Our Vision
Architectural Specifications are legal documents used for tendering, costing and construction. They communicate the owner’s design intent, performance criteria and regulatory design requirements following the industry’s standards and provincial legislative codes to the builder. Using Masterformat®, they form an integral part of the design as a required, uniform and complimentary document to the Drawings.
However, more times than not, specifications are often seen as a cumbersome document reflecting a negative connotation which are used to exert control on the trades and/or increase the construction cost for the owner.
At Cadence Specifications Inc., our mission is to provide a“written palette” for clear communication and collaboration between owners, developers, manufacturers, suppliers, associations, contractors, trades people, and educational institutions. In doing so, we believe we will succeed past these negative past perceptions because construction is a creative artistic process that involves many different disciplines, perspectives, and expectations. Specifications can in fact help owners, consultants, and contractors find agreement and move towards projects to be completed on time, on budget and as required by the authorities having jurisdiction.
Through the written word and bound by the ethics of being a member of Construction Specifications Canada(CSC), our goal is to provide clarity, complete confidentiality, and timely results in every document we create and publish for all the team players in this complex ever-changing industry.
