Vaughn Woodwork ConsultantsMarch 13, 2015

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SECTION 064020

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL WOODWORK

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1GENERAL PROVISIONS

  1. Attention is directed to the CONTRACT AND GENERAL CONDITIONS and all Sections within DIVISION 01 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS which are hereby made a part of this Section of the Specifications.

1.2DESCRIPTION OF WORK

  1. Work Included: Provide labor, materials and equipment necessary to complete the work of this Section, including but not limited to the following:
  2. Interior standing and running trim.
  3. Interior frames and jambs.
  4. Stairwork and rails.
  5. Wall Surfacing including curved wood paneling.
  6. Wood casework.
  7. Plastic-laminate casework.
  8. Wood countertops.
  9. Plastic-laminate countertops.
  10. Solid-surfacing-material countertops.
  11. Closet and utility shelving.
  12. Shop finishing of interior woodwork.
  13. Wood furring, blocking, shims and hanging strips.
  14. Coordination with partition construction for concealed supports.
  15. Related Requirements: The following items are specified under the designated Sections:
  16. Section 061000 - Rough Carpentry for wood furring, blocking, shims, and hanging strips required for installing woodwork and concealed within other construction before woodwork installation.
  17. Section 123640 - STONE COUNTERTOPS for stone countertops.

1.3SUBMITTALS

  1. Product Data: For each type of product specified,including casework hardware and accessories, and finishing materials and processes.
  2. Include data for fire-retardant treatment from chemical treatment manufacturer and certification by treating plant that treated materials comply with requirements.
  3. Shop Drawings: Show location of each item, dimensioned plans and elevations, large-scale details, attachment devices, and other components. Comply with AWS Section 1, Submittals.
  4. Show locations and sizes of furring, blocking, and hanging strips, including concealed blocking and reinforcement specified in other Sections. Provide schedule of blocking required to support the Work in this Section.
  5. Show locations and sizes of cutouts and holes for plumbing fixtures, electrical components and other items installed in architectural woodwork.
  6. Show veneer leaves with dimensions, grain direction, exposed face, and identification numbers indicating the flitch and sequence within the flitch for each leaf.
  7. Samples for Verification:
  8. Submit step-type range sample sets of factory finished plywood and factory finished solid wood in size illustrating wood grain and specified finish, including edge banding detail and any veneer or solid edge glue joints.
  9. Lumber with or for transparent finish, not less than 5 incheswide by 12 inches long for each species and cut, finished on 1 side and 1 edge.
  10. Lumber and panel products with shop-applied opaque finish, 5 inches wide by 12 inches long for lumber and 12 by 12 inchesfor panels, for each finish system and color, with1/2 of exposed surface finished.
  11. Veneer leaves representative of and selected from flitches to be used for transparent-finished woodwork. Submit one leaf for every 1000 gross square foot of veneer required.
  12. Lumber and panel products with shop-applied opaque finish, 5 inches wide by 12 inches long for lumber and 8 by 10 inchesfor panels, for each finish system and color, with1/2 of exposed surface finished.
  13. Plastic laminates, 8 by 10 inchesfor each type, color, pattern, and surface finish,with 1 sample applied to core material, and specified edge material applied to 1 edge.
  14. Solid-surfacing materials, 6 inchessquare.
  15. Provide product data for hardware accessories
  16. Woodwork Quality Standard Compliance Certificates: Submit registration number for AWI Quality Certification Program.
  17. Qualification Data: For Installer and fabricator. Member in good standing of the Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI) and familiar with the AWI/AWMAC/WI AWS Quality Certification Program.
  18. LEED Submittals:
  19. Product Data for Credit MR4: For products having recycled content, documentation indicating percentages by weight of postconsumer and preconsumer recycled content
  20. Include statement indicating costs for each product having recycled content.
  21. Certificates for CreditMR7: Chain-of-custody certificates certifying that products specified to be made from certified wood comply with forest certification requirements. Include evidence that mill is certified for chain of custody by an FSC-accredited certification body.
  22. Include statement indicating costs for each certified wood product.
  23. Product Data for CreditIEQ4.1: For installation adhesives, including printed statement of VOC content.
  24. Product Data for CreditIEQ4.4:
  25. For each composite-wood product used, documentation indicating that the bonding agent contains no urea formaldehyde.
  26. For each adhesive used, documentation indicating that the adhesive contains no urea formaldehyde.

