VPRS 17128 City Architects Specification Book

These records contain specifications for new works and for maintenance of various Council-owned buildings in the City of Melbourne.Information included in the specifications includes contract numbers, the site of the work, a brief description of the work, details of what the contractor will provide, notices for which the contractor is responsible, a description of work to be done by the various trades, specifications of materials to be used, and details of other obligations.Related RecordsReferences may be made to these works in the minutes of various meetings of Council and committees, especially the Public Works Committee.Correspondence related to these projects may be found in VPRS 3181 Town Clerk's Correspondence Files Series I and VPRS 3183 Town Clerk's Correspondence Files Series II under the name of the project.Contracts for these projects may have been registered in VPRS 17138 Town Clerk's Contract Registers or VPRS 9437 City Engineer's Contract Registers.Previous SeriesAlthough it is not known with any certainty, the date ranges of specification books in the custody of the Public Record Office seem to indicate that the duty of defining specifications may have passed from the City Surveyor to the City Architect in 1907. See also VPRS 9441 City Surveyor's Specification Books.