Copyright 2005 AIA MASTERSPEC 08/05

PRODUCT MASTERSPEC LICENSED BY ARCOM TO LG SURFACES

Copyright 2005 by The American Institute of Architects (AIA)

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SECTION 123570 - HEALTHCARE CASEWORK

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

This Section uses the term "Architect." Change this term to match that used to identify the design professional as defined in the General and Supplementary Conditions.

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

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1  RELATED 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.

1.2  SUMMARY

  1. Section Includes:
  2. Stainless-steel medical casework.
  3. Enameled-steel medical casework.
  4. Solid-surface countertops[ and integral sinks].
  5. Quartz agglomerate countertops[ and integral sinks].
  6. Stainless-steel countertops[and integral sinks].
  7. Stainless-steel shelving.
  8. Related Sections:

Retain Sections in subparagraphs below that contain requirements Contractor might expect to find in this Section but are specified in other Sections.

  1. Division06 Section "[Rough Carpentry] [Miscellaneous Rough Carpentry]" for wood blocking for anchoring casework.
  2. Division06 Section "Interior Architectural Woodwork" for plastic-laminate and solid-surfacing material countertops.
  3. Division09 Section "Non-Structural Metal Framing" for reinforcements in metal-framed partitions for anchoring casework.
  4. Division12 Section "Laboratory Casework" for metal casework used in hospital laboratories.
  5. Division22 Sections for [installing service fittings specified in this Section, including]connecting service utilities.
  6. Division26 Sections for electrical connection of light fixtures and other electrical devices built into casework.

1.3  PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

Retain first paragraph below if Contractor is required to assume responsibility for seismic design.

  1. Delegated Design: Design healthcare casework, including comprehensive engineering analysis by a qualified professional engineer, using seismic performance requirements indicated.

Model building codes and SEI/ASCE7 establish criteria for buildings subject to earthquake motions. Verify requirements of authorities having jurisdiction.

  1. Seismic Performance: Provide healthcare casework[,including attachments to other work,] capable of withstanding the effects of earthquake motions determined according to [SEI/ASCE7] <Insert requirement>.

Design earthquake spectral response acceleration, short period (Sds) is determined by Project's location and site classification. This information is usually provided in structural notes on Drawings.

  1. Design earthquake spectral response acceleration, short period (Sds) for Project is <Insert value>.

Component Importance Factor is generally 1.0 unless the casework contains hazardous content, in which case it is 1.5, or unless the structure is in Seismic Use GroupIII and casework is necessary for continued operation of facility or failure of casework could impair continued operation of facility, in which case it is 1.5.

  1. Component Importance Factor is [1.5] [1.0].

Consider inserting subparagraphs specifying load requirements for contents of wall cabinets, wall-mounted shelves, etc., for purposes of calculating seismic forces.

1.4  SUBMITTALS

  1. Product Data: For each type of product indicated.
  2. LEED Submittals:
  3. Product Data for Credit MR4.1[and MR4.2]: For products having recycled content, documentation indicating percentages by weight of postconsumer and preconsumer recycled content. Include statement indicating costs for each product having recycled content.

LG Surfaces has a manufacturing plant in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Projects located within 500 miles of this location may qualify for LEED Credit MR 5.1.

  1. Product Data for Credit MR5.1: For products and materials required to comply with requirements for regional materials, certificates indicating location of material manufacturer and point of extraction, harvest, or recovery for each raw material. Include statement indicating distance to Project, cost for each regional material, and fraction by weight that is considered regional.
  2. Product Data for CreditEQ4.1: For installation adhesives, including printed statement of VOC content.

Retain subparagraph and associated subparagraphs below if low-emitting materials are required for LEED-NC or LEED-CI CreditEQ4.4.

  1. Product Data for CreditEQ4.4:
  2. For each composite-wood product used, documentation indicating that the bonding agent contains no urea formaldehyde.
  3. For each adhesive used, documentation indicating that the adhesive contains no urea formaldehyde
  4. Shop Drawings: Include plans, elevations, sections, details, and attachments to other work.
  5. Indicate locations of blocking and reinforcements required for installing casework.
  6. Indicate hardware locations.
  7. Indicate locations of and clearances from adjacent walls, doors, windows, other building components, and equipment.

Delete subparagraph below if field-made joints are not allowed.

  1. Indicate locations of field-made joints in stainless-steel countertops.
  2. Samples for Initial Selection: For units with factory-applied color finishes.

Delete "Samples for Initial Selection" Paragraph above if colors and other characteristics are preselected and specified or scheduled. Retain first paragraph below with or without above.

  1. Samples for Verification: Full-size units of each type of[exposed] hardware indicated.

Paragraph below is defined in Division01 Section "Submittal Procedures" as a "Delegated-Design Submittal." Retain if casework is required to withstand seismic forces and design responsibilities have been delegated to Contractor. Professional engineer qualifications are specified in Division01 Section "Quality Requirements."

