| Document number | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A1010 | Standard Foundations | Foundations are part of the substructures that transfer the loads of superstructures to soil or bedrock. The main types of foundation systems include spread footings, piles (refer to A1020), and piers. Standard foundations include wall foundations such as strip footings and column foundations such as isolated footing and piers. Supplementary components to be included as appropriate. |
| A1020 | Special Foundations | Special foundations are part of the substructures that transfer superstructure loads to soil or bedrock. These foundations are required based on site conditions, including driven piles, bored piles, caissons ( prefabricated hollow boxes or cylinders sunk into the ground and filled with concrete to form foundations), special foundation walls, foundation anchors, underpinning, raft foundations, pile caps, and grade beams. |
| A2010 | Walls for Subgrade Enclosures | Walls for subgrade enclosures are foundation walls that are associated with occupied spaces, such as basement walls, including the construction of interior skin and supplementary components. Walls for subgrade enclosures are laterally restrained at the base by a slab foundation. |
| A4010 | Standard Slabs-on-Grade | Slabs-on-grade are used to support applied loads, which are, in turn, supported by the ground. They can be unreinforced concrete slabs or reinforced concrete slabs that limit or prevent crack widths due to shrinkage, temperature restraint, and applied loads. |
| A4020 | Structural Slabs-on-Grade | This Level 3 Element describes structural slabs-on-grade supported by the ground, transferring vertical loads or lateral forces from other portions of the structure to the ground. It can be plain concrete or reinforced concrete. |
| A4030 | Slab Trenches | Linear depressions in slabs-on-grade to collect and transmit liquids or for utility piping. (This is a basic section template). |
| A4040 | Pits and Bases | Slabs-on-grade including pits and bases. |
| A4090 | Slab-on-Grade Supplementary Components | Slab-on-grade supplementary components including perimeter insulation, vapour retarder, waterproofing, mud slab, and subbase layer. (This is a basic section template). |
| A6010 | Building Subdrainage | This Level 3 Element describes systems to collect moisture and water below grade including foundation and underslab drainage. |
| A6020 | Off-Gassing Mitigation | Off-gassing mitigation including radon and methane mitigation. (This is a basic section template). |
| A9010 | Substructure Excavation | Removal of subsoil and rock for basement construction including backfill and compaction. |
| A9020 | Construction Dewatering | Removal of groundwater or surface water from a construction site during construction. |
| A9030 | Excavation Support | Temporary and permanent construction for support of excavations for construction activities including anchor tiebacks, cofferdams, cribbing and walers, ground freezing, and slurry walls. (This is a basic section template). |
| A9040 | Soil Treatment | Soil treatments to resist invasion by pests and vegetation growth. (This is a basic section template). |
| B1010 | Floor Construction | Construction of supported floors including floor structural frame; floor decks, slabs, and toppings; balcony floor construction; mezzanine floor construction; and ramps. |
| B1020 | Roof Construction | Roof construction elements including roof structural frame; roof decks, slabs, and sheathing; and canopy construction. See B3010 - Roofing for roofing systems. |
| B1080 | Stairs | Construction of facility stairs including stair soffits, stair railings, fire escapes, metal walkways, and ladders. |
| B2010 | Exterior Walls | Exterior wall enclosures including exterior wall veneer, exterior wall construction, exterior wall interior skin, fabricated exterior wall assemblies, parapets, equipment screens, and exterior wall supplementary components, and opening supplementary components. |
| B2020 | Exterior Windows | This Level 3 Element describes exterior windows including exterior operating windows, fixed windows, window wall and special function windows. |
| B2050 | Exterior Doors and Grilles | Openings in exterior walls for the passage of pedestrians and vehicles including entrance doors, utility doors, oversize doors, special function doors, grilles, and gates. This is a basic section template. |
| B2080 | Exterior Wall Appurtenances | Exterior wall appurtenances including fixed grilles and screens, opening protection devices, balcony wall and railings, exterior fabrications, and bird control devices. (This is a basic section template). |
| B2090 | Exterior Wall Specialties | Specialties and accessory elements for exterior walls including wall specialties, exterior clocks, below grade egress assemblies, and window wells. (This is a basic section template). |
| B3010 | Roofing | Assemblies for roofing that prevent the entrance of water and air into the building and provide a thermal barrier including steep slope roofing, low-slope roofing, canopy roofing, and roofing supplementary components. |
