CE 49800 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16-17: Federal Acquisition Regulation
15 Oct 2016
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Chapter 16 discusses about good specification writing practices. The first requirement in technical specifications is to communicate the technical information to the builder. When a set of specifications are technically correct, the next responsibility of a specification writer is to convey this information quickly to the contractor, without ambiguity or delay. The recommended guidelines include imperative mood, avoiding repetition, use of abbreviations and symbols, avoiding highlighting texts and irrelevant texts, avoiding long and blocky texts and using streamlined format. The most interesting aspect of the chapter was the examples for each type of the guideline to be followed which gave a clear picture of how to have a good specification writing procedure. Chapter 17 discusses about the types of construction specification. There are many ways for an engineer to specify construction products, materials, testing, and installation. Different types of specifications include descriptive (or method) specifications, performance specifications, standard reference specifications, and proprietary specifications.
