Webinar recording: Spotlight on Specifications
Date recorded: Thursday 27 November 2025
Poorly drafted specifications can lead to costly errors, performance failures, and a flood of requests for information and variation claims. In this webinar recording Wendy Poulton, Manager Risk Services and Felicity Dixon, Senior Risk Manager at informed by Planned Cover explore the technical, contractual, and insurance implications of specification writing and highlight how clear, consistent documentation can protect your practice and your clients.
Learn how to sharpen your specification writing skills, reduce project risk, and strengthen your professional defensibility.
CPD: 1 formal hour
Learning Objectives
Following the completion of this webinar, you will:
- Identify some of the risks with weak specifications and planned approaches to manage these
- Understand the PI insurance implications as it relates to specifications
- Consider contractual implications and how specifications interact with other project documents
- Navigate the risks involved in performance specifications
- Recognize case study examples around specifications and court findings
Units of Competency / Performance Criteria (as per the National Standard of Competency for Architects 2021):
PC 12, PC 47, PC 58
Cost
Standard - $80
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