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S BS 1200
AB- 1986
Engi neer s of f i ce
SOUTH AFRI CAN BUREAU OF STANDARDS
STANDARDI ZED SPECI FI CATI ON
CI Vl L ENGI NEERI NG CONSTRUCTI ON
fo r
AB ENGI NEER S OFFI CE
1.
1. 1
2
2 1
2. 2
2. 3
3
3 1
3.2
4.
4.1
5
5.1
5.2
SCOPE
Thi s speci f i cat i on covers the requi rements f or off i ces
and the mni mum associ ated f aci l i t i es f or t he use
of t he Engi neer on a Si te. I t cover s a schedul ed number of
i denti cal of f i ces and al l ows f or mobi l e and
sem - mobi l e accommodati on.
NOTE: The st andards ref err ed t o i n the speci f i cat i on
are l i st ed i n Appendi x
A .
I NTERPRETATI ONS
SUPPORTI NG SPECI FI CATI ONS. Wher e thi s speci f i cat i on i
s requi r ed f or a pr oj ect , t he f ol l ow ng speci f i ca-
t i ons shal l , i nter al i a, f orm par t of t he cont r act
document ( NOTE I t em ( b) may or may not be bound i n
t he cont r act document ) :
a) Pro j ect spec i f i cat i on;
b) SABS 1200 A or SABS 1200 AA as appl i cabl e.
APPLI CATI ON.
Thi s speci f i cat i on cont ai ns c l auses that are general l
y appl i cabl e to c i v i l engi neer i ng
constr uct i on.
project. speci f i cat i on ( see 2.1).
DEFI NI TI ONS.
1200
AA
as appl i cabl e, and the f ol l ow ng def i ni t i ons shal l
appl y:
Engi neer.
Engi neer s Repr esentati ve.
wor ks, a prof essi onal engi neer or t he Engi neer hi msel f
.
Of f i ce.
An off i ce constr ucted on the Si t e, or a pref abr i cat ed
mobi l e or sem - mobi l e of f i ce uni t .
MATERI ALS
NAMEBOARDS. The Cont r act or s hal l suppl y and er ect , at
approved si t es, t wo nameboards t hat s hal l compl y
as regards si ze,
pai nt i ng,
decorat i ng and detai l , w t h t he r ecommendat i ons f or t
he standard board of t he
sout h Af r i can I nst i tut i on o f Ci vi l Engi neers .
t he Empl oyer , Engi neer and Cont r act or t o be pai nted on
t he boar ds shal l be as order ed or as shown on a
draw ng.
Each board s hal l be made of t emper ed har dboard of t hi
ckness at l east 12 mm so braced on t he r ever se si de
as to prevent war pi ng, and mounted on t wo or mor e, as
necessar y, f i r m y pl ant ed pol es.
The pai nti ng of t he boards shal l compl y w t h the rel evant
r equi r ement s of CKS 193,
and t he col our s
of
t he
pai nts shal l be an acceptabl e match t o the appl i cabl e col
our s gi ven i n SABS 1091.
OFFI CE BUI LD NG(S). The Cont r actor shal l provi de and f
urni sh one or more of f i ces ( as schedul ed) f or the
use of t he Engi neer.
cei l i ng hei ght of at l east 2.5 m
Each of f i ce shal l be weat herproof , shal l have a wooden
boar ded f l oor t hat i s at l east 150
mm
above t he
ground, and shal l be provi ded w t h a cei l i ng and a l i ni
ng t o t he wal l s,
or equi val ent i nsul at i on, w th an
acceptabl e type of door w t h a secur e l ock, and t wo openi
ng w ndows of gl azed area at l east 3 m2. Each
of f i ce shal l be wel l vent i l ated and shal l be so i nsul
ated as t o provi de comor t abl e worki ng condi ti ons.
The i nt ernal f urni shi ngs of each of f i ce shal l i ncl
ude
a) one t rest l e t abl e, 2 m l ong x 1 m w de 0, 9 m hi gh, w
th a smooth t op;
b) one tabl e or desk havi ng a t op of si ze at l east 1, 5 m
x
0.9
m and at l east one l ockabl e drawer;
c) one hi gh stool ;
d) t wo chai r s;
e)
a
l ockabl e upr i ght steel cabi net w t h three shel ves or a st
eel f i l i ng cabi net w t h f our drawers;
f ) shel vi ng of t otal l ength 3 m and of nom nal w dth 300
nun;
9 an accept abl e bl i nd on each w ndow;
h) a wash-hand basi n;
i ) acceptabl e l i ght i ng;
j )
provi si on, as det ai l ed i n t he pr oj ect speci f i cat i
on, f or heat i ng i n w nt er and cool i ng i n summer.
