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GYPSUM BOARD SHAFT WALL ASSEMBLIES 092116.23 - 1
SECTION 092116.23 - GYPSUM BOARD SHAFT WALL ASSEMBLIES
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
1. Gypsum board shaft wall assemblies.
1.3 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each component of gypsum board shaft wall assembly.
B. Sustainable Design Submittals:
1. Environmental Product Declaration (EPD): For each product.
1.4 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
A. Store materials inside under cover and keep them dry and protected against weather,
condensation, direct sunlight, construction traffic, and other potential causes of damage. Stack
panels flat and support them on risers on a flat platform to prevent sagging.
1.5 FIELD CONDITIONS
A. Environmental Limitations: Comply with gypsum-shaftliner-board manufacturer's written
instructions.
B. Do not install finish panels until installation areas are enclosed and conditioned.
C. Do not install panels that are wet, moisture damaged, or mold damaged.
1. Indications that panels are wet or moisture damaged include, but are not limited to,
discoloration, sagging, and irregular shape.
2. Indications that panels are mold damaged include, but are not limited to, fuzzy or
splotchy surface contamination and discoloration.
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PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
A. Fire-Resistance-Rated Assemblies: For fire-resistance-rated assemblies, provide materials and
construction identical to those tested in assembly indicated according to ASTM E119 by an
independent testing agency.
B. STC-Rated Assemblies: Provide materials and construction identical to those of assemblies
tested according to ASTM E90 and classified according to ASTM E413 by a testing and
inspecting agency.
C. Recycled Content: Postconsumer recycled content plus one-half of preconsumer recycled
content.
D. Regional Materials: Products shall be manufactured within 100 miles of Project site from
materials that have been extracted, harvested, or recovered, as well as manufactured, within 100
miles of Project site.
2.2 GYPSUM BOARD SHAFT WALL ASSEMBLIES
A. Fire-Resistance Rating: As indicated on Drawings.
B. STC Rating: As indicated on Drawings.
C. Gypsum Shaftliner Board:
1. Type X: ASTM C1396/C1396M; manufacturer's proprietary fire-resistive liner panels
with paper faces, 1 inch thick, with double beveled long edges.
a. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by one
of the following:
1) American Gypsum.
2) CertainTeed Corporation.
3) Continental Building Products, LLC.
4) Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC.
5) National Gypsum Company.
6) USG Corporation.
D. Non-Load-Bearing Steel Framing, General: Complying with ASTM C645 requirements for
metal unless otherwise indicated and complying with requirements for fire-resistance-rated
assembly indicated.
1. Protective Coating: ASTM A653/A653M, G60, hot-dip galvanized unless otherwise
indicated.
E. Studs: Manufacturer's standard profile for repetitive, corner, and end members as follows:
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1. Depth: As indicated .
2. Minimum Base-Metal Thickness: 0.033 inch, 20-gauge equivalent .
F. Runner Tracks: Manufacturer's standard J-profile track with manufacturer's standard long-leg
length, but at least 2 inches long and matching studs in depth.
1. Minimum Base-Metal Thickness: Matching steel studs .
G. Firestop Tracks: Top runner manufactured to allow partition heads to expand and contract with
movement of the structure while maintaining continuity of fire-resistance-rated assembly indicated;
in thickness not less than indicated for studs and in width to accommodate depth of studs.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by one of the
following:
a. CEMCO; California Expanded Metal Products Co.
b. ClarkDietrich.
c. Fire Trak Corp.
d. GCP Applied Technologies Inc.
e. Metal-Lite.
f. SCAFCO Steel Stud Company.
g. Steel Construction Systems.
h. The Steel Network, Inc.
H. Finish Panels: As indicated.
I. Sound Attenuation Blankets: As specified in Section 092900 "Gypsum Board."
2.3 AUXILIARY MATERIALS
A. Provide auxiliary materials that comply with shaft wall manufacturer's written instructions.
B. Trim Accessories: Cornerbead, edge trim, and control joints of material and shapes as specified
in Section 092900 "Gypsum Board" that comply with gypsum board shaft wall assembly
manufacturer's written instructions for application indicated.
C. Steel Drill Screws: ASTM C1002 unless otherwise indicated.
D. Track Fasteners: Power-driven fasteners of size and material required to withstand loading
conditions imposed on shaft wall assemblies without exceeding allowable design stress of
track, fasteners, or structural substrates in which anchors are embedded.
1. Power-Actuated Anchors: Fastener system of type suitable for application indicated,
fabricated from corrosion-resistant materials, with allowable load capacities calculated
according to ICC-ES AC70, greater than or equal to the design load, as determined by
testing per ASTM E1190 conducted by a qualified testing agency.
E. Reinforcing: Galvanized-steel reinforcing strips with 0.033-inch minimum thickness of base
metal (uncoated).
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F. Acoustical Sealant: Section 079219 "Acoustical Joint Sealants."
G. Gypsum Board Cants:
1. Gypsum Board Panels: As specified in Section 092900 "Gypsum Board," Type X, 1/2- or
5/8-inch panels.
2. Adhesive: Laminating adhesive as specified in Section 092900 "Gypsum Board."
3. Non-Load-Bearing Steel Framing: As specified in Section 092216 "Non-Structural Metal
Framing."
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Examine substrates and conditions, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements for
installation tolerances and other conditions affecting performance of the Work.
B. Examine panels before installation. Reject panels that are wet, moisture damaged, or mold
damaged.
C. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.
3.2 PREPARATION
A. Sprayed Fire-Resistive Materials: Coordinate with gypsum board shaft wall assemblies so both
elements of Work remain complete and undamaged. Patch or replace sprayed fire-resistive
materials removed or damaged during installation of shaft wall assemblies to comply with
requirements specified in Section 078100 "Applied Fire Protection."
B. After sprayed fire-resistive materials are applied, remove only to extent necessary for
installation of gypsum board shaft wall assemblies and without reducing the fire-resistive
material thickness below that which is required to obtain fire-resistance rating indicated. Protect
remaining fire-resistive materials from damage.
3.3 INSTALLATION
A. General: Install gypsum board shaft wall assemblies to comply with requirements of
fire-resistance-rated assemblies indicated and manufacturer's written installation instructions.
B. Do not bridge building expansion joints with shaft wall assemblies; frame both sides of
expansion joints with furring and other support.
C. Install supplementary framing in gypsum board shaft wall assemblies around openings and as
required for blocking, bracing, and support of gravity and pullout loads of fixtures, equipment,
services, heavy trim, furnishings, wall-mounted door stops, and similar items that cannot be
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supported directly by shaft wall assembly framing.
1. Reinforcing: Provide where items attach directly to shaft wall assembly as indicated on
Drawings; accurately position and secure behind at least one layer of face panel.
D. Penetrations: At penetrations in shaft wall, maintain fire-resistance rating of shaft wall
assembly by installing supplementary steel framing around perimeter of penetration and fire
protection behind boxes containing wiring devices, elevator call buttons and floor indicators,
and similar items.
E. Isolate perimeter of gypsum panels from building structure to prevent cracking of panels while
maintaining continuity of fire-rated construction.
F. Firestop Tracks: Where indicated, install to maintain continuity of fire-resistance-rated
assembly indicated.
G. Control Joints: Install control joints according to ASTM C840 and in specific locations approved
by Architect while maintaining fire-resistance rating of gypsum board shaft wall assemblies.
H. Sound-Rated Shaft Wall Assemblies: Seal gypsum board shaft walls with acoustical sealant at
perimeter of each assembly where it abuts other work and at joints and penetrations within each
assembly.
I. Gypsum Board Cants: At projections into shaft exceeding 4 inches, install gypsum board cants
covering tops of projections.
1. Slope cant panels at least 75 degrees from horizontal. Set base edge of panels in adhesive and
secure top edges to shaft walls at 24 inches o.c. with screws fastened to shaft wall framing.
2. Where non-load-bearing steel framing is required to support gypsum board cants, install
framing at 24 inches o.c. and extend studs from the projection to shaft wall framing.
J. Installation Tolerance: Install each framing member so fastening surfaces vary not more than
1/8 inch from the plane formed by faces of adjacent framing.
3.4 PROTECTION
A. Protect installed products from damage from weather, condensation, direct sunlight,
construction, and other causes during remainder of the construction period.
B. Remove and replace panels that are wet, moisture damaged, or mold damaged.
1. Indications that panels are wet or moisture damaged include, but are not limited to,
discoloration, sagging, and irregular shape.
2. Indications that panels are mold damaged include, but are not limited to, fuzzy or
splotchy surface contamination and discoloration.
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SECTION 092216 - NON-STRUCTURAL METAL FRAMING
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
1. Suspension systems for interior ceilings and soffits.
2. Grid suspension systems for gypsum board ceilings.
B. Related Requirements:
1. Section 054000 "Cold-Formed Metal Framing" for exterior and interior load-bearing and
exterior non-load-bearing wall studs; floor joists; roof rafters and ceiling joists; and roof
trusses.
1.3 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type of product.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
A. Fire-Test-Response Characteristics: For fire-resistance-rated assemblies that incorporate
non-load-bearing steel framing, provide materials and construction identical to those tested in
assembly indicated, according to ASTM E 119 by an independent testing agency.
B. STC-Rated Assemblies: For STC-rated assemblies, provide materials and construction identical
to those tested in assembly indicated, according to ASTM E 90 and classified according to
ASTM E 413 by an independent testing agency.
C. Horizontal Deflection: For wall assemblies, limited to 1/360 of the wall height based on
horizontal loading of 10 lbf/sq. ft. .
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2.2 FRAMING SYSTEMS
A. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements; provide products by one or more of
the following:
1. CEMCO; California Expanded Metal Products Co.
2. Clark Dietrich Building Systems.
3. Fire Trak Corp.
4. Marino/Ware Division of Ware Industries.
5. Metal-Lite.
6. SCAFCO Corporation.
7. Steel Network, Inc. (The)
8. Studco Building Systems.
9. Telling Industries.
B. Recycled Content of Steel Products: Postconsumer recycled content plus one-half of
preconsumer recycled content not less than 25 percent.
2.3 SUSPENSION SYSTEMS
A. Tie Wire: ASTM A 641/A 641M, Class 1 zinc coating, soft temper, 0.062-inch diameter wire,
or double strand of 0.048-inch diameter wire.
B. Hanger Attachments to Concrete:
1. Expansion Anchors: Fabricated from corrosion-resistant materials, with allowable load or
strength design capacities calculated according to ICC-ES AC193 and ACI 318 greater
than or equal to the design load, as determined by testing per ASTM E 488/E 488M
conducted by a qualified testing agency.
2. Powder-Actuated Anchors: Fastener system of type suitable for application indicated,
fabricated from corrosion-resistant materials, with allowable load capacities calculated
according to ICC-ES AC70, greater than or equal to the design load, as determined by
testing per ASTM E 1190 conducted by a qualified testing agency.
C. Wire Hangers: ASTM A 641/A 641M, Class 1 zinc coating, soft temper, 0.16 inch in diameter.
D. Carrying Channels: Cold-rolled, commercial-steel sheet with a base-metal thickness of 0.0538
inch, 16-gauge equivalent,and minimum 1/2-inch wide flanges.
1. Depth: 1-1/2 inches.
E. Furring Channels (Furring Members):
1. Cold-Rolled Channels: uncoated-steel thickness, with minimum 1/2-inch wide flanges,
3/4 inch deep.
2. Steel Studs and Runners: ASTM C 645.
a. Minimum Base-Metal Thickness: 0.0296 inch, 20-gauge equivalent, non-structural.
b. Depth: As indicated on Drawings.
3. Embossed Steel Studs and Runners: ASTM C 645.
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a. Minimum Base-Metal Thickness: 0.0190 inch, 20-gauge equivalent, non-structural.
b. Depth: As indicated on Drawings.
4. Hat-Shaped, Rigid Furring Channels: ASTM C 645, 7/8 inch deep.
a. Minimum Base-Metal Thickness: 0.0179 inch, 25-gauge equivalent.
F. Grid Suspension System for Gypsum Board Ceilings: ASTM C 645, direct-hung system
composed of main beams and cross-furring members that interlock.
1. Products: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide one of the following:
a. Armstrong World Industries, Inc; Drywall Grid Systems.
b. Chicago Metallic Corporation; 640/660 Drywall Ceiling Suspension, 650/670 Fire
Rated Drywall Ceiling Suspension, Radius Drywall Ceiling Suspension or
SpanFast Drywall Ceiling Suspension for Corridors, as required.
c. United States Gypsum Company; Drywall Suspension System or Wall-to-Wall
Drywall Suspension System, as required.
2.4 AUXILIARY MATERIALS
A. General: Provide auxiliary materials that comply with referenced installation standards.
1. Fasteners for Metal Framing: Of type, material, size, corrosion resistance, holding power,
and other properties required to fasten steel members to substrates.
B. Isolation Strip at Exterior Walls: Provide one of the following:
1. Asphalt-Saturated Organic Felt: ASTM D 226/D 226M, Type I (No. 15 asphalt felt),
nonperforated.
2. Foam Gasket: Adhesive-backed, closed-cell vinyl foam strips that allow fastener
penetration without foam displacement, 1/8 inch thick, in width to suit steel stud size.
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Examine areas and substrates, with Installer present, and including welded hollow-metal
frames, cast-in anchors, and structural framing, for compliance with requirements and other
conditions affecting performance of the Work.
B. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.
3.2 PREPARATION
A. Suspended Assemblies: Coordinate installation of suspension systems with installation of
overhead structure to ensure that inserts and other provisions for anchorages to building
structure have been installed to receive hangers at spacing required to support the Work and
that hangers will develop their full strength.
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1. Furnish concrete inserts and other devices indicated to other trades for installation in
advance of time needed for coordination and construction.
B. Coordination with Sprayed Fire-Resistive Materials:
1. Before sprayed fire-resistive materials are applied, attach offset anchor plates or ceiling
runners (tracks) to surfaces indicated to receive sprayed fire-resistive materials. Where
offset anchor plates are required, provide continuous plates fastened to building structure
not more than 24 inches o.c.
2. After sprayed fire-resistive materials are applied, remove them only to extent necessary
for installation of non-load-bearing steel framing. Do not reduce thickness of
fire-resistive materials below that are required for fire-resistance ratings indicated.
Protect adjacent fire-resistive materials from damage.
3.3 INSTALLATION, GENERAL
A. Installation Standard: ASTM C 754.
1. Gypsum Board Assemblies: Also comply with requirements in ASTM C 840 that apply
to framing installation.
B. Install framing and accessories plumb, square, and true to line, with connections securely
fastened.
C. Install supplementary framing, and blocking to support fixtures, equipment services, heavy
trim, grab bars, toilet accessories, furnishings, or similar construction.
D. Install bracing at terminations in assemblies.
E. Do not bridge building control and expansion joints with non-load-bearing steel framing
members. Frame both sides of joints independently.
3.4 INSTALLING SUSPENSION SYSTEMS
A. Install suspension system components according to spacings indicated, but not greater than
spacings required by referenced installation standards for assembly types.
1. Hangers: 48 inches o.c.
2. Carrying Channels (Main Runners): 48 inches o.c.
3. Furring Channels (Furring Members): 16 inches o.c.
B. Isolate suspension systems from building structure where they abut or are penetrated by
building structure to prevent transfer of loading imposed by structural movement.
C. Suspend hangers from building structure as follows:
1. Install hangers plumb and free from contact with insulation or other objects within ceiling
plenum that are not part of supporting structural or suspension system.
a. Splay hangers only where required to miss obstructions and offset resulting
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horizontal forces by bracing, countersplaying, or other equally effective means.
2. Where width of ducts and other construction within ceiling plenum produces hanger
spacings that interfere with locations of hangers required to support standard suspension
system members, install supplemental suspension members and hangers in the form of
trapezes or equivalent devices.
a. Size supplemental suspension members and hangers to support ceiling loads within
performance limits established by referenced installation standards.
3. Wire Hangers: Secure by looping and wire tying, either directly to structures or to inserts,
eye screws, or other devices and fasteners that are secure and appropriate for substrate,
and in a manner that will not cause hangers to deteriorate or otherwise fail.
4. Do not attach hangers to steel roof deck.
5. Do not attach hangers to permanent metal forms. Furnish cast-in-place hanger inserts that
extend through forms.
6. Do not attach hangers to rolled-in hanger tabs of composite steel floor deck.
7. Do not connect or suspend steel framing from ducts, pipes, or conduit.
D. Fire-Resistance-Rated Assemblies: Wire tie furring channels to supports.
E. Grid Suspension Systems: Attach perimeter wall track or angle where grid suspension systems
meet vertical surfaces. Mechanically join main beam and cross-furring members to each other
and butt-cut to fit into wall track.
F. Installation Tolerances: Install suspension systems that are level to within 1/8 inch in 12 feet
measured lengthwise on each member that will receive finishes and transversely between
parallel members that will receive finishes.
END OF SECTION 092216
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GYPSUM BOARD 092900 - 1
SECTION 092900 - GYPSUM BOARD
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
1. Interior gypsum board.
2. Tile backing panels.
B. Related Requirements:
1. Section 061600 "Sheathing" for gypsum sheathing for exterior walls.
2. Section 079219 "Acoustical Joint Sealants" for acoustical joint sealants installed in
gypsum board assemblies.
3. Section 092116.23 "Gypsum Board Shaft Wall Assemblies" for metal shaft-wall framing,
gypsum shaft liners, and other components of shaft-wall assemblies.
4. Section 092216 "Non-Structural Metal Framing" for non-structural steel framing and
suspension systems that support gypsum board panels.
1.3 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For the following:
1. Gypsum board, Type X.
2. Flexible gypsum board.
3. Gypsum ceiling board.
4. Mold-resistant gypsum board.
5. Glass-mat, water-resistant backing board.
6. Interior trim.
7. Aluminum trim.
8. Joint treatment materials.
9. Laminating adhesive.
10. Sound-attenuation blankets.
11. Acoustical sealant.
B. Sustainable Design Submittals:
1. Environmental Product Declaration (EPD): For each product.
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2. Product Data: For adhesives and sealants, indicating VOC content.
