Building specifications

APS Architectural Design has produced specifications to accompany tender submissions and subsequent building works, ensuring quality of materials and workmanship.

A Building Specification is a document produced to be read alongside drawings, schedules of work and quantities, which may form part of a tender submission. Specifications list the materials to be used, the standards to which they are manufactured, performance requirements, and the method or standard to which they are fitted or constructed.

For example, an entry in the building specification for strip foundations may include the following information:

Drawing reference to which the work relates

• Type of foundation

• Dimensions of the foundation

• Method of excavation

• Type of concrete

• The British Standard

• Type of reinforcement and its British Standard

• Temperature range/climate for laying the concrete

• Placement of the concrete

• Time given for curing and method of protection