Specification-Tabulated Format

ITEM # GENERAL PRODUCT EXECUTION

DIVISION 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
1.1 Processing & Securing of Permits & Insurance
Building Permit

Architectural Permit After preparing all the document, have it signed and sealed
with the professionals (Architect/Engineer) in charge and the
1 original and 2 photocopies
Plumbing Permit owner or client of the Project. Proceed for a checking from the
city hall for the project to be executed
Bill of Materials
Structural Design Analysis

3 sets Complete as Built Plans

these shall be Applied the drawings in the site onced approved
DISISION 2: EXISTING CONDITION
2.1 Scope of Work

The work under this section of the Specifications shall consists

of furnishing all Items, materials, equipment, labor, plants,
appliances, methods and all operations that may be necessary,
One storey Residential House One storey Residential House
and incidentals to complete excavation, filling, back-filling and
grading in accordance with the Plans, and schedule if any, and
subject to the terms and conditions of the Contract.

2.2 Site Work

2.2.1 Site Preparation
This is done by clearing the site and achieving a good graded
condition. This process includes the removal of trees,
Site Clearing man power and construction vehicles demolishing of buildings, and getting rid of all old underground
infrastructure, and any other obstacles that might affect the
construction process.
this is to be done by identify the correct building block. This is
Site Surveying man power to determine the appropriate site and line where a building
structure or a project is to be built
 Soil testing is a must and shall be done firsthand before you
purchase the land or property. The composition of the soil
Soil Testing Soil Testing Equipments
enables you to determine whether it has the ability to hold the
structure and withstand strong climate conditions
These shall be the start of applying drawing plans in the site or
Site Plan Design Designing Plans
the main project itself
It shall be done for the purpose of designing the foundation of
Site Investigation man power
the building and how it will be constructed
It id done to ensure maximum capacity and availablity of the
Materials/Equipment Testing Material and Equipments
materials/equipments to be used
2.2.2 Site Safety Requirements
 All works shall be done in such a manner that safety shall be
maintained at all times for the protection of the workers and
Safety and Sanitation All who are present in the site must abide other persons within the job site. All construction and personal
waste of the workers must be disposed off regularly in the
safest and sanitary means.
it is done to show that the site of construction is fit for the job
Contractor All Risk Insurance (CARI) safety officer
and ia abiding on what to follow on safety protocols
2.2.3. Excavation
No footing shall rest on fill, where the excavation done in
accordance with the drawings reveal that the safe bearing
capacity is not reached, it shall be carried deeper until such
Footings Strip Footings
required bearing capacity is attained.
Whenever, water is encountered, it shall be removed
provided that the surrounding earth will not be disturb.
. All filing and back filling materials shall be placed in layers not
exceeding 15 centimeters in thickness. Each layer shall be
Fillings Aggregate, Rocks, Crushed Paving Materials, and Soil
thoroughly compacted by wetting, tampering of rolling before
the next layer is spread.
 The Contractor shall make all necessary excavation for
foundations to establish grades indicated on drawings without
extra compensation including all other excavations required
and necessary for the proper prosecution of the work.
1. Cut slope for permanent excavations shall not be steeper
than 1-1/2 horizontal to one vertical, and slopes for permanent
fills shall not be steeper than 2 horizontals to one vertical
unless a substantiating data which justify steeper slopes are
submitted.
2. Deviation from the foregoing limitations for slopes shall
be permitted only upon presentation of a soil investigation
report acceptable to the supervising Engineer.
3. Trim the excavation to the required depth, lines and
grades and other incidental excavations to level up the footing
plus compacting and tamping which are included in the building
Contract.
4. The materials to be excavated shall include: any rock,
earth and other materials of any nature and description
encountered in obtaining the indicated lines and grades.
5. If the required safe bearing power of the soil is not
obtained at the excavation depth indicated on the drawings, the
excavations shall be continued until such safe bearing power is
reached.
6. Piers and walls shall be lengthened accordingly and
Trench Excavation picks, shovels, and wheelbarrows
likewise; the footings shall be revised to suit the new conditions
for which the Contractor shall be paid at the unit price bid for
concrete work.
7. No fill or other surcharge loads shall be placed adjacent
to any building or structure unless such building or structure
unless such building or structure is capable of withstanding the
additional loads caused by the fill or surcharges.
8. Footings or foundations which may be affected by the
excavation shall be underpinned adequately, or otherwise
protected against settlement and/or against lateral movement.
9. Fills to be used to support the foundations shall be placed
in accordance with accepted engineering practices. A soil
investigation report and a report of satisfactory placement of fill,
both, shall be acceptable to the supervising Architect or
Engineer.
10. Additional payment for excavation will be computed per
unit bid price and/or at established unit price for same as
follows:
a. All materials of every natures and description, which in
the Owner’s opinion will require the use of air operated
hammers, wedging, or drilling and blasting.
b. For additional excavation to safe-bearing power soil as
required in 5 based upon work required between indicated
2.2.4. Backfilling
 1. All excavations shall be back-filled immediately as work
permits after concrete walls and piers have attained full design
strength and or as the Owner’s Engineer directs.
2. After the forms have been removed from the footings,
walls, piers, the materials taken from excavations (free from
waste and objectionable matter) shall be used for back-filling
around them.
3. This filling materials shall be made in layers not to
exceed 15 centimeters and thoroughly tamped before the next
fill is placed. Excess excavated materials shall be placed and
spread on the immediate premises as directed by the
supervising Engineer, provided, however, that the Contractor
shall not be required to remove such materials more than 50
meters from the building line.
4. Open tile drains around the building if any, shall be
covered with crushed rock or gravel for a depth of 30 cm and
the same shall be graded from coarse to fine.
5. Open tile drains under floor slab (where so indicated on
Backfilling stone, shovels, sand, gravel drawings) shall be covered with broken stones or gravel up to
the bottom of the slab.
6. In spaces where slabs, rest on ground, or on earth-fill as
specified in paragraph 2, shall be labeled and accurately
graded with 10 cm thick of gravel and sand, and tamped
thoroughly before concrete pouring is done.
7. All exterior grades shall be formed in accordance with the
drawings and specifications, taking into account the
requirements for landscaping work, if any, giving due
allowances for the top soil depth.
8. The Contractor shall grade the are included within
clearing lines as defined in “Clearing” under the General
Conditions, and all such grading work shall be included in the
building Contract without extra or additional cost Banks of
graded areas shall have a slope of 3.8 cm horizontal to one
vertical distance.
9. Extra grading (cut or fill) beyond the ___ meters and or
due to change of grade shall be paid at the unit price bid for the
same.

