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007 - Construction Specifications vs Drawings: Who Wins?
Construction specifications and drawings are complementary contract documents, not competing ones. If you think specs always take precedence, the ARE and real projects will prove you wrong.
Most ARE candidates and even experienced architects get this question wrong. They pick "specifications" when the correct answer is "neither, the architect interprets." In this episode, I walk through what AIA A201 Section 1.2.1 actually says, where the "specs always win" myth comes from, and why the complementary documents principle exists to protect architects, not create a rigid hierarchy.
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