Free Publications & White Papers

Digicon publishes a number of useful and informative documents, offered for free to the industry. Click on the headings to download the PDF documents.

ProductFormat

This format document is endorsed by CSC, and provides manufacturers with a guideline for developing product data sheets that complement the 3 part SectionFormat specifications.

Project Documentation and information Flow

This information paper addresses the complexity of the whole construction industry as it pertains to construction information and how it is identified and organized. This is a process that our industry has not addressed in a total context - at least for the whole industry - or even for to some parts of it.

Classification Standards

This paper describes the real benefits to classification research and relates to the software development which will be required to implement certain standards into products that you and I can use everyday. The subject of international standardization is emerging as one of the hot topics of the 90's and into the new millenium, with work currently being done at an international level in ISO (International Standards Organization) and ICIS (International Construction Information Society). ICIS is engaged in researching better ways of relating construction information.

Rationale and Classification Scheme for Project Prospectus (MasterProspectus) and Outline (OutlineSPEC) Specification

This information paper explains why Digicon’s Project Prospectus and OutlineSPEC subsystems are classified in a manner that is slightly difference than the industry norm. There are several traditional ways of developing project documents; the one factor that is driving this need for change is the design-build process - as this process fundamentally changes the roles of the parties in the design/construction process. The term "MasterProspectus" was created by our firm in order to best describe or title our master document package.