3. Laboratory Test Reports: For adhesives and sealants, indicating compliance with
requirements for low-emitting materials.
4. Laboratory Test Reports: For ceiling and wall materials, indicating compliance with
requirements for low-emitting materials.
1.4 DELIVERY, STORAGE AND HANDLING
A. Store materials inside under cover and keep them dry and protected against weather,
condensation, direct sunlight, construction traffic, and other potential causes of damage. Stack
panels flat and supported on risers on a flat platform to prevent sagging.
1.5 FIELD CONDITIONS
A. Environmental Limitations: Comply with ASTM C840 requirements or gypsum board
manufacturer's written instructions, whichever are more stringent.
B. Do not install paper-faced gypsum panels until installation areas are enclosed and conditioned.
C. Do not install panels that are wet, moisture damaged, and mold damaged.
1. Indications that panels are wet or moisture damaged include, but are not limited to,
discoloration, sagging, or irregular shape.
2. Indications that panels are mold damaged include, but are not limited to, fuzzy or
splotchy surface contamination and discoloration.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
A. Fire-Resistance-Rated Assemblies: For fire-resistance-rated assemblies, provide materials and
construction identical to those tested in assembly indicated according to ASTM E119 by an
independent testing agency.
B. STC-Rated Assemblies: For STC-rated assemblies, provide materials and construction identical
to those tested in assembly indicated according to ASTM E90 and classified according to
ASTM E413 by an independent testing agency.
C. Ceiling and wall materials shall comply with the requirements of the California Department of
Public Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical
Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers."
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2.2 GYPSUM BOARD, GENERAL
A. Regional Materials: Products shall be manufactured within 100 miles of Project site from
materials that have been extracted, harvested, or recovered, as well as manufactured, within 100
miles of Project site.
B. Size: Provide maximum lengths and widths available that will minimize joints in each area and
that correspond with support system indicated.
2.3 INTERIOR GYPSUM BOARD
A. Gypsum Board, Type X: ASTM C1396/C1396M.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by one of the
following:
a. American Gypsum.
b. CertainTeed Corporation.
c. CertainTeed Gypsum.
d. Continental Building Products, LLC.
e. Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC.
f. National Gypsum Company.
g. USG Corporation.
2. Thickness: 5/8 inch.
3. Long Edges: Tapered.
B. Flexible Gypsum Board: ASTM C1396/C1396M. Manufactured to bend to fit radii and to be
more flexible than standard regular-type gypsum board of same thickness.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by one of the
following:
a. CertainTeed Corporation.
b. CertainTeed Gypsum.
c. Continental Building Products, LLC.
d. Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC.
e. National Gypsum Company.
f. USG Corporation.
2. Thickness: 1/4 inch.
3. Long Edges: Tapered.
C. Gypsum Ceiling Board: ASTM C1396/C1396M.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by one of the
following:
a. American Gypsum.
b. CertainTeed Corporation.
c. CertainTeed Gypsum.
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d. Continental Building Products, LLC.
e. Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC.
f. National Gypsum Company.
g. USG Corporation.
2. Thickness: 1/2 inch.
3. Long Edges: Tapered.
D. Mold-Resistant Gypsum Board: ASTM C1396/C1396M. With moisture- and mold-resistant
core and paper surfaces.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by one of the
following:
a. American Gypsum.
b. CertainTeed Corporation.
c. CertainTeed Gypsum.
d. Continental Building Products, LLC.
e. Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC.
f. National Gypsum Company.
g. USG Corporation.
2. Core: 5/8 inch, Type X.
3. Long Edges: Tapered.
4. Mold Resistance: ASTM D3273, score of 10 as rated according to ASTM D3274.
2.4 TILE BACKING PANELS
A. Glass-Mat, Water-Resistant Backing Board: ASTM C1178/C1178M, with manufacturer's
standard edges.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by one of the
following:
a. CertainTeed Corporation.
b. Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC.
c. National Gypsum Company.
d. USG Corporation.
2. Core: 5/8 inch, Type X.
3. Mold Resistance: ASTM D3273, score of 10 as rated according to ASTM D3274.
2.5 TRIM ACCESSORIES
A. Interior Trim: ASTM C1047.
1. Material: Galvanized or aluminum-coated steel sheet, rolled zinc, plastic, or paper-faced
galvanized-steel sheet.
2. Shapes:
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a. Cornerbead.
b. LC-Bead: J-shaped; exposed long flange receives joint compound.
c. Expansion (control) joint.
d. Curved-Edge Cornerbead: With notched or flexible flanges.
B. Aluminum Trim: Extruded accessories of profiles and dimensions indicated.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the
following:
a. Fry Reglet Corporation; DMCT-1250.
2. Aluminum: Alloy and temper with not less than the strength and durability properties of
ASTM B221, Alloy 6063-T5.
2.6 JOINT TREATMENT MATERIALS
A. General: Comply with ASTM C475/C475M.
B. Joint Tape:
1. Interior Gypsum Board: Paper.
2. Tile Backing Panels: As recommended by panel manufacturer.
C. Joint Compound for Interior Gypsum Board: For each coat, use formulation that is compatible
with other compounds applied on previous or for successive coats.
1. Embedding and First Coat: For embedding tape and first coat on joints, fasteners, and
trim flanges, use drying-type, all-purpose compound.
a. Use setting-type compound for installing paper-faced metal trim accessories.
2. Fill Coat: For second coat, use drying-type, all-purpose compound.
3. Finish Coat: For third coat, use drying-type, all-purpose compound.
4. Skim Coat: For final coat of Level 5 finish, use drying-type, all-purpose compound or
high-build interior coating product designed for application by airless sprayer and to be
used instead of skim coat to produce Level 5 finish.
D. Joint Compound for Tile Backing Panels:
1. Glass-Mat, Water-Resistant Backing Panel: As recommended by backing panel
manufacturer.
2.7 AUXILIARY MATERIALS
A. Provide auxiliary materials that comply with referenced installation standards and
manufacturer's written instructions.
B. Laminating Adhesive: Adhesive or joint compound recommended for directly adhering gypsum
panels to continuous substrate.
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1. Adhesives shall have a VOC content of 50 g/L or less.
2. Adhesive shall comply with the testing and product requirements of the California
Department of Public Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of
Volatile Organic Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental
Chambers."
C. Steel Drill Screws: ASTM C1002 unless otherwise indicated.
1. Use screws complying with ASTM C954 for fastening panels to steel members from
0.033 to 0.112 inch thick.
D. Sound-Attenuation Blankets: ASTM C665, Type I (blankets without membrane facing)
produced by combining thermosetting resins with mineral fibers manufactured from glass, slag
wool, or rock wool.
1. Fire-Resistance-Rated Assemblies: Comply with mineral-fiber requirements of assembly.
E. Acoustical Sealant: As specified in Section 079219 "Acoustical Joint Sealants."
1. Sealant shall comply with the testing and product requirements of the California
Department of Public Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of
Volatile Organic Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental
Chambers."
F. Thermal Insulation: As specified in Section 072100 "Thermal Insulation."
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Examine areas and substrates including welded hollow-metal frames and support framing, with
Installer present, for compliance with requirements and other conditions affecting performance
of the Work.
B. Examine panels before installation. Reject panels that are wet, moisture damaged, and mold
damaged.
C. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.
3.2 INSTALLATION AND FINISHING OF PANELS, GENERAL
A. Comply with ASTM C840.
B. Install ceiling panels across framing to minimize the number of abutting end joints and to avoid
abutting end joints in central area of each ceiling. Stagger abutting end joints of adjacent panels
not less than one framing member.
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C. Install panels with face side out. Butt panels together for a light contact at edges and ends with
not more than 1/16 inch of open space between panels. Do not force into place.
D. Locate edge and end joints over supports, except in ceiling applications where intermediate
supports or gypsum board back-blocking is provided behind end joints. Do not place tapered
edges against cut edges or ends. Stagger vertical joints on opposite sides of partitions. Do not
make joints other than control joints at corners of framed openings.
E. Form control and expansion joints with space between edges of adjoining gypsum panels.
F. Cover both faces of support framing with gypsum panels in concealed spaces (above ceilings,
etc.), except in chases braced internally.
1. Unless concealed application is indicated or required for sound, fire, air, or smoke
ratings, coverage may be accomplished with scraps of not less than 8 sq. ft. in area.
2. Fit gypsum panels around ducts, pipes, and conduits.
3. Where partitions intersect structural members projecting below underside of floor/roof
slabs and decks, cut gypsum panels to fit profile formed by structural members; allow
1/4- to 3/8-inch- wide joints to install sealant.
G. Isolate perimeter of gypsum board applied to non-load-bearing partitions at structural
abutments. Provide 1/4- to 1/2-inch- wide spaces at these locations and trim edges with edge
trim where edges of panels are exposed. Seal joints between edges and abutting structural
surfaces with acoustical sealant.
H. Attachment to Steel Framing: Attach panels so leading edge or end of each panel is attached to
open (unsupported) edges of stud flanges first.
I. STC-Rated Assemblies: Seal construction at perimeters, behind control joints, and at openings
and penetrations with a continuous bead of acoustical sealant. Install acoustical sealant at both
faces of partitions at perimeters and through penetrations. Comply with ASTM C919 and with
manufacturer's written instructions for locating edge trim and closing off sound-flanking paths
around or through assemblies, including sealing partitions above acoustical ceilings.
J. Install sound attenuation blankets before installing gypsum panels unless blankets are readily
installed after panels have been installed on one side.
3.3 INSTALLATION OF INTERIOR GYPSUM BOARD
A. Install interior gypsum board in the following locations:
1. Type X: Vertical surfaces unless otherwise indicated.
2. Flexible Type: Apply in double layer at curved assemblies.
3. Ceiling Type: Ceiling surfaces.
4. Mold-Resistant Type: At plumbing wet walls.
B. Single-Layer Application:
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1. On ceilings, apply gypsum panels before wall/partition board application to greatest
extent possible and at right angles to framing unless otherwise indicated.
2. On partitions/walls, apply gypsum panels vertically (parallel to framing) unless otherwise
indicated or required by fire-resistance-rated assembly, and minimize end joints.
a. Stagger abutting end joints not less than one framing member in alternate courses
of panels.
b. At stairwells and other high walls, install panels horizontally unless otherwise
indicated or required by fire-resistance-rated assembly.
3. Fastening Methods: Apply gypsum panels to supports with steel drill screws.
C. Multilayer Application:
1. On ceilings, apply gypsum board indicated for base layers before applying base layers on
walls/partitions; apply face layers in same sequence. Apply base layers at right angles to
framing members and offset face-layer joints one framing member, 16 inches minimum,
from parallel base-layer joints, unless otherwise indicated or required by
fire-resistance-rated assembly.
2. On partitions/walls, apply gypsum board indicated for base layers and face layers
vertically (parallel to framing) with joints of base layers located over stud or furring
member and face-layer joints offset at least one stud or furring member with base-layer
joints unless otherwise indicated or required by fire-resistance-rated assembly. Stagger
joints on opposite sides of partitions.
3. Fastening Methods: Fasten base layers and face layers separately to supports with screws.
D. Laminating to Substrate: Where gypsum panels are indicated as directly adhered to a substrate
(other than studs, joists, furring members, or base layer of gypsum board), comply with gypsum
board manufacturer's written instructions and temporarily brace or fasten gypsum panels until
fastening adhesive has set.
E. Curved Surfaces:
1. Install panels horizontally (perpendicular to supports) and unbroken, to extent possible, across
curved surface plus 12-inch- long straight sections at ends of curves and tangent to them.
2. For double-layer construction, fasten base layer to studs with screws 16 inches o.c.
Center gypsum board face layer over joints in base layer, and fasten to studs with screws
spaced 12 inches o.c.
3.4 INSTALLATION OF TILE BACKING PANELS
A. Glass-Mat, Water-Resistant Backing Panels: Comply with manufacturer's written installation
instructions and install at locations indicated to receive tile. Install with 1/4-inch gap where
panels abut other construction or penetrations.
B. Where tile backing panels abut other types of panels in same plane, shim surfaces to produce a
uniform plane across panel surfaces.
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3.5 INSTALLATION OF TRIM ACCESSORIES
A. General: For trim with back flanges intended for fasteners, attach to framing with same fasteners
used for panels. Otherwise, attach trim according to manufacturer's written instructions.
B. Control Joints: Install control joints according to ASTM C840 and in specific locations
approved by Architect for visual effect.
C. Interior Trim: Install in the following locations:
1. Cornerbead: Use at outside corners unless otherwise indicated.
2. LC-Bead: Use at exposed panel edges.
3. Curved-Edge Cornerbead: Use at curved openings.
D. Aluminum Trim: Install in locations indicated on Drawings.
3.6 FINISHING GYPSUM BOARD
A. General: Treat gypsum board joints, interior angles, edge trim, control joints, penetrations,
fastener heads, surface defects, and elsewhere as required to prepare gypsum board surfaces for
decoration. Promptly remove residual joint compound from adjacent surfaces.
B. Apply joint tape over gypsum board joints, except for trim products specifically indicated as
not intended to receive tape.
C. Gypsum Board Finish Levels: Finish panels to levels indicated below and according to
ASTM C840:
1. Level 1: Ceiling plenum areas, concealed areas, and where indicated.
2. Level 2: Panels that are substrate for acoustical tile.
3. Level 3: Not used.
4. Level 4: At panel surfaces that will be exposed to view unless otherwise indicated.
5. Level 5: At any of the following conditions:
a. Where glass-mat faced panels remain exposed to view.
b. Where semi-gloss or gloss level paint sheens are specified as finish surface.
c. Within the area illuminated by grazer light fixtures.
d. Where surface-applied decorative films are indicated as the finish surface.
D. Glass-Mat Faced Panels: Finish according to manufacturer's written instructions.
3.7 PROTECTION
A. Protect adjacent surfaces from drywall compound and promptly remove from floors and other
non-drywall surfaces. Repair surfaces stained, marred, or otherwise damaged during drywall
application.
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B. Protect installed products from damage from weather, condensation, direct sunlight,
construction, and other causes during remainder of the construction period.
C. Remove and replace panels that are wet, moisture damaged, and mold damaged.
1. Indications that panels are wet or moisture damaged include, but are not limited to,
discoloration, sagging, or irregular shape.
2. Indications that panels are mold damaged include, but are not limited to, fuzzy or
splotchy surface contamination and discoloration.
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SECTION 093013 - CERAMIC TILING
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
1. Porcelain tile.
2. Glazed wall tile.
3. Waterproof membranes.
B. Related Requirements:
1. Section 079200 "Joint Sealants" for sealing of expansion, contraction, control, and
isolation joints in tile surfaces.
2. Section 092900 "Gypsum Board" for glass-mat, water-resistant backer board.
1.2 DEFINITIONS
A. General: Definitions in the ANSI A108 series of tile installation standards and in ANSI A137.1
apply to Work of this Section unless otherwise specified.
B. Face Size: Actual tile size, excluding spacer lugs.
C. Module Size: Actual tile size plus joint width indicated.
1.3 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type of product.
B. Sustainable Design Submittals:
1. Product Data: For adhesives, indicating VOC content.
2. Laboratory Test Reports: For adhesives, indicating compliance with requirements for
low-emitting materials.
3. Laboratory Test Reports: For sealers, indicating compliance with requirements for
low-emitting materials.
C. Shop Drawings: Show locations of each type of tile and tile pattern. Show widths, details, and
locations of expansion, contraction, control, and isolation joints in tile substrates and finished
tile surfaces.
D. Samples for Verification:
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1. Full-size units of each type and composition of tile and for each color and finish required.
2. Metal edge strips in 6-inch lengths.
1.4 MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SUBMITTALS
A. Furnish extra materials that match and are from same production runs as products installed and
that are packaged with protective covering for storage and identified with labels describing
contents.
1. Tile and Trim Units: Furnish quantity of full-size units equal to 3 percent of amount
installed for each type, composition, color, pattern, and size indicated.
1.5 QUALITY ASSURANCE
A. Installer Qualifications:
1. Installer is a Five-Star member of the National Tile Contractors Association or a Trowel
of Excellence member of the Tile Contractors' Association of America.
2. Installer employs only Ceramic Tile Education Foundation Certified Installers or installers
recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor as Journeyman Tile Layers for Project.
1.6 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
A. Deliver and store packaged materials in original containers with seals unbroken and labels
intact until time of use. Comply with requirements in ANSI A137.1 for labeling tile packages.
B. Store tile and cementitious materials on elevated platforms, under cover, and in a dry location.
C. Store aggregates where grading and other required characteristics can be maintained and
contamination can be avoided.
D. Store liquid materials in unopened containers and protected from freezing.
1.7 FIELD CONDITIONS
A. Environmental Limitations: Do not install tile until construction in spaces is complete and
ambient temperature and humidity conditions are maintained at the levels indicated in
referenced standards and manufacturer's written instructions.
1.8 WARRANTY
1. Provide manufacturer's standard 25-year system warranty for tiling.
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PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 MANUFACTURERS
A. Source Limitations for Tile: Obtain tile of each type and color or finish from single source or
producer.
1. Obtain tile of each type and color or finish from same production run and of consistent
quality in appearance and physical properties for each contiguous area.
B. Source Limitations for Setting and Grouting Materials: Obtain ingredients of a uniform quality
for each mortar, adhesive, and grout component from single manufacturer and each aggregate
from single source or producer.
1. Obtain setting and grouting materials, except for unmodified Portland cement and
aggregate, from single manufacturer.
2. Obtain waterproof membrane, except for sheet products, from manufacturer of setting
and grouting materials.
2.2 PRODUCTS, GENERAL
A. ANSI Ceramic Tile Standard: Provide tile that complies with ANSI A137.1 for types,
compositions, and other characteristics indicated.
B. ANSI Standards for Tile Installation Materials: Provide materials complying with ANSI
A108.02, ANSI standards referenced in other Part 2 articles, ANSI standards referenced by
TCNA installation methods specified in tile installation schedules, and other requirements
specified.
