Complete construction specifications writing with practical guidance.
Your single source of guidance
for the purpose and process of preparing construction specifications. This new
edition offers an up-to-date, practical guide to the craft of specifications
writing, from correct terminology through product selection procedures. 448 pp.
- Reflects the latest AIA and CSI standards, including the current practices
of the Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee (EJCDC)
- Includes project-tested guidelines for creating specifications which offer
advice on every aspect of a project
- Features a unique project manual checklist that reviews the entire
specifications process
- Offers guidelines that help with all aspects of specifications writing, from
correct terminology through product selection procedures
- Includes appendices loaded with useful tools like sample documents and forms
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
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