CGW Consulting Engineers is a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with offices located across New Zealand. With over 40 professions, this knowledgeable team has multi-disciplinary capabilities spanning through specialist areas. CGW strive to bring their knowledge and expertise to add value, offer innovation and help deliver outcomes that give their clients a commercial advantage in their projects.
As they offer civil, structural, environmental, and geotechnical engineering it can be quite the task to manually update their specifications regularly. With such a range of specialties to cover it can be hard for CGW to stay on top of every change in the ever-evolving construction industry.
That is why CGW began using Masterspec. The solution was clear; to use an online, collaborative specification platform and save templates of their work. The saved templates, or Office Masters, allows the team to seamlessly re-use repeatable clauses. The clever consultancy also takes full advantage of Masterspec functionality by using the update manager tool.
“We love using Office Masters. We use most of the same clauses and it’s easy to change a few out if needed Masterspec notifies us of the latest changes to our specifications and then it’s a simple system to identify and apply the changes we want.”
CGW find this solution beneficial for a few reasons. Firstly, it ensures their specifications are up to date to avoid issues throughout the construction process related to building codes and standards. Secondly, it saves time. By using Masterspec’s internal team of over 15 editors, CGW no longer need to task someone with reviewing each change that comes through legislation. All that is required is a simple check to see if there are any notifications from the Masterspec team, and then choose what they would like to update. Lastly, by creating templates of their specification documentation, they can create consistency through their projects which helps them stay professional.
The result of CGW Consulting Engineers using Masterspec is a smooth operation. They also found that reaching out to the Masterspec team for assistance has led to higher quality specifications internally. “The one-on-one training has really helped us", says CGW. To learn more about this skilled engineering firm, visit their website. To learn more about Masterspec’s Office Master, or Update manager, reach out to our team or visit our YouTube channel for a range of training videos.
Are you also a structural engineer? If you want to see more of what Masterspec can do to help you with your specifications, then look at the new SCNZ (Steel Contruction New Zealand) Structural Steel Library. It is hosted on the Masterspec platform and could help efficiently transform your consultanc's workflow. Create a comprehensive specification that meets AS/NZS 5131 standard. Outline your project requirements and provide clear instructions to fabricators and constructors. Reach out to Masterspec for more information.
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STANDARD
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