The "General Requirements" section of the CSI MasterFormat is used as the clearinghouse for items that do not apply directly to construction, the cost of which are customarily spread out over the entire project. These costs are also referred to as project overhead.

The term "General Conditions" is sometimes interchanged with "General Requirements." Purists would argue that General Conditions are a "portion of the contract document in which the rights, responsibilities, and relationships of the involved parties to...