  1. Delegated-Design Submittal: For healthcare casework indicated to comply with seismic performance requirements, including analysis data signed and sealed by the qualified professional engineer responsible for their preparation.

1.5  QUALITY ASSURANCE

  1. Manufacturer Qualifications:
  2. Member in good standing of International Surfaces Fabrication Association (ISFA).
  3. Provider of fabricator and installer training.
  4. Source Limitations: Obtain healthcare casework through one source from a single manufacturer.

Retain first paragraph below if manufacturer's catalog numbers are used to designate cabinet types. Revise to suit office practice. Procedure below may not be allowed for public projects.

  1. Product Designations: Drawings indicate sizes and configurations of healthcare casework by referencing designated manufacturer's catalog numbers. Other manufacturers' metal medical casework of similar sizes, similar door and drawer configurations, and complying with the Specifications may be considered. Refer to Division01 Section "Product Requirements."
  2. Electrical Components, Devices, and Accessories: Listed and labeled as defined in NFPA70 by a qualified testing agency , and marked for intended location and application.

Retain first paragraph below if locks are required to be keyed as directed.

  1. Keying Conference: Conduct conference at Project site. Incorporate keying conference decisions into final keying requirements.

Retain paragraph below if Work of this Section is extensive or complex enough to justify a preinstallation conference.

  1. Preinstallation Conference: Conduct conference at [Project site] <Insert location>.

1.6  DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING

  1. Protect finished surfaces during handling and installation with protective covering of polyethylene film or other suitable material.

1.7  COORDINATION

Usually delete this article and show reinforcements on Drawings.

  1. Coordinate layout and installation of framing and reinforcements for support of healthcare casework.

1.8  WARRANTY

  1. Special Warranty: Manufacturer's standard form in which manufacturer agrees to repair or replace countertop components that exhibit material failure within specified warranty period.
  2. Warranty Period: Fifteen years from date of Substantial Completion.

1.9  EXTRA MATERIALS

  1. Furnish complete touchup kit for each type and color of healthcare casework provided. Include fillers, primers, paints, and other materials necessary to perform permanent repairs to damaged casework finish.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1  MANUFACTURERS

See Editing Instruction No.1 in the Evaluations for cautions about naming manufacturers. Retain one of two paragraphs and list of manufacturers below. See Division01 Section "Product Requirements."

  1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, [provide products by one of the following] [available manufacturers offering products that may be incorporated into the Work include, but are not limited to, the following]:
  2. Basis-of-Design Product: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide [product indicated on Drawings] <Insert manufacturer's name; product name or designation> or comparable product by one of the following:
  3. Blickman Inc.
  4. Carr Corporation.
  5. Continental Metal Products Co. Inc.
  6. Getinge USA.
  7. InnerSpace Corporation.

Manufacturer in first subparagraph below makes narcotics cabinets only.

  1. Inter Dyne Systems, Inc.
  2. Jamestown Metal Products.
  3. Scientek Technology Corp.
  4. Skytron.
  5. Steris Corporation.
  6. Insert manufacturer's name>.

2.2  CASEWORK MATERIALS

Retain first two paragraphs below if enameled-steel casework is used.

  1. Steel Sheet: Cold-rolled commercial steel sheet, complying with ASTMA1008/A1008M; matte finish; suitable for exposed applications.
  2. Nominal Steel Thicknesses for Enameled-Steel Medical Casework:
  3. Sides, Ends, Fixed Backs, Bottoms, Cabinet Tops, Soffits, and Items Not Otherwise Indicated: 0.048 inch (1.21 mm). Bottoms may be 0.036 inch (0.91 mm) if reinforced.
  4. Back Panels, Doors, Drawer Fronts and Bodies, and Shelves: 0.036 inch (0.91 mm) except 0.048 inch (1.21 mm) for unreinforced shelves more than 36 inches (900 mm) long.
  5. Intermediate Horizontal Rails, Center Posts, and Top Gussets: 0.060 inch (1.52 mm).
  6. Drawer Runners and Hinge Reinforcements: 0.075 inch (1.90 mm).
  7. Leveling and Corner Gussets: 0.105 inch (2.66 mm).

Retain first two paragraphs below if stainless-steel casework is used.

  1. Stainless-Steel Sheet: ASTMA240/A240M, Type304, stretcher-leveled standard of flatness.
  2. Nominal Stainless-Steel Thicknesses for Stainless-Steel Medical Casework:
  3. Sides, Ends, Fixed Backs, Bottoms, Cabinet Tops, Soffits, and Items Not Otherwise Indicated: 0.050 inch (1.27). Bottoms may be 0.038 inch (0.95 mm) if reinforced.
  4. Back Panels, Doors, Drawer Fronts and Bodies, and Shelves: 0.038 inch (0.95 mm) except 0.050 inch (1.27 mm) for unreinforced shelves more than 36 inches (900 mm) long.
  5. Intermediate Horizontal Rails, Center Posts, Tubular Legs, and Top Gussets: 0.062 inch (1.59 mm).
  6. Drawer Runners and Hinge Reinforcements: 0.078 inch (1.98 mm).
  7. Leveling and Corner Gussets: 0.109 inch (2.78 mm).

