User Profiles

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Houghton Quarty Warr Architects LLC
"MasterSpec has provided us with a comprehensive resource that has given us the ability for one-stop shopping."

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The Richardson Engineering Group, Inc.
"MasterSpec is an invaluable tool with its array of information. We find the evaluation and coordination sections to be a great resource. We also use MasterSpec as a guide to create our own specifications and to keep them updated."

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Cole + Russell Architects, Inc.
"I have been using MasterSpec since 1986. I have found it to be for me, the best specification system on the market. In 1998, when I joined Cole + Russell Architects, Inc., I investigated other systems but decided to stay with MasterSpec because of its complete information, comprehensive evaluation tools, and user-friendly software."

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Little Diversified Architectural Consulting
"MasterSpec is fantastic. Being a licensed user put me at ease knowing that, as a firm, we are providing our clients with top quality documents by utilizing the number one specification system and enhancement tools available."

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Korte Company
"As for myself, I will rely upon MasterSpec's experience and expertise to continue to be the industry's leading master specification guide and to help direct me in making the right decisions in producing a clear, correct, complete, and concise specification."

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Swift & Company Landscape Architects
"MasterSpec provides a real resource research library at your fingertips."

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Rosenblum Coe Architects, Inc.
"MasterSpec gives the protection we are looking for; it protects my firm and my clients very well."

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Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering, P.C.
"I've used MasterSpec in my entire career as an Architect. MasterSpec has the content and thoroughness that our firm needs to get projects bid and built. The Supporting Documents, particularly the Evaluations, are a great technical resource, not only for our specification writers but also for the staff preparing construction documents. In addition, Masterworks saves us time."

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Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
"MasterSpec keeps me out of trouble."

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Blount Bennett Architects, Ltd.
"We've used MasterSpec as our only specification source since the firm was founded in 1987. It was the most comprehensive spec material out there. There's nothing to compare it to."

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Anderson Design, Inc.
"The supporting documents allow me to better understand specific construction materials and methods that I may have limited knowledge of. This allows me to write a tighter specification, minimizing potential construction phase conflicts."

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Heller and Metzger
"MasterSpec is of great benefit to our practice. It is a valuable resource for us in writing specifications and researching the latest information about changes in products and industry standards for our clients. The evaluation sheets with each section are of particular value - an education in themselves. We consult them constantly to learn why products and systems should or should not be used in particular situations as well as about proper methods of product installation. And, if we have additional questions that are not addressed by the evaluations, we can phone the ARCOM office and speak to the specification writers directly. They are, without exception, willing to discuss any issue regarding the sections they have written."

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Putnam Associates Specifiers
"In the past 40 years, I have seen every kind of format, master, and spec-writing system. As the years have gone by, and after trying many alternatives, I found MasterSpec to be the most useful foundation for my firm's work and have relied on MasterSpec more and more-as the most efficient, up-to-date and powerful way to generate specifications for every project type-from tiny tenant fit-ups to major facilities."

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Robert Schwartz and Associates
After gaining experience in the industry, Robert Schwartz had the privilege of learning under Harold J. Rosen, who literally wrote the book on specifications writing. With that experience, Schwartz decided that as an architect he wanted to focus on specifications. He founded Robert Schwartz and Associates (RSA) and began providing Project Manual preparation, technical services, building system selection, and eventually LEED project implementation. Now, more than 40% of RSA's current projects are on track to be LEED certified.

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