Demolition, site work, renovation and addition to an educational facility in Carmel, Indiana. Completed plans call for the addition of a educational facility; for the demolition of a educational facility; for the renovation of a educational facility; and for site work for a educational facility.

All work for the complete construction of the Project will be under one or more prime contracts with the Owner based on bids received and on combinations awarded. The Construction Manager will manage the construction of the Project. Bid security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the Bid must accompany each Bid in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. The successful Bidders will be required to furnish Performance and Payment Bonds for one hundred percent (100%) of their Contract amount prior to execution of Contracts. The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any Bid (or combination of Bids) and to waive any irregularities in bidding. All Bids may be held for a period not to exceed 60 days before awarding contracts. The work covered by this document is to furnish and install all materials for the communications systems indicated on the drawings and specifications. This includes but is not limited to structured cabling, equipment room fittings, and audio/video systems. These systems shall be installed so they are complete and operating as indicated on the drawings, specifications, and manufacturer's recommendations. A. The Contractor shall provide a communications bonding and grounding system as described in this specification, documents and drawings specific to that project. B. Bond the following items within the telecommunications grounding system: 1. All communications system active equipment. 2. All surge protection equipment. 3. Metallic raceway systems, including metallic cable trays. 4. Communications equipment enclosures (cabinets) or cross-connect frames. 5. Metallic splice cases. 6. Metallic cable screens, armor or shields. 7. All metal cable conduit. 8. Electrical service panels in entrance facilities, telecommunications and equipment rooms. 9. Wall and rack mounted grounding busbars. 10. Exposed building steel that is within 6 feet of equipment racking systems. 11. Building steel extending to earth in outside-plant. 12. All related bonding accessories. 13. Bond any conductive path within six feet of telecommunications cabinets/racks. C. All metal equipment cabinets/racks, cable shields, strength members, splice cases, cable trays, conduits, and the like entering or residing in the IDF shall be grounded to the appropriate SBB using a minimum 6AWG stranded copper bonding conductor and two-hole compression connectors. A. Provide supports, cable ties, conduit sleeves, and related equipment for the pathways for communications systems as described herein and indicated on the drawings. B. Bridal rings, D-rings or similar devices without saddles are not acceptable. A. Provide identifications for communications systems as described herein and shown on the drawings. B. Provide identifications for electronic safety and security systems as described herein and shown on the drawings. A. Provide labor, material, equipment, cabinets, racks, wire managements, shelves, Velcro, proper grounding and bonding and accessories necessary for a complete installation of the communication equipment rooms as described in this section and as shown on the drawings. B. The Contractor shall coordinate the extension of the electrical service to each communications cabinet or rack with the Electrical Contractor. A. The Contractor shall provide and install all equipment and accessories necessary for complete and operational service entrance protection as indicated on the drawings and specified herein. B. Provide service entrance protection for all communications cabling entering the building. Communications cabling requiring service entrance protection includes but is not limited to outside plant cable and cables installed in underground conduits. A. Contractor shall provide, install, and test a complete Optical Fiber Backbone Cabling System that shall provide interconnections between the existing MDF (ER), IDF's (TR), and entrance facilities in the telecommunications cabling system structure. Cabling system consists of fiber backbone cables, intermediate and main cross-connects, terminations, and patch cords or jumpers used for backbone-to-backbone cross-connection. B. The fiber optic backbone cabling system shall be capable of 10 Gig bps transmissions via single mode fiber optic cable and shall comply with EIA/TIA 492 requirements and IEC 60793. A. Provide labor, material, equipment, and accessories necessary for a complete operational video wiring system as part of the Video Wiring System as indicated on the Drawings and specified herein. B. The horizontal cable shall be a home run from each video location to their respective telecommunication room(s), or as shown on the drawings. (Trunk and tap is not permitted.) C. Contractor shall coordinate the extension of the electrical service from the electrical junction box located in the room to each communications cabinets/rack with the Site Electrical Contractor. A. The Contractor shall provide, install, and test a complete and operating Intercommunications and Program system that shall include, but not be limited to adding to the existing headend equipment, speakers, amplifiers, volume