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CROSSWALK creates greater accuracy and efficiency for construction industry

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In June, CSI unveiled CROSSWALK, the first application programming interface (API) to deliver MasterFormat, Uniformat, and OmniClass classifications to the world’s building professionals through the construction technology platforms and rcs data tools they already useOSSWALK is a software add-in that is designed to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of classification data. Software creators and information portals can use it as a business-to-business solution providing real-time access to the CSI classification standards applied throughout the architecture, engineering, and construction industry.

CROSSWALK lets software,

 

products, and websites to connect to CSI standards in an efficient, digital way. The groundbreaking API serves as the digital engine for the architecture, engineering, construction, and owner community.

“Traditionally, new updates to standards came about

every two years, and that was moving quickly,” said CSI CEO Mark Dorsey. “As technology accelerated the construction environment, we saw a selling using internet marketing? why? need for standards to evolve more quickly, to link between earlier and current versions, and to connect between the standards electronically.”

Success in the built environment is about timely and accurate calling list communication, and any mistake in how something is classified or quantified could be a profitability, quality, or safety issue, Dorsey noted.

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