John Rayner, the principal of johnraynerarchitecture has been preparing architectural specifications for over 25 years focusing on commercial, retail, health and hospitality projects for projects in the ACT, NSW and the NT. John has been deeply involved in the development of specifications as a director and the chairman of NATSPEC, publishers of the Australian national construction specification over a period of 25 years. John continues to act as a consulting architectural editor in the development and continual upgrading of NATSPEC and its associated TECHnotes. As construction documentation progresses into the digital age, the need for comprehensive, well written specification remains an essential component of quality documentation. With the amount of yearly change to regulations and standards the pressure increases for architects and consultants to keep abreast of those changes and to produce specifications that are at the same time project specific and comply with the latest regulations and standards. Architectural practices often do not have the resources and the time to devote to preparing quality in-house specifications for their projects. johnraynerarchitecture offers a comprehensive specification writing service to the construction industry which allows architects access to well written, comprehensive, project specific specifications.NATSPEC specifications save litigation and support the designers’ desire for successful projects.

Out-sourcing specifications enables designers to focus on the design needs whilst allowing a third party review of their documentation by the specification writer. This third party review can identify inconsistencies and omissions in documentation and thereby acts as a safety net which can give the designer peace of mind.

johnraynerarchitecture prepares specifications using the NATSPEC Professional Specification Template which ensures a clear outline of the quality of materials and tolerance of construction required. NATSPEC specifications save litigation and support the designers’ desire for successful projects.

Experience
From 1994 to 2007 John was the chairman of the NATSPEC Board of Directors, and continues to be closely involved with NATSPEC as a consultant Architectural and Interior Design Editor for the organisation. As such John has been instrumental in overseeing the development of NATSPEC Specification templates as the leading specification system used by the majority of architects and design consultants Australia wide.

Your Specifications
johnraynerarchitecture works closely with architects and consultants to prepare the highest quality specifications to meet the needs the design team. Specifications have been prepared for leading architectural practices Australia wide.

The specification document is prepared using hard copies of your drawings and schedules or, more commonly, by accessing the documentation online via the project intranet facilities.

Specification Writing Fees
johnraynerarchitecture provides competitive pricing either on a time charge or lump sum fee basis.
The out-sourcing of your practice’s preparation of specifications means that you eliminate costly overheads involved in maintaining in-house specification writing resources that may only be needed on a an occasional basis.
Specifications are prepared to meet your required timeframe by an experienced writer.

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