2014 updates to MasterFormat include moving "Manufactured Planters" and "Site Seating and Tables" to Division 32 to better align with other site-based work; renaming their former Division 12 location to "Interior Public Space Furnishings" to address similar types of furnishings used in indoor settings; and the addition of selective demolition sections to most divisions.

CSI and CSC recently released the 2014 updates to MasterFormat???(R)???AE????, their flagship product used to organize construction documents for commercial, industrial, and institutional building projects in the United States and Canada.

According to the organizations, several significant revisions are included in this update, among them the addition of selective demolition sections to most divisions of the format, providing guidance for companies and project managers who need to incorporate demolition into their plans.

"The 2014 updates to MasterFormat take into account the valuable feedback provided by its users over the past two years," said CSI executive director and CEO Walter Marlowe, P.E., CSI.

"These changes continue to ensure that MasterFormat reflects the current needs of its users," said CSC president Mike Garlinski.

Additional changes in the 2014 edition include:

• Renaming Division 40 from "Process Equipment" to "Process Interconnections," and overhauling its content;
• Reorganizing "Process Liquid Pumps" in Division 43, as a result of input from members of the Hydraulic Institute;
• Moving "Manufactured Planters" and "Site Seating and Tables" to Division 32 to better align with other site-based work and renaming their former Division 12 location to "Interior Public Space Furnishings" to address similar types of furnishings used in indoor settings;
• Revising "Equipment" in Division 11 to update, simplify and rationalize its content and organization.