Markups in ACC Specifications

[anthony.taibi]

Unlike Sheets and Docs, ACC Specifications currently cannot be annotated with markups. Adding Published and Unpublished markup functionality to Specifications would allow project teams to highlight, comment, and visually call out key sections for coordination, review, and personal reference. Specifications do not currently have this capability, limiting their usefulness as an interactive project document - Currently, users must resort to downloading Specifications and marking them up offline (or in ACC Docs), creating duplicate files and breaking the single-source-of-truth workflow.

SUGGESTION: Integrate the same markup tools from Sheets/Docs into ACC Specifications, with:

• Published Markups - Visible to the project team for coordination and review.

  • Would also be great to have the option to only Publish for a certain user group/role/company.

• Unpublished Markups - Visible only to the creator for personal notes.

• Ability to filter, toggle visibility, and link markups to Issues or RFIs.

• Add an activity log so a dialogue can be had referencing a specific sentence/part of a section (similar to ACC Issues).

[sara.hendler]

Agree.  See JE Dunn's comments on the topic:

In ACC Drawings, there is a way to make markups on the sheet and link that markup to an RFI. This indicates to anyone on the project team that there has been something that changed within that markup, and the hyperlink to the RFI then directs them to that change. However, we cannot do this in ACC Specifications.

Description

Request to add markup ability to specs AND RFI referencing so changes are shown within specs for project teams and for as-builts.

Request RFIs be able to pinned directly to the portion of the spec section that they impact. (Similar to Sheets functionality)

Currently the RFI can only be referenced, which by default is only visible in the far right column after scrolling, and does not indicate the area of the spec that is being modified.

Business Case

Lack of RFI visibility in specs increases risk that changes will not be incorporated.