1.4QUALITY ASSURANCE

  1. Fabricator Qualifications: Shop that employs skilled workers who custom-fabricate products similar to those required for this Project and whose products have a record of successful in-service performance. Shop is a certified participant in AWI's Quality Certification Program.
  2. Installer Qualifications: Certified participant in AWI's Quality Certification Program.
  3. Source Limitations: Engage a qualified woodworking firm to assume undivided responsibility for production of interior architectural woodwork with blueprint-matched wood veneers and components.
  4. Quality Standard: Unless otherwise indicated, comply with AWI/AWMAC/WI's "Architectural Woodwork Standards", Edition 2, 2014, including Errata subject to their posting on Project bid date as published at for grades of interior architectural woodwork indicated for construction, finishes, installation, and other requirements. All Work in this Section to comply with AWS Premium Grade.
  5. Provide AWI Quality Certification Program labels and certificates indicating that woodwork, including installation, complies with requirements of grades specified. The Contractor, upon award of work, shall register the work under this section with the AWI Quality Certification Program (800-449-8811).
  6. Fire-Test-Response Characteristics: Where fire-retardant materials or products are indicated, provide materials and products with specified fire-test-response characteristics as determined by testing identical products per test method indicated by UL, ITS, or another testing and inspecting agency acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction. Identify with appropriate markings of applicable testing and inspecting agency in the form of separable paper label or, where required by authorities having jurisdiction, imprint on surfaces of materials that will be concealed from view after installation.
  7. Mockups: Build mockups to verify selections made under sample submittals and to demonstrate aesthetic effects and set quality standards for materials and execution.
  8. Approved mockups may become part of the completed Work if undisturbed at time of Substantial Completion.
  9. Preinstallation Conference: Conduct conference at Project site to comply with requirements in Division01.

1.5DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING

  1. Do not deliver woodwork until painting and similar operations that could damage woodwork have been completed in installation areas. If woodwork must be stored in other than installation areas, store only in areas where environmental conditions comply with requirements specified in "Project Conditions" Article.

1.6PROJECT CONDITIONS

  1. Environmental Limitations: Do not deliver or install woodwork until building is enclosed, wet work is complete, and HVAC system is operating and maintaining temperature and relative humidity at occupancy levels during the remainder of the construction period. The HVAC systems as specified elsewhere may not provide for humidity controls. The expected ranges of relative humidity are expected to be as high as 55% to a low of uncontrolled during the heating system. Comply with AWS Section 2, Care and Storage.
  2. Field Measurements: Where woodwork is indicated to fit to other construction, verify dimensions of other construction by field measurements before fabrication, and indicate measurements on Shop Drawings. Coordinate fabrication schedule with construction progress to avoid delaying the Work.
  3. Locate concealed framing, blocking, and reinforcements that support woodwork by field measurements before being enclosed, and indicate measurements on Shop Drawings.
  4. Established Dimensions: Where field measurements cannot be made without delaying the Work, establish dimensions and proceed with fabricating woodwork without field measurements. Provide allowance for trimming at site, and coordinate construction to ensure that actual dimensions correspond to established dimensions.

1.7COORDINATION

  1. Coordinate sizes and locations of framing, blocking, furring, reinforcements, and other related units of Work specified in other Sections to ensure that interior architectural woodwork can be supported and installed as indicated.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1MATERIALS

