ID 34013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Astm International

• School: Kent State University
• Department: Interior Design
• Course: ID 34013
• Professor: Jill

Document Summary

Contract documents: all of the construction drawings, specifications and contracts or agreements between the designer and the owner, may or may not include ffe drawings. Contract drawings: contract documents, construction agreement: agreement between owner and contractor, conditions of the contract, construction documents, modifications: addenda and change orders, construction drawings, drawings, specs, schedules, bid documents. Instructions to bidders: bid form, bid reference, construction documents. Specifications: the written instructions to the general contractors and vendors, vary in complexity. Residential to commercial, bid or not: written word takes precedence over drawings, compliment the drawings, don"t duplicate them. Key terms: closed spec: a specification that is written for a product such that no other product can be substituted, open spec: the owner is willing to consider substitutions for what was originally specified. Or equal : products that are the same, or very close to, what has been specified.