| B3020 | Roof Appurtenances | Roof appurtenances including roof accessories, roof specialties, and rainwater management. (This is a basic section template). |
| B3040 | Traffic Bearing Horizontal Enclosures | Traffic bearing horizontal enclosures including traffic bearing coatings, horizontal waterproofing membrane, wear surfaces and supplementary components. (This is a basic section template). |
| B3060 | Horizontal Openings | Horizontal openings including roof windows and skylights, vents and hatches, and supplementary components. |
| B3080 | Overhead Exterior Enclosures | Overhead exterior enclosures including exterior ceilings, exterior soffits, and exterior bulkheads. (This is a basic section template). |
| C1010 | Interior Partitions | Interior partitions including fixed partitions,glazed partitions, demountable partitions, operable partitions, screens, and supplementary components. |
| C1020 | Interior Windows | Interior windows including operating windows, fixed windows, special function windows, and supplementary components. (This is a basic section template). |
| C1030 | Interior Doors | Interior doors for the passage of pedestrians and vehicles including swinging doors, entrance doors, sliding doors, folding doors, coiling doors, panel doors, special function doors, access doors and panels, and supplementary components. (This is a basic section template). |
| C1040 | Interior Grilles and Gates | Grilles and gates for controlling access through interior wall openings. (This is a basic section template). |
| C1060 | Raised Floor Construction | Raised access flooring, platforms, and stages. (This is a basic section template). |
| C1070 | Suspended Ceiling Construction | Suspended ceiling construction including acoustical suspended ceilings, suspended plaster and gypsum board ceilings, specialty suspended ceilings, special function suspended ceilings, and ceiling suspension components. (This is a basic section template). |
| C1090 | Interior Specialties | Interior specialties including railings and handrails; louvers; information specialties; compartments and cubicles; service walls; wall and door protection; toilet, bath, and laundry accessories; interior gas lighting; fireplaces and stoves; safety specialties; storage specialties; and other specialties. (This is a basic section template). |
| C2010 | Wall Finishes | Finish materials applied to interior partition construction including tile, paneling, wall coverings, wall carpeting, stone facing, special wall surfacing, wall painting and coating, acoustical wall treatment, and supplementary components. |
| C2020 | Interior Fabrications | Interior fabrications including glass-fibre-reinforced concrete, metal fabrications, column covers, decorative metal, ornamental woodwork, plastic fabrications, composite fabrications, and plaster fabrications. (This is a basic section template). |
| C2030 | Flooring | This Level 3 Element includes flooring treatment, tiles, specialty, masonry, wood, resilient, terrazzo, fluid-applied, carpeting, athletic, entrance, and supplementary components. |
| C2040 | Stair Finishes | Stair finishes including tile, masonry, wood, resilient, terrazzo, and carpet finishes. (This is a basic section template). |
| C2050 | Ceiling Finishes | Finishes applied to interior ceiling substrates including plaster and gypsum board, paneling, paints and coatings, acoustical ceiling treatments, and supplementary components. (This is a basic section template). |
| D1010 | Vertical Conveying Systems | Vertical conveying systems including elevators, lifts, escalators, dumbwaiters, and moving ramps. (This is a basic section template). |
| D2010 | Domestic Water Distribution | This Level 3 Element covers domestic water distribution systems, including facility potable-water storage tanks, domestic water equipment, domestic water piping, plumbing fixtures, and domestic water distribution supplementary components. |
| D2020 | Sanitary Drainage | Sanitary drainage system including equipment, piping, and supplementary components. |
| D2030 | Building Support Plumbing Systems | Includes performance and design criteria and component descriptions for building support plumbing systems including stormwater drainage equipment, stormwater drainage piping, facility stormwater drains, grey water systems, and building support plumbing system supplementary components. |
| D2050 | General Service Compressed-Air | General service compressed-air including compressed-air piping, compressed-air valves, and packaged air compressors and receivers. (This is a basic section template). |
| D3010 | Facility Fuel Systems | Facility fuel systems for fuel oil and natural gas including fuel piping, fuel pumps, and fuel storage tanks. |
| D3020 | Heating Systems | This Level 3 Element covers heating systems, including heat generation, thermal heat storage, decentralized heating equipment, and heating system supplementary components. |
| D3030 | Cooling Systems | This Level 3 Element covers cooling systems, including central cooling, evaporative air-cooling, thermal cooling storage, decentralized cooling, and cooling system supplementary components. |
