Construction Project Information - Old School

I got handed some old project documentation today that was used to help inform the development of the very first National Building Specification in 1973.

This is from 1971 and I assume the original authors of the NBS took lots of 'best practice' examples to look through (such as that below) to standardize a national template structure.

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Hand written specification from 1971

Think about the physical item, draw it, add the spec code, write the spec, work out the quantities - simple

CI/SfB codes - still used by many for work packages/drawing numbering to this day

Good old BS 1186

As everyone knows, BS 1186 was updated in 1971 and then again in 1990

It's 1971 and we need to invent a product that will bridge the communication gap between designer and contractor

Who needs Revit/ArchiCAD to generate schedules - it was so much more fun in 1971!

...and along came NBS in 1973.

Anyone else with nostaligic items from the past - feel free to send photographs through :) Via Home http://www.rssmix.com/