UFC 1-300-09N
25 May 2005
CHAPTER 5 SPECIFICATION PREPARATION
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SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build projects have differing specification requirements. In
either case, the specifications must be as brief as possible, definitive, and free of
ambiguities and omissions that may result in controversy and contractor claims for
additional compensation.
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GUIDE SPECIFICATIONS.
Considerable data are available to facilitate the preparation of project specifications and
are included in a series of guide specifications covering most major elements of
construction. Referenced specifications offer criteria for materials, equipment, and test
methods.
Guide specifications are documents that describe products and materials and the work
necessary to incorporate them into a construction project. A guide specification
facilitates the preparation of project specifications by standardizing products and
processes and their order of presentation. They are edited to conform to project
requirements so that they may be incorporated into the contract documents of a specific
project. Guide specification and project specification sections describe in detail the
following:
Product or system to be provided,
Salient design features or performance requirements of the product or
system,
Quality of that product or system and methods used to ensure the quality,
including on-site and off-site testing,
Method to be used to incorporate the product or system into the project,
and
Other features and functions necessary.
Use of the guide specifications of the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS)
system is mandatory in preparing design-bid-build project specifications and the
prescriptive specifications of a design-build project. UFGS are available via the
Construction Criteria Base (CCB) website (http://www.ccb.org/) and the Whole Building
Design Guide website (http://dod.wbdg.org/.) Tailor the UFGS as necessary to suit the
work required by the specific project, including tailoring for metric or inch-pound
projects. In addition, modify and edit to reflect the latest proven technology, materials,
and methods, if warranted.
There is only one current version of a guide specification at any time. The guide
specification with the latest revision date automatically cancels specifications of the
same number with a previous date.
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