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Specification Reading Course
January 18, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
$400.00 – $550.00Join the experts from Conspectus, Inc. for this 5-week course, Starting January 18, 2022, Tuesdays, 4 – 7PM
A contract document set is comprised of contracting requirements, drawings, specifications, and pre-contract revisions (addenda). The drawings and specification sets are complementary to one another. Understanding how to read specifications, how they relate to the drawings, and how they function as a document set will provide knowledge to be used in estimating, construction, and most importantly – risk management.
The following areas will be covered over the 5-week course:
· The Role of the Specifications:
o Documents for Construction
o Bidding Contracts
o Specification
· Relationship between Drawings and Specifications
o What goes where
o The drawings
o The specs
o Coordinating the design process
o Terminology
o Considerations for users of drawings and specifications
· Organization of Specifications
o History of construction specifications
o Organizing specifications according to MasterFormat™
· The Project Manual and Specification Sections
o The Project Manual concept
o Alternative and supplemental formats for the Project Manual
· Format for Specification Sections
o Need for formats for specification sections
o Section Format
o Page Format
· Types of Specifications
o Methods for Writing Specifications
· Bidding Requirements
o Three basic bidding documents
· General Conditions of the Contracts
o Contractual relationships
o Other public agency and corporate general conditions
· Supplementary Conditions of the Contract
o Supplementary Conditions definition
· Bond, Guaranties, and Warranties
· Division 01 – General Requirements
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