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Author Message Christopher Borcsok Senior Member Username: ckb Post Number: 15 Registered: 06-2013 Posted on Sunday, December 01, 2013 - 01:56 pm:    So while the readers here will obviously point out that every project specification should be custom to the project, I'm looking to put together a simplified master that hits on the normal points that I can tell my coworkers to use as a default. For very small jobs, I have a Section 01 00 00 which summarizes the usual stuff, And then for government projects where they love clear cutting forests, I have the list from the NMS which is the other extreme. What I'm looking for is something in the middle... a list of what people typically include that hits on all the major points, and what sections can be successfully merged into their parents for a sensible specification. Probably the simplest would be an 01 x0 00 list of sections, but are there any specific sections you always include a particular 01 xy 00 section? I'm looking specifically at the 01 7x 00 series... J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 648 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Sunday, December 01, 2013 - 04:13 pm:    These are the MasterFormat Level 2 numbers and titles. 01 10 00 - Summary 01 20 00 - Price and Payment Procedures 01 30 00 - Administrative Requirements 01 40 00 - Quality Requirements 01 50 00 - Temporary Facilities and Controls 01 60 00 - Product Requirements 01 70 00 - Execution and Closeout Requirements If you look at the Level 3 numbers and title usually used, you can see where the subject matter goes. I think there is some wisdom to breaking this down a bit further in some instances. Christopher Borcsok Senior Member Username: ckb Post Number: 16 Registered: 06-2013 Posted on Sunday, December 01, 2013 - 05:33 pm:    Peter, it is actually that wisdom you mention that is what I'm looking for. What instances do you typically break it down further for your office standard? J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 649 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Sunday, December 01, 2013 - 07:08 pm:    We are independent specifiers working with between 10 and 15 firms, mostly in the Houston area, on a number of different building types. Even when we do work for the same office, we have to pay attention to Division 01 depending on whether it is public or private work, new construction or renovation, interior or "whole building" work, and single-story or multi-story. We subscribe to MasterSpec and use many of the sections that are included in the subscription. Alternates, Allowances, and Unit Prices are always optional. The ones developed for use with LEED projects are used when appropriate. A simple renovation without equipment will usually not require Demonstration and Training. We hardly ever use some of the other "specialty sections" developed for historic preservation and detention. The ones with the more detailed requirements (for which more sections are useful) are the Price and Payment Procedures and Administrative Requirements. More "narrowly scoped" sections are useful so that you can simply use them out of the box as appropriate. Lisa Goodwin Robbins, RA, CCS, LEED ap Senior Member Username: lgoodrob Post Number: 229 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Monday, December 02, 2013 - 10:01 am:    Here's what I typically use for a privately bid project: Section 011000 General Requirements Section 014320 Quality Control and Testing Services Section 014330 Mock-Ups Section 016200 Substitution Request Form Section 017400 Construction Waste Management Section 018110 Sustainable Design Requirements (if required) Section 018120 Construction Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Management For some of our Architect-client firms, we are developing a specialized Section 013000 Submittals too. Otherwise submittals are included in Section 011000. There is really no substitute for the Architect reading Division 01. - J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 650 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Tuesday, December 03, 2013 - 09:58 am:    This is making me think. If I was doing this from scratch instead of modifying something out of the box, it might look like: 011000 SUMMARY (May include allowances, unit prices, and alternates) 012000 PRICE and PAYMENT PROCEDURES (includes substitution procedures, contract modification procedures, and payment procedures) 013000 ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS (includes project management and coordination, construction progress documentation and may include photographic documentation) 013300 SUBMITTAL PROCEDURES (I would always make this a separate section) 014000 QUALITY REQUIREMENTS (includes general definitions and testing and mockup