CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Types of construction specifications - Answers- Performance specifications,
perspective specifications,
propriety specifications,
Construction specification standards
Performance Specifications - Answers- Tells the contractor what the final installed
product must be capable of doing.
Prescriptive specifications - Answers- Prescriptive specifications convey the
requirements of a project through a detailed explanation of the materials that the
contractor must use, and the means of installing those materials.
Construction specification standards - Answers- Construction specifications used in the
United States typically conform to the guidelines of the Construction Specifications
Institute (CSI), who have created a specifications index entitled MasterFormat.
The MasterFormat index groups - Answers- groups specification sections into easily
identifiable disciplines using a six-digit system with digits in groups of two, such as: 01
24 30.
Construction Documents - Answers- ____ are drawings and written specifications
prepared and assembled by architects and engineers for communicating the design of
the project and administering the construction contract.
Building Life Cycle - Answers- Refers to the observation and examination of a building
over the course of its entire life.
Building plans, including all of the elements that make up a complete set of residential
or commercial drawings, contain general and specific information about construction. -
Answers- True
Project Manual - Answers- A ____ is a bound assembly of documents related to the
requirements, development, organization, construction, and commissioning of a project
Master Format - Answers- ____ is a detailed specifications format published by the
Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and Construction Specifications Canada
(CSC).
True - Answers- An email should begin with a salutation and end with a valediction.
ANSWERS
Types of construction specifications - Answers- Performance specifications,
perspective specifications,
propriety specifications,
Construction specification standards
Performance Specifications - Answers- Tells the contractor what the final installed
product must be capable of doing.
Prescriptive specifications - Answers- Prescriptive specifications convey the
requirements of a project through a detailed explanation of the materials that the
contractor must use, and the means of installing those materials.
Construction specification standards - Answers- Construction specifications used in the
United States typically conform to the guidelines of the Construction Specifications
Institute (CSI), who have created a specifications index entitled MasterFormat.
The MasterFormat index groups - Answers- groups specification sections into easily
identifiable disciplines using a six-digit system with digits in groups of two, such as: 01
24 30.
Construction Documents - Answers- ____ are drawings and written specifications
prepared and assembled by architects and engineers for communicating the design of
the project and administering the construction contract.
Building Life Cycle - Answers- Refers to the observation and examination of a building
over the course of its entire life.
Building plans, including all of the elements that make up a complete set of residential
or commercial drawings, contain general and specific information about construction. -
Answers- True
Project Manual - Answers- A ____ is a bound assembly of documents related to the
requirements, development, organization, construction, and commissioning of a project
Master Format - Answers- ____ is a detailed specifications format published by the
Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and Construction Specifications Canada
(CSC).
True - Answers- An email should begin with a salutation and end with a valediction.
