Construction Specifications Writing: Principles and Procedures, 5th Edition

by Harold J. Rosen; John R. Regener

• ISBN13: 9780471432043
• ISBN10: 0471432040
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-01
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

Your single source of guidance to the purpose and process of preparing construction preparations. This new edition 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, 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.

Author Biography

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).

Table of Contents

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