2.3 TILE PRODUCTS
A. Porcelain Tile [Type: CT1] : Unglazed.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the
following:
a. Daltile; Ironcraft Colorbody Porcelain.
2. Certification: Tile certified by the Porcelain Tile Certification Agency.
3. Face Size: 12 by 24 inches.
4. Face Size Variation: Rectified.
5. Thickness: 3/8 inch .
6. Face: Plain with square edges.
7. Dynamic Coefficient of Friction: Not less than 0.42.
8. Tile Color, Glaze, and Pattern: As indicated on Drawings.
9. Grout Color: As indicated on Drawings.
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B. Glazed Wall Tile [Type: CT2, CT3]
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the
following:
a. Daltile; Linear Color Wheel Collection - Glazed Ceramic.
2. Module Size: 6 by 18 inches.
3. Face Size Variation: Rectified.
4. Thickness: 5/16 inch.
5. Face: Plain with modified square edges.
6. Finish: Bright, clear glaze.
7. Tile Color and Pattern: As indicated on Drawings.
8. Grout Color: As indicated on Drawings.
2.4 WATERPROOF MEMBRANES
A. General: Manufacturer's standard product, selected from the following, that complies with
ANSI A118.10 and is recommended by the manufacturer for the application indicated. Include
reinforcement and accessories recommended by manufacturer.
B. Waterproof Membrane, Fluid-Applied: Liquid-latex rubber or elastomeric polymer.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the
following:
a. Laticrete International, Inc.; Hydro Ban.
2.5 SETTING MATERIALS
A. Improved Modified Dry-Set Mortar (Thinset): ANSI A118.15.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the
following:
a. Laticrete International, Inc.; Tri-Lite.
2. Provide prepackaged, dry-mortar mix containing dry, redispersible, vinyl acetate or
acrylic additive to which only water must be added at Project site.
3. For wall applications, provide mortar that complies with requirements for nonsagging
mortar in addition to the other requirements in ANSI A118.15.
2.6 GROUT MATERIALS
A. Water-Cleanable Epoxy Grout: ANSI A118.3, with a VOC content of 65 g/L or less.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the
following:
a. Laticrete International, Inc.; SpectraLock Pro.
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2. Provide product capable of withstanding continuous and intermittent exposure to
temperatures of up to 140 and 212 deg F, respectively, and certified by manufacturer for
intended use.
2.7 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS
A. Trowelable Underlayments and Patching Compounds: Latex-modified, portland cement-based
formulation provided or approved by manufacturer of tile-setting materials for installations
indicated.
B. Vapor-Retarder Membrane: Polyethylene sheeting, ASTM D4397, 4.0 mils thick.
C. Metal Edge Strips: Angle or L-shaped, height to match tile and setting-bed thickness, metallic
or combination of metal and PVC or neoprene base, designed specifically for flooring
applications; aluminum exposed-edge material.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the
following:
a. Schluter Systems L.P.; DILEX-AHK
D. Tile Cleaner: A neutral cleaner capable of removing soil and residue without harming tile and
grout surfaces, specifically approved for materials and installations indicated by tile and grout
manufacturers.
2.8 MIXING MORTARS AND GROUT
A. Mix mortars and grouts to comply with referenced standards and mortar and grout
manufacturers' written instructions.
B. Add materials, water, and additives in accurate proportions.
C. Obtain and use type of mixing equipment, mixer speeds, mixing containers, mixing time, and
other procedures to produce mortars and grouts of uniform quality with optimum performance
characteristics for installations indicated.
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Examine substrates, areas, and conditions where tile will be installed, with Installer present, for
compliance with requirements for installation tolerances and other conditions affecting
performance of the Work.
1. Verify that substrates for setting tile are firm; dry; clean; free of coatings that are
incompatible with tile-setting materials, including curing compounds and other
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substances that contain soap, wax, oil, or silicone; and comply with flatness tolerances
required by ANSI A108.01 for installations indicated.
2. Verify that concrete substrates for tile floors installed with thinset mortar comply with
surface finish requirements in ANSI A108.01 for installations indicated.
a. Verify that surfaces that received a steel trowel finish have been mechanically
scarified.
b. Verify that protrusions, bumps, and ridges have been removed by sanding or
grinding.
3. Verify that installation of grounds, anchors, recessed frames, electrical and mechanical
units of work, and similar items located in or behind tile has been completed.
4. Verify that joints and cracks in tile substrates are coordinated with tile joint locations; if
not coordinated, adjust joint locations in consultation with Architect.
B. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.
3.2 PREPARATION
A. Fill cracks, holes, and depressions in concrete substrates for tile floors installed with thinset
mortar with trowelable leveling and patching compound specifically recommended by
tile-setting material manufacturer.
B. Where indicated, prepare substrates to receive waterproof membrane by applying a reinforced
mortar bed that complies with ANSI A108.1A and is sloped 1/4 inch per foot toward drains.
C. Blending: For tile exhibiting color variations, verify that tile has been factory blended and
packaged so tile units taken from one package show same range of colors as those taken from
other packages and match approved Samples. If not factory blended, either return to
manufacturer or blend tiles at Project site before installing.
3.3 INSTALLATION OF CERAMIC TILE
A. Comply with TCNA's "Handbook for Ceramic, Glass, and Stone Tile Installation" for TCNA
installation methods specified in tile installation schedules. Comply with parts of the ANSI
A108 series "Specifications for Installation of Ceramic Tile" that are referenced in TCNA
installation methods, specified in tile installation schedules, and apply to types of setting and
grouting materials used.
1. For the following installations, follow procedures in the ANSI A108 series of tile
installation standards for providing 95 percent mortar coverage:
a. Tile floors in wet areas.
b. Tile floors consisting of tiles 8 by 8 inches or larger.
B. Extend tile work into recesses and under or behind equipment and fixtures to form complete
covering without interruptions unless otherwise indicated. Terminate work neatly at
obstructions, edges, and corners without disrupting pattern or joint alignments.
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C. Accurately form intersections and returns. Perform cutting and drilling of tile without marring
visible surfaces. Carefully grind cut edges of tile abutting trim, finish, or built-in items for
straight aligned joints. Fit tile closely to electrical outlets, piping, fixtures, and other
penetrations so plates, collars, or covers overlap tile.
D. Provide manufacturer's standard trim shapes where necessary to eliminate exposed tile edges.
E. Where accent tile differs in thickness from field tile, vary setting-bed thickness so that tiles are
flush.
F. Jointing Pattern: Lay tile in grid pattern unless otherwise indicated. Lay out tile work and center
tile fields in both directions in each space or on each wall area. Lay out tile work to minimize
the use of pieces that are less than half of a tile. Provide uniform joint widths unless otherwise
indicated.
1. For tile mounted in sheets, make joints between tile sheets same width as joints within
tile sheets so joints between sheets are not apparent in finished work.
2. Where adjoining tiles on floor, base, walls, or trim are specified or indicated to be same
size, align joints.
3. Where tiles are specified or indicated to be whole integer multiples of adjoining tiles on
floor, base, walls, or trim, align joints unless otherwise indicated.
G. Joint Widths: Unless otherwise indicated, install tile with the following joint widths:
1. Glazed Wall Tile: 1/8 inch.
2. Porcelain Tile: 1/4 inch.
H. Lay out tile wainscots to dimensions indicated or to next full tile beyond dimensions indicated.
I. Expansion Joints: Provide expansion joints and other sealant-filled joints, including control,
contraction, and isolation joints, where indicated. Form joints during installation of setting
materials, mortar beds, and tile. Do not saw-cut joints after installing tiles.
1. Where joints occur in concrete substrates, locate joints in tile surfaces directly above them.
J. Metal Edge Strips: Install where exposed edge of tile flooring meets carpet, wood, or other
flooring that finishes flush with or below top of tile and no threshold is indicated.
3.4 INSTALLATION OF WATERPROOF MEMBRANES
A. Install waterproof membrane to comply with ANSI A108.13 and manufacturer's written
instructions to produce waterproof membrane of uniform thickness that is bonded securely to
substrate.
B. Allow waterproof membrane to cure and verify by testing that it is watertight before installing
tile or setting materials over it.
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3.5 ADJUSTING AND CLEANING
A. Remove and replace tile that is damaged or that does not match adjoining tile. Provide new
matching units, installed as specified and in a manner to eliminate evidence of replacement.
B. Cleaning: On completion of placement and grouting, clean all ceramic tile surfaces so they are
free of foreign matter.
1. Remove grout residue from tile as soon as possible.
2. Clean grout smears and haze from tile according to tile and grout manufacturer's written
instructions but no sooner than 10 days after installation. Use only cleaners recommended
by tile and grout manufacturers and only after determining that cleaners are safe to use by
testing on samples of tile and other surfaces to be cleaned. Protect metal surfaces and
plumbing fixtures from effects of cleaning. Flush surfaces with clean water before and
after cleaning.
3.6 PROTECTION
A. Protect installed tile work with kraft paper or other heavy covering during construction period
to prevent staining, damage, and wear. If recommended by tile manufacturer, apply coat of
neutral protective cleaner to completed tile walls and floors.
B. Prohibit foot and wheel traffic from tiled floors for at least seven days after grouting is
completed.
C. Before final inspection, remove protective coverings and rinse neutral protective cleaner from
tile surfaces.
3.7 INTERIOR CERAMIC TILE INSTALLATION SCHEDULE
A. Interior Floor Installations, Concrete Subfloor:
1. TCNA F122 : Thinset mortar on waterproof membrane.
a. Thinset Mortar: Improved modified dry-set mortar.
b. Grout: Water cleanable epoxy grout.
B. Interior Wall Installations, Wood or Metal Studs or Furring:
1. TCNA W245 or TCNA W248: Thinset mortar on glass-mat, water-resistant gypsum
backer board.
a. Thinset Mortar: Improved modified dry-set mortar.
b. Grout: Water-cleanable epoxy grout.
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SECTION 095113 - ACOUSTICAL PANEL CEILINGS
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. Section includes acoustical panels and exposed suspension systems for interior ceilings.
B. Products furnished, but not installed under this Section, include anchors, clips, and other ceiling
attachment devices to be cast in concrete.
1.3 PREINSTALLATION MEETINGS
A. Preinstallation Conference: Conduct conference at Project site.
1.4 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type of product.
B. Sustainable Design Submittals:
1. Product Data: For recycled content, indicating postconsumer and preconsumer recycled
content and cost.
2. Laboratory Test Reports: For ceiling products, indicating compliance with requirements
for low-emitting materials.
C. Samples: For each exposed product and for each color and texture specified, 6 inches in size.
1.5 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS
A. Coordination Drawings: Reflected ceiling plans, drawn to scale, on which the following items
are shown and coordinated with each other, using input from installers of the items involved:
1. Ceiling suspension-system members.
2. Structural members to which suspension systems will be attached.
3. Method of attaching hangers to building structure.
4. Carrying channels or other supplemental support for hanger-wire attachment where
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conditions do not permit installation of hanger wires at required spacing.
5. Size and location of initial access modules for acoustical panels.
6. Items penetrating finished ceiling and ceiling-mounted items including the following:
a. Lighting fixtures.
b. Diffusers.
c. Grilles.
d. Speakers.
e. Sprinklers.
f. Access panels.
g. Perimeter moldings.
7. Show operation of hinged and sliding components covered by or adjacent to acoustical
panels.
8. Minimum Drawing Scale: 1/8 inch = 1 foot .
1.6 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS
A. Maintenance Data: For finishes to include in maintenance manuals.
1.7 MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SUBMITTALS
A. Furnish extra materials, from the same product run, that match products installed and that are
packaged with protective covering for storage and identified with labels describing contents.
1. Acoustical Ceiling Units: Full-size panels equal to 2 percent of quantity installed.
2. Suspension-System Components: Quantity of each exposed component equal to 2 percent
of quantity installed.
1.8 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
A. Deliver acoustical panels, suspension-system components, and accessories to Project site and
store them in a fully enclosed, conditioned space where they will be protected against damage
from moisture, humidity, temperature extremes, direct sunlight, surface contamination, and
other causes.
B. Before installing acoustical panels, permit them to reach room temperature and a stabilized
moisture content.
1.9 FIELD CONDITIONS
A. Environmental Limitations: Do not install acoustical panel ceilings until spaces are enclosed
and weathertight, wet-work in spaces is complete and dry, work above ceilings is complete, and
ambient temperature and humidity conditions are maintained at the levels indicated for Project
when occupied for its intended use.
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PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 MANUFACTURERS
A. Source Limitations: Obtain each type of acoustical ceiling panel and its supporting suspension
system from single source from single manufacturer.
2.2 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
A. Ceiling products shall comply with the requirements of the California Department of Public
Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical
Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers."
B. Surface-Burning Characteristics: Comply with ASTM E 84; testing by a qualified testing
agency. Identify products with appropriate markings of applicable testing agency.
1. Flame-Spread Index: Class A according to ASTM E 1264.
2. Smoke-Developed Index: 50 or less.
2.3 ACOUSTICAL PANELS [TYPE: APC1, APC2]
A. Basis-of-Design Product: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide the following :
1. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Cirrus High NRC 15/16-Inch Tegular Panels.
a. Type APC1: Item #556, 24 inches square.
b. Type APC2: Item #551, 24 by 48 inches.
B. Acoustical Panel Standard: Provide manufacturer's standard panels according to ASTM E 1264
and designated by type, form, pattern, acoustical rating, and light reflectance unless otherwise
indicated.
C. Classification: Provide panels as follows:
1. Type and Form: Type III, mineral base with painted finish; Form 1, nodular.
2. Pattern: E (lightly textured) I (embossed).
D. Color: White .
E. Light Reflectance (LR): Not less than 0.85.
F. Ceiling Attenuation Class (CAC): Not less than 35.
G. Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC): Not less than 0.75.
H. Articulation Class (AC): Not less than 170.
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I. Edge/Joint Detail: Reveal sized to fit flange of exposed suspension-system members.
J. Thickness: 7/8 inch.
K. Antimicrobial Treatment: Manufacturer's standard broad spectrum, antimicrobial formulation
that inhibits fungus, mold, mildew, and gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and showing
no mold, mildew, or bacterial growth when tested according to ASTM D 3273, ASTM D 3274,
or ASTM G 21 and evaluated according to ASTM D 3274 or ASTM G 21.
2.4 ACOUSTICAL PANELS [TYPE: APC3]
A. Basis-of-Design Product: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide the following:
1. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Lyra Concealed, 15/16-Inch Concealed Suspension
Panels (Item #8433).
B. Acoustical Panel Standard: Provide manufacturer's standard panels according to ASTM E 1264
and designated by type, form, pattern, acoustical rating, and light reflectance unless otherwise
indicated.
C. Classification: Provide panels as follows:
1. Type and Form: Type XII, glass-fiber base with membrane-faced overlay; Form 2, cloth.
Binder shall not contain urea formaldehyde.
2. Pattern: E (lightly textured)
D. Color: White.
E. Light Reflectance (LR): Not less than 0.88.
F. Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC): Not less than 0.90.
G. Articulation Class (AC): Not less than 190.
H. Edge/Joint Detail: Flush reveal sized to fit flange of exposed suspension-system members.
I. Thickness: 7/8 inch.
J. Modular Size: 24 by 48 inches.
K. Antimicrobial Treatment: Manufacturer's standard broad spectrum, antimicrobial formulation
that inhibits fungus, mold, mildew, and gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and showing
no mold, mildew, or bacterial growth when tested according to ASTM D 3273, ASTM D 3274,
or ASTM G 21 and evaluated according to ASTM D 3274 or ASTM G 21.
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2.5 METAL SUSPENSION SYSTEM
A. Metal Suspension-System Standard: Provide acoustical panel manufacturer's standard,
direct-hung, metal suspension system and accessories according to ASTM C 635/C 635M and
designated by type, structural classification, and finish indicated.
B. Wide-Face, Capped, Double-Web, Steel Suspension System: Main and cross runners roll
formed from cold-rolled steel sheet; prepainted, electrolytically zinc coated, or hot-dip
galvanized, G30 coating designation; with prefinished 15/16-inch- wide metal caps on flanges.
1. Structural Classification: Heavy-duty system.
2. End Condition of Cross Runners: Override (stepped) or butt-edge type.
3. Face Design: Flat, flush.
4. Cap Material: Cold-rolled steel.
5. Cap Finish: Painted white.
2.6 ACCESSORIES
A. Attachment Devices: Size for five times the design load indicated in ASTM C 635/C 635M,
Table 1, "Direct Hung," unless otherwise indicated. Comply with seismic design requirements.
1. Power-Actuated Fasteners in Concrete: Fastener system of type suitable for application
indicated, fabricated from corrosion-resistant materials, with clips or other accessory devices
for attaching hangers of type indicated and with capability to sustain, without failure, a load
equal to 10 times that imposed by ceiling construction, as determined by testing according to
ASTM E 1190, conducted by a qualified testing and inspecting agency.
B. Wire Hangers, Braces, and Ties: Provide wires as follows:
1. Zinc-Coated, Carbon-Steel Wire: ASTM A 641/A 641M, Class 1 zinc coating, soft temper.
2. Size: Wire diameter sufficient for its stress at three times hanger design load
(ASTM C 635/C 635M, Table 1, "Direct Hung") will be less than yield stress of wire, but
not less than 0.106-inch-2.69-mm-diameter wire.
2.7 METAL EDGE MOLDINGS AND TRIM
A. Roll-Formed, Sheet-Metal Edge Moldings and Trim: Type and profile indicated or, if not
indicated, manufacturer's standard moldings for edges and penetrations that comply with
seismic design requirements; formed from sheet metal of same material, finish, and color as
that used for exposed flanges of suspension-system runners.
1. Edge moldings shall fit acoustical panel edge details and suspension systems indicated
and match width and configuration of exposed runners unless otherwise indicated.
2. For lay-in panels with reveal edge details, provide stepped edge molding that forms
reveal of same depth and width as that formed between edge of panel and flange at
exposed suspension member.
