CONT 126 - CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS - REVISED 1/26/15

SYLLABUS - SPRING 2015

Section: CONT126 C2A CRN #20622
Days: Tuesday HTEC 032
Time: Lecture: 6:30-9:25 PM
Dates: February 3, 2015 May 19, 2015
Midterm: Tuesday March 17, 2015
Final Exam: Tuesday May 19, 2015

Instructor: Mr. Sam Beeghley

Email: sbeeghley@ccbcmd.edu
SAIT Division ph: 443-840-4444
Closed April 3 April 10, 2015

Course Description:
Construction Specifications
Is a study of the basic principles of specification development and the interpretation of such. The
role of specifications as a legal and technical document will be discussed in terms of design and
constructions, as well as interrelationship of specifications, construction law, and materials of
construction.
3 credits: 3 lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: CONT 106 or equivalent experience.
Offered spring semesters only.
Course Objective:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:
Organize, store, and retrieve information using uniform formats established by the construction industry.
List the Divisions of UniFormat and MasterFormat. Apply the concepts of SectionFormat and PageFormat
to properly generate a Specification Section. Explain why the use of standardized formats is critical for a
project to be successful. Compare the differences between Drawings and Specifications. Explain which
information belongs on Drawings and which on Specifications, and why. Analyze a Specification and
determine how it can be interpreted legally. Utilize the information contained in Construction Documents.
Required Materials:
Class material: Notebook, paper, pen, and pencil
Code of Conduct:
Students will conduct themselves in a civil manner and adhere to the Code of Conduct in the web base
CCBC catalog. http://www.ccbcmd.edu/catalog/codeofconduct.html This includes Cheating and using
other students work.
ALL personal electronic devices are to be turned off during class and put away, and no usage of
the internet.
Attendance:
Attendance is mandatory for this class. If you must be absent, EMAIL ME PRIOR TO CLASS!
Attendance counts. An excused absence is an emergency such as a death in famil y, the advent of
religious holidays and/or participating in official College functions. Late students or students who leave
early may be marked absent.
Home Work: Reading assignments and occasional written assignments.
Grading Procedure: Final 35%, Mid-Term- 25%, Attendance- 5%, Quizzes 20%, Assignments
15%.
Session 1 Feb 3, 2015: Introductions and Project Conception
Construction Process Overview: Building team members and their relationships; Commissioning;
Construction process; Project phases; Facility Life Cycle; Integrated Project Delivery.
Session 2 Feb 10, 2015: Project Delivery, Codes, Programming, Cost and Schedule
Services; Factors Affecting Project Delivery; Project Delivery Methods and Services; Project Team.

Session 3 - Feb 17, 2015: Design and Design Documents

Design Processes and Phases; Project Evaluation and Selection; Quality; Controlling the Variables; Cost
Estimating and Value Analysis; Schematic Design Documentation; Design Development Documentation.
Session 4 - Feb 24, 2015: Organization of Construction Documents
National CAD Standard, Uniform Drawing System, MasterFormat, SectionFormat, PageFormat,
UniFormat.
Session 5 Mar 03, 2015: Division 00
Procurement Requirements; Construction Agreements; Conditions of the Contract.
Session 6 Mar 10, 2015: Division 01/ Mid Term Review
General Requirements.
Session 7 - March 17, 2015: MID-TERM EXAM
Session 8 - March 24, 2015: Specifications Practice
Project Manual and Specifications Practices.
Session 9 - March 31, 2015: Specifications Methods and Language
Methods of Specifying; Specification Language.
Session 10 - April 7, 2015: SPRING BREAK NO CLASS!
Session 11 April 14, 2015: Document Coordination
Drawings; Coordinating Drawings and Specifications
Session 12 - April 21, 2015: Modifications Bonds and Warranties
Procurement and Contract Document Modifications; Warranties .
Session 13 - April 28, 2015: Procurement and Construction
Pricing; Purchasing; Funding; Project Information. Construction Team; Administering Cons truction;
Project Communication; Submittals.
Session 14 May 5, 2015: Facility Management/Subject to Change
Facility Managers Role in Project Closeout; Operations and Maintenance; Resource Materials; Facility
Evaluation; Documents for Life Cycle Activities
Session 15 - May 12, 2015: Semester Review
Session 16 - May 19, 2015 - Final Exam