If glazed doors are required, retain one of first three paragraphs below, usually second; verify availability with manufacturers selected.

  1. Glass for Glazed Doors: Clear float glass complying with ASTMC1036, TypeI, Class1, Quality-Q3; not less than [3.0 mm] [4.0 mm] [5.0 mm] [6.0 mm] thick.
  2. Glass for Glazed Doors: Clear tempered glass complying with ASTMC1048, KindFT, ConditionA, TypeI, Class1, Quality-Q3; not less than 5.0 mm thick.
  3. Glass for Glazed Doors: Clear laminated tempered glass complying with ASTMC1172, KindLT, ConditionA, TypeI, ClassI, Quality-Q3; with 2 lites not less than 3.0mm thick and with clear, polyvinyl butyral interlayer.
  4. Clear Tempered Glass Shelves: ASTMC1048, KindFT, ConditionA, TypeI, Class1, Quality-Q3; 6.0 mm thick; with exposed edges seamed before tempering.

Retain one of first three paragraphs below for cabinet for storing operating-table accessories if required.

  1. Pegboard: 1/4-inch (6.4-mm) perforated hardboard, complying with AHAA135.4, Class1 tempered; with painted finish sealing faces, edges, and perimeter of holes.
  2. Pegboard: Perforated stainless-steel sheet, 0.050-inch (1.27-mm) nominal thickness.
  3. Pegboard: Perforated steel sheet, 0.048-inch (1.21-mm) nominal thickness, with powder-coated finish.
  4. Insulation for Warming Cabinets: Semi-rigid, glass-fiber board insulation complying with ASTMC612, TypeIA or TypeIB.

2.3  CABINET FABRICATION

  1. General: Assemble and finish units at point of manufacture. Use precision dies for interchangeability of like-size drawers, doors, and similar parts. Perform assembly on precision jigs to provide units that are square. Reinforce units with angles, gussets, and channels. Integrally frame and weld to form a dirt and vermin-resistant enclosure. Maintain uniform clearance around door and drawer fronts of 1/16 to 3/32 inch (1.5 to 2.4 mm).
  2. Metal Flush Doors: Outer and inner pans that nest into box formation, with full-height channel reinforcements at center of door. Fill doors with noncombustible, sound-deadening material.
  3. Glazed Doors: Hollow-metal stiles and rails of similar construction as flush doors, with glass held in resilient channels or gasket material.
  4. Hinged Doors: Mortise for hinges and reinforce with angles welded inside inner pans or hollow metal stiles at hinge edge.
  5. Metal Drawers: Fronts made from outer and inner pans that nest into box formation, with no raw metal edges at top. Sides, back, and bottom fabricated in one piece with rolled or formed top of sides for stiffening and comfortable grasp for drawer removal.
  6. Metal Shelves: Front, back, and ends formed down, with edges returned horizontally at front and back to form reinforcing channels. Provide clips, brackets, pilasters or other means to support shelves from cabinet ends and allow height of shelves to be adjusted in increments of not more than 2 inches (50 mm).

Retain first paragraph below if required for casework that is not built-in.

  1. Sloping Tops: Unless tops are concealed by other construction, provide sloping tops on cabinets with tops 60 inches (1524 mm) or more above the finished floor. Slope tops 25 degrees or more and construct of same material and with same finish as cabinets.

Retain first paragraph below unless all casework is built-in.

  1. Toe Space: Unless casework is indicated to be built-in, provide metal toe space, fully enclosed, 4 inches (100 mm) high by 3 inches (75 mm) deep, with no open gaps or pockets.
  2. Filler Strips: Provide as needed to close spaces between cabinets and walls, ceilings, and indicated equipment. Fabricate from same material and with same finish as cabinets and with hemmed or flanged edges.
  3. Trim Flanges: Formed metal trim fabricated from same material and with same finish as cabinets. Provide at perimeter of recessed cabinets.

2.4  SPECIALTY CABINETS

  1. Narcotics Cabinets: Construct of stainless steel as individual, freestanding units with finished sides and top and double-walled bottom. Provide with double-pan flush outer door and 0.062-inch- (1.59-mm-) nominal thickness, single-pan inner door, both with locks, each individually keyed and not master keyed.
  2. Specimen Pass-Through Cabinets: Construct of stainless steel as through-wall units with double-walled construction and smooth interior. Provide with double-pan flush doors with interlocking hardware that prevents each door from being opened when the other door is open. Provide with removable stainless-steel spill tray [and trim flanges for both faces] [and trim flanges where indicated].

First paragraph below is typical for blanket and solution warming cabinets in operating rooms.