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ALEXANDRIA, VA -- An outline has been published of Draft 4 of the expanded MasterFormat which, reflecting the industry's input, will have fewer divisions than the draft which preceded it but still have plenty of room for growth, the Construction Specifications Institute announced. The draft is posted for review and comment at www.csinet.org/technic/mfrevision.htm.

CSI also released the tentative list of divisions for the new version. Mechanical work would be in Division 21, fire protection in Division 22 and electrical in Division 25.

Draft 4 includes nearly

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