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SECTION 096766 - FLUID-APPLIED ATHLETIC FLOORING

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Revise this Section by deleting and inserting text to meet Project-specific requirements.

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Verify that Section titles referenced in this Section are correct for this Project's Specifications; Section titles may have changed.

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1RELATED DOCUMENTS

Retain or delete this article in all Sections of Project Manual.

  1. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary Conditions and Division01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

1.2SUMMARY

  1. Section Includes:
  2. Polyurethane flooring, fluid applied directly on substrates.
  3. Polyurethane flooring, fluid applied over base mats.
  4. Related Requirements:

Retain subparagraphs below to cross-reference requirements Contractor might expect to find in this Section but are specified in other Sections.

  1. Section096513 "Resilient Base and Accessories" for wall base and accessories installed with fluid-applied athletic flooring.
  2. Section096723 "Resinous Flooring" for polymer floor covering systems intended for other uses.

1.3COORDINATION

Retain this article if Project contains floor inserts for volleyball post standards or other gymnasium equipment. Floor inserts are specified in Section116623 "Gymnasium Equipment."

  1. Coordinate layout and installation of flooring with floor inserts for gymnasium equipment.

1.4ACTION SUBMITTALS

  1. Product Data: For each type of product.
  2. Sustainable Design Submittals:
  3. Product Data: For recycled content, indicating postconsumer and preconsumer recycled content and cost.

"Product Data" Subparagraph below applies to LEED 2009 NC, CI, and CS; LEEDv4; IgCC; ASHRAE189.1; and Green Globes. Coordinate with requirements for adhesives.

  1. Product Data: For adhesives, indicating VOC content.

"Laboratory Test Reports" Subparagraph below applies to LEED 2009 for Schools, LEEDv4, IgCC, ASHRAE189.1, and Green Globes. Coordinate with requirements for adhesives.

  1. Laboratory Test Reports: For adhesives, indicating compliance with requirements for low-emitting materials.

"Product Data" Subparagraph below applies to LEED 2009 NC, CI, and CS; LEEDv4; IgCC; ASHRAE189.1; and Green Globes. Coordinate with requirements for paints and coatings.

  1. Product Data: For paints and coatings, indicating VOC content.

"Laboratory Test Reports" Subparagraph below applies to LEED 2009 for Schools, LEEDv4, IgCC, ASHRAE189.1, and Green Globes. Coordinate with requirements for paints and coatings.

  1. Laboratory Test Reports: For paints and coatings, indicating compliance with requirements for low-emitting materials.

"Laboratory Test Reports" Subparagraph below applies to LEED 2009 for Schools, LEEDv4, IgCC, ASHRAE189.1, and Green Globes.

  1. Laboratory Test Reports: For flooring products, indicating compliance with requirements for low-emitting materials.
  1. Shop Drawings: For flooring. Show installation details including layout, colors, widths, and dimensions of game lines and markers and locations of athletic equipment floor inserts.

Retain "Samples" Paragraph below for single-stage Samples, with a subordinate list if applicable. Retain "Samples for Initial Selection" and "Samples for Verification" paragraphs for two-stage Samples.

  1. Samples: For each color, gloss, and texture of floor required, 12 inches (305 mm) square, applied to a rigid backing.[Include Sample sets showing the game-line- and marker-paint colors applied to the flooring.]
  2. Samples for Initial Selection: Manufacturer's color charts showing colors and glosses available for flooring[and game-line and marker paints].
  3. Samples for Verification: For each color, gloss, and texture of flooring required, 12 inches (305 mm) square, applied to a rigid backing.[Include Sample sets showing the game-line- and marker-paint colors applied to the flooring.]

1.5INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS

Coordinate "Qualification Data" Paragraph below with qualification requirements in Section014000 "Quality Requirements" and as may be supplemented in "Quality Assurance" Article.

  1. Qualification Data: For Installer.

1.6CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS

  1. Maintenance Data: For fluid-applied athletic flooring to include in maintenance manuals.

1.7QUALITY ASSURANCE

  1. Installer Qualifications: An installer who is approved, trained, or certified by fluid-applied athletic flooring manufacturer.

1.8FIELD CONDITIONS

For work in occupied buildings, consider inserting additional ventilation requirements in "Environmental Limitations" Paragraph below.