  1. General: Provide materials that comply with requirements of AWI/AWMAC/WI's "Architectural Woodwork Standards" for each type of woodwork and quality grade specified, unless otherwise indicated.
  2. Recycled Content of Medium-Density Fiberboard and Particleboard: Provide products with an average recycled content so postconsumer recycled content plus one-half of preconsumer recycled content is not less than 25 percent.
  3. Certified Wood: Materials shall be produced from wood obtained from forests certified by an FSC-accredited certification body to comply with FSCSTD-01-001, "FSC Principles and Criteria for Forest Stewardship."
  4. Wood Veneers and Lumber: Provide AWI Premium Grade materials and workmanship. For species not listed in the AWS comply with the following:
  5. Provide AWS Lumber Grade Premium and AWS Grade AA Veneer, book-matched, minimum 6 inch face veneer width. Kiln dry to 6-8 percent moisture content. Components shall be free of defects and sapwood. Match adjacent pieces for color and grain pattern.
  6. Single-Source Requirement for Wood Veneers and Solids: Intent is to provide wood which matches as closely as possible throughout the project. Provide wood veneers and solids from the same distributor, and from the same flitches and solids sources to the greatest extent possible.
  7. Wood Species and Cut for Transparent Finish: Quarter sliced/sawn white oak with heavy flake figure.
  8. Architect’s control samples for transparent finish, veneer grain and figure characteristics are available for review at the office of the Architect.
  9. Veneer Matching Requirements:
  10. Matching Between Adjacent Veneer Leaves: Book match and architectural end match.
  11. Matching Within Individual Panel Faces: Balance and Center Match.
  12. Method of Matching Panels: Blueprint-matched panels and components
  13. Wood Species for Opaque Finish: Any closed-grain hardwood.
  14. Wood Products: Comply with the following:
  15. Recycled Content of Medium-Density Fiberboard and Particleboard: Provide products with recycled content.
  16. Hardboard: AHAA135.4.
  17. Medium-Density Fiberboard: ANSIA208.2, GradeMD,made with binder containing no added urea formaldehyde.
  18. Particleboard: ANSIA208.1, GradeM-2-Exterior Glue.
  19. Softwood Plywood: DOCPS1,Medium Density Overlay.
  20. Veneer-Faced Panel Products (Hardwood Plywood): HPVAHP-1,made with adhesive containing no added urea formaldehyde. Resin impregnated paper backs are NOT permitted. Backs shall be of compatible hardwood species and cut. Contact adhesive is NOT permitted.
  21. High-Pressure Decorative Laminate: NEMALD3, grades as indicated or, if not indicated, as required by woodwork quality standard.
  22. Available Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, manufacturers offering high-pressure decorative laminates that may be incorporated into the Work include, but are not limited to, the following:
  23. Abet Laminati, Inc.
  24. Formica Corporation.
  25. Lamin-Art, Inc.
  26. Nevamar Company, LLC; Decorative Products Div.
  27. Wilsonart International; Div. of Premark International, Inc.
  28. Solid-Surfacing Material: Homogeneous solid sheets of filled plastic resin complying with ANSI SS-1 and ISSFA-2.
  29. Available Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, manufacturers offering products that may be incorporated into the Work include, but are not limited to, the following:
  30. Avonite, Inc.
  31. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; Corian.
  32. Formica Corporation.
  33. LG Chemical, Ltd.
  34. Nevamar Company, LLC; Decorative Products Div.
  35. Wilsonart International; Div. of Premark International, Inc.
  36. Solid-Surfacing Material, Quartz-Agglomerate Type: Solid sheets consisting of quartz aggregates bound together with a matrix of filled plastic resin complying with ANSI SS-1 and ISSFA-2.
  37. Available Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, manufacturers offering products that may be incorporated into the Work include, but are not limited to, the following:
  38. CaesarStone.
  39. Cosentino USA; Silestone.
  40. Dal-Tile; ONE Quartz Surfaces.
  41. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; Zodiaq.
  42. Tempered Float Glass for Casework Doors: ASTMC1048, KindFT, ConditionA, TypeI, Class1 (clear), Quality-Q3,with exposed edges seamed before tempering, 6 mm thick, unless otherwise indicated.
  43. Tempered Float Glass for Casework Shelves: ASTMC1048, KindFT, ConditionA, TypeI, Class1 (clear), Quality-Q3; with exposed edges seamed before tempering, 6 mm thick.

2.2FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED MATERIALS

  1. General: Where fire-retardant-treated materials are indicated, use materials complying with requirements in this Article, that are acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction, and with fire-test-response characteristics specified.
  2. Do not use treated materials that do not comply with requirements of referenced woodworking standard or that are warped, discolored, or otherwise defective.
  3. Use fire-retardant-treatment formulations that do not bleed through or otherwise adversely affect finishes. Do not use colorants to distinguish treated materials from untreated materials.
  4. Identify fire-retardant-treated materials with appropriate classification marking of UL, U.S. Testing, Timber Products Inspection, or another testing and inspecting agency acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction.
  5. Fire-Retardant-Treated Lumber and Plywood by Pressure Process: Comply with performance requirements of AWPAC20 (lumber) and AWPAC27 (plywood). Use the following treatment type:
  6. Exterior Type: Organic-resin-based formulation thermally set in wood by kiln drying.
  7. Mill lumber before treatment and implement special procedures during treatment and drying processes that prevent lumber from warping and developing discolorations from drying sticks or other causes, marring, and other defects affecting appearance of treated woodwork.
  8. Kiln-dry materials before and after treatment to levels required for untreated materials.
  9. Fire-Retardant Particleboard: Panels complying with the following requirements, made from softwood particles and fire-retardant chemicals mixed together at time of panel manufacture to achieve flame-spread index of 25 or less and smoke-developed index of 25 or less per ASTME84.
  10. All fire treated hardwood plywood shall be of 5-ply construction with phenolic man-made wood fiber-veneer crossbands as a protective barrier to prevent any “fuming” of the cores. Acceptable crossbands are Luxcell, Gator-Ply, or NVF Yorkite.
  11. The term “Class I Fire-Rated Wall Surface Assembly” shall mean that the entire wall panel assembly - including surface materials, backer, core, and adhesive - has been tested and is certified as a Class I Fire Rating by an authorized organization, such as Underwriters Laboratories, and must be manufactured by an approved company of the certifying agency.

