What Are Specifications?

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Noah's Ark, Edward Hicks, 1846

St. Jerome, Caravaggio, 1606

One of the earliest written specifications that can be identified is found in the Book of Genesis, Chapter 6, verse 14, where the Almighty describes the Ark to Noah and calls out the materials and workmanship in detail (KJV).

"Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch."

St. Jerome is working at his desk recording the decisions concerning the materials and attributes of the ark project.

Specifications are written documents defining the qualitative
requirements for products, materials and workmanship upon which the contract is based.

●Physical Qualities and Characteristics
●Quality of Materials and Equipment
●Standards of Workmanship
●Methods of Installation

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