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Write a specification section that a contractor can price accurately and a site can build from — performance stated, products defined, workmanship and tolerances given, and the coordination with the drawings made explicit. Use when asked to write a specification, spec a material or system, prepare an NBS-style section, or when a specification produced wildly different tender prices. Produces the scope and interface definition, the performance requirements, the product or system definition, execution and tolerance requirements, and the submittals and testing schedule.

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# Architectural Specification Section

Wide tender prices are almost always a specification problem: three contractors read the same section and priced three different buildings. The cure is not more words. It is being precise about performance, unambiguous about who does what at the interfaces, and explicit about what must be submitted and tested — so the cheap tender and the expensive one are pricing the same thing.

## What This Skill Produces

- **Scope and interfaces** — what this section covers, what it does not, and who is responsible at each junction
- **Performance requirements** — measurable criteria with the standard and test method named
- **Product or system definition** — either a named product with an equivalence rule, or a performance description a contractor can propose against
- **Execution requirements** — preparation, sequence, workmanship, and stated tolerances
- **Submittals and samples** — what must be approved before order, and before installation
- **Testing and inspection** — what is tested, when, to what standard, and who witnesses

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