| D3050 | Facility HVAC Distribution Systems | This Level 3 Element covers facility HVAC distribution systems, including hydronic distribution, steam distribution, HVAC air distribution, and distribution systems supplementary components. |
| D3060 | Ventilation | Ventilation including supply air, return air, exhaust air, outside air, air-to-air energy recovery, HVAC air cleaning, and ventilation supplementary components. |
| D4010 | Fire Suppression | Fire suppression including water-based fire-suppression, fire-extinguishing, and fire suppression supplementary components. |
| D4030 | Fire Protection Specialties | Fire protection specialties including fire protection cabinets, fire extinguishers, breathing air replenishment systems, and fire extinguishing accessories. (This is a basic section template). |
| D5020 | Electrical Service and Distribution | Electrical service and distribution including electrical service, power distribution, facility grounding, and electrical service and distribution supplementary components. |
| D5030 | General Purpose Electrical Power | General purpose electrical power including branch wiring system, wiring devices, and general purpose electrical power supplementary components. |
| D5040 | Lighting | Lighting including lighting control, branch wiring for lighting, lighting fixtures, and lighting supplementary components. |
| D5080 | Miscellaneous Electrical Systems | Miscellaneous electrical systems including lightning protection, cathodic protection, transient voltage suppression, and miscellaneous electrical systems supplementary components. (This is a basic section template). |
| D6010 | Data Communications | Data communications, including network equipment, hardware, peripheral data equipment, software, and program and integration services. |
| D6060 | Distributed Communications and Monitoring | Distributed communications and monitoring including distributed audio-video communications systems, healthcare communications and monitoring, and distributed systems. |
| D7010 | Access Control and Intrusion Detection | Access control and intrusion detection. |
| D7030 | Electronic Surveillance | Electronic surveillance including video surveillance and electronic personal protection. |
| D7050 | Detection and Alarm | Detection and alarm including fire detection and alarm, radiation detection and alarm, fuel-gas detection and alarm, fuel-oil detection and alarm, refrigeration detection and alarm, and water intrusion detection and alarm. |
| D8010 | Integrated Automation Facility Controls | Integrated automation facility controls including control of equipment, conveying equipment, fire-suppression systems, plumbing systems, HVAC systems, electrical systems, communications systems, and electronic safety and security systems, and integrated automation supplementary components. (This is a basic section template). |
| E1010 | Vehicle and Pedestrian Equipment | This Section describes vehicle and pedestrian equipment, including vehicle servicing equipment, interior parking control equipment, loading dock equipment, and interior pedestrian control equipment. (This is a basic Section template). |
| E1030 | Commercial Equipment | Commercial equipment including mercantile and service equipment; vault equipment; teller and service equipment; refrigerated display equipment; commercial laundry and dry cleaning equipment; maintenance equipment; hospitality equipment; unit kitchens; photographic processing equipment; office equipment;postal, packaging, and shipping equipment; and food service equipment. (This is a basic section template). |
| E1040 | Institutional Equipment | Institutional equipment including educational and scientific equipment, healthcare equipment, religious equipment, security equipment, and detention equipment. (This is a basic section template). |
| E1060 | Residential Equipment | Residential equipment including appliances, retractable stairs, and ceiling fans. (This is a basic section template). |
| E1070 | Entertainment and Recreational Equipment | Entertainment and recreational equipment including theater and stage equipment, musical equipment, athletic equipment, and recreational equipment. (This is a basic section template). |
| E1090 | Other Equipment | Other equipment including solid waste handling, agricultural, horticultural, and decontamination equipment. (This is a basic section template). |
| E2010 | Fixed Furnishings | Fixed furnishings including fixed art, window treatments, casework, fixed multiple seating, and other fixed furnishings.(This is a basic section template). |
| E2050 | Movable Furnishings | Movable furnishings including movable art, furniture, accessories, movable multiple seating, and other movable furnishings. (This is a basic section template). |
| F1010 | Integrated Construction | Integrated construction including building modules, manufactured/fabricated rooms, and modular mezzanines. |
