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SpexNews

Digicon issues "SpexNews" newsletters every calendar quarter, advising its specifications subscribers which changes have occurred to its specification products.  This newsletter also contains industry news, and in particular activities related to specifications such as sustainable design (such as LEED), building information modelling (BIM), etc.  Use the following links to download a PDF copy of our SpexNews newsletter.

  • SpexNews 3rd Quarter 2010
    Digicon welcomes Greg Clemens, BIMdrive news, Digicon Seal & BrandedSPEC; CMS updates.
  • SpexNews 2nd Quarter 2010
    BIMdrive news, Digicon Seal & BrandedSPEC; upcoming ICIS and CSC Conferences;  CMS updates.

  • SpexNews 1st Quarter 2010
    SpexNews facelift, BIMdrive news, new Digicon Seal program;  CMS and MiniSPEC updates.

  • SpexNews 4th Quarter 2009
    Digicon announces BIMdrive, DW goes to Iceland;  CSC Green Tek-Aid still pending, CMS, MiniSPEC, and HomeSPEC updated.

  • SpexNews 3rd Quarter 2009
    DW becomes a CSC fellow;  CSC Conference news, Digicon receives research grant for BIM.

  • SpexNews 2nd Quarter 2009
    CMS sections updated, ALL of MiniSPEC updated (greened), Homespec updated, Canadian BIM Council (CBC) is formed, new Digicon staff.

  • SpexNews 1st Quarter 2009
    CMS sections updated, 4 new sections added;  announcement of funding assistance for BIM research, Spex.ca and Digicon web sites upgraded.

  • SpexNews 4th Quarter 2008
    CMS and MiniSPEC sections are reissued in their entirety, to address formatting and cross-reference inconsistencies.

  • SpexNews 3rd Quarter 2008
    CMS and MiniSPEC sections are reissued in their entirety, to address formatting and cross-reference inconsistencies.

  • SpexNews 2nd Quarter 2008
    CMS and MiniSPEC sections are reissued in their entirety, to address formatting and cross-reference inconsistencies.  Hazardous materials and similar CMS sections are withdrawn.

  • SpexNews 1st Quarter 2008
    Digicon adds new, full-time sales person to promote BrandedSPEC;  CSC SectionFormat and CSC PageFormat standards are published through Spex.ca.

  • SpexNews 4th Quarter 2007
    Digicon Calgary office moves to Edmonton;  SpecSUITE specifications already adopting new CSC SectionFormat and CSC PageFormat standards.

  • SpexNews 3rd Quarter 2007
    Digicon strikes alliance with ARCOM, publishers of the AIA Masterspec in USA;  NMS update frequency changes to 2x per year.

  • SpexNews 2nd Quarter 2007
    NMS decide to issue 8-digit numbers; Digicon rolls out BrandedSPEC.

  • SpexNews 1st Quarter 2007
    CMS and MiniSPEC sections are reissued in their entirety, to address formatting and cross-reference inconsistencies.

  • SpexNews 4th Quarter 2006
    SpexNews is a newsletter containing details about quarterly updates to Digicon's SpecSuite master specifications, as well as other news in the specifications world.

  • SpexNews 3rd Quarter 2006
    SpexNews is a newsletter containing details about quarterly updates to Digicon's SpecSuite master specifications, as well as other news in the specifications world.

  • SpexNews 2nd Quarter 2006
    This is the first issue of SpexNews; a newsletter containing details about quarterly updates to Digicon's SpecSuite master specifications, as well as other news in the specifications world.