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cleaned and after the weather conditions have been verified to be
acceptable, apply one coat of the specified primer." Instead,
write, "Apply one coat of the specified primer after . . ."
b) Strong verbs such as "blast," "clean," and "prime"
are more precise than weaker verbs such as "make," "build," and
"establish." They are also more easily understood. Use of the
imperative mood is preferred, because it is more concise and more
easily understood. Thus, "Blast clean to an SSPC SP 10 surface"
is better than, "The surface shall be blast cleaned to an SSPC SP
10," or, "The contractor shall clean the surface to an SSPC SP
10."
c) No information in the specification should be
repeated in a second place because of the greater possibility of
errors or because slight differences in description may receive
different interpretations.
8.5
Construction Criteria Base. The Construction Criteria
Base (CCB) is a compact disc system containing the complete texts
of thousands of documents needed for the design and construction
of buildings and civil works, together with built-in software for
automatic accessing and processing the information. The CCB can
be obtained from the National Institute of Building Sciences,
1201 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005.
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