Greg Ceton, Technical Project Manager, Construction Specifications Institute, Alexandria, Va.

MasterFormat 2004: Preventing Costly and Time-Consuming Project Afterthoughts

The first article in this series on CSI's MasterFormat 2004 (CSE 01/05, p. 23) provided an overview of this specifying resource. This month's installment focuses on two systems that have seen dramatic changes under the new format: communications and fire suppression. Perhaps no other building systems are as important—or have evolved so quickly—as the communications networks for voic...