UFC 1-300-09N
25 May 2005
Change 1, 22 February 2006
Change 2, 4 December 2006
CHAPTER 5 SPECIFICATIONS
5-1
SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
Provide specifications that are as brief as possible, definitive, and free of ambiguities
and omissions that may result in controversy and contractor claims for additional
compensation.
5-2
GUIDE SPECIFICATIONS.
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 the following in
detail:
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.
Guide specification section numbers, up to 10 digits, in MasterFormat 04, are grouped
in pairs. Each of these groupings is referred to as a "level," from one to five. Refer to
the CSI MasterFormat website at http://www.csinet.org/s_csi/docs/9400/9361.pdf for
further explanation.
5-2.1
Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS).
Use of the guide specifications of the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS)
system is mandatory in preparing specifications for Design-Bid-Build projects and the
prescriptive specifications provided in Part 5 of an RFP. UFGS are available at 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 editing for metric or
inch-pound. In addition, modify and edit to reflect the latest proven technology,
materials, and methods, if warranted. Use the project specification sections from the
website that are current at the beginning of the Prefinal design.
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