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Your single source of guidance to the purpose and process of preparing construction preparations.Â This new editionÂ offers an up-to-date, practical guide to the craft of specifications writing-from correct terminology through product selection procedures. Reflects the latest AIA and CSI standards, includingÂ 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.Â Includes appendices loaded with useful tools like sample documents and forms.

HAROLD J. ROSEN, PE, Hon. CSI, CCS, is retired after an illustrious career as a construction specifications writer, including serving as the chief of specifications for the New York office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and as an independent specifications writer. He was awarded the highest honor by the Construction Specifications Institute by being named an Honorary Member in recognition for his many decades of pioneering work on formats and practices for construction specifications writing.

JOHN R. REGENER Jr. SAIA, CCS, CCCA, CSI, SCIP, is an architect and independent specifications writer in Irvine, California, with more than thirty-two years of experience in producing and applying construction contract documents for commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential projects. Active in CSI education programs and leadership, he is a national leader in Specifications Consultants in Independent Practice (SCIP).

Preface

vii

Authors' Overview and Preview

vii

Specifiers' Comments

xii

Introduction

xvii

The Role of Specifications

1

(4)

Documents for Construction

1

(1)

Bidding Documents

1

(1)

Contract Documents

2

(1)

Specifications

3

(2)

Relationship Between Drawings and Specifications

5

(8)

What Goes Where

5

(1)

The Drawings

6

(1)

The Specifications

7

(1)

Coordinating the Design Process

8

(2)

Terminology

10

(1)

Considerations for Users of Drawings and Specifications

10

(3)

Organization of Specifications

13

(10)

History of Specification Organization

13

(2)

Organizing Specifications Divisions and Sections

15

(1)

CSI/CSC MasterFormat

16

(4)

Using MasterFormat

20

(3)

The Project Manual and Specifications Sections

23

(4)

The Project Manual Concept

23

(4)

Formats for Specifications Sections

27

(14)

Need for Formats for Specifications Sections

27

(1)

SectionFormat

27

(10)

PageFormat

37

(4)

Types of Specifications

41

(12)

Methods for Writing Specifications

41

(12)

Specifications Writing Principles

53

(6)

Determining Content for the Specifications

53

(2)

Specifying

55

(4)

Bidding Requirements

59

(12)

Three Basic Bidding Documents

59

(12)

General Conditions of the Contract

71

(6)

Contractual Relationships

71

(6)

Supplementary Conditions of the Contract

77

(10)

Supplementary Conditions

77

(9)

Guide for Supplementary Conditions

86

(1)

Bonds, Guaranties, and Warranties

87

(6)

Bonds

87

(1)

Warranties and Guaranties

88

(5)

Division 1 - General Requirements

93

(12)

Scope of Division 1

93

(1)

Relationship of Division 1 Sections to Other Documents

94

(8)

Writing Division 1 Sections

102

(3)

Modifications

105

(8)

Modifications to Bidding and Contract Documents

105

(1)

Addenda

105

(8)

Specifications Language

113

(12)

General Precepts

113

(1)

Applications

114

(11)

Specifications Resources

125

(14)

Overview

125

(1)

Construction Specifications Resources

125

(14)

Products Selection

139

(14)

Product Selection Factors

139

(1)

Mandated Requirements

139

(2)

Design Criteria

141

(3)

Substitutions and Product Options

144

(6)

Communicating and Recording Product Selections

150

(3)

Specifications Writing Procedures

153

(8)

Getting Started

153

(1)

Product Selections

153

(1)

Project Information

154

(1)

Specifications Format

155

(1)

Specifying Method

155

(2)

Specifications Detail

157

(1)

Order of Sections to Be Produced

157

(1)

Editing and Writing Specification Text

158

(2)

Specifications Checklists

160

(1)

Master Guide Specifications

161

(6)

Specification Guides and Intact Masters

161

(1)

Public Agency Master Guide Specifications

161

(1)

Commercial Master Guide Specifications

162

(3)

Office Master Guide Specifications

165

(2)

Computer-Assisted Specifications

167

(8)

Introduction

167

(1)

The First Four Decades of Automation

167

(1)

Transforming the Specification Process

168

(2)

Word Processing Software

170

(1)

Computers and Peripheral Equipment

170

(1)

Word Processing Enhancements for Specifications

171

(1)

Knowledge-Based, Computer-Assisted Specifications

172

(3)

Preliminary Project Description

175

(4)

Uniformat

175

(2)

Preliminary Project Description

177

(1)

Computer-Assisted PPDs

178

(1)

Outline and Shortform Specifications

179

(10)

Outline versus Shortform Specifications

179

(1)

Outline Specifications

179

(2)

Shortform Specifications

181

(8)

Appendix A Project Manual Checklist

189

(6)

Appendix B Sample Division 1 - General Requirements

195

(38)

Appendix C Sample Preliminary Project Description

233

(16)

Appendix D Sample Outline Specifications

249

(34)

Appendix E Sample AIA Documents

283

(94)

Appendix F Sample EJCDC Documents

377

(42)

Index

419

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