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Level of Specification (LOS)

This project parameter indicates the Level of Specification (LOS) schema that Specpoint conceptualized in order to complement Level of Development (LOD), track progress and prioritization, and automate project development.

On the platform, the LOS serves to control the included information, such as articles, properties, and paragraphs, within a project's elements based on the project's design phase and other factors determined by your firm's design professionals. You can set a project-wide LOS to automate a baseline for your project. In addition, you can apply an LOS to individual project elements due to non-linear progressive nature of element development.

See LOS-Associated Content and Level of Specification (LOS) Tagging.

The following levels are available:

LOS Description
100 LOS 100 Project Material Summary: This level organizes non-graphic information by use of UniFormat II assemblies, product families, and product types. These contain the information required for the reader to understand what product assemblies and materials are considered for the project.

This information along with information provided in the BIM should allow the project team to determine the initial extent or cost of the model element.

The MasterFormat article "Summary" includes the product type or the result of a process. In most cases, assemblies and systems are built from a number of families. Articles assigned to LOS 100 form an assembly-based document, which provides a summary for the assembly.

200 LOS 200 Assembly Description and Performance: This level adds non-graphic information to LOS 100 to describe the functional and performance requirements of the finished assembly, including major products. This information should further develop the ability of project team members to capture cost or schedule impacts of the assembly. Since, for the most part, assemblies are built from a number of families, these performance requirements combine into an assembly-based document and ultimately provide the necessary details for early assembly design and pricing for long lead time elements.
300 LOS 300 Product Type Specification: This level adds non-graphic information to LOS 200 material to describe the element in more detail required for administrative requirements, drawing coordination, and engineering development. At this level, product types should be complete as well as major accessories, finishes, and important testing or startup requirements. LOS 300 information is delivered as a 3-part specification. However, users can also edit this portion to create a best practices office master by "filling in" some blanks and making choices in Specpoint.
350 LOS 350 Tailored Project Specification: LOS 300 is expanded, modified, and considered "complete" for a specific project.

Traditionally, these are "ready to bid" specifications. In the current construction environment, contents for this level would more commonly be labeled as "Issued for Construction." Along with the graphic documentation, LOS 350 non-graphic data contains all the information needed to select assemblies and products for "final" costing and procurement by the construction team. Note that in the real world, both graphic and non-graphic "issued for construction" documents are not completely finished but are complete enough to bid.

By this point in the design process, assemblies are quite complete and seldom change. There will be a few minor details to be solidified during construction, such as final product selection, finish colors, and other decisions made in the field. These modifications are covered in change orders and/or in "As-Built" drawings, which are outside the scope of a guide specification.

All the text in Specpoint will have been edited by the user at this level.

400 LOS 400 and 500 contain information completely sourced from the user and not Deltek. We would be providing the platform or library system for the organization and output of this information. There is no "Summary of type of elements extant in Specpoint" for these two LOS stages.
500

LOSs for Design Phases

Phase LOS
Pre-Design 100
Schematic Design 200
Design Development 300
Construction Documents 350
Bidding & Negotiation 350
Construction Administration 400
Facilities Management 500

See Design Phase.