Construction Specifications Writing, 5th Edition - Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Authors' Overview and Preview
• Specifiers' Comments
• Introduction
• The Role of the Specifications
  • Documents for Construction
  • Bidding Documents
  • Contract Documents
  • Specifications
• Relationship between Drawings and Specifications
  • What Goes Where
  • The Drawings
  • The Specifications
  • Coordinating the Design Process
  • Terminology
  • Considerations for Users of Drawings and Specifications
• Organization of Specifications
  • History of Specification Organization
  • Organizing Specifications Divisions and Sections
  • CSI/CSC Masterformat
  • Using Masterformat
• The Project Manual and Specifications Sections
  • The Project Manual Concept
• Format for Specifications Sections
  • Need for Formats for Specifications Sections
  • Sectionformat
  • Pageformat
  • Using Sectionformat
  • CSI Sectionformat
• Types of Specifications
  • Methods for Writing Specifications
• Specifications Writing Principles
  • Determining Content for the Specifications
  • Specifying
• Bidding Requirements
  • Three Basic Bidding Documents
• General Conditions of the Contract
  • Contractual Relationships
• Supplementary Conditions of the Contract
  • Supplementary Conditions
  • Conclusion and Examples
• Bonds, Guaranties and Warranties
  • Bonds
  • Guaranties and Warranties
• Division 1. General Requirements
  • Scope of Division 1
  • Relationship of Division 1 Sections to other Documents
  • Writing Division 1 Sections
• Modifications
  • Modifications to Bidding and Contract Documents
  • Addenda
  • Change Orders
  • Other Modifications
• Specifications Language
  • General Precepts
  • Applications
• Specifications Resources
  • Overview
  • Construction Specification Resources
• Products Selection
  • Product Selection Factors
  • Mandated Requirements
  • Design Criteria
  • Using Performance Characteristics
  • New Products Considerations
  • Substitutions and Product Options
  • Using Product Information Resources
  • Communicating and Recording of Product Selections
• Specifications Writing Procedures
  • Getting Started
  • Product Selections
  • Project Information
  • Specifications Format
  • Specifying Method
  • Specifications Detail
  • Order of Sections to be Produced
  • Editing and Writing Specification Text
  • Specifications Checklists
• Master Guide Specifications
  • Specification Guides and Intact Masters
  • Public Agency Master Guide Specifications
  • Commercial Guide Specifications
  • Office Master Guide Specifications
• Computer-Assisted Specifications
  • Introduction
  • The First Four Decades of Automation
  • Transforming the Specification Process
  • Word Processing Software
  • Computers and Peripheral Equipment
  • Word Processing Enhancements for Specifications
  • Knowledge Based, Computer-Assisted Specifications
• Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD)
  • Uniformat
  • Preliminary Project Description (PPD)
  • Computer-Assisted PPD's
• Outline and Shortform Specifications
• Outline vs. Shortform Specifications
• Outline Specifications
• Shortform Specifications
• Appendix A: Project Manual Checklist
• Appendix B: Sample Division 1. General Requirements
• Appendix C: Sample Preliminary Project Description (PPD)
• Appendix D: Sample Outline Specifications
• Appendix E: Sample AIA Documents
• Appendix F: Sample EJCDC Documents
• Index