CSI MasterFormat and Division 07 · Lesson 4 of 4

CSI MasterFormat and Division 07: defects, verification and case study

Real defects found in public flashing sections, how to check a submittal and the work against a section, a constructed ES-1 coping case, and how to write the question and keep the evidence.

You will be able to: Diagnose gaps, overlaps, conflicting numbers and edition drift in a flashing specification, verify a submittal and the finished work against the section, and write the question and the record.

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Where specifications fail

Five patterns recur: a gap (nothing covers an item), an overlap (two sections cover it), two numbers that disagree, a cited edition that has moved on, and a pointer to a section that is not there.

The next slides show each in the public sections used here.

Sources

VA National Cemetery Administration Section 07 60 00 Flashing and Sheet Metal (10-01-23) - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Whole Building Design Guide)
Construction Specification Manual, Division 7 index (September 2021) with Sections 07 62 00 and 07 72 00 (last updated August 2021) - Salt River Project
UFGS 07 60 00 Flashing and Sheet Metal (August 2023, Change 1 05/25) - U.S. Department of Defense, Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (Whole Building Design Guide)

Glossary

Scope gap: An item that no section in the project manual covers, or a pointer such as 07 71 00 to a section that is not listed. A bidder raises it as a question.
Overlap: The same item specified in two sections with different requirements. The fabricated or manufactured split in the master list is meant to give each item one home.
Edition drift: Two documents citing different editions of the same standard, as UFGS cites ES-1 (2017) and VA cites ES-1-03, so the requirements cited may differ.
Request for information (RFI): A written question to the design team that names the section and paragraph in doubt, the readings seen and the assumption proposed.
Evidence trail: The documents that prove a requirement was met, such as SRP's product certificates and ICC-ES evaluation reports for ES-1 tested copings.