This is the first in this series of lectures on Estimating and Costing of Civil Engineering Works. In this lecture, the general principles of contracting will be studied in this lecture. The aspects of tenders and specifications is introduced in this lecture. Every contract requires clear and detailed specifications. Contract Specifications impact the cost of a project and the very premise of quantity surveying and estimation will be greatly impacted by specifications. This lecture intends to demonstrate with practical examples to make the concepts come to life. The video of this lecture is available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/GaI9fxOEoGQ The next slide show in this series can be found at https://www.slideshare.net/JohnSushilPackiaraj/lecture-series-on-civil-engineering-indian-contract-act-its-importance-to-engineering-contractsto-civil-enginei Do share your feedback and comments. Trust you find this useful.

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2. Lecture 02
Specifications and Their Importance

3. Aspects of Contract Administration
• Preparing proper and accurate bid document
• Compliance to all local body and regulators
• Method statements for Quality compliance
• Maintaining Records and Standard forms
• Negotiating and processing change orders
• Have good Public Relations
• Claims analysis and processes
• Close out

4. What are Specifications?
Specification is…

5. Specifications
• Set of Standard Documents that describe requirement of the job in
detail

6. Specifications
Remove ambiguity of work to be done

7. Common Types of Specifications
• Requirement Specifications
• Standard Specifications
• Design Specifications
• Material Specifications
• Quality Specification
• Test Specifications
• Performance Specification
• Acceptance Criteria

8. Contract Document Management
• Scope clarity
• Budget information
• BIM / Conditions
• Specifications
• Contract Conditions
• Equipment and Resource information
• Billing and Measurement standards
• Making good of defects

9. Major aspects of Contract - issues
• Variations
• Defects
• Acceleration of Work
• Extension of Time
• Faulty billing by contractor
• Under-runs and Over-runs
• Cost of Delay (LD clause)
• Valuation of work

10. Cause of Disputes
• Acceleration
• Coordination
• Workmanship and quality
• Differing goals
• Delays
• Feasibility of Schedule
• Design and communication of intent
• Complexity of project

11. Recapitulation
Importance of English
• An English professor wrote on the board: A woman without her man
is nothing.
The class was then asked to punctuate the sentence.
The men wrote: "A woman, without her man, is nothing."
The women wrote: "A woman: without her, man is nothing."

12. Thank You