SPECIFICATIONS AND

CONTRACT
Engr. Razon Domingo

Specification

The act or process of making specific by

supplying particular details.

Types of Specification
1. Simple Specification
appropriate only to simple form of labor
and materials, supplies or machine which
had become standard.

Specification
Requirements of a Good Specification
1. It should be clear.
2. It should be brief.
3. It should be definite.
4. It should be fair.
5. It should be determinate.
6. Specification should not be ambiguous.
7. Specification should not be unnecessary
severe.
8. Specification should not be arbitrary.

Specification
Detailed Specification on
the other hand is
mandatory as the design
becomes more elaborate
and parts of the structures
are numerous and
complicated.

2.

General Requirements
Excavation, Filling and Grading
1-1 Excavation
The Contractor shall make all necessary
excavation for foundations to establish grades
indicated on drawings without extra
compensation including all other excavations
required and necessary for the proper
prosecution of the work.

General Requirements
1-2 Unauthorized Excavation
Where existing surface levels are lower
than the sub-grade levels required for work, or
where excess or authorized excavation takes
place beyond the indicated lines and grades,
the contractor shall fill the indicated line and
grade at his expense under the following
conditions:

Use concrete fill of the same class as

specified for footings and foundations.

General Requirements
1-3 Excavation Omitted

When the nature of the soil is

such that good bearing or safe
bearing is found to exist at higher
grades than the sub-grade levels
indicated on the Plan, the
supervising Architect of Engineer
may decide to stop the excavation
work at those higher grades.

General Requirements
1-4 Protection, Pumping, Maintenance

The Contractor shall at

all times protect the
excavations and trenches
from damages of rain
water, spring water,
backing of drains and from

General Requirements
1-5 Blasting

Where materials to be
excavated are of such nature and
density that the most practical
and economical methods of
removal is by blasting, the
surfaces of such materials shall
first be exposed.

General Requirements
1-6 Inspection

No pouring of concrete shall

be done by the contractor unless
the bearing surfaces has been
inspected and approved by the
Owner, and the authority to
proceed has been received by
the Contractor

General Requirements
1-7 Drainage System at Site

The Contractor shall provide,

construct and maintain for the
duration of the work, drainage
system of the site approved and
or as directed by the supervising
Architect or Engineer.

General Requirements
1-8 Utilities

The Contractor shall protect

and maintain all conduits, drains,
sewer pipes and other utility
services that are to remain on
the property or in the building, or
in the site, where required for the
proper execution of the work.

General Requirements
1-9 Filling and Grading

The Contractor grade the area

included within clearing lines as
defined in Clearing under the
General Conditions and all such
grading work shall be included in the
building Contract without extra or
additional cost Banks of graded

General Requirements
1-10 Top Soil Stripping and Spreading

Topsoil stripping
operations shall start from
the areas affected by the
construction to limits
indicated by the owner and
or as specified.

General Requirements
1-11 Temporary Easement

The Contractor shall

obtain the consent of
adjoining property owners
regarding the need for
temporary easements or
any other manner of

General Requirements
1-12 Pavement

The Contractor shall restore,

without extra cost to the
Government, any street pavements,
concrete sidewalks and curb, and
similar public structures that may be
opened, removed or demolished in
the performance of work under this

General Requirements
1-13 Protection of Trees

The Contractor shall restore,

without extra cost to the
Government, any street pavements,
concrete sidewalks and curb, and
similar public structures that may be
opened, removed or demolished in
the performance of work under this

General Requirements
1-14 Protection of Adjoining property

The Contractor shall protect the

excavation to be made below
existing grade line so that the soil of
adjoining property will not cave-in or
settle and shall defray the cost of
underpinning or extending the
foundation of buildings on adjoining

Termite Control
2-1 Material Requirements

Termite control chemicals or

toxicants shall be able to
immediately exterminate termites or
create barriers to discourage entry of
subterranean termites into the
building areas. The toxicants may be
classified into the following types

Termite Control
Type 1 Liquid Termite Concentrate

This type of toxicant shall be

specified for drenching soil beneath
foundations of the proposed
buildings.
Type 2 Liquid termicide Ready
Mixed
This type of toxicants which comes in

Termite Control
Type-II Power Termicide.

This type of toxicant shall be

applied to visible or suspected
subterranean termite mounds and
tunnels where termites are
exterminated through Trophallaxes or
exchange method or nourishment
between termites while greeting
each other upon meeting.

Termite Control
2-2 Construction Requirements

Soil Poisoning Treatment

1. Cordoning
2. Drenching
2-3 Guarantee
All wood materials not pressure treated shall
A.

be treated with Type II ready mixed solution

as herein called for or as directed by the
supervising Architect or Engineer.

Termite Control
2-4 Methods of Measurement

Liquid Termite Control chemicals or

toxicants shall be measured by
actual number of liters used in the
cordoning and drenching of lot areas
and soil poisoning of granular fill or
actual number of liters used in
drenching wood surfaces, while the
powder chemical shall be measured

Termite Control
2-5 Basis of Payment

Payment shall be made under the

following schedule:
Pay item
No.
A
B
C

Description

Unit of
Measurement
Soil Poisoning Liter
Wood
Liter
preservative
Powder
Kilograms
termicide

Plain and Reinforced

Concrete
3-1 General Requirements
1.

Acronyms
a. ASTM American Society for
Testing Materials
b. ACI American Concrete
Institute
c. POI Pre Stressed Concrete

Plain and Reinforced

Concrete
2. Standard Specifications and Codes

The work covered by this section

unless otherwise specified or

detailed, shall be governed by the
Building Code requirements for
Reinforced Concrete (ACI 318),
Standard Code for Arc and Gas

Plain and Reinforced

Concrete
3. Coordination

The concrete work shall be

coordinated with the work of other
trades to allow reasonable time to
set sleeves, inserts and other
accessories which must be in
position before concrete bases and

Plain and Reinforced

Concrete
3. Coordination

The concrete work shall be

coordinated with the work of other
trades to allow reasonable time to
set sleeves, inserts and other
accessories which must be in
position before concrete bases and

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Concrete
4. Workmanship

The Contractor shall be responsible for

any additional cost which may result from
concrete surfaces which are not finished
to the required profile or elavation.
5. Samples
The Contractor shall submit samples of
cement and aggregates proposed for use
in the concrete work ofr approval,

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Concrete
3-2 Material Requirements
1. Portland Cement
2. Fine Aggregates
3. Coarse Aggregate
4. Mixing Water
5. Admixture
3-4 Plain Concrete

Plain and Reinforced

Concrete
Concrete Test
A.
Testing Laboratory
B.
Compression Slump Test
C.
Compression Tests
D. Slump Test
E.
Test Report
F.
Inspection of Batch Plant