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Author Message Robin E. Snyder Senior Member Username: robin Post Number: 350 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Monday, January 03, 2011 - 04:35 pm:    Has anyone written specifications for projects in Italy? If so, I would love to chat before I submit a proposal on a project. Thanks! Robin@spectraspecs.com Wayne Yancey Senior Member Username: wayne_yancey Post Number: 400 Registered: 01-2008 Posted on Monday, January 03, 2011 - 04:40 pm:    Momma mia. Noa. But use A4 paper and metric units. Ciao baby. Richard L Matteo, AIA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: rlmat Post Number: 406 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Monday, January 03, 2011 - 04:50 pm:    Better learn Italian too or hire a translator. If your prospective client doesn't have a collaboration with a local italian firm, make sure they've done projects over there before. Robin E. Snyder Senior Member Username: robin Post Number: 351 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Monday, January 03, 2011 - 04:54 pm:    Rich - A local architect is the AOR, but my local client would be responsible for preparing the project manual. Can you be more specific about your concern? I want to make sure I think of everything. Nathan Woods, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: nwoods Post Number: 377 Registered: 08-2005 Posted on Monday, January 03, 2011 - 04:57 pm:    I can image the front end section on How to Use this Manual... http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/simple_hand_gestures_to_control_your_tv.php Wayne Yancey Senior Member Username: wayne_yancey Post Number: 401 Registered: 01-2008 Posted on Monday, January 03, 2011 - 05:08 pm:    Robin, Italy, like the UK, are members of the ECM (European Common Market). The UK does not use anything like MaterFormat, SectionFormat and PageFormat. Is the CSI project manual format accepted in Italy? Perhaps if Ann Whitacre is reading these posts, she can provide some advice. Her former employer in SoCAL did projects all over the world. The best I can do is provide an example of a PM formated for a UK project. UK projects reference both BS and EN standards. No ASTM or ANSI or UL, etc. Richard L Matteo, AIA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: rlmat Post Number: 407 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Monday, January 03, 2011 - 05:47 pm:    Robin, As long as there is a local Italian firm involved, they are the best resource. I have worked on Projects in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The locals were very helpful in the selection of materials ( especially local materials)and construction procedures and construction terminology which will be somewhat different from the US in many instances Anne Whitacre, FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: awhitacre Post Number: 1094 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Monday, January 03, 2011 - 05:48 pm:    Hi - I am reading this post, but I can say that for overseas (read: Germany, Switzerland) projects, we prepared basis of design documents and scoping documents for subcontracts. These were written as Design Guidelines and were much more like PPDs rather than a typical project manual. The local practice in those countries does not include a project manual because most of what we would usually specify was part of the building code or the local energy codes. You will need to find out EXACTLY what your client wants for documentation and it may not be anything like a project manual. In addition, you will need to have an association with a local (ie, Italian) architect who will take the lead on anything code related, inspection related and project management related. I would not assume that they want a project manual.. unless the project is being built by a US contractor who wants one just because it is familiar. And, even if they do want one, it may not mean anything legally. and as Wayne indicates, you will need to find out the local accepted standards. In AbuDhabi, they preferred DIN standards, and thats what we used in Germany and Switzerland. Sheldon Wolfe Senior Member Username: sheldon_wolfe Post Number: 461 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Monday, January 03, 2011 - 08:49 pm:    If you're going on a field trip, I'd love to go along...