Study of Top 500 Design Firms’ Plans to Adopt MasterFormat™ 2004 Kevin R. Miller, Ph.D. D. Mark Hutchings, Ph.D. Brigham Young University

Introduction ● 1961 initial meeting ● Objective Standardize the Organization of Construction Documents ● Since the creation of MasterFormat (MF) 1964, Updates occurred approx. every 7 – 8 years

2004 Update ● Update process started in 2001; lasted 3 years. ● 2004 version changed from 16 to 50 divisions Version Division 1 General Requirement Division 2 Site Work Division 3 Concrete Division 4 Masonry Division 5 Metals Division 6 Carpentry Division 7 Moisture Control Division 8 Doors, Windows Division 9 Finishes Division 10 Specialties Division 11 Equipment Division 12 Furnishings Division 13 Special Construction Division 14 Conveying Systems Division 15 Mechanical Division 16 Electrical ***Similar between both versions 2004 Version Division 00 Procurement & Contracting Requirements Division 02 Existing Conditions Division 21 Fire Suppression Division 22 Plumbing Division 23 Heating, Ventilating, & Air Conditioning Division 25 Integrated Automation Division 26 Electrical Division 27 Communications Division 28 Electronic Safety and Security Division 31 Earthwork Division 32 Exterior Improvements Division 33 Utilities Divisions 34+ for Transportation & Industrial process Construction

Question ● With such a radical change, will designers adopt the change and what is the time table of their adopting MF 2004?

Methodology ● Identified ENR's Top 500 Design Firms as the basis of the survey. ● ENR has published this list 40 years. ● The information that ENR collects is self reported by the companies. ● Survey conducted during the summer of 2005

Methodology Cont ● Randomly selected 200 of the 500 in the list.  Stratified the sample by Annual Revenue (shown in Millions) – – – ● Contacted the Spec Writers in each company. ● Survey conducted by phone

Methodology Cont. ● Contacted 143 of the companies. ● 29 chose not to participate in the study. ● 114 firms participated. ● Of the 114, 79 companies currently use MF on over 50% of their projects.

All Firms

Primarily Architecture Firms

Firms by Annual Revenue

Other Findings & Conclusion ● 60 of the 79 firms adopting MF 2004 plan on doing so before or during ● This should translate to Construction companies should start to see new projects bidding during 2006 using MF 2004