controls, program sources, microphones, cabling and connectors, and miscellaneous equipment. B. The Owner currently utilizes an existing Carehawk intercommunications and program systems for Cherry Tree Elementary. The Contractor shall provide all equipment, software, and programming to expand and integrate with the existing system. A. The work covered by this document is to furnish and install all materials for the electronic safety and security systems indicated on the drawings and specifications. This includes but is not limited to electronic safety and security cabling, equipment room fittings, access control system, video surveillance system, and intrusion detection system. These systems shall be installed so they are complete and operating as indicated on the drawings, specifications, and manufacturer's recommendations. A. The Contractor shall provide, install, and test a complete electronic safety and security cabling system that shall provide interconnections between security devices and equipment. Cabling system consists of all electronic safety and security system cabling and terminations. 1. Bridged taps and splices shall not be installed in the electronic safety and security cabling. B. Where a security system manufacturer's recommended cable is required, the Contractor shall be responsible for providing the manufacturer's recommended cabling. A. Contractor shall provide all labor, material, equipment, accessories, and licensing required for a complete installation of the Electronic Access Control system as indicated herein and on the drawings. B. The Electronic Access Control system shall function as an electronic physical access and situational control system and shall be capable of integrating with alarm monitoring, Video Management System (VMS), ID badging, and database management into a single executable application. The Electronic Access Control system shall function as the primary means of controlling all access and situational control needs. A scalable, open architecture and network ready solution shall allow for an assured access and alarm monitoring solution. C. The Owner currently utilizes RS2 Access It! for their district access control system. The Contractor shall provide all licensing required for their equipment, software, and programming to expand the existing RS2 Access It! electronic access control system. A. The Contractor shall provide a complete IP video surveillance system that includes but is not limited to IP video surveillance cameras with licenses, video management server, and video management software as indicated on the drawings and specified herein. The IP video surveillance system shall provide simultaneous recording with remote viewing and search. B. The Owner currently utilizes an Exacq Technology video management software for operating their district IP video surveillance system. The Contractor shall provide all licensing required for their equipment, software, and programming to integrate with the existing Exacq Technology IP video surveillance system. A. Section Includes: 1. Removing existing vegetation. 2. Clearing and grubbing. 3. Stripping and stockpiling topsoil. 4. Removing above and below grade site improvements. a. Asphalt and concrete pavements, sidewalks, curbs, and walls. b. Fencing, gates and associated access control equipment. c. Light poles, light bollards, foundations and associated power feeds and conduits. d. Site furnishings; site furniture, misc playground equipment. e. Playground surface and subsurface. 5. Disconnecting, capping or sealing, removing and/or abandoning site utilities in-place. 6. Temporary erosion- and sedimentation-control measures. A. Section Includes: 1. Preparing subgrades for slabs on grade, walks, pavements, and turf and grasses. 2. Excavation and backfilling for structures 3. Subbase course for concrete walks and concrete pavement. 4. Subbase course and base course for asphalt paving. 5. Excavating and backfilling trenches for utilities and pits for buried utility structures. Provide flowable fill as shown and indicated on the drawings below bottom of footing elevations to stable subgrade elevations as determined by the on-site soils representative. See drawings for estimated/bid elevation for this work. Because of the time required for "setting up", this material should be left open for approximately twelve hours prior to forming of the footings. Shoring for excavations and trenches shall meet the requirements of the latest edition of OSHA Regulation 1926, Subpart P. A. Section includes painted markings applied to asphalt and concrete pavement. B. Parking spaces. C. Islands and access aisles. D. Roadway center lines and paving edges. E. Pedestrian crosswalks and directional arrows. F. Stop bars. G. Pavement lettering and numbering. H. Curb markings. I. Pavement marking removals A. Sanitary sewerage includes but is not necessarily limited to furnishing all labor, materials and equipment necessary for the complete installation of exterior sanitary sewers and appurtenances in accordance with this Section and applicable drawings. B. Section includes; 1.Pipe and Fittings. 2.Transition Couplings. 3.Backwater valves. 4.Cleanouts. 5.Manholes. 6.Encasement for piping. A. Section Includes: 1. Pipe and fittings. 2. Cleanouts. 3. Manholes. 4. Catch basins. 5. Storm water inlets. 6. Pipe outlets. 7. Water quality structures. 8. Trench Drains