Common Arrangement of Work Sections
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Common Arrangement of Work Sections, first published in 1987, is a working convention designed to promote standardisation of, and detailed coordination between, bills of quantities and specifications. It is part of the industry wide coordinated projects information (CPI) initiative and has been used for the arrangement of the national Building Specification, the National Engineering Specification and the Standard Method of Building Works – Seventh Edition. During the last ten years it has come into widespread use for the arrangement of building project documents.
Developments in construction technology and feedback from usage have indicated that useful additions and amendments could be made. Most of the changes in this new edition are at a detailed level, but a number of new sections have been added, and a more detailed index has been included. The new edition aligns CAWS with the Unified Classification for the Construction Industry (Uniclass) which was published in 1997.
The Common Arrangement is the authoritative UK classification of work sections for building work, for use in arranging project specifications and bills of quantities.
Over 300 work sections are defined in detail in order to give:
The classification of work sections is separate from, and complementary to, the classification of other concepts such as building types, elements, construction products and properties/characteristics. Uniclass, published in 1997, is the definitive overall classification tables, one of which is for work sections for buildings, comprising the Common Arrangement group, sub-group and work section headings.
Developments in construction technology and feedback from usage have indicated that useful additions and amendments could be made. Most of the changes in this new edition are at a detailed level, but a number of new sections have been added, and a more detailed index has been included. The new edition aligns CAWS with the Unified Classification for the Construction Industry (Uniclass) which was published in 1997.
The Common Arrangement is the authoritative UK classification of work sections for building work, for use in arranging project specifications and bills of quantities.
Over 300 work sections are defined in detail in order to give:
- good coordination between drawings, specifications and bills of quantities
- predictability of location of relevant information
- fewer oversights and discrepancies between documents
- flexibility to the contractor in dividing the project information into work packages.
The classification of work sections is separate from, and complementary to, the classification of other concepts such as building types, elements, construction products and properties/characteristics. Uniclass, published in 1997, is the definitive overall classification tables, one of which is for work sections for buildings, comprising the Common Arrangement group, sub-group and work section headings.
See also
- CPICConstruction Project Information Committee' is the Construction Project Information Committee, responsible for providing best practice guidance on the content, form and preparation of construction production information, and making sure this best practice is disseminated throughout the UK construction industry.The Committee is formed from...
- NBSNational Building SpecificationThe National Building Specification, and now known as the NBS, is a British based system of construction specification used by architects and other building professionals to describe the materials, standards and workmanship of a construction project...
http://www.thenbs.com - UniclassUniClassUniclass , published in 1997 in UK by the Construction Project Information Committee ....