Specification Writing

The goal of our specification writers is to lessen the burden on the architect's shoulders and to reduce costs for the owner.  When planning your new construction, you will benefit from using LaForce's specification writing service for many reasons, including:

• On a daily basis, our specification writers deal with local building codes including IBC, ANSI, and NFPA, among others, which need to be considered.
• Our product knowledge is always up-to-date as a result of daily usage and ongoing training.  We also offer extensive electronic hardware expertise to meet the owner's security needs.
• Our writers have the expertise to minimize any conflicts between hardware specifications and hollow metal, wood door, and aluminum storefront specifications.
• LaForce can work with your hardware preamble and modify it to meet the specific requirements of the project.  Specifications can be transmitted online, and ready to be inserted directly into your specification manual.  Cut sheets can also be scanned and transmitted with the specification.
• We can edit your door schedule in Microsoft or CAD to include the hardware set numbers that correspond with the sets included at the end of the hardware specification.
• Our team of specification writers work with product costs daily.  We can find the product that fits your project design as well as your budget.

Below is a sampling of the specifications LaForce has written:

• Palmolive Building, Chicago, Ill.
• Copper Leaf Hotel, Appleton, Wis.
• One North Wacker, Chicago, Ill.
• Wheaton College - Todd M. Beamer Student Center, Wheaton, Ill.
• University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Ill.
• Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Oh.
• Nicolet Center, Green Bay, Wis.
• Northwestern University Medical Faculty Facility, Chicago, Ill.
• Montgomery Police Facility, Montgomery, Ill.
• Baylake Bank Corporate Headquarters, Green Bay, Wis.