Renovation of an educational facility in Troy, New York. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

The Work includes asbestos abatement, general demolition, site work, new interior and exterior walls, windows, doors, ceilings, finishes, exterior canopy system and foundations, lighting and electrical systems, HVAC systems, plumbing systems, temperature control systems, fire alarm systems, communications and data systems. A. Work of this section consists of preparing a Work Area for work of the following specification sections only. Do not use procedures set forth in this section in connection with any other work. 1. Section A01528 - Entry Into Controlled Areas. 2. Section A01712 - Cleaning and Decontamination Procedures. A. Instruct and train each worker involved in asbestos abatement or maintenance and repair of friable asbestos containing materials in proper respiratory use and require that each worker always wear a respirator, properly fitted on the face in the work area from the start of any operation which may cause airborne asbestos fibers until the work area is completely decontaminated. Use respiratory protection appropriate for the fiber level encountered in the work place or as required for other toxic or oxygen-deficient situations encountered. A. Provide separate personnel and equipment decontamination facilities. Require that the Personnel Decontamination Unit be the only means of ingress and egress for the work area. Require that all materials exit the work area through the Equipment Decontamination Unit. A. Section includes maintenance of unit masonry consisting of brick clay and Architectural Concrete Masonry Units (ACMU) masonry restoration and cleaning as follows: 1. Repairing unit masonry, including replacing units. 2. Painting steel uncovered during the work. 3. Repointing joints. 4. Preliminary cleaning, including removing plant growth. 5. Cleaning exposed unit masonry surfaces. B. Owner-Furnished Material: Salvaged brick. A. Rough carpentry includes carpentry work not specified as part of other sections and which is generally not exposed except as otherwise indicated. Types of work include: 1. Treated roof edge nailers and blocking and miscellaneous treated blocking in exterior masonry walls. A. Section Includes: 1. Extent of finish hardware required is indicated on drawings and in schedules. 2. Field verification, preparation, and modification of existing doors and/or frames to receive new door hardware. B. Types of finish hardware include (but are not necessarily limited to) the following items: 1. Closers. 2. Cylinder Cores and Keys (Permanent Cores shall match Owner's existing key system). 3. Cylinders 4. Door Stops and Holders. 5. Exit Devices. 6. Hinges. 7. Kick Plates. 8. Lock and Latch Sets. 9. Overhead Holders. 10. Push-Pull Units. 11. Silencers. 12. Thresholds. 13. Weatherstripping. C. Regulatory Requirements: Comply with New York State Education Department 1998 Edition of the Manual of Planning Standards, Section S105 - Door Hardware, and NFPA 101-Life Safety Code. A. The extent of site preparation is shown on the drawings. B. Site preparation work includes, but is not limited to, the following: 1. Site investigation and underground utility identification 2. Protection of existing trees, shrubs, ground covers and lawns to remain 3. Topsoil stripping and stockpiling on site (See Section 329201) 4. Site clearing and removals 5. Asphalt milling 6. Saw cutting 7. Relocations/salvaged materials 8. Clean up C. Provide materials, labor, equipment and services required to accomplish related work in accordance with the drawings and specifications. A. The extent of site earthwork and site grading is shown on the drawings. B. Site earthwork includes, but is not limited to, the following: 1. Fill Materials 2. Source Quality Control 3. Shoring, Bracing and Supporting 4. Horizontal and Vertical Layout 5. Grading and Excavation 6. Compacted Backfill and Fill 7. Field Quality Control Testing and Inspection Services 8. Guarantee 9. Clean Up C. Provide materials, labor, equipment and services required to accomplish related work in accordance with the drawings and specifications. A. Provide erosion, sediment and pollution controls as shown on the drawings and as directed by the Architect to significantly reduce runoff on downstream and neighboring properties. This includes temporary control measures to mitigate land disruption by other Contractors during construction of this project. B. Erosion, sediment and pollution control includes, but is not limited to, the following: 1. Storm structure protection 2. Temporary concrete washout facility 3. Construction site dust control 4. Spill prevention, reporting and documentation 5. Clean up C. Provide materials, labor, equipment and services required to accomplish related work in accordance with the drawings and specifications. A. The extent of site concrete work is shown on the drawings and includes formwork, reinforcement, accessories, cast in place concrete, installation of embedded items, finishing, curing, mix designs, testing and acceptance requirements for concrete. B. Site Concrete work includes, but is not limited to, the following: 1. Concrete walks and pads 2. Concrete curbs 3. Concrete curb ramps with detectable warning system 4. Concrete footings, bases, and foundations 5. Exterior anchoring cement non-shrink grout 6. Concrete scheduling April 1 to October 15 7. Clean up C. Provide materials, labor, equipment and services required to accomplish related work in accordance with the drawings and specifications. A. The work includes but is not limited to the removal of asbestos containing materials according to the requirements of the following specification and as follows: 1. Work in this project includes the removal and disposal of