  1. Environmental Limitations: Comply with flooring manufacturer's written instructions for substrate temperature, ambient temperature, humidity, ventilation, and other conditions affecting flooring application.
  2. Do not apply flooring until spaces are enclosed and weatherproof; wet-work in spaces is complete and dry; and overhead work, including installing mechanical systems, lighting, and athletic equipment, is complete.
  3. Maintain temperatures during installation within range recommended in writing by manufacturer, but not less than [70 degF (21 degC)] <Insert temperature> or more than [95 degF (35 degC)] <Insert temperature>, in spaces to receive flooring 48 hours before installation, during installation, and 48 hours after installation unless longer period is recommended in writing by manufacturer.
  4. After installation period, maintain temperatures within range recommended in writing by manufacturer, but not less than [55 degF (13 degC)] <Insert temperature> or more than [95 degF (35 degC)] <Insert temperature>.
  5. Close spaces to traffic during flooring installation.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

Manufacturers and products listed in SpecAgent and MasterWorks Paragraph Builder are neither recommended nor endorsed by the AIA or Avitru. Before inserting names, verify that manufacturers and products listed there comply with requirements retained or revised in descriptions and are both available and suitable for the intended applications. For definitions of terms and requirements for Contractor's product selection, see Section016000 "Product Requirements."

2.1DIRECT-APPLIED FLOORING <Insert drawing designation

Copy this article and re-edit for each product.

Insert drawing designation. Use these designations on Drawings to identify each product.

Retain "Manufacturers" Paragraph below and list of manufacturers to require products from manufacturers listed or a comparable product from other manufacturers.

  1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by one of the following:
  2. Athletic Polymer Systems, Inc.
  3. Beynon Sports Surfaces, Inc.
  4. Surface America Incorporated.
  5. Insert manufacturer's name>.
  6. Description: Fluid-applied athletic flooring system consisting of primer and polyurethane body and topcoats applied directly to substrate.

Paragraph below applies to LEED 2009 for SchoolsCreditIEQ4.3.

  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."

Paragraph below applies to LEEDv4.

  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."

Paragraph below applies to IgCC.

  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." Formaldehyde emissions shall not exceed 16.5 mcg/cu.m or 13.5 ppb, whichever is less.

Paragraph below applies to ASHRAE189.1.

  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."

Paragraph below applies to Green Globes.

  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. Materials:
  3. Primer: Manufacturer's primer recommended for substrate indicated.
  4. Body Coat(s): Two-component, self-leveling, pigmented, polyurethane containing no rubber fillers and no mercury.

For a descriptive specification, insert properties of body coat(s). Properties and test methods vary among manufacturers and products.

  1. Topcoat (Finish Coat): Manufacturer's standard pigmented polyurethane.
  1. Finishes:

If retaining second option in "Color" Subparagraph below, insert colors with manufacturers' product designations or in a separate schedule.

  1. Color: [As selected by Architect from manufacturer's full range] [As indicated by manufacturer's designations] <Insert color>.
  2. Surface Texture: [Manufacturer's standard] <Insert texture>.

2.2FLOORING APPLIED OVER BASE MATS <Insert drawing designation

Copy this article and re-edit for each product.

Insert drawing designation. Use these designations on Drawings to identify each product.

Retain "Basis-of-Design Product" Paragraph and list of manufacturers below to require a specific product or a comparable product from manufacturers listed.

  1. Basis-of-Design Product: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide Action Floor Systems, Inc.; <Insert product name or designationor comparable product by one of the following:
  2. Aacer Flooring, LLC.
  3. Abacus Sports Installations Ltd.
  4. Beynon Sports Surfaces, Inc.
  5. Conner Sports Surface Solutions.
  6. Horner Flooring Company, Inc.
  7. Robbins, Inc.
  8. Sport Court.
  9. Surface America Incorporated.
  10. Tarkett Sports; a division of the Tarkett Group.
  11. Insert manufacturer's name>.
  12. Description: Fluid-applied athletic flooring system consisting of resilient base mat adhered to substrate, base mat sealer, and fluid-applied polyurethane body and topcoats.

Paragraph below applies to LEED 2009 for SchoolsCreditIEQ4.3.

  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."

Paragraph below applies to LEEDv4.

  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."

Paragraph below applies to IgCC.

  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." Formaldehyde emissions shall not exceed 16.5 mcg/cu.m or 13.5 ppb, whichever is less.