3. For circular penetrations of ceiling, provide edge moldings fabricated to diameter
required to fit penetration exactly.
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2.8 ACOUSTICAL SEALANT
A. Acoustical Sealant: As specified in Section 079219 "Acoustical Joint Sealants."
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Examine substrates, areas, and conditions, including structural framing to which acoustical panel
ceilings attach or abut, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements specified in this
and other Sections that affect ceiling installation and anchorage and with requirements for
installation tolerances and other conditions affecting performance of acoustical panel ceilings.
B. Examine acoustical panels before installation. Reject acoustical panels that are wet, moisture
damaged, or mold damaged.
C. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.
3.2 PREPARATION
A. Measure each ceiling area and establish layout of acoustical panels to balance border widths at
opposite edges of each ceiling. Avoid using less-than-half-width panels at borders unless
otherwise indicated, and comply with layout shown on reflected ceiling plans.
B. Layout openings for penetrations centered on the penetrating items.
3.3 INSTALLATION
A. Install acoustical panel ceilings according to ASTM C 636/C 636M and manufacturer's written
instructions.
B. Suspend ceiling hangers from building's structural members and as follows:
1. Install hangers plumb and free from contact with insulation or other objects within ceiling
plenum that are not part of supporting structure or of ceiling suspension system.
2. Splay hangers only where requiredto miss obstructions; offset resulting horizontal forces
by bracing, countersplaying, or other equally effective means.
3. Where width of ducts and other construction within ceiling plenum produces hanger
spacings that interfere with location of hangers at spacings required to support standard
suspension-system members, install supplemental suspension members and hangers in
form of trapezes or equivalent devices.
4. Secure wire hangers to ceiling-suspension members and to supports above with a
minimum of three tight turns. Connect hangers directly to structure or to inserts, eye
screws, or other devices that are secure and appropriate for substrate and that will not
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deteriorate or otherwise fail due to age, corrosion, or elevated temperatures.
5. Do not support ceilings directly from permanent metal forms or floor deck. Fasten
hangers to cast-in-place hanger inserts, postinstalled mechanical or adhesive anchors, or
power-actuated fasteners that extend through forms into concrete.
6. When steel framing does not permit installation of hanger wires at spacing required,
install carrying channels or other supplemental support for attachment of hanger wires.
7. Do not attach hangers to steel deck tabs.
8. Do not attach hangers to steel roof deck. Attach hangers to structural members.
9. Space hangers not more than 48 inches o.c. along each member supported directly from
hangers unless otherwise indicated; provide hangers not more than 8 inches from ends of
each member.
10. Size supplemental suspension members and hangers to support ceiling loads within
performance limits established by referenced standards.
C. Secure bracing wires to ceiling suspension members and to supports with a minimum of four
tight turns. Suspend bracing from building's structural members as required for hangers,
without attaching to permanent metal forms, steel deck, or steel deck tabs. Fasten bracing wires
into concrete with cast-in-place or postinstalled anchors.
D. Install edge moldings and trim of type indicated at perimeter of acoustical ceiling area and
where necessary to conceal edges of acoustical panels.
1. Screw attach moldings to substrate at intervals not more than 16 inches o.c. and not more
than 3 inches from ends. Miter corners accurately and connect securely.
2. Do not use exposed fasteners, including pop rivets, on moldings and trim.
E. Install suspension-system runners so they are square and securely interlocked with one another.
Remove and replace dented, bent, or kinked members.
F. Install acoustical panels with undamaged edges and fit accurately into suspension-system runners
and edge moldings. Scribe and cut panels at borders and penetrations to provide precise fit.
1. Arrange directionally patterned acoustical panels as follows:
a. As indicated on reflected ceiling plans.
2. For reveal-edged panels on suspension-system runners, install panels with bottom of
reveal in firm contact with top surface of runner flanges.
3. Paint cut edges of panel remaining exposed after installation; match color of exposed
panel surfaces using coating recommended in writing for this purpose by acoustical panel
manufacturer.
4. Protect lighting fixtures and air ducts according to requirements indicated for
fire-resistance-rated assembly.
3.4 ERECTION TOLERANCES
A. Suspended Ceilings: Install main and cross runners level to a tolerance of 1/8 inch in 12 feet,
non-cumulative.
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B. Moldings and Trim: Install moldings and trim to substrate and level with ceiling suspension
system to a tolerance of 1/8 inch in 12 feet, non-cumulative.
3.5 CLEANING
A. Clean exposed surfaces of acoustical panel ceilings, including trim, edge moldings, and
suspension-system members. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for cleaning and
touchup of minor finish damage.
B. Remove and replace ceiling components that cannot be successfully cleaned and repaired to
permanently eliminate evidence of damage.
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SECTION 095429 - WOOD PANEL CEILINGS
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general conditions of Contract, including General and Supplementary Conditions
and Divisions-1 Specification sections apply to work of this section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
1. Wood ceiling panels.
2. Exposed grid suspension system.
3. Wire hangers, fasteners, main runners, cross tees, wall angle moldings and accessories.
1.3 REFERENCES
A. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM):
1. ASTM A 641 Standard Specification for Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) Carbon Steel Wire.
2. ASTM A 653 Standard Specification for Steel Sheet, Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) by the
Hot- Dip Process.
3. ASTM A 1008 Standard Specification for Steel, Sheet, Cold Rolled, Carbon, Structural,
High-Strength Low-Alloy and High-Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability.
4. ASTM C 423 Sound Absorption and Sound Absorption Coefficients by the
Reverberation Room Method.
5. ASTM C 635 Standard Specification for Metal Suspension Systems for Acoustical Tile
and Lay-in Panel Ceilings.
6. ASTM C 636 Recommended Practice for Installation of Metal Ceiling Suspension
Systems for Acoustical Tile and Lay-in Panels.
7. ASTM E 84 Standard Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building
Materials.
8. ASTM E 580 Application of Ceiling Suspension Systems for Acoustical Tile and Lay-In
Panels in Areas Requiring Seismic Restraint.
9. ASTM E 1264 Classification for Acoustical Ceiling Products.
1.4 SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: Submit manufacturer’s technical data for each type of ceiling unit and suspension
system required.
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B. Sustainable Design Submittals:
1. Environmental Product Declaration (EPD): For each product.
2. Laboratory Test Reports: For composite wood products, indicating compliance with
requirements for low-emitting materials.
3. Product Data: For installation adhesives, indicating VOC content.
4. Laboratory Test Reports: For installation adhesives, indicating compliance with
requirements for low-emitting materials.
C. Installation Instructions: Submit manufacturer’s installation instructions as referenced in Part 3,
Installation.
D. Samples: Minimum 6 inch long solid wood finish sample; 8 inch long samples of exposed wall
molding and suspension system, including main runner and 4 foot cross tees.
E. Shop Drawings: Layout and details of ceilings. Show locations of items which are to be
coordinated with, or supported by the ceilings.
F. Certifications: Manufacturer’s certifications that products comply with specified requirements,
including laboratory reports showing compliance with specified tests and standards.
G. All products not conforming to manufacturer’s current published values must be removed,
disposed of and replaced with complying product at the expense of the Contractor performing
the work.
1.5 QUALITY ASSURANCE
A. Single-Source Responsibility: Provide ceiling panel units and grid components by a single
manufacturer.
B. Fire Performance Characteristics: Identify ceiling components with appropriate markings of
applicable testing and inspecting organization.
1. Surface Burning Characteristics: As follows, tested per ASTM E 84 and complying with
ASTM E 1264 for Class C products.
a. Flame Spread: 200 or less
b. Smoke Developed: 450 or less
2. HPVA (Hardwood Plywood and Veneer Association) certification and audit program per
ASTM E-84 tunnel test.
C. Certified Wood: Provide an invoice including vendor's chain-of-custody number, product cost,
and entity being invoiced.
D. Vendor Qualifications: A vendor that is certified for chain of custody by an FSC-accredited
certification body.
E. Woodworking Standards: Manufacturer must comply with specified provisions of Architectural
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Woodworking Institute quality standards.
F. Coordination of Work: Coordinate ceiling work with installers of related work including, but
not limited to building insulation, gypsum board, light fixtures, mechanical systems, electrical
systems, and sprinklers.
1.6 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
A. Store ceiling components in a dry interior location in their cartons prior to installation to avoid
damage. Store cartons in a flat, horizontal position. The protectors between the panels should
not be removed until installation.
B. Do not store in unconditioned spaces with humidity greater than 55 percent or lower than 25
percent relative humidity and temperatures lower than 50 degrees F or greater than 86 degrees
F. Panels must not be exposed to extreme temperatures, for example, close to a heating source
or near a window with direct sunlight.
C. Handle ceiling units carefully to avoid chipped edges or damage to units in any way.
1.7 PROJECT CONDITIONS
A. Wood ceiling materials should be permitted to reach room temperature and have a stabilized
moisture content for a minimum of 72 hours before installation. (Remove plastic wrap to allow
panels to climatize).
B. The wood panels should not be installed in spaces where the temperature or humidity
conditions vary greatly from the temperatures and conditions that will be normal in the
occupied space.
C. As interior finish products, the wood veneer panels are designed for installation in temperature
conditions between 50 degrees F and 86 degrees F, in spaces where the building is enclosed and
HVAC systems are functioning and will be in continuous operation. Relative humidity should
not fall below 25 percent or exceed 55 percent.
1.8 WARRANTY
A. Wood Panel: Submit a written warranty executed by the manufacturer, agreeing to repair or
replace panels that fail within the warranty period. Failures include, but are not limited to:
1. Ceiling Panels: Defects in materials or factory workmanship.
2. Grid System: Rusting and manufacturing defects.
B. Warranty Period:
1. Wood panels: One (1) year from date of installation.
2. Grid: Ten years from date of installation.
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C. The Warranty shall not deprive the Owner of other rights the Owner may have under other
provisions of the Contract Documents and will be in addition to and run concurrent with other
warranties made by the Contractor under the requirements of the Contract Documents.
1.9 MAINTENANCE
A. Extra Materials: Deliver extra materials to Owner. Furnish extra materials described below that
match products installed. Packaged with protective covering for storage and identified with
appropriate labels.
1. Ceiling Units: Furnish quality of full-size units equal to 2.0 percent of amount installed.
2. Exposed Suspension System Components: Furnish quantity of each exposed suspension
component equal to 1.0 percent of amount installed.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 MATERIALS, GENERAL
A. Regional Materials: The following wood products shall be manufactured within 100 miles of
Project site from materials that have been extracted, harvested, or recovered, as well as
manufactured, within 100 miles of Project site.
1. Wood panel products.
2.2 MANUFACTURERS
A. Ceiling Panels:
1. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
B. Suspension Systems:
1. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
2.3 WOOD CEILING UNITS [TYPE: LAP1]
A. Ceiling Panels:
1. Basis-of-Design Product: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide the
following:
a. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; WoodWorks Vector 15/16-Inch Wood Ceiling
Panels (Item #6480-W4-CMA).
2. Surface Texture: Smooth
3. Composition: Wood
4. Finish: Maple, Clear semigloss coating. .
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5. Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC): ASTM C 423, 0.65 (with black acoustical infill).
6. Flame Spread: Class A per ASTM E1264.
2.4 SUSPENSION SYSTEMS
A. Components: All main beams and cross tees shall be commercial quality hot dipped galvanized
steel as per ASTM A 653. Main beams and cross tees are double-web steel construction with
15/16-inch type exposed flange design. Exposed surfaces chemically cleansed, capping
prefinished galvanized steel (aluminum or stainless steel) in baked polyester paint. Main beams
and cross tees shall have rotary stitching (exception: extruded aluminum or stainless steel).
1. Structural Classification: ASTM C 635, Intermediate Duty.
2. Color: Black and match the actual color of the selected ceiling tile, unless noted
otherwise.
3. Acceptable Product: Prelude XL 15/16-Inch Exposed Tee as manufactured by Armstrong
World Industries, Inc.
B. Attachment Devices: Size for five times design load indicated in ASTM C 635, Table 1, Direct
Hung unless otherwise indicated.
C. Wire for Hangers and Ties: ASTM A 641, Class 1 zinc coating, soft temper, pre-stretched, with
a yield stress load of at least time three design load, but not less than 12 gauge.
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Do not proceed with installation until all wet work such as concrete, terrazzo, plastering and
painting has been completed and thoroughly dried out.
B. Proper designs for both supply air and return air, maintenance of the HVAC filters and building
interior space are essential to minimize soiling. Before starting the HVAC system, make sure
supply air is properly filtered and the building interior is free of construction dust.
3.2 PREPARATION
A. Measure each ceiling area and establish layout of acoustical units to balance border widths at
opposite edges of each ceiling. Avoid use of less than half width units at borders, and comply
with reflected ceiling plans. Coordinate panel layout with mechanical and electrical fixtures.
3.3 INSTALLATION
A. Install suspension system and panels in compliance with ASTM C636, ASTM E580, with the
authorities having jurisdiction, and in accordance with the manufacturer’s installation instructions.
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B. Suspend main beam from overhead construction with hanger wires spaced 4 feet on center along
the length of the main runner. Install hanger wires plumb and straight. The suspension system
must be leveled to within ¼ inch in 10 feet and must be square to within 1/16 inch in 2 feet.
C. Install main beams 48 inches on center with 48 inch cross tees every 24 inches at 90 degrees to
the main beam. Install the 24 inch cross tees at midpoints of the 48 inch cross tees.
D. Install wall moldings at intersection of suspended ceiling and vertical surfaces. Miter corners
where wall moldings intersect or install corner caps.
E. Cut panel edges that are exposed to view will have to be treated to look like factory edges. Pre-
finished peel and stick edge banding is recommended for this purpose.
3.4 ADJUSTING AND CLEANING
A. Replace damaged and broken panels.
B. Clean exposed surfaces of ceilings panels, including trim, edge moldings, and suspension
members. Comply with manufacturer’s instructions for cleaning and touch up of minor finish
damage. Remove and replace work that cannot be successfully cleaned and repaired to
permanently eliminate evidence of damage.
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SECTION 096513 - RESILIENT BASE AND ACCESSORIES
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
1. Thermoset-rubber base.
2. Rubber molding accessories.
1.3 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type of product.
B. Sustainable Design Submittals:
1. Product Data: For adhesives, indicating VOC content.
2. Laboratory Test Reports: For adhesives, indicating compliance with requirements for
low-emitting materials.
3. Product Data: For sealants, indicating VOC content.
4. Laboratory Test Reports: For sealants, indicating compliance with requirements for
low-emitting materials.
5. Laboratory Test Reports: For resilient base and stair products and accessories, indicating
compliance with requirements for low-emitting materials.
6. Environmental Product Declaration: For each product.
7. Health Product Declaration: For each product.
8. Sourcing of Raw Materials: Corporate sustainability report for each manufacturer.
C. Samples for Verification: For each type of product indicated and for each color, texture, and
pattern required in manufacturer's standard-size Samples, but not less than 12 inches long.
D. Product Schedule: For resilient base and accessory products. Use same designations indicated
on Drawings.
1.4 MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SUBMITTALS
A. Furnish extra materials, from the same product run, that match products installed and that are
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packaged with protective covering for storage and identified with labels describing contents.
1. Furnish not less than 10 linear feet for every 500 linear feet or fraction thereof, of each
type, color, pattern, and size of resilient product installed.
1.5 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
A. Store resilient products and installation materials in dry spaces protected from the weather, with
ambient temperatures maintained within range recommended by manufacturer, but not less than
50 deg F or more than 90 deg F.
1.6 FIELD CONDITIONS
A. Maintain ambient temperatures within range recommended by manufacturer, but not less than
70 deg F or more than 95 deg F, in spaces to receive resilient products during the following
periods:
1. 48 hours before installation.
2. During installation.
3. 48 hours after installation.
B. After installation and until Substantial Completion, maintain ambient temperatures within range
recommended by manufacturer, but not less than 55 deg F or more than 95 deg F.
C. Install resilient products after other finishing operations, including painting, have been completed.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
A. Products shall comply with the requirements of the California Department of Public Health's
"Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical Emissions from
Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers."
2.2 THERMOSET-RUBBER BASE [TYPE: B1]
A. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the following:
1. Roppe Corporation, USA.
B. Product Standard: ASTM F 1861, Type TS (rubber, vulcanized thermoset), Group I (solid,
homogeneous).
1. Style and Location:
a. Style A, Straight: Provide in areas with carpet.
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b. Style B, Cove: Provide in areas with resilient floor coverings.
C. Thickness: 0.125 inch.
D. Height: 4 inches .
E. Lengths: Cut lengths 48 inches long or coils in manufacturer's standard length.
F. Outside Corners: Preformed.
G. Inside Corners: Job formed or preformed.
H. Colors: As indicated by manufacturer's designations.
2.3 RUBBER STAIR ACCESSORIES [TYPE: ST1]
A. Fire-Test-Response Characteristics: As determined by testing identical products according to
ASTM E 648 or NFPA 253 by a qualified testing agency.
1. Critical Radiant Flux Classification: Class I, not less than 0.45 W/sq. cm.
B. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the following:
1. Roppe Corporation, USA.
C. Stair Treads: ASTM F 2169.
1. Type: TS (rubber, vulcanized thermoset).
2. Class: 1 (smooth, flat) and 2 (pattern; embossed, grooved, or ribbed).
3. Group: 1 (embedded abrasive strips) and 2 (with contrasting color for the visually
impaired).
4. Nosing Style: Square, adjustable to cover angles between 60 and 90 degrees.
5. Nosing Height: 1-1/2 inches.
6. Thickness: 1/4 inch and tapered to back edge.
7. Size: Lengths and depths to fit each stair tread in one piece.
8. Integral Risers: Smooth, flat; in height that fully covers substrate.
D. Landing Tile: Matching treads; produced by same manufacturer as treads and recommended by
manufacturer for installation with treads.
E. Locations: Provide rubber stair accessories in areas indicated.
F. Colors and Patterns: As indicated on Drawings.
2.4 RUBBER MOLDING ACCESSORY
A. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the following:
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1. Roppe Corporation, USA.