2.3 Temporary Site Facilities

2.3.1 Temporary Facilities
create a temporary barracks for the workers to serve as a
Temporary Barracks spare wood, spare galvanized iron sheets, man power
planning center and main shelter for the workers
Temporary Fence/Board Up spare galvanized iron sheets and scaffolding bars/ spare wood create posts and connect the sheets and cover whole site

2.3.2. Other Temporary Provisions

connect equipments to posts and water lines for the workers
Temporary Water and Power Consumption power jumpers, and water lines/pipes/ pumps
could have access to different needs
 1. The Contractor shall at all times protect the excavations
and trenches from damages of rain water, spring water,
backing of drains, and from all other water.
2. He shall provide and operate all pumps or other
equipment necessary to drain and keep excavations, pits,
trenches and the entire sub-grade area free of water under any
circumstance and contingencies that may arise.
Protection, pumping and Maintenance Water supply
3. He shall build all necessary enclosures, construct and
maintain temporary drainage for this purpose. He shall provide
all shoring, bracing and sheating as required for safety, or
necessary to support adjoining walls, walks, soils, streets,
buildings, fences, and the like and for prosecution of the work,
all these to be removed when work is completed, and or
required by the Owner.

2.4. Storage & Filling Materials

2.4.1. Delivery
this delivery method consists of three distinct phases: the
design phase, the bid phase and the build phase. Design-Bid-
Build is a good option for new commercial construction.
Project Delivery Method Construction Materials, Vehicles
Although it’s a lengthy process, it allows owners to work in
tandem with architects and engineers to get the best price for
their project.

2.4.2. Storage
1. Cement and Aggregates shall be stored in such a manner
as to prevent their deterioration or the intrusion of foreign
matter.
2. Cement shall be stored, immediately upon arrival on the
Storage of Materials Storage of Materials
site of the work, in substantial waterproof bodegas, with a floor
raised from the ground sufficiently high to be free from
dampness. Aggregates shall be stored in such a manner as to
avoid the inclusion of foreign matter.

