
Types of Construction Specifications
The three main types of construction specifications: Performance, Prescriptive, and Proprietary.
How construction specifications are written and organized. Covers performance, prescriptive, and proprietary specifications, the current and 1995 MasterFormat divisions, and UniFormat.

The three main types of construction specifications: Performance, Prescriptive, and Proprietary.

Information about the 2026 MasterFormat Specification Divisions, which are used in construction specifications.

Information about the old and outdated MasterFormat 1995, which is no longer supported by the Construction Specifications Institute.

UniFormat is a way of organizing construction information by major system. A list of the major elements is included.