Turn MasterFormat, UniFormat, and OmniClass into a Living, Edition-Aligned
Design Practice
Turn MasterFormat, UniFormat, and OmniClass into an edition-aligned workflow that carries scope, numbers, titles, and classifications cleanly from concept through handover—cutting RFIs and rework while strengthening your documents.
Edition-aligned = the system knows which edition applies at each milestone and preserves change history without disrupting work in progress.
For Architects
Our Platform
For firms that care about momentum and precision, CSI Dynamic Standards keeps MF/UF/OC current and coordinated in the places you already work. Search CSI standard numbers and titles, move from high-level elements to detailed sections, and support pre-issue checks via integrations through enterprise solutions—so drawings and specs stay in step without retyping.
You Are The Architect of
Technical Precision
Early intent must become structured data others can use—estimators, specifiers, model managers, and builders. Misalignment between what's modeled, specified, and built wastes time; reuse only scales when the office speaks a standards-based structure that survives handoff to the owner.
Decisions that carry forward.
Shape scope/ROM cost in UniFormat®, then use governed relationships to surface the right MasterFormat® sections as CDs mature—minimizing manual remapping and stale labels.
Documents that stay aligned with design.
Insert authorized MF numbers/titles with consensus-governed search; apply SectionFormat™/PageFormat™ discipline and clear, testable wording so specifications remain consistent with drawings.
Quality control that prevents RFIs.
Support a pre-issue validation step (via integrations through enterprise solutions) to flag missing or misnumbered sections, obsolete designations, keynote-to-TOC conflicts, and Division 01 mismatches before issuance.
Coordination across the ecosystem.
Share deep links with consultants and tag deliverables with OmniClass® so closeout and FM receive owner-ready data from day one.
Defensible record, clear ROI.
Edition awareness preserves milestone context for claims, audits, and renovations. One avoided RFI or re-bid typically covers months of per-seat cost.
What You'll Be Able
To Do
every phase of architectural practice.
Program & Plan — Design intent with momentum
Capture OPR/Basis of Design against UniFormat elements and trace decisions forward
Use relationships to surface likely MasterFormat sections as systems firm up; generate a first-pass TOC and assign section owners
Design & Document — Technical precision on demand
Insert authorized MasterFormat numbers/titles for discipline sections; keep reference standards coherent across sections with edition awareness
Tag key equipment/assemblies/spaces with OmniClass for downstream findability
Construction Documents — Where errors get expensive
Run pre-issue checks (via integrations through enterprise solutions) to catch: TOC items with no authored section, keynotes with no matching section, technical sections that imply missing Division 01 articles, and obsolete numbers
Keep BIM/CAD keynotes synced to current MF lists
Construction Administration — Clarity beats conflict
Align submittals, startup, QA/QC, testing, and commissioning with AIA A201 and each section's "Part 1—General"
Maintain milestone context for changes to sequences and acceptance criteria
Closeout & Commissioning — Proof the owner can use
Deliver O&M, FPTs, TAB, training, and warranties aligned to the referenced sections
Hand over OmniClass-tagged assets for CAFM/CMMS-ready ingestion
Common Questions
We have the PDF (or used the legacy web lookup).
Earlier single-user PDFs were sold and the old web lookup existed, but neither provides crosswalks, pre-issue validation, tool integrations, or edition/milestone context. The value is preventing errors before they cost you—capabilities a static file or legacy lookup can't deliver.
Another tool to manage?
CDS works alongside where you already design and removes steps—from TOC creation and keynote checks to Division 01 alignment.
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