B. Description: Rubber carpet edge for glue-down applications.
C. Colors and Patterns: As seleted by Architect from manufacturer's full range.
2.5 INSTALLATION MATERIALS
A. Trowelable Leveling and Patching Compounds: Latex-modified, portland-cement-based or
blended hydraulic-cement-based formulation provided or approved by resilient-product
manufacturer for applications indicated.
B. Adhesives: Water-resistant type recommended by resilient-product manufacturer for resilient
products and substrate conditions indicated.
1. Adhesives shall have a VOC content of 50 g/L or less and 60 g/L or less for rubber stair
treads.
C. Stair-Tread Nose Filler: Two-part epoxy compound recommended by resilient stair-tread
manufacturer to fill nosing substrates that do not conform to tread contours.
D. Floor Polish: Provide protective, liquid floor-polish products recommended by resilient
stair-tread manufacturer.
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Examine substrates, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements for maximum
moisture content and other conditions affecting performance of the Work.
1. Verify that finishes of substrates comply with tolerances and other requirements specified
in other Sections and that substrates are free of cracks, ridges, depressions, scale, and
foreign deposits that might interfere with adhesion of resilient products.
B. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.
1. Installation of resilient products indicates acceptance of surfaces and conditions.
3.2 PREPARATION
A. Prepare substrates according to manufacturer's written instructions to ensure adhesion of
resilient products.
B. Concrete Substrates for Resilient Stair Accessories: Prepare horizontal surfaces according to
ASTM F 710.
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1. Verify that substrates are dry and free of curing compounds, sealers, and hardeners.
2. Remove substrate coatings and other substances that are incompatible with adhesives and
that contain soap, wax, oil, or silicone, using mechanical methods recommended by
manufacturer. Do not use solvents.
3. Alkalinity and Adhesion Testing: Perform tests recommended by manufacturer. Proceed
with installation only after substrate alkalinity falls within range on pH scale
recommended by manufacturer in writing, but not less than 5 or more than 9 pH.
4. Moisture Testing: Perform tests so that each test area does not exceed 1000 sq. ft., and
perform no fewer than three tests in each installation area and with test areas evenly
spaced in installation areas.
a. Relative Humidity Test: Using in-situ probes, ASTM F 2170. Proceed with
installation only after substrates have a maximum 75 percent relative humidity
level measurement.
C. Fill cracks, holes, and depressions in substrates with trowelable leveling and patching
compound; remove bumps and ridges to produce a uniform and smooth substrate.
D. Do not install resilient products until materials are the same temperature as space where they
are to be installed.
1. At least 48 hours in advance of installation, move resilient products and installation
materials into spaces where they will be installed.
E. Immediately before installation, sweep and vacuum clean substrates to be covered by resilient
products.
3.3 RESILIENT BASE INSTALLATION
A. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for installing resilient base.
B. Apply resilient base to walls, columns, pilasters, casework and cabinets in toe spaces, and other
permanent fixtures in rooms and areas where base is required.
C. Install resilient base in lengths as long as practical without gaps at seams and with tops of
adjacent pieces aligned.
D. Tightly adhere resilient base to substrate throughout length of each piece, with base in
continuous contact with horizontal and vertical substrates.
E. Do not stretch resilient base during installation.
F. On masonry surfaces or other similar irregular substrates, fill voids along top edge of resilient
base with manufacturer's recommended adhesive filler material.
G. Preformed Corners: Install preformed corners before installing straight pieces.
H. Job-Formed Corners:
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1. Outside Corners: Use straight pieces of maximum lengths possible and form with returns
not less than 3 inches in length.
a. Form without producing discoloration (whitening) at bends.
3.4 RESILIENT ACCESSORY INSTALLATION
A. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for installing resilient accessories.
B. Resilient Stair Accessories:
1. Use stair-tread-nose filler to fill nosing substrates that do not conform to tread contours.
2. Tightly adhere to substrates throughout length of each piece.
3. For treads installed as separate, equal-length units, install to produce a flush joint
between units.
C. Resilient Molding Accessories: Butt to adjacent materials and tightly adhere to substrates
throughout length of each piece. Install reducer strips at edges of floor covering that would
otherwise be exposed.
3.5 CLEANING AND PROTECTION
A. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for cleaning and protecting resilient products.
B. Perform the following operations immediately after completing resilient-product installation:
1. Remove adhesive and other blemishes from surfaces.
2. Sweep and vacuum horizontal surfaces thoroughly.
3. Damp-mop horizontal surfaces to remove marks and soil.
C. Protect resilient products from mars, marks, indentations, and other damage from construction
operations and placement of equipment and fixtures during remainder of construction period.
D. Floor Polish: Remove soil, adhesive, and blemishes from resilient stair treads before applying
liquid floor polish.
1. Apply two coat(s).
E. Cover resilient products subject to wear and foot traffic until Substantial Completion.
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SECTION 096516 - RESILIENT SHEET FLOORING
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
1. Unbacked vinyl sheet flooring.
1.3 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type of product.
B. Sustainable Design Submittals:
1. Laboratory Test Reports: For floor covering products, indicating compliance with
requirements for low-emitting materials.
2. Product Data: For adhesives, indicating VOC content.
3. Laboratory Test Reports: For adhesives, indicating compliance with requirements for
low-emitting materials.
4. Product Data: For sealants, indicating VOC content.
5. Laboratory Test Reports: For sealants, indicating compliance with requirements for
low-emitting materials.
6. Environmental Product Declaration: For each product.
7. Health Product Declaration: For each product.
8. Sourcing of Raw Materials: Corporate sustainability report for each manufacturer.
C. Shop Drawings: For each type of resilient sheet flooring.
1. Include sheet flooring layouts, locations of seams, edges, columns, doorways, enclosing
partitions, built-in furniture, cabinets, and cutouts.
2. Show details of special patterns.
D. Samples: For each exposed product and for each color, texture, and pattern specified, in
manufacturer's standard size, but not less than 6-by-9-inch sections.
E. Welded-Seam Samples: For seamless-installation technique indicated and for each resilient
sheet flooring product, color, and pattern required; with seam running lengthwise and in center
of 6-by-9-inch Sample applied to a rigid backing and prepared by Installer for this Project.
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1.4 QUALITY ASSURANCE
A. Installer Qualifications: An entity that employs installers and supervisors who are competent in
techniques required by manufacturer for resilient sheet flooring installation and seaming
method indicated.
1. Engage an installer who employs workers for this Project who are trained or certified by
resilient sheet flooring manufacturer for installation techniques required.
1.5 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
A. Store resilient sheet flooring and installation materials in dry spaces protected from the weather,
with ambient temperatures maintained within range recommended by manufacturer, but not less
than 50 deg F or more than 90 deg F. Store rolls upright.
1.6 FIELD CONDITIONS
A. Maintain ambient temperatures within range recommended by manufacturer, but not less than
70 deg F or more than 85 deg F, in spaces to receive resilient sheet flooring during the
following periods:
1. 48 hours before installation.
2. During installation.
3. 48 hours after installation.
B. After installation and until Substantial Completion, maintain ambient temperatures within range
recommended by manufacturer, but not less than 55 deg F or more than 95 deg F.
C. Close spaces to traffic during resilient sheet flooring installation.
D. Close spaces to traffic for 48 hours after resilient sheet flooring installation.
E. Install resilient sheet flooring after other finishing operations, including painting, have been
completed.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
A. Fire-Test-Response Characteristics: For resilient sheet flooring, as determined by testing
identical products according to ASTM E 648 or NFPA 253 by a qualified testing agency.
1. Critical Radiant Flux Classification: Class I, not less than 0.45 W/sq. cm.
B. Flooring products shall comply with the requirements of the California Department of Public
Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical
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Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers."
2.2 UNBACKED VINYL SHEET FLOORING [TYPE: RS1]
A. Products: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide the following:
1. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; MedinPure.
B. Product Standard: ASTM F 1913.
C. Thickness: 0.080 inch.
D. Wearing Surface: Smooth.
E. Sheet Width: As standard with manufacturer.
F. Seamless-Installation Method: Heat welded.
G. Colors and Patterns: As indicated on Drawings.
2.3 INSTALLATION MATERIALS
A. Trowelable Leveling and Patching Compounds: Latex-modified, portland-cement-based or
blended hydraulic-cement-based formulation provided or approved by resilient sheet flooring
manufacturer for applications indicated.
B. Adhesives: Water-resistant type recommended by flooring and adhesive manufacturers to suit
resilient sheet flooring and substrate conditions indicated.
1. Adhesives shall have a VOC content of 50 g/L or less.
2. Adhesive shall comply with the testing and product requirements of the California
Department of Public Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile
Organic Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers."
C. Seamless-Installation Accessories:
1. Heat-Welding Bead: Manufacturer's solid-strand product for heat welding seams.
a. Colors: Match flooring.
D. Integral-Flash-Cove-Base Accessories:
1. Cove Strip: 1-inch radius provided or approved by resilient sheet flooring manufacturer.
2. Cap Strip: Square metal, vinyl, or rubber cap provided or approved by resilient sheet
flooring manufacturer.
3. Corners: Metal inside and outside corners and end stops provided or approved by resilient
sheet flooring manufacturer.
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PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Examine substrates, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements for maximum
moisture content and other conditions affecting performance of the Work.
1. Verify that finishes of substrates comply with tolerances and other requirements specified
in other Sections and that substrates are free of cracks, ridges, depressions, scale, and
foreign deposits that might interfere with adhesion of resilient sheet flooring.
B. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.
3.2 PREPARATION
A. Prepare substrates according to resilient sheet flooring manufacturer's written instructions to
ensure adhesion of resilient sheet flooring.
B. Concrete Substrates: Prepare according to ASTM F 710.
1. Verify that substrates are dry and free of curing compounds, sealers, and hardeners.
2. Remove substrate coatings and other substances that are incompatible with adhesives and
that contain soap, wax, oil, or silicone, using mechanical methods recommended by
resilient sheet flooring manufacturer. Do not use solvents.
3. Moisture Testing: Perform tests so that each test area does not exceed 1000 sq. ft., and
perform no fewer than three tests in each installation area and with test areas evenly
spaced in installation areas.
a. Relative Humidity Test: Using in-situ probes, ASTM F 2170. Proceed with
installation only after substrates have a maximum 75 percent relative humidity
level measurement.
C. Fill cracks, holes, and depressions in substrates with trowelable leveling and patching
compound; remove bumps and ridges to produce a uniform and smooth substrate.
D. Do not install resilient sheet flooring until materials are the same temperature as space where
they are to be installed.
1. At least 48 hours in advance of installation, move flooring and installation materials into
spaces where they will be installed.
E. Immediately before installation, sweep and vacuum clean substrates to be covered by resilient
sheet flooring.
3.3 RESILIENT SHEET FLOORING INSTALLATION
A. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for installing resilient sheet flooring.
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B. Unroll resilient sheet flooring and allow it to stabilize before cutting and fitting.
C. Lay out resilient sheet flooring as follows:
1. Maintain uniformity of flooring direction.
2. Minimize number of seams; place seams in inconspicuous and low-traffic areas, at least 6
inches away from parallel joints in flooring substrates.
3. Match edges of flooring for color shading at seams.
4. Avoid cross seams.
D. Scribe and cut resilient sheet flooring to butt neatly and tightly to vertical surfaces and
permanent fixtures including built-in furniture, cabinets, pipes, outlets, and door frames.
E. Extend resilient sheet flooring into toe spaces, door reveals, closets, and similar openings.
F. Maintain reference markers, holes, and openings that are in place or marked for future cutting
by repeating on resilient sheet flooring as marked on substrates. Use chalk or other
nonpermanent marking device.
G. Install resilient sheet flooring on covers for telephone and electrical ducts and similar items in
installation areas. Maintain overall continuity of color and pattern between pieces of flooring
installed on covers and adjoining flooring. Tightly adhere flooring edges to substrates that abut
covers and to cover perimeters.
H. Adhere resilient sheet flooring to substrates using a full spread of adhesive applied to substrate
to produce a completed installation without open cracks, voids, raising and puckering at joints,
telegraphing of adhesive spreader marks, and other surface imperfections.
I. Seamless Installation:
1. Heat-Welded Seams: Comply with ASTM F 1516. Rout joints and heat weld with
welding bead to fuse sections permanently into a seamless flooring installation. Prepare,
weld, and finish seams to produce surfaces flush with adjoining flooring surfaces.
J. Integral-Flash-Cove Base: Cove resilient sheet flooring to dimension indicated up vertical
surfaces. Support flooring at horizontal and vertical junction with cove strip. Butt at top against
cap strip.
1. Install metal corners at inside and outside corners.
3.4 CLEANING AND PROTECTION
A. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for cleaning and protecting resilient sheet
flooring.
B. Perform the following operations immediately after completing resilient sheet flooring
installation:
1. Remove adhesive and other blemishes from surfaces.
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2. Sweep and vacuum surfaces thoroughly.
3. Damp-mop surfaces to remove marks and soil.
C. Protect resilient sheet flooring from mars, marks, indentations, and other damage from
construction operations and placement of equipment and fixtures during remainder of
construction period.
D. Cover resilient sheet flooring until Substantial Completion.
END OF SECTION 096516
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SECTION 096519 - RESILIENT TILE FLOORING
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
1. Bio-based floor tile.
1.3 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type of product.
B. Sustainable Design Submittals:
1. Product Data: For adhesives, indicating VOC content.
2. Laboratory Test Reports: For adhesives, indicating compliance with requirements for
low-emitting materials.
3. Laboratory Test Reports: For flooring products, indicating compliance with requirements
for low-emitting materials.
4. Environmental Product Declaration: For each product.
5. Health Product Declaration: For each product.
6. Sourcing of Raw Materials: Corporate sustainability report for each manufacturer.
C. Samples: Full-size units of each color, texture, and pattern of floor tile required.
D. Product Schedule: For floor tile. Use same designations indicated on Drawings.
1.4 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS
A. Qualification Data: For Installer.
1.5 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS
A. Maintenance Data: For each type of floor tile to include in maintenance manuals.
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1.6 MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SUBMITTALS
A. Furnish extra materials, from the same product run, that match products installed and that are
packaged with protective covering for storage and identified with labels describing contents.
1. Floor Tile: Furnish one box for every 50 boxes or fraction thereof, of each type, color,
and pattern of floor tile installed.
1.7 QUALITY ASSURANCE
A. Installer Qualifications: An entity that employs installers and supervisors who are competent in
techniques required by manufacturer for floor tile installation and seaming method indicated.
1. Engage an installer who employs workers for this Project who are trained or certified by
floor tile manufacturer for installation techniques required.
1.8 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
A. Store floor tile and installation materials in dry spaces protected from the weather, with ambient
temperatures maintained within range recommended by manufacturer, but not less than 50
deg F or more than 90 deg F. Store floor tiles on flat surfaces.
1.9 FIELD CONDITIONS
A. Maintain ambient temperatures within range recommended by manufacturer, but not less than
70 deg F or more than 95 deg F, in spaces to receive floor tile during the following periods:
1. 48 hours before installation.
2. During installation.
3. 48 hours after installation.
B. After installation and until Substantial Completion, maintain ambient temperatures within range
recommended by manufacturer, but not less than 55 deg F or more than 95 deg F.
C. Close spaces to traffic during floor tile installation.
D. Close spaces to traffic for 48 hours after floor tile installation.
E. Install floor tile after other finishing operations, including painting, have been completed.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
A. Fire-Test-Response Characteristics: For resilient floor tile, as determined by testing identical
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products according to ASTM E 648 or NFPA 253 by a qualified testing agency.
1. Critical Radiant Flux Classification: Class I, not less than 0.45 W/sq. cm.
B. Flooring products shall comply with the requirements of the California Department of Public
Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical
Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers."
2.2 BIO-BASED FLOOR TILE [TYPE: RT1, RT2, RT3]
A. Products: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide the following:
1. Armstrong World Industries, Inc; Striations BBT.
B. Tile Standard: ASTM F 2982.
C. Thickness: 0.125 inch.
D. Size: 12 by 24 inches.
E. Colors and Patterns: As indicated on Drawings.
2.3 INSTALLATION MATERIALS
A. Trowelable Leveling and Patching Compounds: Latex-modified, portland-cement-based or
blended hydraulic-cement-based formulation provided or approved by floor tile manufacturer
for applications indicated.
B. Adhesives: Water-resistant type recommended by floor tile and adhesive manufacturers to suit
floor tile and substrate conditions indicated.
1. Adhesives shall have a VOC content of 60 g/L or less.
2. Adhesive shall comply with the testing and product requirements of the California
Department of Public Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile
Organic Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers."
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Examine substrates, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements for maximum
moisture content and other conditions affecting performance of the Work.
1. Verify that finishes of substrates comply with tolerances and other requirements specified
in other Sections and that substrates are free of cracks, ridges, depressions, scale, and
foreign deposits that might interfere with adhesion of floor tile.
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B. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.
3.2 PREPARATION
A. Prepare substrates according to floor tile manufacturer's written instructions to ensure adhesion
of resilient products.
B. Concrete Substrates: Prepare according to ASTM F 710.
1. Verify that substrates are dry and free of curing compounds, sealers, and hardeners.
2. Remove substrate coatings and other substances that are incompatible with adhesives and
that contain soap, wax, oil, or silicone, using mechanical methods recommended by floor
tile manufacturer. Do not use solvents.
3. Alkalinity and Adhesion Testing: Perform tests recommended by floor tile manufacturer.
Proceed with installation only after substrate alkalinity falls within range on pH scale
recommended by manufacturer in writing, but not less than 5 or more than 9 pH.
4. Moisture Testing: Perform tests so that each test area does not exceed 1000 sq. ft., and
perform no fewer than three tests in each installation area and with test areas evenly
spaced in installation areas.
a. Relative Humidity Test: Using in-situ probes, ASTM F 2170. Proceed with
installation only after substrates have a maximum 75 percent relative humidity
level measurement.
C. Fill cracks, holes, and depressions in substrates with trowelable leveling and patching
compound; remove bumps and ridges to produce a uniform and smooth substrate.
