Guidance

MOD works specifications

Specifications are documents which specify the Ministry of Defence preferred solution for a works matter. Extant specifications are listed in number order.

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Published: 4 August 2011
• Last updated: 26 March 2020
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  1. 26 March 2020

     Removed the SPEC 38 Hygienic cleaning of food rooms and catering equipment (deep cleaning) as it is now out of date.

  2. 14 February 2017

     Added update SPEC 33

  3. 21 January 2016

     Added Spec 51 Cement bound granular material for airfields and Spec 52 Hydraulically bound mixtures for airfields.

  4. 4 August 2011

     First published.

Documents

Specification definitions and usage

PDF, 14.8 KB, 2 pages

SPEC 12 Hot rolled asphalts and macadam for airfields

PDF, 1.5 MB, 71 pages

SPEC 13 Marshal asphalt for airfields

PDF, 1.91 MB, 73 pages

SPEC 31 Internal cleaning of fuel tanks

PDF, 564 KB

SPEC 32 Internal coating of aviation fuel tanks

PDF, 708 KB

SPEC 33 Pavement quality concrete for airfields

PDF, 1.23 MB

SPEC 34 Electrical installations

PDF, 4.17 MB

SPEC 35 Concrete block paving for airfields

PDF, 2.05 MB, 68 pages

SPEC 36 Heating, hot and cold water, steam and gas installations

PDF, 1.62 MB

Read SPEC 36 in conjunction with PI 16/2004

PDF, 390 KB

SPEC 37 Air conditioning, air cooling and mechanical ventilation

PDF, 2.2 MB

SPEC 39 Fuse pillars

PDF, 1.16 MB

SPEC 40 Friction course surfacing for airfields

PDF, 543 KB, 53 pages

SPEC 42 Catering equipment

PDF, 3.82 MB

SPEC 42 Bar servery counters

PDF, 27 KB

SPEC 43 Pumps for bulk fuel installations

PDF, 2.18 MB

SPEC 44 Fuel measurement

PDF, 1.68 MB

SPEC 45 Slurry surfacing (including slurry seal and microsurfacing) for airfields

PDF, 564 KB, 78 pages

SPEC 46 Aviation fuel filtration

PDF, 331 KB

SPEC 47 Building energy management systems

PDF, 321 KB

SPEC 49 Stone mastic asphalt for airfields

PDF, 1.33 MB, 59 pages

SPEC 50 Recycled bound materials for airfields

PDF, 210 KB, 38 pages

Spec 51 Cement bound granular material for airfields

PDF, 289 KB

Spec 51 Hydraulically bound mixtures for airfields

PDF, 364 KB

Details

Extant specifications are listed in number order.

Related information

• Airfield pavement design and evaluation guide (DMG 27)
• Reflection cracking on airfield pavements guide (DMG 33)