The Cont r act or shal l al so suppl y a t oi l et f or the excl
usi ve use of t he Engi neer.
On compl eti on of t he Works, owners hi p of t he bui l di ngs
and t hei r f urni shi ngs shal l r evert t o the
Cont r act or who shal l r emove t hemf rom t he Si te.
I nt erpretat i ons of and var i at i ons to t hi s speci f i
cat i on are set out i n Port i on 2 of t .he
For t he purposes of t hi s speci f i cat i on t he def i ni t i
ons gi ven i n
S BS
1200 A or
S BS
The Engi neer named i n the speci al condi t i ons of contr
act.
The par t y on Si t e who repr esent s t he Engi neer and who
may be a cl er k of
The descri pti on
of
t he proj ect and the names and ti t l es
of
Each of f i ce shal l consi st of one roomw t h a f l oor ar ea
of at l east 12 m2 and a
PLANT
TELEPHONE.
ni cat i ons, arr ange
f or the i nsta l l at i on i n the o f f i ce bui l di ng of
one
or
mor e ( as r equi r ed i n ter ms of
t he proj ect speci f i cat i on) tel ephones. The tel ephone(
s) shal l be avai l abl e f or use by t he Engi neer f or
of f i c i a l purposes.
The Cont r act or shal l , subj ect t o avai l abi l i t y f
romt he Depart ment of Post s and Tel ecommu-
CONSTRUCTI ON
NAMEBOARDS. The Cont r act or shal l keep the nameboards i n
good repai r f or t he durat i on of t he cont r act and
he s hal l r emove themon compl eti on of t he cont ract.
ENG NEER S OFFICE S).
approaches.
t hi s purpose t hroughout t he cont r act peri od.
KEY
PERSONNEL. The Cont r actor shal l f urni sh t he Empl oyer and
t he Engi neer w t h a l i st
of
addr esses and
t el ephone number s of key pers onnel i n t he Cont r actor s
or gani zat i on who may be contact ed i n an emergency
bot h dur i ng and out si de off i ce hours.
The Cont r act or shal l provi de proper mai ntenance of t he of
f i cet s) and i ts/ thei r
He shal l keep t he of f i ce( s) and toi l et cl ean and shal l
provi de adequat e cl eani ng st aff f or
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5.5
5 .4
TELEPHONE. The Cont r act or shal l advi se
t he Depar t ment of Post s and Tel ecommuni cati ons of any f
aul t s t hat
devel op i n t he t el ephone servi ce and he shal l , i n such
event , arr ange f or t he ear l i est possi bl e
r estorati on of t he sai d servi ce. The Cont - ractor shal l
ensure t hat t el ephone account s ar e pai d prompt l y.
Costs of t he Engi neer s t el ephone cal l s and rental shal l
be recover abl e f romt he Empl oyer.
SURVEY ASSI STANTS. The Cont r act or shal l make avai l abl e t
o t he Engi neer t wo or mor e ( as r equi r ed i n ter ms
of t he proj ect s peci f i cati on or as schedul ed) sui t abl
y educat ed survey l abour ers f or use on and about t he
Si te at al l reasonabl e t i mes. The Contr actor shal l suppl
y al l
pegs
and concret e, t ogether w t h t he
necessar y l abour f or excavati on, m xi ng and pl aci ng, as
and when r equi r ed f or t he set t i ng out
of
t he
work.
6.
TOLERANCES
6.1 Not appl i cabl e t o t hi s speci f i cati on.
1. TESTI NG
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Not appl i cabl e to th i s spec i f i cat i on.
8.
MEASUREMENT
AND
PAYMENT
8 1 SCHEDULED
I TEMS.
I t ems wi l l be schedul ed as speci f i ed i n Subcl auses
8.3.2 and 8.4.2 of
S BS
1200 A
or
s FJS 1200 AA, as appl i cabl e.
8.2 PAYMENT
8.2.1 Fi xed and Ti me- r el at ed Charges. The t erms of subcl
ause 8. 2
of
SABS 1200 A or SABS
12 AA
as
appl i cabl e, shal l appl y.
