Below you will find an overview of the following features in Network Release 2.14:

New Main Menu
New Email Alert & Print Option: Project Capsule
Special Conditions Search Category
Addenda Enhancements
One Month Spec Search Window
Advanced Search Text Highlighting

New Main Menu

The New Main Menu’s Productivity Tools Help Power Business Growth. The new main menu includes a series of Wizards to guide you in quickly setting up basic searches for your market area, product, or trade.

• With a minimum of clicks, you can easily create a saved search and email alerts identifying opportunities for your selected product.
• A simple specifications search can become a starting point for more advanced Network searches

Other New Main Menu Features - The main menu is also designed to allow ongoing content changes.  Network related service updates and User Tips will be posted as they become available.

Project Capsule has been added as a new email template for saved searches:

The new expanded format delivers actionable project information. Along with each project’s status, contact information is included for the Owner, Architect/Designer, and awarded Contractor/General Contractor. Links allow you to access additional information for available News, Plans and/or Specs. Learn more about creating a saved search with automated email alerts »

The print format includes the same information as the Project Capsule email alert:

Special Conditions Search Category

Easier retrieval of Projects with Special Attributes. Special attributes assigned by MHC Reporters can now be selected from a drop-down on the Project Search page. Along with special conditions like Small Business Set Aside or Green construction (LEED Registered, LEED Intended, etc.), you can also search for projects designated Shovel Ready or ARRA Stimulus. The Special Conditions tag is now displayed on the Search Results page as well. Learn more on searching for Special Conditions »

Addenda Enhancements

Reduce Risk in Detecting Product Spec Changes with Addenda Match Indicators

The addenda viewer now also displays match indicators (**) to denote which addenda contains matches for your search terms. Learn more about Addenda here »

One Month Spec Search Window

The previous rules for searching specifications was 7 days past a project’s Bid Date or, for projects bidding ASAP or with No Date Set, 30 days past the publication date. With Release 2.14, the search window has been simplified to search any project either out for bids or published during the past month. Learn more about searching for projects here »

This rule change more than doubles the number of projects that can be retrieved in a spec search.

Advanced Search Text Highlighting

Advanced project news searches were supported by the previous version of the Network when Search using: Phase was selected, but the keywords were not highlighted.

In Release 2.14, all keywords are highlighted in the Project Details.