How it works

From project documents to
project-ready specifications.

SpecStage streamlines the UFGS tailoring workflow into a series of clear, engineer-controlled stages. Project documents go in; tailored, reviewable specifications come out.

1

Start from a pinned UFGS master library

Install official UFGS releases from a folder or zip and browse them in a read-only viewer. Projects stay pinned to the release they were created against, so a new release never changes work in progress.

  • Folder or zip install
  • Read-only master viewer
  • Version-locked projects
2

Upload project documents

Drop your RFP, design criteria, drawings, and supporting documentation into a single project workspace. These inputs drive every downstream decision.

  • PDF
  • Word
  • Excel
  • Images
  • Text
3

AI-assisted section recommendation

SpecStage reads the documents and recommends the UFGS sections relevant to your scope. No section is processed without your confirmation.

  • Scope-based shortlist
  • Add or remove sections
  • Explicit approval
4

Project-aware tailoring

Each section is tailored against the project's full context: branch, location, scope, and your configured options. The rationale is recorded for every decision.

  • Brackets
  • Fill-ins
  • Paragraph applicability
  • Table rows
  • References & submittals
  • Host-nation (OCONUS)
5

Review and approve, in the spec

Sections render in a SpecsIntact-style view with revision marks, every decision anchored to the text it affects. Your overrides flow into the deliverable and survive re-runs.

  • Accept / override / defer
  • Rationale & confidence
  • Revision marks
  • Freshness-gated approval
6

Audit requirement coverage

Requirements extracted from your documents, each with its source quote, are checked against the tailored sections. Gaps surface with evidence, and AI-drafted fixes land in the spec for review.

  • Coverage Register
  • Evidence-backed verdicts
  • Reviewer dispositions
  • AI gap drafts
  • Excel export
7

Export

Approved sections export for direct use in your existing workflow. No format changes, no new process.

  • SpecsIntact .SEC
  • Section & project PDF
  • Submittal Register (Excel + PDF)
  • Decision audit log
  • Portable .specstage bundle

Throughout: Ask the Library

Ask the installed UFGS library plain-language questions at any point ("which sections govern fall protection?") and get cited answers, scoped to the whole library or the section you’re reading.

Engineer-controlled by design

SpecStage proposes. You decide.

Every recommendation, decision, and export is presented for your review. SpecStage accelerates the work; it never replaces your judgment or your authority over the final specification.

Want to see it on a real project?

SpecStage is in private beta and accepting a small number of new users. Tell us about a typical project and we'll be in touch.

Request access hello@specstage.com