Specification Writing: For Architects and Surveyors / Edition 11

by C. J. Willis, Andrew Willis

Overview

By use of checklists, this book provides a practical tool for the building specifier. This new edition features changes to specification classifications (resulting from revisions to the Common Arrangement and SMM7) and the latest British Standards and Codes of Practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780632042067
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/31/1997
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	6.77(w) x 9.55(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

C. J. Willis and Andrew Willis are the authors of Specification Writing: For Architects and Surveyors, 11th Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Purpose and use of the specification; Subject matter; Form of specification; The National Building Specification; Specification work sections; Example specification

Editorial Reviews

A guide for architects, surveyors, contractors, and students, explaining aspects of specification writing for simple building work. Early chapters cover the purpose and use of the specification, subject matter, form, and the UK's National Building Specification. The bulk of the book deals with actual preparation of specification work sections. An appendix offers a complete example specification. This 11th edition has been revised to take into account changes in British Standards and Codes of Practice, the National Building Specification, and Uniclass. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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