DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES
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SECTION 01 11 00 – SUMMARY OF WORK REQUIREMENT
GENERAL
This section of the project manual is to be dedicated to a detailed narrative of the summary of the work. This narrative
must include a description of the scope of the work for each designer and consultant as well as the Owner and the
Owner’s consultants and contractors. The design intent and parameters of each building system must be defined with
the definitions using as much quantitative information as possible. Documentation of Owner and user knowledge and
understanding of the design intent and the completed facility’s performance expectations must be explained. Facility
programming reports and the translation of these reports into design parameters shall also be included in this
specification section.
This section of the specification shall be organized in such a fashion that all expectations of the performance of the
building can be easily obtained and referenced during the commissioning and occupation of the facility. Generic
descriptions, references to industry or local standards, or weakly defined design intent are not acceptable for this
section or for contract performance at the University of South Alabama.
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
Project Title – Each project will be given an official title and Building ID for use during the duration of the project. The
project title shall appear on all documents related to the Project. USA may, at any time, revise the project title and
require all documents to be revised accordingly.
Legal Description – Legal descriptions shall appear in every complete set of drawings. The background for the legal
description can be obtained from the archives of the Engineering Design and Construction Department.
Street Addresses – Street addresses for projects are assigned by the University.
Describe the conditions for partial occupancy, if any will be permitted or required. Identify the extent of the Owner’s
on-site operations, if the Owner intends to continue these during construction.
Appropriate topics for Summary of Work include:
Work covered by Contract Documents
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Contracts
Work under other contracts
Future work
Work sequence
Contractor use of premises
Occupancy requirements: Owner occupancy; Partial occupancy; Continued Occupancy; and
Maintenance of operation
Products ordered in advance
Owner furnished products
Safety on the Jobsite
UPDATED - OCTOBER 7, 2103
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