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In my experience, which is limited, ALL municipal and larger commercial work is over speced. I think that a lot of LA's use a standard set of specs that are not specific to the job...it's just 80 pages of crap that were compiled by an intern 15 years ago. What I have always been told when I have pressed is that if I don't like it than propose my own so that is what I do. I don't write my own eighty pages of crap but I will detail some important stuff and make it clear that I am not basing my proposal on those specs and will not be bound be them. Obviously the wording is important and it would be smart to talk to a lawyer about it but I haven't. I think a lot of contractors ignore those specs both in bidding and executing the work but I'm not comfortable with taking that chance.
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