EPCM contractors specifications and drawings

An order of precedence between the different types of document should have been defined early in the project to be applied to any inconsistency which may come to light. Each of these categories of documents is discussed in more detail hereunder. These documents may be in hardcopy and/or electronic format to meet project requirements, but hardcopy documents are required at the work face by those directly involved in construction, erection, inspection and testing. 

These documents will have been created in the EPCM contractor s engineering department (ED) from the starting point 

There will be a number of basic specifications for each discipline, defining the ground rules, and then specifications applicable to specific works. It is important that the extent of applicability of the basic specifications to each construction contract be defined as soon as possible. If only a very small part of a given basic specification is applicable to a given contract, it should be clearly stated. 

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