J. Goldbloom

Engineering Construction Specifications (eBook, PDF)

The Road to Better Quality, Lower Cost, Reduced Litigation

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

For the past 25 years, Joe Goldbloom and I have conducted a running debate over whether specifications writers engage in the unlawful practice of law. Joe's position is that lawyers have no business writing specifications, that being the designer's province. Having been given the honor to write this foreword, I have the opportunity for the last word, at least for now. Joe Goldbloom and I first met in 1964, while serving together on the ASCE Committee on Contract Administration. Joe became my teacher, mentor, and friend. Underlying our good natured debate was the serious issue of the technical qualifications required of a specifications writer. As a matter of fact, specifi cations writing traditionally has fallen in a crack between the two professions. Specifications writing typically is neither taught in engineering school nor in law school. Engineers are taught how to design; lawyers are taught how to draft contracts. Specifications writing requires mastery of the technical elements of design as well as the skills of contract drafting. Specifications writing is neither glamorous nor sexy; it is often viewed as a necessary evil of the designer's job.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer New York
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781468414523
• Artikelnr.: 44054053

Inhaltsangabe

I-Explaining Engineering Construction Specifications.- 1, Construction Contracts.- 2, Function, Composition, and Arrangement of the Specifications.- 3, The Technical Sections.- 4, The General Conditions of the Contract.- 5, The Bidding Documents.- 6, Classifications and Types of Specifications.- 7, National Reference Standards.- II-Preparing and Presenting Engineering Construction Specifications.- 8, Procedures and Practices in Specification Writing.- 9, Specification Language.- 10, Specifying the Technical Sections.- 11, Presenting the General Conditions.- 12, Presenting the Bidding Documents.- 13, Specification Format and Arrangement.- 14, Procedures in the Production of Specifications.- 15, Qualifications of the Specification Writer.- Appendix A-Samples of Cited Documents and Forms.- Exhibit A-Notice to Contractors.- Exhibit B-Contractor's Qualification Form.- Exhibit C-Proposal Guaranty Form.- Exhibit D-Performance Bond Form.- Exhibit E-Payment Bond Form.- Appendix B-Sources of Information for the Specification Writer.- 1. Wood.- 2. Concrete and Reinforcement.- 3. Pipelines.- 4. Pavements.- 5. Metals.- 6. Miscellaneous Work.- 7. General.