In this module, you will learn about the Section Verification Report and how to
address the Report findings.
This Report is straightforward.
The Report checks to see if the Sections cited in the text are included in your Job
and generates a list of Sections that are not included in your Job.
When resolving these issues, one of two things must occur, either the referenced
Section must be added to the Job and edited, or the reference to the Section must be
deleted. This report must be addressed by the project manager, engineer, or the
architect in order to review the content to determine the correct approach.
Let's start by generating the Section Verification Report.
From the SI Explorer, let's select Section 02 61 13 and then the Print/Publish button on
the SI Explorer's Toolbar.
When the Print Processing dialog box opens, we are positioned on the Sections Tab.
Under Select Sections, you will see that Some Sections is selected, and in the list
below, Section 02 61 13 is the only Section checked.
If you had not selected the Section before selecting the Print/Publish button, then All
Sections would have been selected and you would have the option to process all the
Sections or navigate and check the Section or Sections you want to process and generate
the reports.
Under Printing and Renumbering, two options are checked by default.
The first option, Print/Process Sections controls whether the Sections are physically
printed or published.
So this option is very useful if you simply want to generate just the Reports.
Since this is what we want to do, uncheck this option.
By doing this, you are generating just the Reports themselves, making it easier to
access the Reports in order to verify and correct any discrepancies.
The second option Renumber Paragraphs should remain checked regardless.
Lastly, you may have noticed when we uncheck the option Print/Process Sections, the three
options below Reconcile- Address, Reference, and Submittals no longer display as checked.
However, if you're printing or publishing the Sections within the Job along with these
Reports, do not uncheck any of the options below Reconcile.
On the Reports Tab, you will see that All of the Verification Reports are selected by
default. Now that we have verified the settings you should always use to generate
the Reports to create electronic files, let's select the Process Only button.
Since my default printer is the SpecsIntact PDF printer, a warning message will appear to
let me know that selecting this option will not create PDF files and ask if we want to
continue. If you do not want to see this message again, you can check the option,
'Don't ask me about this again', but for now let's click Process Only.
When the processing is complete, we will be returned to the SI Explorer positioned at the
Processed Files folder.
Let's double-click on the Section Verification Report.
I would like to bring your attention to the Note that states, 'This report lists all
Sections that are referenced in other Sections, but are not in the Job or Master'.
The 'Hint' provided on all of the Validation and Verification Reports states,
'Double-clicking a Section number will open the Section in the Editor'.
As we examine this Report, you will see that Section 02 61 13 is referencing Section 01
57 19 in subpart 1.5.2 and Section 31 11 00 in subpart
3.3.
Let's place our cursor over Section 02 61 13 and double-click.
The SI Editor has positioned us in the paragraph below 1.5.2 Air Emissions, where
Section 01 57 19 TEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS is referenced.
After review, we have determined this Section is required for the Job, so we need to add
the Section. Let's close the Section so we are returned to the SI Explorer.
Select the Job, right-click and select Add Sections.
When the Add Sections dialog box opens, make sure you are on the Masters Tab.
Below the Masters, you will see that the UFGS Master is expanded and we can see the list of
Divisions. Let's expand Division 01, then locate and check Section 01
57 19.
Now let's click the Add button.
Now that the Section is listed under the Contents and the action indicates that it is
in the Add state, let's select OK.
When the message box opens to let you know the Section was added, select OK.
Before we continue, I want to tell you about a new feature that can simplify adding
Sections to your Job.
You can use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+C to Copy and Ctrl+V to Paste in lieu of the Add
Sections dialog box.
Both methods have the same result, so it is up to you to use the one that is best for
you. We still have another discrepancy on the Report to correct, so let's select the
Processed Files folder and double-click to open the Section Verification Report, place
our cursor over the Section number for the second discrepancy, and double-click.
The SI Editor has positioned us directly on the discrepancy.
For the Editor to perform an accurate Find, the Tags and Revisions must be hidden.
In order to continue, let's go ahead and select the Toggle Tags, Notes, and Revisions
buttons on the Toolbar so our Tags, Notes, and Revisions are visible.
The reason I suggest that you view the Specifier Notes when you are resolving the
issues listed in this Report is because the Specifier Notes will provide information that
often determine the outcome of the choices that will be made.
After reviewing the Specifier Note and the paragraph, I've determined this subpart is
not required for this Job.
For this demonstration, I'm going to manually delete the paragraph by selecting
3.3 CLEARING in the Navigation pane, and I'm going to select the Delete key.
Now that we have addressed the Section Reference issues, it is time to regenerate
the Reports to verify the Section Verification Report is clear.
Let's close the Section and save our changes.
First, we need to select our Job, and then select Section 02 61
13, and click the Print/Publish button on the Toolbar.
On the Sections Tab, Some Sections will be selected and Section 02 61 13 is
checked. Below Printing and Renumbering, uncheck Print/Process Sections.
On the Reports Tab, verify that All the Verification Reports are selected and then
select Process Only.
When the message appears to let you know that the PDF files will not be created, select
Process Only.
Once the processing has finished, open the Section Verification Report.
When the Report opens, you will see that the Section Reference issues have been addressed.
I encourage you to regenerate the Reports often in order to remove the discrepancies
you have corrected.
Now that you know how to correct the problems reported in the Section Verification
Report, you're ready to proceed to the next module.