Specification Coordination Responsibilities
The prime A/E is responsible for coordination of the specifications. The consultants' drawing content and the content of their specifications must be coordinated with those prepared by the prime A/E.
The prime A/E must ensure that all salient qualities of all materials and equipment are included, as well as standards of workmanship and quality of manufacturing for those materials and equipment which will product the results necessary to meet the project's needs. Areas of potential overlap between consulting disciplines must be identified and resolved to prevent duplication or omission of critical scope.
Ideally, a single person should have responsibility for determining consistency between drawings and specifications and within specifications. Communications between the team members is critical. Conference calls, including video, face-to-face meetings, email, desktop sharing and detailed checklists are all potential tools for coordinating content, terminology and scope.
