Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine specification requirements.
- Project brief, working drawings, development approval and other relevant documents are examined to identify essential information to be included in the specification.
- Standard specifications are examined to determine suitability for adaptation to the current project.
- Non-standard requirements are developed and where technical aspects require clarification, advice is sought from specialists.
- Assess the nature and scope of the work.
- Site inspection is conducted to establish site layout and preliminary site-work requirements, and site details and features are recorded.
- Specification includes all relevant details at a level necessary to describe clearly the nature and scope of the work, including prescriptive and performance requirements.
- Research is undertaken to establish appropriate schedules, using relevant data sources.
- Details are tabulated and cross-referenced to ensure consistency between the design brief, working drawings and specifications.
- Details in the specification conform to industry codes of practice, Australian standards and relevant statutory requirements.
- Information requested from specialists, colleagues and clients is coordinated and added to the specifications where required.
- Prepare the specification document.