Construction Specifications Writing : Principles and Procedures.

Intro -- Construction Specifications Writing -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Role of Specifications -- Documents for Construction -- Bidding Documents -- Contract Documents -- Specifications -- Study Questions -- 2 Relationship between Drawings and Specifications -- What Goes Where -- The Drawings -- The Specifications -- Coordinating the Design Process -- Terminology -- Considerations for Users of Drawings and Specifications -- Study Questions -- 3 Organization of Specifications -- History of Construction Specifications Organization -- Organizing Specifications According to Masterformat TM -- Study Questions -- 4 The Project Manual and Specifications Sections -- The Project Manual Concept -- Alternative and Supplemental Formats for the Project Manual -- Study Questions -- 5 Formats for Specification Sections -- Need for Formats for Specification Sections -- SectionFormat -- PageFormat -- Study Questions -- 6 Types of Specifications -- Methods for Writing Specifications -- Study Questions -- 7 Specifications Writing Principles -- Determining Content for the Specifications -- Specifying -- Study Questions -- 8 Bidding Requirements -- Three Basic Bidding Documents -- Study Questions -- 9 General Conditions of the Contract -- Contractual Relationships -- Other Public Agency and Corporate General Conditions -- Study Questions -- 10 Supplementary Conditions of the Contract -- Supplementary Conditions -- Guide for Producing Supplementary Conditions -- Study Questions -- 11 Bonds, Guaranties, and Warranties -- Bonds -- Warranties and Guaranties -- Study Questions -- 12 Division 01 - General Requirements -- Scope of Division 01 -- Relationship of Division 01 Sections to Other Documents -- Writing Division 01 Sections -- Study Questions -- 13 Modifications -- Modifications to Bidding and Contract Documents -- Addenda -- Change Orders.

Other Modifications -- Study Questions -- 14 Specifications Language -- General Precepts -- Applications -- Study Ques -- 15 Specifications Resources -- Overview -- Construction Specifications Resources -- Study Questions -- 16 Product Selection -- Product Selection Factors -- Mandated Requirements -- Design Criteria -- Substitutions and Product Options -- Communicating and Recording Product Selections -- Study Questions -- 17 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 -- Study Questions -- 18 Master Guide Specifications -- Specification Guides and Intact Masters -- Public Agency Master Guide Specifications -- Commercial Master Guide Specifications -- Office Master Guide Specifications -- Study Questions -- 19 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 -- Specifiers Property Sets (SPie) -- Study Questions -- 20 Preliminary Project Description -- Uniformat -- Project Description -- Preliminary Project Description -- Computer-Assisted PPDs -- Study Questions -- 21 Outline and Shortform Specifications -- Outline versus Shortform Specifications -- Outline Specifications -- Preliminary Project Description (PPD) Versus Outline Specifications -- Shortform Specifications -- Study Questions -- 22 Green Specs/LEED Specs -- Sustainable Design -- LEED Specifications -- Green Products -- Green Project Master Specifications -- Resources -- Study Questions.

23 Building Information Modeling -- Changing Specification Practice -- Standards and Formats for BIM -- Organizing BIM Data -- The Evolving Role of the Specifier -- The Ever-Evolving Specification -- Changing the Specifier's Workflow -- Conclusions -- Study Questions -- AppendixA -- Project Manual Checklist -- Appendix B -- Sample Division 01 - General Requirements -- Appendix C -- Sample Preliminary Project Description -- AppendixD -- Sample Outline Specifications -- Appendix E -- Sample AIA Documents -- Appendix F -- Sample EJCDC Documents -- Study Questions: Answers -- Index.

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