D. Do not install floor tiles until materials are the same temperature as space where they are to be
installed.
1. At least 48 hours in advance of installation, move resilient floor tile and installation
materials into spaces where they will be installed.
E. Immediately before installation, sweep and vacuum clean substrates to be covered by resilient
floor tile.
3.3 FLOOR TILE INSTALLATION
A. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for installing floor tile.
B. Lay out floor tiles from center marks established with principal walls, discounting minor
offsets, so tiles at opposite edges of room are of equal width. Adjust as necessary to avoid using
cut widths that equal less than one-half tile at perimeter.
1. Lay tiles in pattern indicated.
C. Match floor tiles for color and pattern by selecting tiles from cartons in the same sequence as
manufactured and packaged, if so numbered. Discard broken, cracked, chipped, or deformed tiles.
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1. Lay tiles in pattern of colors and sizes indicated.
D. Scribe, cut, and fit floor tiles to butt neatly and tightly to vertical surfaces and permanent
fixtures including built-in furniture, cabinets, pipes, outlets, and door frames.
E. Extend floor tiles into toe spaces, door reveals, closets, and similar openings. Extend floor tiles
to center of door openings.
F. Maintain reference markers, holes, and openings that are in place or marked for future cutting
by repeating on floor tiles as marked on substrates. Use chalk or other nonpermanent marking
device.
G. Adhere floor tiles to substrates using a full spread of adhesive applied to substrate to produce a
completed installation without open cracks, voids, raising and puckering at joints, telegraphing
of adhesive spreader marks, and other surface imperfections.
3.4 CLEANING AND PROTECTION
A. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for cleaning and protecting floor tile.
B. Perform the following operations immediately after completing floor tile installation:
1. Remove adhesive and other blemishes from surfaces.
2. Sweep and vacuum surfaces thoroughly.
3. Damp-mop surfaces to remove marks and soil.
C. Protect floor tile from mars, marks, indentations, and other damage from construction
operations and placement of equipment and fixtures during remainder of construction period.
D. Cover floor tile until Substantial Completion.
END OF SECTION 096519
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SECTION 096613 - PORTLAND CEMENT TERRAZZO FLOORING
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
1. Poured-in-place portland cement terrazzo flooring.
2. Precast terrazzo units.
B. Related Requirements:
1. Section 079200 "Joint Sealants" for sealants installed with terrazzo.
1.3 PREINSTALLATION MEETINGS
A. Preinstallation Conference: Conduct conference at Project site.
1. Review methods and procedures related to terrazzo including, but not limited to, the
following:
a. Inspect and discuss condition of substrate and other preparatory work performed by
other trades.
b. Review and finalize construction schedule and verify availability of materials,
Installer's personnel, equipment, and facilities needed to make progress and avoid
delays.
c. Review procedures for coping with unfavorable forecasted weather conditions.
1.4 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type of product.
B. Sustainable Design Submittals:
1. Product Data: For recycled content, indicating postconsumer and preconsumer recycled
content and cost.
2. Product Data: For adhesives, indicating VOC content.
3. Laboratory Test Reports: For adhesives, indicating compliance with requirements for
low-emitting materials.
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4. Laboratory Test Reports: For sealers, indicating compliance with requirements for
low-emitting materials.
C. Shop Drawings: Include terrazzo installation requirements. Include plans, sections, component
details, and relationship to other work. Show layout of the following:
1. Stair treads, risers, and landings.
D. Samples: For each exposed product and for each color and texture specified, 6 inchesin size.
1.5 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS
A. Qualification Data: For Installer.
B. Material Certificates: For each type of terrazzo material or product.
1.6 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS
A. Maintenance Data: For terrazzo to include in maintenance manuals.
1.7 QUALITY ASSURANCE
A. Installer Qualifications: An installer who is a contractor member of NTMA.
1.8 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
A. Deliver materials to Project site in supplier's original wrappings and containers, labeled with
source's or manufacturer's name, material or product brand name, and lot number if any.
B. Store materials in their original, undamaged packages and containers, inside a well-ventilated
area protected from weather, moisture, soiling, extreme temperatures, and humidity.
1.9 FIELD CONDITIONS
A. Environmental Limitations: Maintain interior ambient temperature above 50 deg F for 48 hours
before and during terrazzo installation.
B. Weather Limitations: Proceed with rustic terrazzo installation only when forecasted weather
conditions permit work to be performed according to NTMA's written recommendations and
when temperatures remain above 45 deg F.
C. Field Measurements: Verify actual dimensions of construction contiguous with precast terrazzo
by field measurements before fabrication.
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D. Provide permanent interior lighting or, if permanent lighting is not in place, simulate permanent
lighting conditions during terrazzo installation.
E. Close spaces to traffic during terrazzo installation and for not less than 24 hours after
installation unless manufacturer recommends a longer period.
F. Control and collect water and dust produced by portland cement terrazzo grinding operations.
Protect adjacent construction from detrimental effects of grinding operations.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 MANUFACTURERS
A. Source Limitations for Aggregates: Obtain each color, grade, type, and variety of granular
materials from single source with resources to provide materials of consistent quality in
appearance and physical properties.
2.2 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
A. NTMA Standards: Comply with NTMA's written recommendations for terrazzo type indicated
unless more stringent requirements are specified.
2.3 PORTLAND CEMENT TERRAZZO
A. Portland Cement Terrazzo System : Monolithic.
B. Materials:
1. Portland Cement: ASTM C 150/C 150M, Type 1.
a. Color for Terrazzo Matrix: As required by mix indicated.
2. Water: Potable.
3. Aggregates: Comply with NTMA gradation standards for mix indicated and contain no
deleterious or foreign matter.
a. Abrasion and Impact Resistance: Less than 40 percent loss per
ASTM C 131/C 131M and ASTM C 535 for large-size coarse aggregates.
b. 24-Hour Absorption Rate: Less than 0.75 percent.
c. Dust Content: Less than 1.0 percent by weight.
4. Matrix Pigments: Pure mineral or synthetic pigments, alkali resistant, durable under
exposure to sunlight, and compatible with terrazzo matrix.
5. Topping Bonding Agent: Neat portland cement paste, or epoxy or acrylic bonding agents
formulated for use with monolithic terrazzo.
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2.4 PRECAST TERRAZZO
A. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the following:
1. Wausau Tile Inc.
B. Precast Terrazzo Base : Minimum 3/4-inch- thick, reinforced, portland cement terrazzo units
cast in maximum lengths possible, but not less than 36 inches. Comply with NTMA's written
recommendations for fabricating precast terrazzo base units in sizes and profiles indicated.
1. Type: Coved with minimum 3/4-inch radius.
2. Top Edge: Straight, unfinished.
3. Metal Toe Strip: Zinc.
4. Color, Pattern, and Finish: Match adjacent terrazzo tile.
C. Precast Terrazzo Units : Minimum 2-inch- thick, reinforced, portland cement terrazzo units.
Comply with NTMA's written recommendations for fabricating precast terrazzo units in sizes
and profiles indicated. Reinforce units as required by unit sizes, profiles, and thicknesses and as
recommended by manufacturer. Finish exposed-to-view edges and reveals to match face finish.
Ease exposed edges to 1/8-inch radius.
1. Color, Pattern, and Finish: As indicated on Drawings.
2.5 MISCELLANEOUS ACCESSORIES
A. Anchoring Devices:
1. Precast Terrazzo: Provide mechanical anchoring devices as recommended by fabricator
for proper anchorage and support of units for conditions of installation and support.
B. Moisture-Retaining Cover: ASTM C 171, polyethylene film or white burlap-polyethylene sheet.
C. Portland Cement Terrazzo Cleaner: Chemically neutral cleaner with pH factor between 7 and
10 that is biodegradable, phosphate free, and recommended by cleaner manufacturer for use on
terrazzo type indicated.
D. Sealer: Slip- and stain-resistant, penetrating-type sealer that is chemically neutral; does not
affect terrazzo color or physical properties; is recommended by sealer manufacturer; and
complies with NTMA's written recommendations for terrazzo type indicated.
1. Surface Friction: Not less than 0.6 according to ASTM D 2047.
2. Acid-Base Properties: With pH factor between 7 and 10.
3. Products shall comply with the requirements of the California Department of Public
Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical
Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers."
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PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Examine substrates and areas, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements for
installation tolerances and other conditions affecting performance of the Work.
B. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions, including levelness tolerances,
have been corrected.
3.2 PREPARATION
A. Clean substrates of substances, including oil, grease, and curing compounds, that might impair
terrazzo bond. Provide clean, dry, and neutral substrate for terrazzo application.
1. Roughen concrete substrates before installing terrazzo system according to NTMA's
written recommendations.
B. Protect other work from water and dust generated by grinding operations. Control water and
dust to comply with environmental protection regulations.
1. Erect and maintain temporary enclosures and other suitable methods to limit water
damage and dust migration and to ensure adequate ambient temperatures and ventilation
conditions during installation.
3.3 INSTALLATION, GENERAL
A. Comply with NTMA's written recommendations for terrazzo and accessory installation.
B. Installation Tolerance: Limit variation in terrazzo surface from level to 1/4 inch in 10 feet;
noncumulative.
3.4 POURED-IN-PLACE TERRAZZO INSTALLATION
A. Place terrazzo mixture in panels formed by divider strips and trowel mixture to top of strips.
Seed additional aggregates in matrix to uniformly distribute granular material and produce a
surface with a minimum of 70 percent aggregate exposure. Roll and compact surface until
excess cement and water have been extracted.
1. Portland Cement Terrazzo: Trowel to a dense, uniform, flat surface disclosing lines of
divider strips.
B. Portland Cement Terrazzo Finishing: Cover terrazzo topping with moisture-retaining cover and
cure until topping develops sufficient strength to prevent lifting or pulling of aggregate during
grinding.
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1. Rough Grinding: Grind with 24-grit or finer stones or with comparable diamond plates.
2. Grouting: After rough grinding, clean terrazzo topping with water and rinse away residue.
Remove excess rinse water, apply matrix mix to grout surface, and fill voids. After grouting,
cover surface with moisture-retaining cover to cure grout until ready for fine grinding.
3. Fine Grinding and Polishing: Delay fine grinding until heavy trade work is complete and
construction traffic through area is restricted. Grind with 120-grit stones or with
comparable diamond abrasives until grout is removed from surface.
3.5 PRECAST TERRAZZO INSTALLATION
A. Install precast terrazzo units using method recommended in writing by NTMA and
manufacturer unless otherwise indicated.
B. Do not install units that are chipped, cracked, discolored, or improperly finished.
C. Seal joints between units with joint sealant.
3.6 REPAIR
A. Cut out and replace terrazzo areas that evidence lack of bond with substrate or underbed,
including areas that emit a "hollow" sound if tapped. Cut out terrazzo areas in panels defined by
strips and replace to match adjacent terrazzo, or repair panels according to NTMA's written
recommendations, as approved by Architect.
3.7 CLEANING AND PROTECTION
A. Terrazzo Cleaning:
1. Remove grinding dust from installation and adjacent areas.
2. Wash surfaces with cleaner immediately after final cleaning of terrazzo flooring according
to both NTMA's and manufacturer's written recommendations and manufacturer's written
instructions; rinse surfaces with water and allow them to dry thoroughly.
B. Sealing:
1. Seal surfaces according to NTMA's written recommendations.
2. Apply sealer according to sealer manufacturer's written instructions.
C. Protection: Provide final protection and maintain conditions, in a manner acceptable to Installer,
that ensure that terrazzo is without damage or deterioration at time of Substantial Completion.
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SECTION 096813 - TILE CARPETING
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
1. Modular carpet tile.
B. Related Requirements:
1. Section 096513 "Resilient Base and Accessories" for resilient wall base and accessories
installed with carpet tile.
1.3 PREINSTALLATION MEETINGS
A. Preinstallation Conference: Conduct conference at Project site.
1. Review methods and procedures related to carpet tile installation including, but not
limited to, the following:
a. Review delivery, storage, and handling procedures.
b. Review ambient conditions and ventilation procedures.
c. Review subfloor preparation procedures.
1.4 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type of product.
1. Include manufacturer's written data on physical characteristics, durability, and fade
resistance.
2. Include manufacturer's written installation recommendations for each type of substrate.
B. Sustainable Design Submittals:
1. Product Data: For adhesives, indicating VOC content.
2. Laboratory Test Reports: For adhesives, indicating compliance with requirements for
low-emitting materials.
3. Laboratory Test Reports: For flooring products, indicating compliance with requirements
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for low-emitting materials.
C. Shop Drawings: For carpet tile installation, plans showing the following:
1. Columns, doorways, enclosing walls or partitions, built-in cabinets, and locations where
cutouts are required in carpet tiles.
2. Carpet tile type, color, and dye lot.
3. Type of subfloor.
4. Type of installation.
5. Pattern of installation.
6. Pattern type, location, and direction.
7. Pile direction.
8. Type, color, and location of insets and borders.
9. Type, color, and location of edge, transition, and other accessory strips.
10. Transition details to other flooring materials.
D. Samples: For each of the following products and for each color and texture required. Label each
Sample with manufacturer's name, material description, color, pattern, and designation
indicated on Drawings and in schedules.
1. Carpet Tile: Full-size Sample.
E. Product Schedule: For carpet tile. Use same designations indicated on Drawings.
F. Sustainable Product Certification: Provide ANSI/NSF 140 certification for carpet products.
1.5 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS
A. Maintenance Data: For carpet tiles to include in maintenance manuals. Include the following:
1. Methods for maintaining carpet tile, including cleaning and stain-removal products and
procedures and manufacturer's recommended maintenance schedule.
2. Precautions for cleaning materials and methods that could be detrimental to carpet tile.
1.6 MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SUBMITTALS
A. Furnish extra materials, from the same product run, that match products installed and that are
packaged with protective covering for storage and identified with labels describing contents.
1. Carpet Tile: Full-size units equal to 5 percent of amount installed for each type indicated,
but not less than 10 sq. yd..
1.7 QUALITY ASSURANCE
A. Installer Qualifications: An experienced installer who is certified by the International Certified
Floorcovering Installers Association at the Commercial II certification level.
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1.8 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
A. Comply with the Carpet and Rug Institute's CRI 104.
1.9 FIELD CONDITIONS
A. Comply with the Carpet and Rug Institute's CRI 104 for temperature, humidity, and ventilation
limitations.
B. Environmental Limitations: Do not deliver or install carpet tiles until spaces are enclosed and
weathertight, wet-work in spaces is complete and dry, and ambient temperature and humidity
conditions are maintained at levels planned for building occupants during the remainder of the
construction period.
C. Do not install carpet tiles over concrete slabs until slabs have cured and are sufficiently dry to
bond with adhesive and concrete slabs have pH range recommended by carpet tile
manufacturer.
1.10 WARRANTY
A. Special Warranty for Carpet Tiles: Manufacturer agrees to repair or replace components of
carpet tile installation that fail in materials or workmanship within specified warranty period.
1. Warranty does not include deterioration or failure of carpet tile due to unusual traffic,
failure of substrate, vandalism, or abuse.
2. Failures include, but are not limited to, the following:
a. More than 10 percent edge raveling, snags, and runs.
b. Dimensional instability.
c. Excess static discharge.
d. Loss of tuft-bind strength.
e. Loss of face fiber.
f. Delamination.
3. Warranty Period: 10 years from date of Substantial Completion.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 CARPET TILE [TYPE: CPT1, CPT2]
A. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the following:
1. Milliken & Company; OBEX Tile Cut.
B. Color: As indicated on Drawings.
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C. Pattern: As indicated on Drawings.
D. Fiber Content: 100 percent nylon 6, 6.
E. Pile Characteristic: Cut pile.
F. Total Weight: 28 oz./sq. yd. for finished carpet tile.
G. Primary Backing/Backcoating: Manufacturer's standard composite materials.
H. Secondary Backing: Manufacturer's standard material.
I. Size: 19.7 by 19.7 inches.
J. Applied Treatments:
1. Soil-Resistance Treatment: Manufacturer's standard treatment.
2. Antimicrobial Treatment: Manufacturer's standard treatment that protects carpet tiles as
follows:
a. Antimicrobial Activity: Not less than 2-mm halo of inhibition for gram-positive
bacteria, not less than 1-mm halo of inhibition for gram-negative bacteria, and no
fungal growth, according to AATCC 174.
K. Sustainable Design Requirements:
1. Flooring products shall comply with the requirements of the California Department of
Public Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic
Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers."
2.2 CARPET TILE [TYPE: CPT3, CPT4]
A. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the following:
1. Shaw Contract Group; a Berkshire Hathaway company.
B. Color: As indicated on Drawings.
C. Pattern: As indicated on Drawings.
D. Fiber Content: 100 percent nylon 6, 6.
E. Pile Characteristic: Level-loop pile.
F. Total Weight: Insert oz./sq. yd. for finished carpet tile.
G. Primary Backing/Backcoating: Manufacturer's standard composite materials.
H. Secondary Backing: Manufacturer's standard material.
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I. Size: 9 by 36 inches.
J. Applied Treatments:
1. Soil-Resistance Treatment: Manufacturer's standard treatment.
2. Antimicrobial Treatment: Manufacturer's standard treatment that protects carpet tiles as
follows:
a. Antimicrobial Activity: Not less than 2-mm halo of inhibition for gram-positive
bacteria, not less than 1-mm halo of inhibition for gram-negative bacteria, and no
fungal growth, according to AATCC 174.
K. Sustainable Design Requirements:
1. Flooring products shall comply with the requirements of the California Department of
Public Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic
Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers."
2.3 INSTALLATION ACCESSORIES
A. Trowelable Leveling and Patching Compounds: Latex-modified, hydraulic-cement-based
formulation provided or recommended by carpet tile manufacturer.
B. Adhesives: Water-resistant, mildew-resistant, nonstaining, pressure-sensitive type to suit
products and subfloor conditions indicated, that comply with flammability requirements for
installed carpet tile, and are recommended by carpet tile manufacturer for releasable
installation.
