Over the past 40 years, MasterFormat has gained recognition as the industry-wide format for organizing construction information. A new edition, published in 2004, continues to serve this role but offers a few new and important innovations.
For example, metal framing is no longer in Division 5 but in Division 05. This may seem like a minor change but always writing the place holding zero makes a big difference when using computerized databases to design, bid or manage a construction project. Coping with the expanding use of computers in construction is just one of reasons for revising MasterFormat.