Legal Aspects of Performance-Based Specifications for Highway Construction and Maintenance Contracts (2013) / Chapter Skim
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9 requirements such as hammer size, cushion replacement, jetting limitations, and maximum stress levels in driving the piles. These combined performance and design specifications are often referred to as "composite specifications" or "mixed specifications."32 While liability will be discussed in depth later, it is worthwhile for readers to note that composite specifications are often the most complicated to resolve when problems arise, as contractors and owners will each view the specification as being "more" one way or the other -- depending on what it is in dispute.
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10 change orders when the prescriptive specification was inadequate. Consider the area of fire protection sprinkler systems.
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11 models, such as texture/texture loss and skid resistance. Warranties have been more widely applied to HMA pavements than to PCC pavements.
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