1. Adhesives shall have a VOC content of 50 g/L or less.
2. Adhesive shall comply with the testing and product requirements of the California
Department of Public Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of
Volatile Organic Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental
Chambers."
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Examine substrates, areas, and conditions, with Installer present, for compliance with
requirements for maximum moisture content, alkalinity range, installation tolerances, and other
conditions affecting carpet tile performance.
B. Examine carpet tile for type, color, pattern, and potential defects.
C. Concrete Slabs: Verify that finishes comply with requirements specified in Section 033000
"Cast-in-Place Concrete" and that surfaces are free of cracks, ridges, depressions, scale, and
foreign deposits.
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1. Moisture Testing: Perform tests so that each test area does not exceed 1000 sq. ft., and
perform no fewer than three tests in each installation area and with test areas evenly
spaced in installation areas.
a. Relative Humidity Test: Using in situ probes, ASTM F2170. Proceed with
installation only after substrates have a maximum 75 percent relative humidity
level measurement.
b. Perform additional moisture tests recommended in writing by adhesive and carpet
tile manufacturers. Proceed with installation only after substrates pass testing.
D. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.
3.2 PREPARATION
A. General: Comply with the Carpet and Rug Institute's CRI 104 and with carpet tile manufacturer's
written installation instructions for preparing substrates indicated to receive carpet tile.
B. Use trowelable leveling and patching compounds, according to manufacturer's written
instructions, to fill cracks, holes, depressions, and protrusions in substrates. Fill or level cracks,
holes and depressions 1/8 inch wide or wider, and protrusions more than 1/32 inch unless more
stringent requirements are required by manufacturer's written instructions.
C. Concrete Substrates: Remove coatings, including curing compounds, and other substances that are
incompatible with adhesives and that contain soap, wax, oil, or silicone, without using solvents.
Use mechanical methods recommended in writing by adhesive and carpet tile manufacturers.
D. Broom and vacuum clean substrates to be covered immediately before installing carpet tile.
3.3 INSTALLATION
A. General: Comply with the Carpet and Rug Institute's CRI 104, Section 10, "Carpet Tile," and
with carpet tile manufacturer's written installation instructions.
B. Installation Method: As recommended in writing by carpet tile manufacturer.
C. Maintain dye-lot integrity. Do not mix dye lots in same area.
D. Maintain pile-direction patterns recommended in writing by carpet tile manufacturer.
E. Cut and fit carpet tile to butt tightly to vertical surfaces, permanent fixtures, and built-in
furniture including cabinets, pipes, outlets, edgings, thresholds, and nosings. Bind or seal cut
edges as recommended by carpet tile manufacturer.
F. Extend carpet tile into toe spaces, door reveals, closets, open-bottomed obstructions, removable
flanges, alcoves, and similar openings.
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G. Maintain reference markers, holes, and openings that are in place or marked for future cutting by
repeating on carpet tile as marked on subfloor. Use nonpermanent, nonstaining marking device.
H. Install pattern parallel to walls and borders.
3.4 CLEANING AND PROTECTION
A. Perform the following operations immediately after installing carpet tile:
1. Remove excess adhesive and other surface blemishes using cleaner recommended by
carpet tile manufacturer.
2. Remove yarns that protrude from carpet tile surface.
3. Vacuum carpet tile using commercial machine with face-beater element.
B. Protect installed carpet tile to comply with the Carpet and Rug Institute's CRI 104,
Section 13.7.
C. Protect carpet tile against damage from construction operations and placement of equipment
and fixtures during the remainder of construction period. Use protection methods indicated or
recommended in writing by carpet tile manufacturer.
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SECTION 097200 - WALL COVERINGS
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
1. PVC-free wall covering.
1.3 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type of product.
1. Include data on physical characteristics, durability, fade resistance, and fire-test-response
characteristics.
B. Sustainable Design Submittals:
1. Product Data: For adhesives, indicating VOC content.
2. Laboratory Test Reports: For adhesives, indicating compliance with requirements for
low-emitting materials.
3. Laboratory Test Reports: For wall materials, indicating compliance with requirements for
low-emitting materials.
C. Shop Drawings: Show location and extent of each wall-covering type. Indicate pattern
placement seams and termination points.
D. Samples for Initial Selection: For each type of wall covering.
E. Samples for Verification: For each type of wall covering and for each color, pattern, texture,
and finish specified, full width by 36 inches long in size.
F. Product Schedule: For wall coverings. Use same designations indicated on Drawings.
1.4 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS
A. Maintenance Data: For wall coverings to include in maintenance manuals.
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1.5 QUALITY ASSURANCE
A. Vendor Qualifications: A vendor that is certified for chain of custody by an FSC-accredited
certification body.
1.6 FIELD CONDITIONS
A. Environmental Limitations: Do not deliver or install wall coverings until spaces are enclosed and
weathertight, wet-work in spaces is complete and dry, work above ceilings is complete, and
HVAC system is operating and maintaining ambient temperature and humidity conditions at levels
intended for occupants after Project completion during the remainder of the construction period.
B. Lighting: Do not install wall covering until lighting that matches conditions intended for
occupants after Project completion is provided on the surfaces to receive wall covering.
C. Ventilation: Provide continuous ventilation during installation and for not less than the time
recommended by wall-covering manufacturer for full drying or curing.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
A. Wall materials shall comply with the requirements of the California Department of Public
Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical
Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers."
B. Fire-Test-Response Characteristics: As determined by testing identical wall coverings applied with
identical adhesives to substrates in accordance with test method indicated below by a qualified
testing agency. Identify products with appropriate markings of applicable testing agency.
1. Surface-Burning Characteristics: Comply with ASTM E84; testing by a qualified testing
agency. Identify products with appropriate markings of applicable testing agency.
a. Flame-Spread Index: 25 or less.
b. Smoke-Developed Index: 50 or less.
2. Fire-Growth Contribution: No flashover and heat and smoke release when tested in
accordance with NFPA 286.
2.2 VINYL WALL COVERING [TYPE: WC1-WC12]
A. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the following:
1. MDC.
B. Description: Provide wall covering products in rolls from same production run and complying
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with the following:
1. FS CCC-W-408D for Type II, Medium Duty.
C. Total Weight: 9.3 oz/ sq. yd., excluding coatings.
D. Width: 54 inches.
E. Features:
1. Phthalate free.
2. Heavy-metals free.
3. Halogenated-fire-retardant free.
4. Microvented.
5. PVC free
6. Plasticizer free.
7. Chlorine free.
8. Formaldehyde free.
F. Colors, Textures, and Patterns: As indicated on Drawings.
2.3 ACCESSORIES
A. Adhesive: Mildew-resistant, nonstaining adhesive, for use with specific wall covering and
substrate application indicated and as recommended in writing by wall-covering manufacturer.
1. Adhesives shall have a VOC content of 50 g/L or less.
2. Adhesive shall comply with the testing and product requirements of the California
Department of Public Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile
Organic Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers."
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Examine substrates and conditions, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements for
installation surfaces being true in plane and vertical and horizontal alignment, maximum
moisture content, and other conditions affecting performance of the Work.
B. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.
3.2 PREPARATION
A. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for surface preparation.
B. Clean substrates of substances that could impair bond of wall covering, including dirt, oil,
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grease, mold, and mildew.
C. Prepare substrates to achieve a smooth, dry, clean, structurally sound surface free of flaking,
unsound coatings, cracks, and defects.
1. Moisture Content: Maximum of 5 percent on new plaster, concrete, and concrete masonry
units when tested with an electronic moisture meter.
2. Gypsum Board: Apply primer/sealer as recommended in writing by primer/sealer
manufacturer and wall-covering manufacturer.
3. Painted Surfaces:
a. Check for pigment bleeding. Apply primer/sealer to areas susceptible to pigment
bleeding as recommended in writing by primer/sealer manufacturer.
b. Sand gloss, semigloss, and eggshell finishes with fine sandpaper.
D. Remove hardware and hardware accessories, electrical plates and covers, light fixture trims,
and similar items.
E. Acclimatize wall-covering materials by removing them from packaging in the installation areas
not less than 24 hours before installation.
3.3 INSTALLATION OF WALL COVERING
A. Comply with wall-covering manufacturers' written installation instructions applicable to
products and applications indicated.
B. Cut wall-covering strips in roll number sequence. Change the roll numbers at partition breaks
and corners.
C. Install strips in same order as cut from roll.
1. For solid-color, even-texture, or random-match wall coverings, reverse every other strip.
D. Install wall covering without lifted or curling edges and without visible shrinkage.
E. Install seams vertical and plumb at least 6 inches from outside corners and 6 inches from inside
corners unless a change of pattern or color exists at corner. Horizontal seams are not permitted.
F. Trim edges and seams for color uniformity, pattern match, and tight closure. Butt seams
without overlaps or gaps between strips.
G. Fully bond wall covering to substrate. Remove air bubbles, wrinkles, blisters, and other defects.
3.4 CLEANING
A. Remove excess adhesive at seams, perimeter edges, and adjacent surfaces.
B. Use cleaning methods recommended in writing by wall-covering manufacturer.
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C. Replace strips that cannot be cleaned.
D. Reinstall hardware and hardware accessories, electrical plates and covers, light fixture trims,
and similar items.
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SECTION 097723 - FABRIC-WRAPPED PANELS
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. Section includes shop-fabricated, fabric-wrapped wall panels.
B. Related Sections:
1. Section 097200 "Wall Coverings" for adhesively applied textile wall coverings and for
coordinated requirements for fabric.
1.3 PREINSTALLATION MEETINGS
A. Preinstallation Conference: Conduct conference at Project site.
1.4 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type of product.
1. Include fabric facing, panel edge, core material, and mounting indicated.
B. Sustainable Design Submittals:
1. Environmental Product Declaration (EPD): For each product.
2. Chain-of-Custody Qualification Data: For manufacturer and vendor.
3. Laboratory Test Reports: For adhesives, indicating compliance with requirements for
low-emitting materials.
4. Laboratory Test Reports: For installation adhesives, indicating compliance with
requirements for low-emitting materials.
5. Laboratory Test Reports: For wall materials, indicating compliance with requirements for
low-emitting materials.
C. Shop Drawings: For panel assembly and installation.
1. Include plans, elevations, sections, and mounting devices and details.
2. Include details at panel head, base, joints, and corners; and details at ceiling, floor base,
and wall intersections. Indicate panel edge profile and core materials.
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3. Include details at cutouts and penetrations for other work.
4. Include direction of fabric weave and pattern matching.
D. Samples for Verification: For the following products:
1. Fabric: Full-width by approximately 36-inch- long Sample, but not smaller than
required to show complete pattern repeat, from dye lot to be used for the Work, and with
specified treatments applied. Mark top and face of fabric.
1.5 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS
A. Maintenance Data: For each type of panel to include in maintenance manuals. Include fabric
manufacturers' written cleaning and stain-removal instructions.
1.6 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
A. Comply with fabric and panel manufacturers' written instructions for minimum and maximum
temperature and humidity requirements for shipment, storage, and handling.
B. Deliver materials and panels in unopened bundles and store in a temperature-controlled dry
place with adequate air circulation.
1.7 FIELD CONDITIONS
A. Environmental Limitations: Do not install panels until spaces are enclosed and weathertight,
wet-work in spaces is complete and dry, work at and above ceilings is complete, and ambient
temperature and humidity conditions are maintained at the levels indicated for Project when
occupied for its intended use.
B. Lighting: Do not install panels until a permanent level of lighting is provided on surfaces to
receive the panels.
C. Air-Quality Limitations: Protect panels from exposure to airborne odors such as tobacco
smoke, and install panels under conditions free from odor contamination of ambient air.
D. Field Measurements: Verify panel locations and actual dimensions of openings and
penetrations by field measurements before fabrication, and indicate them on Shop Drawings.
1.8 WARRANTY
A. Special Warranty: Manufacturer agrees to repair or replace panels and components that fail in
materials or workmanship within specified warranty period.
1. Failures include, but are not limited to, the following:
a. Fabric sagging, distorting, or releasing from panel edge.
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b. Warping of core.
2. Warranty Period: Two years from date of Substantial Completion.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
A. Wall materials shall comply with the requirements of the California Department of Public
Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical
Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers."
B. Fire-Test-Response Characteristics: Panels shall comply with "Surface-Burning
Characteristics" or "Fire Growth Contribution" Subparagraph below, or both, as determined by
testing identical products by UL or another testing and inspecting agency acceptable to
authorities having jurisdiction:
1. Surface-Burning Characteristics: Comply with ASTM E 84 or UL 723; testing by a
qualified testing agency. Identify products with appropriate markings of applicable
testing agency.
a. Flame-Spread Index: 25 or less.
b. Smoke-Developed Index: 450 or less.
2. Fire Growth Contribution: Comply with acceptance criteria of local code and authorities
having jurisdiction when tested according to NFPA 265 Method B Protocol or NFPA 286.
2.2 FABRIC-WRAPPED WALL PANELS [TYPE: SAW1, SAW2, SAW3]
A. Fabric-Wrapped Wall Panel: Manufacturer's standard panel construction consisting of facing
material laminated to front face, edges, and back edge border of core.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the
following:
a. United States Gypsum Company; Micore Mineral Fiber Board 300.
2. Panel Shape: Flat.
3. Mounting: Back mounted with manufacturer's standard adhesive, adhesive tape strips,
hook-and-loop strips, and impaling clips, secured to substrate.
4. Core: Mineral-fiber board.
a. Core-Face Layer: Manufacturer's standard tackable, impact-resistant, high-density
board.
5. Core Overlay: Polyester batting manufacturer's standard thickness.
6. Edge Construction: Manufacturer's standard chemically hardened core with no frame.
7. Edge Profile: Square.
8. Corner Detail in Elevation: Square with continuous edge profile indicated.
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9. Reveals between Panels: Flush reveals.
10. Facing Material: As indicated on Drawings.
11. Nominal Overall Panel Thickness: As indicated on Drawings.
12. Panel Width: As indicated on Drawings.
13. Panel Height: As indicated on Drawings.
2.3 MATERIALS
A. Sustainable Design Requirements:
1. Regional Materials: Products shall be fabricated within 100 miles of Project site from
materials that have been extracted, harvested, or recovered within 100 miles of Project
site.
B. Core Materials:
1. Mineral-Fiber Board: Maximum flame-spread and smoke-developed indexes of 25 and
10, respectively; minimum density of 20 lb/cu. ft..
C. Facing Material : Fabric from same dye lot; color and pattern as indicated on Drawings.
D. Mounting Devices: Concealed on back of panel, recommended by manufacturer to support
weight of panel, and as follows:
1. Adhesives shall have a VOC content of 70 g/L or less.
2. Adhesive shall comply with the testing and product requirements of the California
Department of Public Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of
Volatile Organic Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental
Chambers."
3. Adhesive Tape Strips: Manufacturer's standard 1/16-inch- thick, double-sided foam tape.
4. Hook-and-Loop Strips: Manufacturer's standard.
5. Impaling Clips: Manufacturer's standard.
2.4 FABRICATION
A. Standard Construction: Use manufacturer's standard construction unless otherwise indicated;
with facing material applied to face, edges, and back border of dimensionally stable core; and
with rigid edges to reinforce panel perimeter against warpage and damage.
B. Edge Hardening: For mineral-fiber board cores, chemically harden core edges and areas of core
where mounting devices are attached.
C. Core-Face Layer: Evenly stretched over core face and edges and securely attached to core; free
from puckers, ripples, wrinkles, or sags.
D. Facing Material: Apply fabric fully covering visible surfaces of panel; with material stretched
straight, on the grain, tight, square, and free from puckers, ripples, wrinkles, sags, blisters,
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seams, adhesive, or other visible distortions or foreign matter.
1. Square Corners: Tailor corners. Heat-seal fabric seams at corners.
2. Radius and Other Nonsquare Corners: Attach material so there are no seams or gathering
of material.
3. Fabrics with Directional or Repeating Patterns or Directional Weave: Mark fabric top and
attach fabric in same direction so pattern or weave matches in adjacent panels.
E. Dimensional Tolerances of Finished Panels: Plus or minus 1/16 inch for the following:
1. Thickness.
2. Edge straightness.
3. Overall length and width.
4. Squareness from corner to corner.
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Examine fabric, fabricated panels, substrates, areas, and conditions for compliance with
requirements, installation tolerances, and other conditions affecting panel performance.
B. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.
3.2 INSTALLATION
A. Install panels in locations indicated. Unless otherwise indicated, install panels with vertical
surfaces and edges plumb, top edges level and in alignment with other panels, faces flush, and
scribed to fit adjoining work accurately at borders and at penetrations.
B. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for installation of panels using type of
mounting devices indicated. Mount panels securely to supporting substrate.
C. Align fabric pattern and grain with adjacent panels.
3.3 INSTALLATION TOLERANCES
A. Variation from Plumb and Level: Plus or minus 1/16 inch in 48 inches , noncumulative.
B. Variation of Joint Width: Not more than 1/32 inch wide from hairline in 48 inches ,
noncumulative.
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3.4 CLEANING
A. Clip loose threads; remove pills and extraneous materials.
B. Clean panels on completion of installation to remove dust and other foreign materials according
to manufacturer's written instructions.
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SECTION 099113 - EXTERIOR PAINTING
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
1. Finish coatings.
1.3 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type of product.
1. Include preparation requirements and application instructions.
2. Indicate VOC content.
B. Sustainable Design Submittals:
1. Product Data: For paints and coatings, indicating VOC content.
2. Environmental Product Declaration (EPD): For each product.
3. Health Product Declaration (HPD): For each product.
4. Sourcing of Raw Materials: Corporate sustainability report for each manufacturer.
5. Manufacturer Inventory: For each product, provide manufacturer's manifest of
ingredients.
C. Samples for Verification: For each type of paint system and each color and gloss of topcoat.
1. Submit Samples on rigid backing, 8 inches square.
2. Apply coats on Samples in steps to show each coat required for system.
3. Label each coat of each Sample.
4. Label each Sample for location and application area.
D. Product Schedule: Use same designations indicated on Drawings and in the Exterior Painting
Schedule to cross-reference paint systems specified in this Section. Include color designations.
