Masterformat and Uniformat

Masterformat tells you what the construction item is. Uniformat tells you where the construction item is. The presence of the construction item in the project defines the why. When a construction item is coded with a Masterformat number and a Uniformat number, you are given information as to what and where the construction item is. With Uniformat levels, the initial ones give you solely the where information. But as an item is assigned deeper levels, a blurring between where and what occurs and the increased detail provides the item with more and more what information. This is done by placing Masterformat numbers (or the user's own codes) as portions of deeper level Uniformat numbers.

MC² provides the what information by coding all of the items in the Unit Price Catalog with item code numbers that follow the Masterformat. Then in a particular estimating project, you tag Uniformat based MC² element codes onto each item in your estimate. These two (the UPC item code and the element) give you information as to what each estimate item is and where it is.

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