information) 015000 TEMPORARY FACILITIES AND CONTROLS 016000 PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS 017300 EXECUTION 017700 CLOSEOUT PROCEDURES (includes operation and maintenance data, project record documents, and demonstration and training) For complex integrated exterior mockups or room mockups, I might use a separate section. I would probably also use separate sections for project record documents on large complex projects (especially when CAD files are required) and demonstration and training (especially when video recording of training sessions is required by the Owner. When I first started writing specifications in the late 1970s, the Division 1 concept was relatively new and many were still using a single section for this division which could easily run on 30 or 40 pages (especially when many were including bidding and contracting conditions stuff in with the general requirements). Breaking it up into separate sections makes specific requirements easier to find. Lisa Goodwin Robbins, RA, CCS, LEED ap Senior Member Username: lgoodrob Post Number: 230 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Tuesday, December 03, 2013 - 11:51 am:    Peter, That's similar to our short form Division 01, which aims to be 1 page for each section. 011000 Summary can be very brief and specific for this project. We put allowances, unit prices, and alternates in 012000 Price and Payment Procedures. It's used mostly for small and limited scope projects, so we rarely have all three of those items. I still use 017400 Construction Waste Management for everything. - Christopher Borcsok Senior Member Username: ckb Post Number: 18 Registered: 06-2013 Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2013 - 12:00 am:    On a recent project, this was my list: 01 11 00 Summary of Work 01 14 00 Work Restrictions 01 21 00 Allowances 01 31 00 Project Managing and Coordination 01 31 19 Project Meetings 01 32 00 Construction Progress Documentation 01 32 19 Submittals Schedule 01 33 00 Submittal Procedures 01 35 29 Health and Safety Requirements 01 35 43 Environmental Procedures 01 41 00 Regulatory Requirements 01 42 13 Abbreviations and Acronyms 01 43 00 Quality Assurance 01 45 00 Quality Control 01 52 00 Construction Facilities 01 56 00 Temporary Barriers and Enclosures 01 61 00 Product Requirements 01 62 00 Product Exchange Procedures 01 73 00 Execution 01 73 30 Cutting and Patching 01 74 00 Cleaning and Waste Processing 01 77 00 Closeout Procedures 01 78 00 Closeout Submittals 01 79 00 Demonstration and Training The feedback here is great, as I was looking for a feel as to what I could cut/merge in future projects to simplify things, based on this sort of consensus of what others tend to do. My boss tells me my specs are too long, but I like to take the lego block approach to specs. Also, since I accept the old adage that "Contractors never read specs", by having more sections I will speed up the process of knowing what is expected, since I assume they will at least read as far as the table of contents. Being able to trim in Div 01 will be helpful. spiper (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2013 - 09:52 am:    I wouldn't pretend to know your firm's needs but I do believe you could merge some sections if you wish. One thing I am attempting to do with our specs is to contain all of the closeout information in one section. This not only trims the spec book somewhat but it also puts everything in one place for the contractor. I have had instances where a contractor would claim that they did the training called for in Closeout Procedures ("I showed that one guy with the glasses how to do it. You know the guy Jim or John or something like that"). When I pointed out that the actual procedure for demonstration and testing was called out in it's own section the response was always the same. ("Why don't you just say that in the first place") By creating a single Closeout section I am hoping to place a "bullet point" laundry list of items for the contractor along with a description of each item within the same section. Like I said I am not sure how this will work for us let alone your firm. Just one idea we are going to try. J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 651 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2013 - 10:22 am:    Consolidating (or dividing) sections will not ensure that the Contractor actually pays attention to the appropriate requirements. Reviewing the requirements in a preconstruction meeting and stating that you expect them to be followed would probably be the biggest help. In the last firm that I worked for, I gradually pared down the specs, partly due to experience partly due to better understanding what was actually required. Most of the projects were commercial strip centers and although ther was stuff that