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DIVISION 3: CONCRETE
3.1 Concrete Works
3.1.1 Cement
 1. Immediately after the concrete is mixed, it shall be
conveyed by approved push cart or buggies to designated
locations, and carefully deposited in such manner as to prevent
the separation of ingredient or displacement of the
reinforcements.
2. Keep temporary runways built in such a manner that
runway supports will not bear upon reinforcement of fresh
concrete. Conveying or hauling of concrete by the use of long
inclined chutes or pipes shall not be permitted.
Isolated Footing 3. Dumping concrete into carts or buggies with a free fall of
Exterior strip footing more than one (1) meter will not be permitted. Hardened
Interior Strip Footing splashes or accumulation of concrete on forms or
HOLCIM Philippines-
Slab on fill (Horizontal) reinforcements shall be removed before the work continues.
a. Portland cement shall conform to the requirements of ASTM C-150 Type
Column Beam 4. When placing operations would involve dropping of the
for normal Portland cement; Type III for High Early Strength Portland Cement.
Suspended concrete more than 1.50 meters high, it shall be deposited
b. Cement shall be any standard commercial brand in 40 kilograms per bag
Floor Slabs Concrete through a sheet metal or other approved conveyors.
such as: Filipinas, Union, Republic Apo or other locally available equivalent
walls Interior and Exterior 5. As for practicability, the conveyors shall be kept full of
Septic tank concrete during the placing and their lower ends shall be kept
Catch Basin buried in the newly placed concrete.
6. After the initial set of concrete, the forms shall not be
jarred, and no strain shall be placed on the ends of the
projecting reinforcing bars. Foundation shall be free from water
during concreting and construction joints shall be determined
by the supervising Architect or Engineer.
7. Concrete in columns shall be placed in one continuous
pouring operation and allowed to set 12 hours before caps are
placed. Likewise, concrete in beams and slabs in
superstructures shall be poured in one operation.

Concrete admixture shall be free from chlorides and shall

conform to ASTM C-494-651. The admixtures shall be used in
Plasticizing Admixture BUILDRITE
all concrete mixtures in accordance with the manufacturers’
specifications
Water used in mixing concrete shall be clean and free from
Mixing Water Water supply injurious amount of oils, acids, alkali, organic materials or other
deleterious substances.
3.1.2 Aggregates

Fine Aggregates
Sand shall be clean, hard, coarse river sand or crushed sand free from injurious
amount of clay loam and vegetable matter and shall conform to ASTM C-33 or
C-330.
Construction Agregates (Base upon the Philippine Aggregates must be in standard PNS sizes and workers mst
National Standard (PNS 18) type 1 Coarse Aggregate understand how to use them
Gravel shall be river run gravel or broken stones. The maximum size shall be
1/5 of the nearest dimension between sides of forms of the concrete, ¾ of the
minimum clear spacing between reinforcing bars, or between re-bars and forms
whichever is smaller.

3.1.3 Mortar
 Remove forms and form tie ends then fill holes with 1:2
Portland Cement mortar mixed to match the concrete. All
defective areas below grade line not exposed to view shall be
patched with Portland Cement mortar mixed to match the
concrete mixture as directed by the Supervising Architect or
Engineer.
1. Exposed exterior surface of the building where special
finishes are indicated - Concrete shall be placed and finished
as herein before specified and as required to provide even
dense surface of uniform color, free from marks, aggregate,
pockets, honeycomb or other imperfections so that after
treatment of the finished surfaces will not be required.
2. Any concrete which is not formed on the level or
alignment, or shows defective surfaces shall be considered as
Portland Cement Mortar. Proportioning of mortar shall be Portland cement Mortar Mix: equal part of cement (1) plus equal part of water not conforming with the intent of this Specifications and shall be
executed in volume using a bucket (1) plus 3 parts of sand removed at the expense of the Contractor, unless the Owner or
his authorized representative grants permission to patch
otherwise correct the defective areas.
3. Permission to patch any such area shall not be a waiver
of the right of the Owner to require complete removal of the
defective work.
4. Exposed Interior Finishes – patch all defective areas and
remove all fins, form joint marks, rough spots and other defects
by rubbing with a suitable tool until such defects and rough
areas are completely removed and surfaces free from
imperfections so as to produce dense, smooth, uniform finish
with the desired texture and design.
5. Silicone water repellent, shall be applied to all exterior
exposed concrete surface above grade which are not to be
painted.

3.2.4 Plaster Bond

1. Cement. Cement shall be Portland Hydraulic Cement of any approved 1. Mortar mixture for brown coat shall be freshly prepared
brand. and uniformly mixed in the proportion by volume on one part
The Contractor shall furnish all cement plaster materials,
2. Hydrated Lime shall conform with the requirements as defined in Portland Cement, three (3) parts sand and one fourth (1/4) part
labor, tools and equipment required in undertaking
Hydraulic Cement of any approved brand. hydrated lime.
cement plaster finish as shown on the Plans and in
3. Fine Aggregates. Fine aggregates (sand) shall be clean, washed and 2. Finish coat shall be pure Portland Cement properly
accordance with this Specifications.
sharp river sand, free from dirt, clay, organic matter or other deleterious graded and mixed with water to approved consistency and
substances. plasticity.

Total Score Points

Score Pts.
42