2.3CASEWORK HARDWARE AND ACCESSORIES

  1. General: Provide casework hardware and accessory materials associated with architectural casework, except for items specified in Section 087100 - DOOR HARDWARE.
  2. Frameless Concealed Hinges (European Type): BHMAA156.9, B01602,100 degrees of opening,self-closing.
  3. Back-Mounted Pulls: BHMAA156.9, B02011.
  4. Catches: Push-in magnetic catches, BHMAA156.9, B03131.
  5. Adjustable Shelf Standards and Supports: BHMAA156.9, B04071; with shelf rests, B04081 or BHMAA156.9, B04102; with shelf brackets, B04112.
  6. Drawer Slides: BHMAA156.9, B05091; side mountedand extending under bottom edge of drawer; full-extension type; epoxy-coated-steel with steel ball-bearings; of the following grades:
  7. Box Drawer Slides: Grade1.
  8. File Drawer Slides: Grade1HD-100.
  9. Pencil Drawer Slides: Grade2.
  10. Keyboard Slides: Grade1.
  11. Trash Bin Slides: Grade1HD-100.
  12. Aluminum Slides for Sliding Glass Doors: BHMAA156.9, B07063.
  13. Door Locks: BHMAA156.11, E07121.
  14. Drawer Locks: BHMAA156.11, E07041.
  15. Grommets for Cable Passage through Countertops: Molded-plastic grommets and matching plastic caps with slot for wire passage.
  16. Exposed Hardware Finishes: For exposed hardware, provide finish that complies with BHMAA156.18 for BHMA finish number indicated.
  17. Satin Stainless Steel: BHMA630.
  18. Satin Aluminum, Clear Anodized: BHMA 628.
  19. For concealed hardware, provide manufacturer's standard finish that complies with product class requirements in BHMAA156.9.

2.4MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS

  1. Furring, Blocking, Shims, and Hanging Strips: Fire-retardant-treated softwood lumber, kiln dried to less than 15 percent moisture content.
  2. Anchors: Select material, type, size, and finish required for each substrate for secure anchorage. Provide nonferrous-metal or hot-dip galvanized anchors and inserts on inside face of exterior walls and elsewhere as required for corrosion resistance. Provide toothed-steel or lead expansion sleeves for drilled-in-place anchors.
  3. Handrail Brackets: Cast from malleable iron with wall flange drilled [for exposed anchor and with support arm for screwing to underside of rail. Sized to provide 1-1/2-inch clearance between handrail and wall.
  4. Adhesives, General: Do not use adhesives that contain urea formaldehyde.
  5. VOC Limits for Installation Adhesives and Glues: Use installation adhesives that comply with the following limits for VOC content when calculated according to 40CFR59, SubpartD (EPA Method24):
  6. Wood Glues: 30 g/L.
  7. Contact Adhesive is NOT permitted on this Project without prior approval.

2.5FABRICATION, GENERAL

  1. Wood Moisture Content: Comply with requirements of referenced quality standard for wood moisture content in relation to ambient relative humidity during fabrication and in installation areas.
  2. Sand fire-retardant-treated wood lightly to remove raised grain on exposed surfaces before fabrication.
  3. Fabricate woodwork to dimensions, profiles, and details indicated. Ease edges to radius indicated for the following:
  4. Corners of Casework and Edges of Solid-Wood (Lumber) Members and Rails: 1/16 inch.
  5. Complete fabrication, including assembly,finishing, and hardware application, to maximum extent possible before shipment to Project site. Disassemble components only as necessary for shipment and installation. Where necessary for fitting at site, provide ample allowance for scribing, trimming, and fitting.
  6. Shop-cut openings to maximum extent possible to receive hardware, appliances, plumbing fixtures, electrical work, and similar items. Locate openings accurately and use templates or roughing-in diagrams to produce accurately sized and shaped openings. Sand edges of cutouts to remove splinters and burrs.
  7. Seal edges of openings in countertops with a coat of varnish.
  8. Install glass to comply with applicable requirements in Section 088000 - GLAZING and in GANA's "Glazing Manual." For glass in wood frames, secure glass with removable stops.

2.6WALL SURFACING