Academy of Modular Construction and Engineering Technologies
How to Write a Technical Specification for a Modular Building
A practical course for clients, procurement specialists and design engineers: from input data to a request for proposal that can be compared.
What the course teaches
Distinguish the client's requirements from the parameters that the design engineer determines by calculation
Specify external dimensions, clear room dimensions and areas separately
Collect climatic, load and engineering input data with the source stated
Prepare a request for proposal with a scope of supply matrix
Course program
What a spec must containAfter this lesson you will be able to assemble the minimum content of a spec from which two different manufacturers will quote the same product.
Open →Purpose of the buildingYou will learn to formulate the purpose so that the list of rooms, the operating mode and the engineering requirements follow from it.
Open →Number of people and capacityYou will be able to convert the project headcount into a schedule of rooms and beds that a design engineer can check.
Open →Dimensions and areaYou will specify dimensions so that logistics, module joining and the area standard are calculated with the correct figures.
Open →Climatic input dataYou will be able to separate calculated external parameters from required internal ones and state the source of every figure.
Open →Snow and wind loadsYou will know which loads to request from the design engineer and why they must not be copied from another project.
Open →Insulation and building envelopeYou will be able to describe the building envelope so that proposals are compared by composition rather than by a single thickness figure.
Open →Availability of solutions and engineering systemsYou will specify engineering sections through interfaces and check component availability before the design is issued.
Open →Fire requirements, documentation and reference projectsYou will be able to state the applicable fire safety requirements in the spec with a reference to the clause, the list of documents and the procedure for approving substitutions.
Open →The final request for proposalYou will assemble a request package that lets proposals from different factories be compared line by line.
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