2010 Construction Contract Standards Training Part 2

1. 2010 Construction Contract Standards TrainingPart 2 WORDING CHANGES, STYLE GUIDE AND QUICK GUIDE  November 2011

2. Wording Changes (See Tab 6) • New Terms • New Expressions • New Definitions • New Referencing • Omission of Needless Words • New Punctuation and Typography Style • More of these in the Style Guide for the 2010 Specifications

3. Style Guide (See Tab 7) • This Guide provides instructions for specification writers contributing to the Department of Transportation’s construction specifications. • 6 Expressions – see page 6 • Mandatory Expressions • Preferred Expressions

4. Style Guide – Continued • 8 Specification Duplication – see page 8 • The section discusses the specification that we duplicate in the 2006 specs and the reason we are not to do in 2010. • Do not include specifications covered by other specifications.

5. Style Guide – Continued • 9 Common Clauses and Phrases – see page 9 • Discusses the common clauses we are to use in 2010. The first column states the desired outcome and the second column shows how to write it.

6. Style Guide – Continued • 10 Payment Clauses – see page 10 • This section of the Style Guide discusses how to write the measurement and payment clauses in 2010. • 13 Punctuation and Typography – see page 13 • Rules on capitalization, commas, emphasis, font (Arial 10 point), hyphens, parenthesis, quotation marks, and spaces are discussed in this section.

7. Style Guide – Continued • 17 Numbers – see page 15 • The section discusses on how to use numbers. • 18 Dimension – see page 15 • Do not repeat measurement unit. • Use by for dimensions 2 by 4 inches, not 2 x 4 inches.

8. Style Guide – Continued • 22 Measurements – see page 16 • Dos and don’ts in the use of abbreviation, space, hyphen, military vs. civilian time, when to use days vs. business days. • 29 Lists – see page 18 • Discusses what to avoid, when to use a period, etc.

9. Style Guide – Continued • 30 Tables – see page 19 • The section discusses how to format a table, position and gridlines size. • 31 RSSs and SSPs – see page 20 • The section discusses tips on how to develop an RSS and SSPs. • 32 Organization – see page 24 • This section discusses rules on how to organize a specification.

10. Quick Guide (See Back Pocket) • What’s New in the 2010 Standards • FAQs • What are Caltrans Construction Standards • Scope of the 2010 Standards Project

11. Any questions?