. All course materials have been updated, and now reflect the current course manuals.
- CSC Construction Contract Administration (CCA)
- CSC Principles of Construction Documentation
- CSC Specifier Course
- CSC Technical Representative Course
To review and browse these courses, browse to the
Education Page at Spex.ca. Note that CSC members are entitled to price discounts -- contact Spex.ca at 800-610-7732 for your CSC discount.
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buildingSMART Canada
As you know, Digicon is a staunch supporter of open BIM and has participated in BIM standards development within buildingSMART and ISO. We are also proud to be involved in technical and operation committees within buildingSMART Canada.
Sign up for the
BIM in Canada e-News. These messages also announce monthly public web forums for presentations about a variety of BIM topics.
Better yet - sign up for a membership (currently free) at the
Members Page.
Work is nearly complete on a new
Canada BIM Practice Manual.
Visit
buildingSMART Canada Chapter for these and other activities.
If you are interested in working on BIM standards, please contact the Canadian ISO TC59/SC13 mirror committee chairman,
David Watson.
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Too busy or do not have enough permanent staff to prepare architectural specifications for projects?
Digicon tries to stay at the forefront of the document development business; we are, and always have been, practising specification writers. We have a long and productive history developing project specifications, custom master specifications, custom software applications, and other consulting services. Historically, these services have been, and continue to be the core of our business.
E-mail
David, or call 780-758-4147.
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