Under SectionFormat®, where would warranty requirements be specified?

CSI’s SectionFormat® organizes every specification section into three Parts:

Part 1 – GENERAL

Part 2 – PRODUCTS

Part 3 – EXECUTION

Part 1 is defined as covering administrative, procedural, and temporary requirements that are unique to the section and that extend or amplify the project-wide requirements in Division 01.

A key application of this is how warranties are handled:

The CSI-based SectionFormat guidance (as summarized in Construction Specifier) states that warranties are to be treated as Part 1 items:

Warranty submittals should be listed under the “Closeout Submittals” article in Part 1 – General.

The specific requirements for special or extended warranties are to be written in a “Warranty” article, which is typically the last article in Part 1 – General of the section.

So, within the structure of a single specification section under SectionFormat®:

Part 1 – General → where warranty requirements are stated (administrative and procedural aspects, including required submittals and warranty scope/duration).

Part 2 – Products → describes materials, systems, equipment, and quality levels.

Part 3 – Execution → describes installation, application, and field quality control.

Division 01 (Option A) does contain overall project warranty requirements, but the question is specifically about SectionFormat®, which applies to parts within a section, not to divisions. So the correct place within SectionFormat® is:

Part 1 – General → Option B

Core CSI-aligned references for this question (no URLs):

CSI SectionFormat™ (three-part section structure: General, Products, Execution).

“What’s Warranted? – Specifying Warranties in Construction Documents,” The Construction Specifier (summarizes SectionFormat’s treatment of warranty articles).

“Format for Construction Specifications (Missouri Standard Specification Format)” – describes three-part CSI-based section structure.