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Sep 1, 2008

e-SPECS Selected by Cannon Design for Integrated BIM Specification Solution

Portland, Maine – InterSpec Inc., a global innovator of construction specification management software and services, today announced that it's patented e-SPECS solutions have been selected as the BIM Specification Solution by Cannon Design, an international architectural engineering and interior design firm recognized for design excellence and technology innovation.

InterSpec's patented e-SPECS software solutions automate the preparation of construction specifications and selection of products and materials that are incorporated into commercial construction projects. InterSpec's e-SPECS products are used by thousands of architects, engineers and construction professionals to help them keep their construction drawings and specifications in sync while reducing the overall cost of development.

"Our e-SPECS software allow architects and engineers who use Autodesk design software to save countless hours and dollars while ensuring that their digital construction models and drawings agree with the specifications," said Michael Brennan , CEO of InterSpec. "Autodesk Revit based software is an especially powerful combination with e-SPECS because of the integrated change management and coordination, enabling efficient and coordinated construction document management, design team collaboration and enterprise level data management. We are pleased with Cannon Design's evaluation and selection of e-SPECS and look forward to working closely with them to bring additional value add solutions to their process."

"At Cannon Design, we're implementing a BIM strategy to enable continuous, immediate, and fully coordinated availability of project design, schedule, budget, and performance information. We evaluated and selected e-SPECS as an integrated application that fits our goals" said Leigh Waterman, Associate Vice President and Technology Leader at Cannon Design. "InterSpec was able to effectively demonstrate the integration and coordination of construction documents using our Buffalo State College Revit BIM model."

Frank Sturniolo, Associate Vice President and Quality/Specification Leader at Cannon Design, stated "Centralized management of our firm's specification information is critical to ensuring the level of quality we demand. e-SPECS will enable enterprise level management of data and a specification process that enables electronic based collaboration by all team members."

About Cannon Design

Founded over sixty years ago, Cannon Design is an internationally-ranked architectural, engineering and planning firm, recognized for design excellence and technological innovation. Recognized by over 250 awards for design excellence and known for performance and dedication to client service, the firm operates under a unique methodology, fully integrating the activities of offices in Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Calgary, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Mumbai, New York, Phoenix, St. Louis, San Francisco, Shanghai, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, and Washington DC, into a single unified firm without walls. This single-firm-multi-office philosophy, or SFMOTM, enables clients worldwide consistent access to the full resources of the organization, irrespective of location. Our staff of 800 serves clients across North America, as well as Europe, the Middle East, India and the Far East .

About InterSpec

InterSpec provides construction document management solutions and services built on its patented e-SPECS specification management technology. e-SPECS software automates the specification process by extracting the product and material requirements directly from the project's BIM models and drawings. e-SPECS integrates directly with all Autodesk Revit-based BIM products as well as with Autodesk's AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture and AutoCAD Systems products and supports all libraries of MASTERSPEC and custom office masters. For architects and engineers who spend many hours on every project preparing construction specifications, e-SPECS software saves time and money while ensuring that the construction drawings are coordinated with the specifications.