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Recurring construction work is often specified by recycling an old document and hoping its assumptions still apply. SpecWorks provides clear, technically controlled clauses that can be selected and adapted to the project.
Request sample clauses01 / A better starting point
Most construction operations are not new. The decisions that make them right for a particular project are.
Rebuilding standard requirements every time wastes effort. Copying old wording carries old assumptions into new work. Both approaches make omissions more likely.
SpecWorks gives you a dependable starting point within the documents and working methods you already use. Each editable clause brings together the scope, materials, workmanship, interfaces, inspection and acceptance requirements needed for that operation. You decide what is appropriate for the project.
02 / The collections
Larger sections are published as focused thematic books while the master clause numbering remains intact. Every clause keeps its place within the wider library.
A substantial collection for the work that is often hardest to describe clearly: existing fabric, alteration, repair, renewal and making good.
A developed collection of 24 clauses covering clearance, excavation, filling, foundations, substructure walls, ground floors, damp protection and associated work.
A developed collection of 20 clauses for external masonry, render, openings, cavity protection, movement joints and the interfaces that make wall construction work.
03 / Inside a clause
A short instruction can hide a long list of assumptions. A useful clause defines enough for the work to be priced, carried out and accepted on a common basis.
Typical wording
“Form opening in existing wall and make good.”
What has been allowed for?
04 / The SpecWorks approach
The operation and its boundaries are made clear so tenderers price the same work.
Materials, critical workmanship and interfaces are stated where they affect performance.
Inspection, testing, samples and completion standards are included where they are needed.
05 / A coherent library
The books are manageable. The numbering remains part of one master system.
A clause from a focused Repairs and Refurbishment book keeps its R prefix and master sequence. It can be traced, referenced and used alongside other SpecWorks collections without creating a new numbering system for every publication.
See before you decide
Judge the structure, detail and practical usefulness for yourself.
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