A DESCRIPTION AND COMPARISON OF NATIONAL SPECIFICATION SYSTEMS
Edited by Colin D McGregor BA BArch RIBA, NBS Services Representative to ICIS
Report No. 1 is a comprehensive description and comparative analysis of the ICIS members’ specification systems, and their Specification techniques.
The report identifies:
The report was first presented to the BSG Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, in September 1992. It has since been expanded and revised, and is now published under the group’s new name. The report has been extensively revised in the light of changes and developments to members’ systems and to include details of cost estimating and planning systems where relevant.
STATE, TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES OF NATIONAL SPECIFICATION SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION
by Bettina Mindt, lic.rer.pol.
The members individual specification systems were described in ICIS Report # 1. The descriptive results of this report pointed to the diversity of the individual systems. It was felt neces-sary to find out the reasons for the similarities and differen-ces between the systems. Report # 2 thus sets out to analyze more deeply the specification systems and the national con-struction markets of the European ICIS members and the place of each system in its own. As these national construction markets are influenced by international developments, a survey of the European construction sector is also included, describing trends and perspectives for construction parties at national and international level.
The production of ICIS Report # 2 was only possible due to the personal and financial engagement of the Swiss member of ICIS, the 'Swiss Research Centre for Rationaliszation in Building and Civil Engineering, CRB' and the active support of the other ICIS members, in particular of the Steering Group comprising:
Colin McGregor, NBS, Newcastle/GB Maarten van Hezik, STABU, Ede/NL Prof. Tobias Studer, WWZ, Basle/CH Felix Trefzer, CRB, Zurich/CH
The report is intended to serve as an introduction to European specification systems, national construction markets and the European construction industry for clients, consultants, con-tractors, manufacturers of construction products and others.
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE SPECIFYING - AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY
edited by John Gelder
This Report discusses a number of issues influencing environmentally responsible project (and master) specifying, using examples drawn internationally. Issues external to the project (context and sources of information), and those internal to it (specification methods and production), are explored, and common ground, differences and points of interest are identified. A number of difficulties - barriers to rational green specifying - are flagged.
The Report in its present form represents work-in-progress - it is essentially the combination of two international surveys, augmented in a number of ways. It is expected that the contents will be expanded to fill gaps, mostly in national coverage, and that it will be updated from time to time.
by Terry Wright, CIS, Australia
This paper consists of a primary Objects Terminology discussion, supported by a number of other papers. The primary document includes Acrobat links to six other reference documents, and can be viewed online using the Acrobat browser plug-in.
by John Cann, NBS Services (UK)
This paper is a short analysis of specifying and classifications. It includes suggestions for a procedure to be used by ICIS committees in developing international classification tables for the construction industry.
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