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"We are pleased to see how much the AMTECH Group have already achieved and look forward to some of the new features in the next release. We find that the continuous development, updating and comprehensive technical content of nes Specification Expert fits our requirements perfectly." Andrew Mannion, Atkins
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Endorsed by CIBSE
Includes CIBSE's 'The Building Log Book'
Specification writing service to produce Company Masters for exclusive use by your company, provided by BSRIA
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nes is a specification compiling programme for use in generating Building Services Specifications and for producing Operation and Maintenance manuals. The software contains a comprehensive library of clauses that Building Services Engineers can select and edit to create complete project specifications. It reduces tedium, keeps you right up to date and effortlessly puts you in line with best practice.
nes makes writing specifications quick and easy
nes is endorsed by CIBSE and is structured using Common Arrangement Protocols, ensuring that it meets current industry standards. The structure provides a checklist for specifications that helps ensure that nothing is overlooked.
nes has been designed for Building Services Engineers responsible for Building Services Specifications and Operating and Maintenance Manuals
This powerful tool has been produced with the direct input of professionals who write that type of specification – so it’s guaranteed to fit into the way you already work. |
Fast Endorsed and recommended by CIBSE and supported by BSRIA
Includes CIBSE's "The Building Log Book"
Specification writing service to produce Company Masters for exclusive use by your company, provided by BSRIA
Why you need nes
Writing specifications is an integral but time-consuming part of every Building Services Engineers working life.
Many practices have developed in-house procedures and document templates to optimise the time spent on those parts of the specification-writing process that are common to most projects. But developing and maintaining a full specification system along with the information resources required is very costly, and beyond the means of most offices.
Even where sophisticated systems exist, the biggest problem remains keeping up to date with the changes in British and European Standards, and keeping pace with ‘best practice’
nes addresses the very real challenges of ensuring that accurate and up to date information is available to Building Services Engineers. This is an increasingly onerous task given the rate of legislative change, but an absolutely vital one given the increasingly litigious environment in which the whole construction industry operates.
What topics does Specification Expert cover
Building Services version
Contains an extensive choice of specification clauses to use with any form of traditional and modern contracts. The engineering details are available for any style and type of building. The content is constantly updated ensuring that it is a reliable building services specification writing tool. It is supported by CIBSE and BSRIA.......read more
Operating and Maintenance version
The service for you to write Building Services O&M manuals. Includes CIBSE's "The Building Log Book", for building user compliancy with Part L. The manuals are reviewed and continuously updated to ensure full compliancy with modern standards of practice, especially for energy conservation.....read more
Healthcare Version
The healthcare version of nes has been produced specifically to produce building services specifications that meet the specific requirements of healthcare facilities such as hospital wards, operating theatres and medical laboratories.....read more
It has been produced in conjunction with the Department of Health Estates and Facilities Management Department as a replacement to the Model Engineering Specification, which has now been archived as a working document.
Easy to Use
Although extremely comprehensive, nes is very intuitive and easy to use. In addition to a extensive instruction manual the software contains easy to use wizards, typical examples and FAQ's.
Guidance notes are provided for most sections and in some cases for individual clauses.
In addition to this facility, you can also add your own comments to sections and clauses
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Accuracy, consistency and conciseness Flexibility Checklist functionality Up to Date information Efficient specification compilation Fully networkable |
Specifications can be merged into Microsoft Word User friendly Follows current best practice Provides the basis of a quality assurance (QA) system (e.g. ISO9000) Complies with growing industry requirements |
Features
nes is divided into comprehensive sections containing a vast library of the latest specification clauses. You choose and insert relevant sections into your document and complete each specification to meet the exact requirements of your project.
- Each section provides references to standards and other legislation providing a checklist that ensures nothing is missed in a specification.
Provides the basis of a QA system through inclusion of audit trails and standard formatting of sections.- Updated regularly to ensure the service includes latest changes to specification clauses, legislation and standards, best practice and developments in technology.
- Specification writing service to produce Company Masters for exclusive use by your company, provided by BSRIA .
- Includes unique pre-edit question system for some sections enabling you to tailor content to the specific needs of your project, reducing time spent reading and editing material. The Pre-edit system asks a series of questions which are specific to that section and based on your answers, removes clauses and references which are not relevant.