1.4 MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SUBMITTALS
A. Furnish extra materials that match products installed and that are packaged with protective
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covering for storage and identified with labels describing contents.
1. Paint Products: 5 percent, but not less than 1 gal. of each material and color applied.
1.5 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
A. Store materials not in use in tightly covered containers in well-ventilated areas with ambient
temperatures continuously maintained at not less than 45 deg F.
1. Maintain containers in clean condition, free of foreign materials and residue.
2. Remove rags and waste from storage areas daily.
1.6 FIELD CONDITIONS
A. Apply paints only when temperature of surfaces to be painted and ambient air temperatures are
between 50 and 95 deg F.
B. Do not apply paints in snow, rain, fog, or mist; when relative humidity exceeds 85 percent; at
temperatures less than 5 deg F above the dew point; or to damp or wet surfaces.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 MANUFACTURERS
A. Source Limitations: Obtain each paint product from single source from single manufacturer.
2.2 PAINT PRODUCTS, GENERAL
A. Material Compatibility:
1. Provide materials for use within each paint system that are compatible with one another
and substrates indicated, under conditions of service and application as demonstrated by
manufacturer based on testing and field experience.
2. For each coat in a paint system, provide products recommended in writing by topcoat
manufacturer for use in paint system and on substrate indicated.
B. VOC Content: For field applications, paints and coatings shall comply with VOC content limits
of authorities having jurisdiction and the following VOC content limits:
1. Flat Paints and Coatings: 50 g/L.
2. Nonflat Paints and Coatings: 50 g/L.
3. Primers, Sealers, and Undercoaters: 100 g/L.
4. Rust-Preventive Coatings: 100 g/L.
C. Colors: As indicated in a color schedule.
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2.3 FINISH COATINGS
A. Exterior, Water-Based, Light Industrial Coating, Semigloss: Corrosion-resistant, water-based,
pigmented, emulsion coating formulated for resistance to blocking (sticking of two painted
surfaces), water, alkalis, moderate abrasion, and mild chemical exposure and for use on
exterior, primed, wood and metal surfaces.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the
following:
a. Benjamin Moore; Corotech.
2. Gloss Level: Gloss of 35 to 70 units at 60 degrees when tested in accordance with
ASTM D523.
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Examine substrates and conditions, with Applicator present, for compliance with requirements
for maximum moisture content and other conditions affecting performance of the Work.
B. Verify suitability of substrates, including surface conditions and compatibility, with finishes
and primers.
C. Proceed with coating application only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.
1. Application of coating indicates acceptance of surfaces and conditions.
3.2 PREPARATION
A. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions applicable to substrates and paint systems
indicated.
B. Remove hardware, covers, plates, and similar items already in place that are removable and are
not to be painted. If removal is impractical or impossible because of size or weight of item,
provide surface-applied protection before surface preparation and painting.
1. After completing painting operations, use workers skilled in the trades involved to
reinstall items that were removed. Remove surface-applied protection.
C. Clean substrates of substances that could impair bond of paints, including dust, dirt, oil, grease,
and incompatible paints and encapsulants.
1. Remove incompatible primers and reprime substrate with compatible primers or apply tie
coat as required to produce paint systems specified in this Section.
D. Galvanized-Metal Substrates: Remove grease and oil residue from galvanized sheet metal by
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mechanical methods to produce clean, lightly etched surfaces that promote adhesion of
subsequently applied paints.
3.3 INSTALLATION
A. Apply paints in accordance with manufacturer's written instructions.
1. Use applicators and techniques suited for paint and substrate indicated.
2. Paint surfaces behind movable items same as similar exposed surfaces. Before final
installation, paint surfaces behind permanently fixed items with prime coat only.
3. Paint both sides and edges of exterior doors and entire exposed surface of exterior door
frames.
4. Paint entire exposed surface of window frames and sashes.
5. Do not paint over labels of independent testing agencies or equipment name,
identification, performance rating, or nomenclature plates.
6. Primers specified in the Exterior Painting Schedule may be omitted on items that are
factory primed or factory finished if compatible with intermediate and topcoat coatings
and acceptable to intermediate and topcoat paint manufacturers.
B. Tint undercoats same color as topcoat, but tint each undercoat a lighter shade to facilitate
identification of each coat if multiple coats of same material are to be applied. Provide
sufficient difference in shade of undercoats to distinguish each separate coat.
C. If undercoats or other conditions show through topcoat, apply additional coats until cured film
has a uniform paint finish, color, and appearance.
D. Apply paints to produce surface films without cloudiness, spotting, holidays, laps, brush marks,
roller tracking, runs, sags, ropiness, or other surface imperfections. Cut in sharp lines and color
breaks.
3.4 CLEANING AND PROTECTION
A. At end of each workday, remove rubbish, empty cans, rags, and other discarded materials from
Project site.
1. Do not clean equipment with free-draining water and prevent solvents, thinners, cleaners,
and other contaminants from entering into waterways, sanitary and storm drain systems,
and ground.
2. Dispose of contaminants in accordance with requirements of authorities having
jurisdiction.
3. Allow empty paint cans to dry before disposal.
4. Collect waste paint by type and deliver to recycling or collection facility.
B. After completing paint application, clean spattered surfaces. Remove spattered paints by
washing, scraping, or other methods. Do not scratch or damage adjacent finished surfaces.
C. Protect work of other trades against damage from paint application. Correct damage to work of
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other trades by cleaning, repairing, replacing, and refinishing, as approved by Architect, and
leave in an undamaged condition.
D. At completion of construction activities of other trades, touch up and restore damaged or
defaced painted surfaces.
3.5 EXTERIOR PAINTING SCHEDULE
A. Galvanized-Metal Substrates:
1. Water-Based, Light Industrial Coating System [Type: EP1]:
a. Prime Coat: Water-based, galvanized-metal primer.
b. Intermediate Coat: Matching topcoat.
c. Topcoat: Exterior, water-based, light industrial coating, semigloss.
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SECTION 099123 - INTERIOR PAINTING
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
1. Primers.
2. Water-based finish coatings.
3. Floor sealers and paints.
B. Related Requirements:
1. Section 051200 "Structural Steel Framing" for shop priming structural steel.
2. Section 055000 "Metal Fabrications" for shop priming metal fabrications.
3. Section 055113 "Metal Pan Stairs" for shop priming metal pan stairs.
1.3 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type of product. Include preparation requirements and application
instructions.
1. Include preparation requirements and application instructions.
2. Indicate VOC content.
B. Sustainable Design Submittals:
1. Product Data: For paints and coatings, indicating VOC content.
2. Laboratory Test Reports: For paints and coatings, indicating compliance with
requirements for low-emitting materials.
3. Environmental Product Declaration: For each product.
4. Health Product Declaration: For each product.
5. Sourcing of Raw Materials: Corporate sustainability report for each manufacturer.
6. Manufacturer Inventory: For each product, provide manufacturer's manifest of
ingredients.
C. Samples: For each type of topcoat product.
D. Product Schedule: Use same designations indicated on Drawings and in the Interior Painting
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Schedule to cross-reference paint systems specified in this Section. Include color designations.
1.4 MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SUBMITTALS
A. Furnish extra materials that match products installed and that are packaged with protective
covering for storage and identified with labels describing contents.
1. Paint Products: 5 percent, but not less than 1 gal. of each material and color applied.
1.5 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
A. Store materials not in use in tightly covered containers in well-ventilated areas with ambient
temperatures continuously maintained at not less than 45 deg F.
1. Maintain containers in clean condition, free of foreign materials and residue.
2. Remove rags and waste from storage areas daily.
1.6 FIELD CONDITIONS
A. Apply paints only when temperature of surfaces to be painted and ambient air temperatures are
between 50 and 95 deg F.
B. Do not apply paints when relative humidity exceeds 85 percent; at temperatures of less than 5
deg F above the dew point; or to damp or wet surfaces.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 MANUFACTURERS
A. Source Limitations: Obtain each paint product from single source from single manufacturer.
2.2 PAINT PRODUCTS, GENERAL
A. Material Compatibility:
1. Materials for use within each paint system shall be compatible with one another and
substrates indicated, under conditions of service and application as demonstrated by
manufacturer, based on testing and field experience.
2. For each coat in a paint system, products shall be recommended in writing by topcoat
manufacturers for use in paint system and on substrate indicated.
B. VOC Content: For field applications that are inside the weatherproofing system, paints and
coatings shall comply with VOC content limits of authorities having jurisdiction and the
following VOC content limits:
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1. Flat Paints and Coatings: 50 g/L.
2. Nonflat Paints and Coatings: 50 g/L.
3. Primers, Sealers, and Undercoaters: 100 g/L.
4. Rust-Preventive Coatings: 100 g/L.
C. Low-Emitting Materials: For field applications that are inside the weatherproofing system, 90
percent of paints and coatings shall comply with the requirements of the California Department
of Public Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic
Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers."
D. VOC Emissions: For field applications inside the building, wall paints shall contain no more
than half of the chronic REL of VOCs when tested according to the California Department of
Public Health's "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical
Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers." The building concentration
of formaldehyde shall not exceed half of the indoor recommended exposure limit or 33 mcg/cu.
m and that of acetaldehyde shall not exceed 9 mcg/cu. m.
E. Colors: As indicated in a color schedule.
2.3 PRIMERS
A. Interior, Institutional Low-Odor/VOC Primer Sealer: Water-based primer sealer with low-odor
characteristics and a VOC of less than 10 grams per liter for use on new interior plaster,
concrete, and gypsum wallboard surfaces that are subsequently to be painted with latex finish
coats.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the
following:
a. Benjamin Moore & Co.; Ultra Spec 500 Waterborne Interior Primer.
B. Water-Based Rust-Inhibitive Primer: Corrosion-resistant, water-based-emulsion primer
formulated for resistance to flash rusting when applied to cleaned, interior ferrous metals
subject to mildly corrosive environments.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the following:
a. Benjamin Moore & Co.; Ultra Spec HP.
2.4 WATER-BASED FINISH COATS
A. Interior, Latex, Institutional Low Odor/VOC, Flat: White or colored latex paint with low-odor
characteristics and a VOC of less than 10 grams per liter, for use in areas, such as hospitals and
other occupied buildings, where the odor and VOC levels of conventional latex products would
preclude their use.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the following:
a. Benjamin Moore & Co.; Ultra Spec 500.
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2. Gloss and Sheen Level: Maximum gloss of 5 units at 60 degrees and maximum sheen of
10 units at 85 degrees when tested in accordance with ASTM D523.
B. Interior, Latex, Institutional Low Odor/VOC, Eggshell: White or colored latex paint with
low-odor characteristics and a VOC of less than 10 grams per liter, for use in areas, such as
hospitals and other occupied buildings, where the odor and VOC levels of conventional latex
products would preclude their use.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the following:
a. Benjamin Moore & Co.; Ultra Spec 500.
2. Gloss and Sheen Level: Gloss of 10 to 25 units at 60 degrees and sheen of 10 to 35 units
at 85 degrees when tested in accordance with ASTM D523.
C. Interior, Water-Based Light-Industrial Coating, Semigloss: Pigmented, water-based emulsion
coating for interior primed wood and metal surfaces (e.g., walls, doors, frames, trim, and sash),
providing resistance to moderate abrasion and mild chemical exposure and corrosive
conditions.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the following:
a. Benjamin Moore & Co.; DTM Acrylic.
2. Gloss Level: Gloss of 35 to 70 units at 60 degrees when tested in accordance with ASTM
D523.
2.5 FLOOR SEALERS AND PAINTS
A. Water-Based Concrete Floor Sealer: Clear, water-based, acrylic-copolymer-emulsion sealer
formulated for oil, gasoline, alkali, and water resistance and for use on concrete traffic surfaces.
1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the
following:
a. ProSoco; Consolideck LS.
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Examine substrates and conditions, with Applicator present, for compliance with requirements
for maximum moisture content and other conditions affecting performance of the Work.
B. Maximum Moisture Content of Substrates: When measured with an electronic moisture meter
as follows:
1. Concrete: 12 percent.
2. Gypsum Board: 12 percent.
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C. Gypsum Board Substrates: Verify that finishing compound is sanded smooth.
D. Verify suitability of substrates, including surface conditions and compatibility, with existing
finishes and primers.
E. Proceed with coating application only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.
1. Application of coating indicates acceptance of surfaces and conditions.
3.2 PREPARATION
A. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions and recommendations applicable to substrates
and paint systems indicated.
B. Remove hardware, covers, plates, and similar items already in place that are removable and are
not to be painted. If removal is impractical or impossible because of size or weight of item,
provide surface-applied protection before surface preparation and painting.
1. After completing painting operations, use workers skilled in the trades involved to
reinstall items that were removed. Remove surface-applied protection if any.
C. Clean substrates of substances that could impair bond of paints, including dust, dirt, oil, grease,
and incompatible paints and encapsulants.
1. Remove incompatible primers and reprime substrate with compatible primers or apply tie
coat as required to produce paint systems indicated.
D. Concrete Substrates: Remove release agents, curing compounds, efflorescence, and chalk. Do
not paint surfaces if moisture content or alkalinity of surfaces to be painted exceeds that
permitted in manufacturer's written instructions.
E. Steel Substrates: Remove rust, loose mill scale, and shop primer, if any. Clean using methods
recommended in writing by paint manufacturer.
F. Shop-Primed Steel Substrates: Clean field welds, bolted connections, and areas where shop
paint is abraded. Paint exposed areas with the same material as used for shop priming to
comply with SSPC-PA 1 for touching up shop-primed surfaces.
G. Galvanized-Metal Substrates: Remove grease and oil residue from galvanized sheet metal by
mechanical methods to produce clean, lightly etched surfaces that promote adhesion of
subsequently applied paints.
3.3 INSTALLATION
A. Apply paints according to manufacturer's written instructions.
1. Use applicators and techniques suited for paint and substrate indicated.
2. Paint surfaces behind movable equipment and furniture same as similar exposed surfaces.
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MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING
Cayuga Park, Ithaca, NY 14850
HOLT Project No. 2018089
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Before final installation, paint surfaces behind permanently fixed equipment or furniture
with prime coat only.
3. Paint front and backsides of access panels, removable or hinged covers, and similar
hinged items to match exposed surfaces.
4. Do not paint over labels of independent testing agencies or equipment name,
identification, performance rating, or nomenclature plates.
5. Primers specified in painting schedules may be omitted on items that are factory primed
or factory finished if acceptable to topcoat manufacturers.
B. Tint each undercoat a lighter shade to facilitate identification of each coat if multiple coats of
same material are to be applied. Tint undercoats to match color of topcoat, but provide
sufficient difference in shade of undercoats to distinguish each separate coat.
C. If undercoats or other conditions show through topcoat, apply additional coats until cured film
has a uniform paint finish, color, and appearance.
D. Apply paints to produce surface films without cloudiness, spotting, holidays, laps, brush marks,
roller tracking, runs, sags, ropiness, or other surface imperfections. Cut in sharp lines and color
breaks.
E. Painting Fire-Suppression, Plumbing, HVAC, Electrical, Communication, and Electronic
Safety and Security Work:
1. Paint the following work where exposed in occupied spaces:
a. Uninsulated metal piping.
b. Uninsulated plastic piping.
c. Pipe hangers and supports.
d. Metal conduit.
e. Plastic conduit.
f. Duct, equipment, and pipe insulation having cotton or canvas insulation covering
or other paintable jacket material.
g. Other items as directed by Architect.
2. Paint portions of internal surfaces of metal ducts, without liner, behind air inlets and
outlets that are visible from occupied spaces.
3.4 CLEANING AND PROTECTION
A. At end of each workday, remove rubbish, empty cans, rags, and other discarded materials from
Project site.
1. Do not clean equipment with free-draining water and prevent solvents, thinners, cleaners,
and other contaminants from entering into waterways, sanitary and storm drain systems,
and ground.
2. Dispose of contaminants in accordance with requirements of authorities having
jurisdiction.
3. Allow empty paint cans to dry before disposal.
4. Collect waste paint by type and deliver to recycling or collection facility.
Received by DiMarco 02/25/2021
Park Grove - Cayuga Medical Center
MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING
Cayuga Park, Ithaca, NY 14850
HOLT Project No. 2018089
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B. After completing paint application, clean spattered surfaces. Remove spattered paints by
washing, scraping, or other methods. Do not scratch or damage adjacent finished surfaces.
C. Protect work of other trades against damage from paint application. Correct damage to work of
other trades by cleaning, repairing, replacing, and refinishing, as approved by Architect, and
leave in an undamaged condition.
D. At completion of construction activities of other trades, touch up and restore damaged or
defaced painted surfaces.
3.5 INTERIOR PAINTING SCHEDULE
A. Concrete Substrates, Traffic Surfaces:
1. Concrete Stain System:
a. First Coat: Matching topcoat.
b. Topcoat: Interior concrete stain.
B. Steel Substrates:
1. Water-Based Light-Industrial Coating System:
a. Prime Coat: As specified in Division 05 "Metals" and Section 081113 "Hollow
Metal Doors and Frames."
b. Intermediate Coat: Matching topcoat.
c. Topcoat: Interior, water-based, light-industrial coating, semigloss.
C. Galvanized-Metal Substrates:
1. Water-Based Light-Industrial Coating System:
a. Prime Coat: As specified in Section 081113 "Hollow Metal Doors and Frames."
b. Intermediate Coat: Matching topcoat.
c. Topcoat: Interior, water-based, light-industrial coating, semigloss.
D. Gypsum Board Substrates:
1. Institutional Low-Odor/VOC Latex System:
a. Prime Coat: Interior, institutional low-odor/VOC primer sealer.
b. Intermediate Coat: Matching topcoat.
c. Topcoat (for ceilings, typical): Interior, latex, institutional low odor/VOC, flat.
d. Topcoat (for walls, typical): Interior, latex, institutional low odor/VOC, eggshell.
END OF SECTION 099123
Received by DiMarco 02/25/2021