Engineers need to understand the legal and commercial context in which they draw up technical specifications. This thoroughly up-dated edition of Haslam's successful Writing Engineering Specifications provides a concise guide to technical specifications and leads the reader through the process of writing these instructions, with clear advice to help the student and professional avoid legal disputes or the confusion and time wasting caused by poor drafting. Designers and project managers should find this invaluable, and it should be helpful to insurers, lawyers, estimators and the like.
Author(s): Paul Fitchett
Edition: 2
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 224
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Specifications in context......Page 14
Tendering and negotiation......Page 24
Hierarchy of documents......Page 30
Degree of definition......Page 32
Forms of payment......Page 33
Financing......Page 36
Liquidated damages......Page 37
Position of the Engineer......Page 38
Recent developments and standard forms......Page 40
Partnering......Page 41
Supply-chain management......Page 43
The Internet in engineering contracts......Page 44
Directives from the European Union......Page 46
Industry standard forms......Page 47
Presenting specifications......Page 56
Technical and general specifications......Page 57
Style;method or result?......Page 58
Type of specification......Page 65
Sources generally......Page 70
Effects of size......Page 74
Summary: style, type and source......Page 76
The effect of specifications......Page 77
The influence of standard on cost......Page 78
Approvals......Page 79
Responsibility to the client......Page 81
Responsibility to the contractor......Page 82
Workmanship......Page 83
Inconsistency......Page 84
Specifications in subcontracts......Page 85
Other contractors on site......Page 86
The tender......Page 87
Bills of quantities......Page 88
Cost estimates......Page 90
Operation and maintenance manuals......Page 92
Samples......Page 93
Inspection services......Page 95
Writing specifications......Page 97
Beginnings, middles and ends......Page 98
Sketching the plan......Page 99
First plan to first draft......Page 100
From the general to the particular......Page 102
Active and passive......Page 103
Flow diagrams and logic......Page 104
Interlocking workscopes......Page 105
Use of definitions......Page 106
Interpretation of lists......Page 109
Paragraph structure......Page 110
Types of sentence......Page 111
Contents list......Page 112
Grammar......Page 128
The eight parts of speech......Page 129
Types of sentence......Page 131
The object......Page 132
Verbs......Page 133
Phrases and clauses......Page 140
Punctuation generally......Page 146
Writing formulae......Page 154
Numbers......Page 155
Sentences and paragraphs......Page 156
Model specifications and layout......Page 157
Document management......Page 158
Model specifications......Page 159
Claims......Page 183
The claim;what is it?......Page 184
A specifier's role......Page 185
Specification and modifications......Page 189
Effects of correspondence......Page 190
Insurance claims......Page 191
Performance bonds and bank guarantees......Page 192
Submitting complete claims......Page 193
Prevention of claims: change orders......Page 197
Readiness to pursue claims......Page 198
Paraphrasing......Page 199
Emotion......Page 200
Appendix A......Page 201
Appendix B......Page 203
Appendix C......Page 206
Notes......Page 207
Suggested further reading......Page 208
Index......Page 209
