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This specification has been revised as indicated below and described in the revision record on the following
page. Please destroy all previous revisions.

Revision Date Originator's Reviewed/Checked By Pages

No. Name & Initials Name & Initials
A 09/15/2011 D. Mayadas R. Berg 6
1 10/06/2011 D. Mayadas R. Berg 6

APPROVALS SIGNATURES DATE

Lead Engineer Ron Berg

Project Manager: Russell Shulz
Client Approval:

ISSUED FOR : Construction X Other For Design

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Record of Revisions
Revision
No. Date Description

A 9/15/2011 Issued for Approval

1 10/06/2011 Issued for Design. Revised per Client comments. Revised

paragraph 1.1, added paragraph 3.5, replaced Engineering
Manager with Project Engineering Manager.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item No Title Page No

1.0 GENERAL.................................................................................................................4

1.1 SCOPE OF SPECIFICATION........................................................................4

2.0 REFERENCES AND DEFINITIONS…...................................................................4

3.0 UPDATE AND REVISION GUIDELINES.............................................................5

4.0 SPECIFICATION APPROVAL…………………………………………………..5

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1.0 GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE OF SPECIFICATION

The scope of this document is to describe the procedure for the update or revision of specifications for
the Marafiq Power and Water Utility Company. This specification provides guidelines for good
engineering practice and general standardization of the Specifications and should be adopted in the
revision of existing specifications.

The engineering disciplines covered by this philosophy include:

 Architectural
 Civil
 Control Systems
 Electrical
 HVAC
 Instrumentation and Controls
 Fire Protection
 Mechanical
 Piping
 Structural
 Telecommunications
 Drafting

2.0 REFERENCES AND DEFINITIONS

2.1 Specification Waiver Procedure, Marafiq Specification no. MQ-SP-D-0001

2.2 The following definitions apply to this specification:

Specification Waiver
A spec waiver is a deviation or change to the Marafiq Specifications that applies to one vendor,
contractor or circumstance. Generally the change is made as a concession because of special
circumstances; it is documented on a Waiver Request Form which is part of the Specification Waiver
Procedure referenced above. An approved spec waiver does not always require a specification update.
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Special Provisions
Approved waivers and changes that apply to all situations and circumstances within Marafiq are to be
considered as Special Provisions. Special Provisions shall be established and identified by Department
Managers and/or Specialist Engineers and shall be incorporated as updates and revisions in the existing
specifications.

3.0 UPDATE AND REVISION GUIDELINES

3.1 In the cases where there has been a significant change to either the specification or a referenced
Industry Standard/Practice, the specification may require to be updated or revised. Specifications
may also be revised based on learnings from within the existing Marafiq facilities due to
maintenance, operational or safety reasons. The decision on when a revision change shall be made to
a specification is at the discretion of the discipline Department Manager or a Specialist Engineer in
the topics covered by the specification for which the revision is being considered.

3.2 Specification updates based on approved waivers:

The Specialist Engineer shall review the approved waivers to identify applicable updates that should
be incorporated as a revision to a specification. If the waiver is applicable to all situations for
Marafiq, it should be considered as a special provision and a formal change or revision implemented
on the relevant Marafiq specification. If the waiver is due to a special concession and does not apply
to all situations, the specification should not be revised

3.3 Specification updates based on revised Industry Codes:

Occasionally Industry Codes will be updated which may affect the content of the specifications. The
Specialist Engineer should consider Code updates on a case-by-case basis to identify whether the
special provisions contained in the specifications should be further modified to reflect the revisions
in the Code.

3.4 Specification updates based on Marafiq experience:

Specification updates may be made due to lessons learned from within the Marafiq organization due
to operational, maintenance or safety reasons. Based on internal discussions with Engineering these
updates may be implemented in the specifications and followed through with an appropriate approval
procedure as described below.

3.5 Specifications shall be reviewed once every 5 years by the responsible department to determine if the
specification needs to be revised based on the revision criteria mentioned in the above paragraphs. In
case of a complete update of the Code on which the specification is based, it is advised that the
specification be revised within one year of the code update.

4.0 SPECIFICATION APPROVAL

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4.1 Specifications will be submitted to the Project Engineering Manager for review and approval. The
responsible discipline engineers from disciplines other than the initiating discipline shall review the
specification for compliance with the current Marafiq and Industry Standards and endorse the
specification or provide comments.

4.2 If the specification modifications are assessed to have impact on Operations or Health, Safety and
Environment, the specification review cycle should also include a representative from these
departments. In such cases an endorsement of the specification is necessary from a designated
Operations or HSE department representative.

4.3 The responsible Specialist or discipline engineer initiating the specification will initial the final
specification for approval signature by the Project Engineering Manager. Specifications shall not be
revised and reissued unless approved by the Project Engineering Manager.