Write a good spec

0:01Write a good spec.

0:03Every item on a project is its use of a library product. The maker, model and pictures belong to the product, shared by every job that uses it.

0:13The quantity, area, finishes and price belong to this item. Where a box shows the library’s words in gray, write this project’s own.

0:23Be exact: the fabric and color, the wood and its sheen, what it should match. A vendor can only quote what is written.

0:32Saved, this project’s notes come first, with the library product’s words beneath them.

0:37Instructions tell the vendor what you expect: shop drawings, labels, checks on site. Insert standard instructions adds your firm’s usual lines.

0:48Drop in pictures beside the spec, several at once, and keep the vendor’s documents under Files, each waiting for a yes or a no.

0:56All of it goes onto the item’s spec sheet, ready to send, and into the spec book when you issue.

1:02That’s a good spec. More videos: portspace.io/videos