TESTING AND INSPECTION See individual specification sections for testing required. Testing Agency Duties: Provide qualified personnel at site. Cooperate with Architect and Contractor in performance of services. Perform specified sampling and testing of products in accordance with specified standards. Ascertain compliance of materials and mixes with requirements of Contract Documents. Promptly notify Architect and Contractor of observed irregularities or non-conformance of Work or products. Perform additional tests and inspections required by Architect. Submit reports of all tests/inspections specified. Limits on Testing/Inspection Agency Authority: Agency may not release, revoke, alter, or enlarge on requirements of Contract Documents. Agency may not approve or accept any portion of the Work. Agency may not assume any duties of Contractor. Agency has no authority to stop the Work. Contractor Responsibilities: Deliver to agency at designated location, adequate samples of materials proposed to be used that require testing, along with proposed mix designs. Cooperate with laboratory personnel, and provide access to the Work . Provide incidental labor and facilities: To provide access to Work to be tested/inspected. To obtain and handle samples at the site or at source of Products to be tested/inspected. To facilitate tests/inspections. To provide storage and curing of test samples. Notify Architect and laboratory 24 hours prior to expected time for operations requiring testing/inspection services. Employ services of an independent qualified testing laboratory and pay for additional samples, tests, and inspections required by Contractor beyond specified requirements. Arrange with Owner's agency and pay for additional samples, tests, and inspections required by Contractor beyond specified requirements. Re-testing required because of non-conformance to specified requirements shall be performed by the same agency on instructions by Architect. Re-testing required because of non-conformance to specified requirements shall be paid for by Contractor. Re-testing required because of non-conformance to specified requirements shall be performed by the same agency on instructions by Architect. Payment for re testing will be charged to the Contractor by deducting testing charges from the Contract Price. DEFECT ASSESSMENT Replace Work or portions of the Work not conforming to specified requirements. END OF SECTION
Fire Protection Equipment Directory (Latest Addition). Factory Mutual Engineering Corporation (FM): Approval Guild (Latest Addition). American National Standards Institute (ANSI): Z 53 Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards. A 14 Safety Requirements for Fixed Ladders. Welding: Qualify welding procedures, welders, and operators in accordance with ANSI B31.1, Paragraph 127.5, for shop and job site welding of piping work. Make welded joints on the piping system with continuous welds, without backing rings and with pipe ends beveled before welding. Gas cuts shall be true and free from burned metal. Before welding, surfaces shall be thoroughly cleaned. The piping shall be carefully aligned and no weld metal shall project inside the pipe. Comply with requirements of Fire Prevention Office of Texas State Board of Insurance and submit Drawings to that agency for approval. Materials shall be installed in accordance with NFPA 13 and NFPA 14. All valves, fittings, hose, and equipment shall be UL or FM-labeled. All necessary points of city connections shall be matched to city equipment. All hose threads and coupling types shall conform to local fire department requirements. Acceptable Manufacturers: The model numbers listed in the Specifications establish a level of quality and material. The following manufacturers are acceptable subject to compliance with the requirements of these Specifications. Fire Protection Valves: Crane Company. Jenkins Bros. Valves. Lunkenheimer. Nibco. Victaulic. Stockham Valves and Fittings. Walworth Company. SUBMITTALS: Shop drawing submittals shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Cut sheets marked to clearly indicate all fire protection system materials, accessories and manufacturers to be used, including, but not limited to control panels, pipe and fittings, pipe hangers and supports, valves, sprinkler heads, specialties, waterflow switches, valve supervisory switches, and other required materials. This shall include cut sheets on all grooved piping system components and all manufacturers which will be used on the project. Final fire protection system fabrication/shop drawings showing all piping sizes and elevations, sprinkler head types and hydraulic calculations. Piping shall be sized and elevation of mains shall be indicated. Drawings shall be approved by state and local authorities prior to being submitted. Other items as required by Section 23 01 00 and 21 13 13. Additional information as required in Section 23 00 01, Mechanical General Provisions”.
ANSI/ASME B31.9 - Building Services Piping ANSI/ASTM D2466 - Poly (Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) Plastic Pipe Fittings, Schedule 40 ANSI/AWS A5.8 - Brazing Filler Metal ANSI/AWS D1.1 - Structural Welding Code ANSI/AWWA C105 - Polyethylene Encasement for Ductile Iron Piping for Water and Other Liquids ANSI/AWWA C110 - Ductile - Iron and Gray - Iron Fittings 3 in. through 48 in., for Water and Other Liquids ANSI/AWWA C111 - Rubber-Gasket Joints for Ductile Iron and Gray-Iron Pressure Pipe and Fittings ANSI/AWWA C151 - Ductile-Iron Pipe, Centrifugally Cast in Metal Molds or Sand-Lined Molds, for Water or Other Liquids ASTM A135 - Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped Zinc Coated, Welded and Seamless ASTM A234 - Pipe Fittings of Wrought Carbon Steel and Alloy Steel for Moderate and Elevated Temperatures ASTM B32 - Solder Metal ASTM B88 - Seamless Copper Water Tube ASTM D1785 - Poly (Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) Plastic Pipe, Schedules 40, 80, and 120 ASTM D2235 - Solvent Cement for Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) Plastic Pipe and Fittings ASTM D2241 - Poly (Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) Plastic Pipe (SDR-PR) ASTM D2310 - Machine-Made Reinforced Thermosetting Resin Pipe ASTM D2466 - Socket-Type PVC Plastic Type Fittings, Schedule 40 ASTM D2467 - Socket-Type PVC Plastic Type Fittings, Schedule 80 ASTM D2680 - Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) Composite-Sewer Piping ASTM D2683 - Socket-Type Polyethylene Fittings for Outside Diameter-Controlled Polyethylene Pipe and Tubing