SDECIFICATION. READING

New Westminster Campus 8th and McBride Boulevar

PURPOSE

This course is designed for estimators, suppliers,
-manufacturers, construction superintendents,
contractors, engineers, technicians, architects,
clerks of work, inspectors and others who must
read and interpret specifications.

Those attending will:

a) acquire the latest information on how

specifications are arranged and interpreted.

b) learnof the relation of specifications to various
types of drawings.

c) beintroduced to the implications of metric
conversion on the preparation of
specifications.

d) understand the role of architect, engineer,
consultants and others in the development of

specifications.

COURSE CO-ORDINATOR

Mr: Horst Messer

Consulting Architect

Tusar, Messer, Townley, Matheson
Architects & Planners .

Fee: $60

TOPICS .

Jan. 14 SPECIFICATION BASICS
(Purpose, Types of Arrangements,
Language, Cross Referencing)

Jan. 21 SPECIFICATION INPUTS
(Sources, Resources. Participants,
Drawings, Schedules)

jane 26 READING SPECIFICATIONS AS
BIDDING REQUIREMENTS
(Qualification, Submission, Bid
Scrutiny, Pricing)

Feb. 4 READING SPECIFICATIONS AS
CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
(Agreement, Conditions, Negotiation,
Payment)

Feb. 11 READING SPECIFICATIONS AS
CONSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONS
(Assumptions, Confirmations,
Approvals, Execution)

Feb. 18 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND
CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
(Acts, Codes, Government Standards,
Industry Standards, Manuals)

Feb. 25 DEVIATION FROM NORMS
(Conflicts, Abuses, Merits,
Obligations, Metric Conversion
Implications)

Mar. 3 REVIEW FORUM
(Expanded discussion on above or other
topics as desired)

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d, Rm. 308C. D Wed Jan 14- Mar 3, 1976 7 - 9:30 p.m. .

SPECIFICATION READING COURSE

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Address

Please make cheque for $60 payable to Douglas College, and mail with this form to Admissions

Danalse Callase Box 2503. New Westminster, B.C. V3L5B2