the following materials: a. Resilient floor tile and mastic in areas shown on the asbestos abatement drawings. At completion of removal, floor shall be smooth enough for the installation of new resilient flooring without additional work. All material shall be treated as asbestos-containing material. b. All pipe insulation and mudded fittings exposed or located in concealed spaces (behind walls, pipe chases and above ceiling assemblies etc.), regardless of kind, in locations as shown on the asbestos abatement drawings. All material shall be treated as asbestos-containing. c. All pipe insulation and mudded fittings, regardless of kind, as shown on the asbestos abatement drawings as being located in the crawl space / pipe tunnels. All material shall be treated as asbestos-containing. d. Asbestos block sealer at CMU walls where shown on the asbestos abatement drawings. A. This Contractor shall do all work, furnish all labor, tools and equipment necessary for all the MECHANICAL work all as indicated on the drawings and specified herein. 1. Removal of existing equipment as indicated on drawings. 2. All cutting and patching. 3. Roof top units, complete with curbs, etc. Flashing by G.C. 4. Fan coil units. 5. Ductless split air conditioning units, complete with piping, controls, supports and accessories. 6. Cabinet unit heaters, complete with piping, controls, supports and accessories. 7. Fin tube radiation, complete with piping and accessories. 8. Unit heaters, complete with piping, supports and accessories. 9. Duct coils, complete with piping and installation accessories. 10. Circulating pumps complete with motors, controls, supports and accessories. 11. Exhaust fans, complete with accessories, curbs, etc., flashing by GC. 12. Pipe fittings, hangers, supports, valves and piping specialties as required to make complete heating system. 13. All diffusers, registers and grilles complete with accessories. 14. All louvers provided by Contractor. 15. Galvanized ductwork (or specialty ductwork where noted) to serve supply, relief and exhaust systems complete with control devices and accessories, unless otherwise noted. 16. Insulation both thermal and acoustical to serve piping, ductwork systems, equipment, housings and accessories. 17. Temperature control system complete to serve all MECHANICAL equipment and systems complete with accessories. 18. Testing and balancing of all heating, ventilating and air conditioning installations to include sheetmetal ductwork, air conditioning supply and exhaust systems, heating and cooling systems and temperature control system. Balancing shall include NC ratings as described herein. 19. Special testing and balancing requirements for existing MECHANICAL equipment to include repair of existing equipment as required to obtain air flow as indicated on drawings. 20. Servicing of heating, ventilating and air conditioning facilities are required for guarantee period. Provide competent factory trained men at site for purpose of instructing Owner's personnel in proper operation and maintenance of all new MECHANICAL facilities. 21. Concrete pads, 4" high unless otherwise noted on drawings, to provide housekeeping elevation for boilers, pumps and such other equipment as shown on drawings that require a pad. Coordinate installation of pads with GC to insure secure bonding of pads to floor structure. This contractor shall be responsible for installation of pads. 22. Temporary heat as required by Architect's Special Conditions. A. Contractor shall perform testing, balancing and adjusting work on all new and existing equipment shown on plans, listed in this section and as required by applicable sections of the specification. Note: All existing equipment used in new or renovated systems is required to be tested adjusted and balanced. B. Note: Air side systems shall be balanced prior to water balance. C. Testing, adjusting and balancing is required for all of the following: 1. Air Side Equipment: a) Air Handling Units b) Supply, Return, Exhaust and Relief Duct Systems c) Terminal Equipment d) Diffusers, Registers and Grilles 2. Hydronic Equipment: a) Pumps b) Air Handling Unit Coils c) Terminal Equipment Coils d) Piping Distribution Systems e) Terminal Radiation Units A. Drawings and specifications are complementary and must be so interpreted to determine the full scope of work under this section. Wherever any material, article, operation or method is either specified or shown on the drawings, this Contractor is required to provide each item and perform each prescribed operation according to the designated quality, qualification or condition, furnishing all necessary labor equipment and incidentals. B. Specifically included, without limiting the generality of drawings and specifications are: 1. Plumbing fixtures and trim indicated. 2. Valves where indicated. 3. Connection to equipment "by others" as indicated. [if needed] 4. Condensate connections by PC shall be at p-trap or condensate pump. All other connection points to equipment shall be "by others" as/where indicated. 5. Hot and cold water lines, recirculating lines. 6. Sanitary drainage and vent lines. 7. Roof drains and drainage piping. 8. Connection to existing water and sewer mains. 9. Thermal insulation on hot and cold water systems. 10. Excavation and backfill for interior and exterior piping and structures. 11. Connections to and from site utilities at 5' out structure unless otherwise noted. 12. Remove existing plumbing fixtures where indicated. 13. Remove existing plumbing piping systems and equipment where indicated. 14. Tests: This contractor shall furnish materials, equipment and labor and shall perform all work of testing of the plumbing systems as outlined hereinafter. Testing procedure shall include installation tests and operating tests.