Paul, Ken will get those numbers from you. All he will do is get a few drinks in you and a few cigars. The next thing you will know, BOOM! You will let it slip.
Ken, be sure to post them here when you do! LOL!
Oh yeah, Paul, according to Wikipedia, the longest novel is “In search of lost time” by Marcel Proust. 4,211 pages in 7 volumes. 1.2 million words.
I figure you didn’t beat that one. I am off to do errands.
Good example. Think of the time Proust would have saved by not writing that novel…
So Paul, not as many as you expected?
Unofficially, and without asking permission to divulge (it’s public record anyway), my last Project Manual, issued in two volumes, for a Project just under $100 Million, came out to just over 1700 pages. There were roughly 400 Drawings. We are in construction and have received fewer than 50 RFIs, including bidding RFIs, which compared to my last firm is extraordinary.
Seems to me that it pays to be anal, just don’t be verbose about it.
Of course the Addendum we issued two weeks later (the CM didn’t want to wait for 100 percent CDs), clarified about 40 spec Sections but only added 3. That was 3 months ago. From the feedback we’ve received from the CM, the documents have been reviewed at length. I think we’d be hearing a lot more questions if we hadn’t gone the extra distance to communicate intent. Of course we won’t know for sure for another 22 months when construction is over and smoke clears. Wish us luck!
Sounds like he found an awful lot of time if he wrote that all by himself. At least parts of my Project Manuals are written by consultants!
Probably one of the few novels with smaller readership than the typical spec. (I’m sure he has readers, though I don’t know who either one of them is…)
Ken:
Oh I don’t feel so bad now!! Since we’re being so open & honest here I’ll share my analysis too (a little more detailed than your’s):
Division 0 - 9 Sections - 95 pages - 10.56 pgs/Section
Schedules - 2 Sections - 97 pages - 48.5 pgs/Section
Division 1 - 38 Sections - 200 pages - 5.26 pgs/Section
includes 7 Sections of LEED crap (oops was that my outside voice) for 53 pages (including Submittal forms) at 7.57 pgs/Section)
Division 2 - 34 Sections - 184 pages - 5.41 pgs/Section (incl 40 pg Asbestos Abatement spec)
Division 3 - 4 Sections - 37 pages - 9.25 pgs/Section
Division 4 - 3 Sections - 29 pages - 9.67 pgs/Section
Division 5 - 8 Sections - 59 pages - 7.38 pgs/Section
Division 6 - 4 Sections - 25 pages - 6.25 pgs/Section
Division 7 - 17 Sections - 101 pages - 5.94 pgs/Section
Division 8 - 10 Sections - 167 pages - 16.70 pgs/Section (incl 79 pg Hardware Schedule)
Division 9 - 11 Sections - 63 pages - 5.73 pgs/Section
Division 10 - 8 Sections - 117 pages - 11.7 pgs/Section (incl 78 pg Foodservice spec)
Division 12 - 1 Section - 5 pages - 5.00 pgs/Section
Division 13 - not used
Division 14 - 1 Section - 12 pages - 12.00 pgs/Section
Division 15 - 51 Sections - 428 pages - 8.39 pgs/Section
Division 16 - 37 Sections - 225 pages - 6.08 pgs/Section
Volume 1 (Divisions 0 to 14) - 160 Sections - 1222 pages - 7.64 pgs/Section
Volume 2 (Division 15 & 16) - 88 Sections - 653 pages - 7.42 pgs/Section
Volume 3 (Info Available To Bidders) - 10 Sections - 459 pages - 45.90 pgs/Section
GRAND TOTAL - 258 Sections - 2334 pages - 9.05 pgs/Section
As previously stated, this is a $45M (potentially $48M) Long Term Care Facility (Nursing Home) Redevelopment (build new (in front), move people, tear down old (behind), site remediation) project
And Alan - NO I didn’t even come close to beating the longest novel!! Smart a$$!! Sounds like something I would say!! LMAO
Paul,
are you still using MF95 numbering?