Shop Drawings and Submittals

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Checklist

I. Analysis

Have you read through the entire specification document?

Do not move forward until you have read through all the specs.

Once you've read them through

• • Do the specifications coordinate with all drawings?

  • Do all sections of the specifications coordinate with each other?

II. Evaluation 

 Content

• • • Are the specifications closed to multiple interpretations?

    • Do the specifications contain all required information in a concise form?

    • Are the specifications free from

      •  Irrelevant information?

      • Repetition?

 Tone

• • • Are the specifications written in a way that is understandable to people working on the project described?

Style

• • • Are the specifications written in language needed to satisfy the qualitative information needed for constructing the project?

    • Are sentences short and direct?

 Attitude

• • • Are the specifications written not just to satisfy a legal contract but to truly enhance the ability of those constructing the project?

Appearance

• • • Have the specifications been produced in an acceptable format?

Source: Betty Ricks and Kay F. Gow’s Business Communication: Systems and Applications (1987).