was really important, there was a bunch of stuff that was really superfluous. One of the principals told me that the "spec book" was a lot thinner than it used to be, but everything was there. After I started as an independent, one of my clients told me that the Project Manual Was about right; not too long, but long enough to have what he needed to get the project built the way he wanted. That is exactly what I should be producing! John Regener, AIA, CCS, CCCA, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: john_regener Post Number: 675 Registered: 04-2002 Posted on Sunday, December 15, 2013 - 02:47 pm:    At the beginning of this discussion thread, I interpreted the topic to be, "What Sections are needed for Division 01 of a set of office master specifications?" I further got the idea that this was about specifications that are concise or "shortform" in nature. I think this is a very valid issue for firms of all sizes that need "lite" specs for light construction and simple remodeling projects. Such "shortform" specs are appropriate for projects of modest scale and scope. By their nature, it seems appropriate that these specifications be Level 2 sections rather than more narrow-scope and complex Level 3 and Level 4 sections listed in MasterFormat. At a Specifiers Forum at a CSI Region conference several years ago, I asked the icebreaker question, "How did you start writing construction specifications?" Several responses were that Hans W. Meier's book, Construction Specifications Handbook, was the basis for development of their office master specifications. This book has been updated by David J. Wyatt. Hans Meier's specs are for what would be called an "ordinatry" project, written in concise form or "shortform" specifications. As a young architect, I produced both drawings and specifications. I didn't believe the documentation was complete without specs and the specs I produced were shortform specs. I was new at the game and I didn't know better (?!). I became a member of the San Francisco Chapter CSI. SFCSI had a 10-week series of courses titled "SPECIFICATIONS - and Other Construction Contract Documents." This was before the CDT program and CDT Exam preprartion classes. The series was hosted by Herman Hoyer, FCSI, PE. I attended the series and then assisted in the administration of the series when it was presented again. I eventually did some of the presentations after I passed the CCS Exam. See Herman Hoyers newsletter series on shortform specifications, elsewhere on 4specs.com. With Herman's permission, I used what I learned about shortform specifications in the book, "Construction Specifications Writing: Principles and Procedures" (CSW). Following the concept of example specs in Hans Meier's book, I produced in CSW an example set of shortform specifications for Division 01. I couldn't find an example set of true shortform Division 01 specs, so I wrote one from scratch. Thus, in CSW there is an abbreviated set of Division 01 specifications in genuine shortform format. For one thing, the example specs abandon the 3-PART format in the interest of brevity, which Herman Hoyer advocated. The list of shortform Division 01 specs in CSW is: 01 01 00 - SUMMARY 01 21 00 - ALLOWANCE PROCEDURES 01 23 00 - ALTERNATE BID PACKAGES 01 26 00 - CONTRACT MODIFICATION PROCEDURES 01 26 13 - REQUESTS OF INTERPRETATION (RFIs) 01 29 76 - PROGRESS PAYMENT PROCEDURES 01 31 00 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION 01 32 00 - CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS DOCUMENTATION 01 33 00 - SUBMITTAL PROCEDURES 01 41 00 - REFERENCES 01 50 00 - TEMPORARY FACILITIES AND CONTROLS 01 60 00 - PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS 01 74 11 - CLEANING REQUIREMENTS 01 77 00 - CONTRACT CLOSEOUT PROCEDURES This example was for a commercial interior project for a law office. I recently attempted to produce "shortform" specifications for a new, custom residence; evenso, the necessary knowledge of construction contract documents and their administration was too great for the architect. Fortunately, the owner abandoned the project. The list of Division 01 Sections for the residential project was: 01 11 00 - SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT 01 21 00 - ALLOWANCE PROCEDURES 01 23 00 - ALTERNATE BID PROCEDURES 01 26 00 - CONTRACT MODIFICATION PROCEDURES 01 26 13 - REQUESTS FOR INTERPRETATION (RFIs) 01 29 76 - PROGRESS PAYMENT PROCEDURES 01 31 00 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION 01 32 00 - CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS DOCUMENTATION 01 33 00 - SUBMITTAL PROCEDURES 01 41 00 - REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS 01 42 00 - REFERENCES 01 45 00 - QUALITY CONTROL 01 50 00 - TEMPORARY FACILITIES AND CONTROLS 01 60 00 - PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS 01 74 11 - CLEANING REQUIREMENTS 01 74 19 - CONSTRUCTION WASTE MANAGEMENT 01 77 00 - CONTRACT CLOSEOUT PROCEDURES 01 78 29 - PROJECT RECORD DOCUMENTS Also recently, I produced Division 01 specifications for three hospital interior remodel projects. These were written with an emphasis on being concise but were not what I would consider to be shortform specifications. Included were: 01 11 00 - SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT 01 26 00 - CONTRACT MODIFICATION PROCEDURES 01 26 13 - REQUESTS FOR INTERPRETATION (RFIs) 01 29 00 - PAYMENT PROCEDURES 01 31 00 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION 01 32 00 - CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS DOCUMENTATION 01 33 00 - SUBMITTAL PROCEDURES 01 35 13 - SPECIAL PROJECT PROCEDURES 01 35 33 - INFECTION CONTROL PROCEDURES 01 41 00 - REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS 01 42 00 - REFERENCES 01 45 00 - QUALITY CONTROL 01 50 00 - TEMPORARY FACILITIES AND CONTROLS 01 56 00 - TEMPORARY BARRIERS AND ENCLOSURES 01 60 00 - PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS 01 71 00 - EXAMINATION AND PREPARATION 01 73 00 - EXECUTION 01 73 29 - CUTTING AND PATCHING 01 74 00 - CLEANING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT 01 77 00 - CONTRACT CLOSEOUT PROCEDURES 01 78 00 - CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS 01 79 00 - DEMONSTRATION AND TRAINING These lists can be combined and edited to suit a firm's need for a "standard" set of prototypical specifications for simple projects. I cannot extract and send out copies of the actual shortform Division 01 specifications I wrote for CSW. I don't own the copyright for the text in the book which would allow me to do so. You also may wish to check out Mark Kalin's set of shortform specifications. Mark now is in charge of CSW. See www.kalinassociates.com Christopher Borcsok Senior Member Username: ckb Post Number: 35 Registered: 06-2013 Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2014 - 02:18 pm:    What is the practical difference between 01 62 00 and 01 25 00? They seem to describe the same thing, and if I'm reading things correctly, 01 25 00 actually used to be 01630 in the 1995 numbering. Ronald L. Geren, FCSI, AIA, CCS, CCCA, SCIP Senior Member Username: specman Post Number: 1207 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, March 24, 2014 - 11:39 am:    Christopher, Section 01 25 00 is strictly for handling substitution requests--those products, materials, systems, and manufacturers that are not prescriptively provided in the specifications. Section 01 62 00 explains how the contractor is to interpret the specifications in regard to product selection. For example, if the specification lists three products and nothing else, then the contractor must select from the three listed or submit a substitution request per 01 25 00. If the specification lists three manufacturers, then a product from one of those three manufacturers must be provided, or submit a substitution request. I usually do not provide a separate section for product options (01 62 00), I usually roll those requirements into 01 60 00 "Product Requirements." Ron Geren, FCSI, AIA, CCS, CCCA, SCIP www.specsandcodes.com Helaine K. Robinson CSI CCS CCCA SCIP Senior Member Username: hollyrob Post Number: 397 Registered: 07-2003 Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2014 - 03:37 pm:    Looking for a single-section Div. 01 for a client. Christopher Borcsok wrote: "For very small jobs, I have a Section 01 00 00 which summarizes the usual stuff." Please send this animal to me at hollyrob19@gmail.com . John Regener, AIA, CCS, CCCA, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: john_regener Post Number: 706 Registered: 04-2002 Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2014 - 05:42 pm:    Holly: I recently re-read what I had posted in another thread, which was a comment by Herman Hoyer, PE, FCSI who is a champion of shortform specs. Herman's comment concerned the four Cs of spec writing: Clear, Complete, Correct and Concise. Herman's point was that all specs should be concise: No more and no less than is necessary. It is from Herman that I heard Mark Twain's comment to his publisher: "I'm writing you a long letter because I don't have time to write a short one. It takes professional judgment and wordsmithing to write a shortform spec that complies with the four Cs. I included an example Division 01 in the book Construction Specifications Writing: Principles and Procedures, as a starting point for developing an office master or prototype set of concise Division 01 Sections. If you want everything in one Section, Just run one Section into the next without pausing. To make it even more concise, abolish submittals and Quality Control. And don't begin to think about Green requirements.