Paragraph below applies to ASHRAE189.1.

  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."

Paragraph below applies to Green Globes.

  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. Base Mat: Manufacturer's standard base mats of granulated recycled rubber in polyurethane binder.
  3. Thickness: [5/32 inch (4 mm)] [1/4 inch (6 mm)] [9/32 inch (7 mm)] [11/32 inch (9 mm)] [15/32 inch (12 mm)] <Insert dimension>.

Retain "Recycled Content" Subparagraph below to specify recycled content if required. An alternative method of requiring recycled content is to retain requirement in Project's Division01 sustainable design requirements Section that gives Contractor the option and responsibility to determine how recycled content requirements will be met.

  1. Recycled Content: Postconsumer recycled content plus one-half of preconsumer recycled content not less than <Insert number> percent.
  1. Base-Mat Adhesive: Manufacturer's standard two-component polyurethane.

Subparagraph below applies to LEED 2009 NC, CI, and CS; LEEDv4; IgCC; ASHRAE189.1; and Green Globes. VOC content limit is that for rubber floor adhesives.

  1. Adhesives shall have a VOC content of [60] <Insert valueg/L or less.

Subparagraph below applies to LEED 2009 for SchoolsCreditIEQ4.1.

  1. 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."

Subparagraph below applies to LEEDv4.

  1. 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."

Subparagraph below applies to IgCC.

  1. 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." Formaldehyde emissions shall not exceed 9 mcg/cu.m or 7 ppb, whichever is less.

Subparagraph below applies to ASHRAE189.1.

  1. 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."

Subparagraph below applies to Green Globes.

  1. 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." 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.
  1. Base-Mat Sealer: Manufacturer's standard two-component polyurethane compound formulated for sealing base mat.
  2. Body Coat(s): Two-component, self-leveling, pigmented, polyurethane containing no rubber fillers and no mercury.

For a descriptive specification, insert properties of body coat(s). Properties and test methods vary among manufacturers and products.

  1. Topcoat (Finish Coat): Manufacturer's standard pigmented polyurethane.
  2. Finishes:

If retaining second option in "Color" Subparagraph below, insert colors with manufacturers' product designations or in a separate schedule.

  1. Color: [As selected by Architect from manufacturer's full range] [As indicated by manufacturer's designations] <Insert color>.
  2. Surface Texture: [Manufacturer's standard] <Insert texture>.

2.3ACCESSORIES

  1. Trowelable Leveling and Patching Compound: Latex-modified, hydraulic-cement-based formulation approved by flooring manufacturer.
  2. Game-Line and Marker Paint: Complete system including primer, if any, compatible with flooring and recommended in writing by flooring and paint manufacturers for use indicated.

Subparagraph below applies to LEED 2009 for SchoolsCreditIEQ4.3.

  1. 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."

Subparagraph below applies to LEEDv4.

  1. 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."

Subparagraph below applies to IgCC.

  1. 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." Formaldehyde emissions shall not exceed 16.5 mcg/cu.m or 13.5 ppb, whichever is less.

Subparagraph below applies to ASHRAE189.1.

  1. 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."

Subparagraph below applies to Green Globes.

  1. 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."

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1EXAMINATION

Coordinate requirements specified in other Sections for subfloor construction and tolerances to ensure that they are appropriate for products selected.

  1. Examine substrates, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements for installation tolerances, moisture content, and other conditions affecting performance of the Work.
  2. 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.
  3. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.

If products are applied on substrates other than concrete, including existing concrete, insert examination requirements in this article and revise "Preparation" Article.

3.2PREPARATION

  1. Concrete Substrates: Prepare substrates in accordance with manufacturer's written instructions to ensure adhesion of flooring.
  2. Verify that substrates are dry and free of curing compounds, sealers, and hardeners. Remove contaminants using mechanical means.
  3. Alkalinity Testing: Perform pH testing in accordance with ASTMF710. Proceed with installation only if pH readings are not less than [7.0] <Insert value> and not greater than [8.5] <Insert value>.

Retain "Moisture Testing" Subparagraph below; excessive moisture vapor can cause failure of systems installed on slabs-on-grade. ASTMF1869 (anhydrous calcium chloride test) and ASTMF2170 (relative humidity test) both recommend one test per 1000 sq. ft. (304.8 sq.m), but no fewer than three tests per test area.