Construction Estimating: Specifications and CSI MasterFormat
34mIntermediate2019-06-26
Authors

Christopher Randall
Senior Projects Manager at Patricia Electric, Inc.
Course details
Construction specifications give builders, designers, and manufacturers a common language for planning and communicating construction details. The Construction Specification Institute (CSI) MasterFormat framework is the industry standard for formatting and organizing specifications. In this course, you can learn about the structure and use of constructions specifications and the MasterFormat classification system. Instructor Christopher Randall—an electrician and contractor with over 30 years of hands-on experience—explains how to read and understand written specifications, including materials and addenda, and use MasterFormat to organize your documentation.
Skills covered
Construction ManagementAECDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - About the course
- 02 - What you should know
1. CSI MasterFormat
- 03 - What is CSI MasterFormat
- 04 - Who uses CSI MasterFormat and for what
- 05 - What is the most current version of MasterFormat
- 06 - Understanding the framework of CSI MasterFormat
2. Construction Specifications
- 07 - Overview of a construction specification book
- 08 - Specification book - A quick look
- 09 - Breaking down a specification section and how materials are specified
- 10 - More specification layouts
- 11 - Special specification inserts
- 12 - Reading construction addenda
Conclusion
- 13 - Next steps
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