Repair specification

A repair specification is the owner-issued document that defines the full scope of work for a ship’s repair or dry-docking: every job, item by item, with steel renewal extents, coating and tank cleaning scope, machinery overhauls, and the standards and class survey items to be met. Yards bid against it, so it must be precise enough to price and to control change orders once work starts. It is built from the class survey status, the superintendent’s defect list, and statutory survey due dates, and it governs the docking from arrival through sea trials. A vague spec invites disputed extras; a tight spec keeps the yard period on cost and schedule.