Design General Specification
$5500.00
Design General Specification 5-Day Course Outline
Course Overview
This 5-day course is designed to help professionals understand, develop, review, and control general and technical specifications used in engineering, construction, industrial, and infrastructure projects. Official guidance shows that technical specifications describe materials, product information, quality, performance, fabrication, and installation requirements, while design specifications must be detailed enough for stakeholder review, procurement, construction, maintenance, and upgrade activities. Guide specification systems such as UFGS also show the value of standardized master specifications in improving consistency and project delivery. WBDG City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering FHWA
The course is especially relevant in KSA, GCC, and Africa, where industrial competitiveness, advanced technology adoption, and infrastructure modernization are strategic priorities. Saudi Arabia’s National Industrial Strategy emphasizes advanced technology, sustainability, and industrial competitiveness; the UAE Industry 4.0 program targets higher productivity and efficiency; and the African Union’s digital transformation strategy supports skills development, modernization, and economic transformation. Saudi Vision 2030 UAE Industry 4.0 African Union
Who Should Attend
Design engineers, project engineers, QA/QC engineers, consultants, architects, estimators, procurement engineers, contract engineers, maintenance planners, and project managers involved in preparing or reviewing design and tender documentation.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Understand the role of general specifications in project delivery
Distinguish between general, technical, performance, and prescriptive specifications
Structure clear, accurate, and enforceable specification documents
Align specifications with drawings, codes, standards, and contracts
Reduce ambiguity, omissions, and specification conflicts
Improve QA/QC, procurement, constructability, and compliance outcomes
5-Day Course Outline
Day 1: Fundamentals of Design General Specifications
Purpose and importance of general specifications
Relationship between specifications, drawings, BOQ, and contracts
Types of specifications: general, technical, performance, and prescriptive
Role of specifications in EPC, construction, utilities, manufacturing, and infrastructure projects
Common specification terminology and document hierarchy
Workshop: Review a sample project package and identify specification interfaces.
Day 2: Specification Structure and Content Development
Standard layout and section structure
Writing requirements for materials, workmanship, testing, and acceptance criteria
Referencing codes, standards, and manufacturer data correctly
Using master specifications and guide specifications effectively
Avoiding outdated, copied, or conflicting clauses
Workshop: Build a project-specific specification from a master template.
Day 3: Quality, Compliance, and Coordination
QA/QC requirements in specifications
Coordination between civil, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and architectural documents
Managing “or equal,” approved materials, and sole-source wording
Reducing claims, disputes, and misinterpretation through better language
Review and approval workflows for design documents
Workshop: Detect and correct coordination errors in multi-discipline specifications.
Day 4: Specifications for Procurement, Tendering, and Construction
Preparing specifications for tender and bid evaluation
Linking technical requirements to procurement strategy
Inspection, testing, commissioning, and handover requirements
Constructability and contractor usability of specifications
Managing revisions, clarifications, and addenda during project execution
Workshop: Draft a tender-ready specification section with compliance checkpoints.
Day 5: Advanced Review, Risk Control, and Best Practice
Specification risk assessment and lessons learned
Common causes of poor specification performance
Change management and document control
Best practices for digital documentation and specification governance
Developing an internal specification review checklist and improvement roadmap
Workshop: Create a 90-day action plan to improve specification quality in your organization.
Delivery Options
Available as online, onsite, or in-house training across KSA, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and wider Africa.
