- Friday, April 30, 2021
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Duration: 1 day
Start Time: Registration from 8.15AM*. Commence 8.30AM*. Finish 4.30PM*.
*Time Zone: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) – Queensland
This one day course applies to all persons (particularly contract management personnel) involved with preparing and writing specifications. The course is useful in introducing, reinforcing or refreshing the necessary skills to properly prepare these documents in accordance with current practice.
Introduction
- The course
- Course assessment
Introduction to Specifications
- Definitions
- The need for effective specifications
- Specification types
- Types
- Performance specifications
- Process specifications
- Proprietary specifications
- Company master specifications
- National master specifications
- Reference specifications
- Specification sources
- Sources
- Benefits and disadvantages
Contract Basics
- Basic contract law
- Background
- Types of legal contracts
- Elements of a simple contract
- Certainty in contract documentation
- Document interpretation
- Document discrepancies
- Contract documents
- Background
- Form of tender
- Conditions of contract
- Scope of work
- Specifications and drawings
- Pricing schedule
- Formal instrument of agreement
Specification Preparation
- Planning considerations
- Documentation
- Cost issues
- Specification versus drawings
- Specification writer
- Competencies
- Time
- Resources
- Specification reader
- Understanding the audience
- Audience categories
- Structuring the specification
- Format
- Content
- Structure
- Layout
- Style
Specification Writing
- Organising
- General requirements
- Using standardised documents
- Drafting principles
- What is drafting?
- Key drafting principles
- Plain English
- Other drafting essentials
- Challenges in writing specifications
- Specification writing techniques
- Reviewing and editing specifications
- Issuing and controlling specifications