| F1020 | Special Structures | Special structures including fabric structures, space frames, geodesic structures, manufacturer-engineered structures, manufactured canopies, rammed earth construction, and towers. (This is a basic section template). |
| F1030 | Special Function Construction | Special function construction including sound and vibration control, seismic control, and radiation protection. (This is a basic section template). |
| F1050 | Special Facility Components | Special facility components including pools, interior fountains, interior water features, aquariums, amusement park structures and equipment, ice rinks, and animal containment. (This is a basic section template). |
| F1060 | Athletic and Recreational Special Construction | Athletic and recreational special construction including indoor soccer boards, indoor hockey boards, safety netting, arena football boards, floor sockets, athletic and recreational court walls, and demountable athletic surfaces. (This is a basic section template). |
| F1080 | Special Instrumentation | Special instrumentation including stress, seismic, and meteorological instrumentation, and earth movement monitoring. (This is a basic section template). |
| F2010 | Hazardous Materials Remediation | Hazardous materials remediation including transportation and disposal of hazardous materials, and asbestos, lead, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), and mould remediations. (This is a basic section template). |
| F3030 | Selective Demolition | Selective demolition including selective building, selective interior, selective bridge, and selective historic demolitions. (This is a basic section template). |
| G1010 | Site Clearing | Site clearing including clearing and grubbing, tree and shrub removal and trimming, and earth stripping and stockpiling. |
| G1020 | Site Elements Demolition | Site elements demolition including utility, infrastructure, and selective site demolitions. |
| G1030 | Site Element Relocation | Site element relocation including utility relocation. |
| G1050 | Site Remediation | Site remediation including physical, chemical, thermal, and biological decontaminations, remediation soil stabilization, site containment, sinkhole remediation, hazardous waste drum handling, contaminated site material removal, and water remediation. (This is a basic section template). |
| G1070 | Site Earthwork | Site earthwork including grading, excavation and fill, embankments, erosion and sedimentation controls, soil stabilization, rock stabilization, soil reinforcement, slope protection, gabions, riprap, wetlands, earth dams, and site soil treatment. |
| G2010 | Roadways | Roadways including pavements, curbs and gutters, appurtenances, lighting, and vehicle fare collection. |
| G2020 | Parking Lots | Parking lots including its pavement, curbs and gutters, and appurtenances. |
| G2030 | Pedestrian Plazas and Walkways | Pedestrian plazas and walkways including pedestrian pavements, pedestrian pavement curbs and gutters, exterior steps and ramps, pedestrian pavement appurtenances, plaza and walkway lighting, and exterior pedestrian control equipment. |
| G2040 | Airfields | Airfields including aviation pavement, aviation pavement curbs and gutters, airfield lighting, and airfield signaling and control equipment. |
| G2050 | Athletic Recreational and Playfield Areas | Athletic, recreational, and playfield areas including surfacing, fencing, and equipment. |
| G2060 | Site Development | Site development including exterior fountains, fences and gates, site furnishings, exterior signage, flagpoles, covers and shelters, exterior gas lighting, site equipment, retaining walls, site bridges, site screening devices, and site specialties. |
| G2080 | Landscaping | Landscaping including planting irrigation, turf and grasses, plants, planting accessories, landscape lighting, and landscaping activities. |
| G3010 | Water Utilities | Water utilities including water distribution for domestic lines, fire protection, and irrigation. |
| G3020 | Sanitary Sewerage Utilities | Sanitary sewerage utilities including utility connection, piping, utility septic tanks, structures, and lagoons. (This is a basic section template). |
| G3030 | Storm Drainage Utilities | Storm drainage utilities including utility connections, piping, culverts, site storm water drains, storm drainage pumps, site subdrainage, and ponds and reservoirs. (This is a basic section template). |
| G3050 | Site Energy Distribution | Site energy distribution including hydronic heating, steam energy, and hydronic cooling. (This is a basic section template). |
| G3060 | Site Fuel Distribution | Site fuel distribution including gas, fuel oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, and aviation fuel. |
| G4010 | Site Electrical Distribution Systems | Site electric distribution systems including utility services, transmission and distribution, substations, transformers, switchgear and protection devices, site grounding, and electrical distribution system instrumentation and controls. |
| G4050 | Site Lighting | Site lighting including area lighting, flood lighting, building illumination, and exterior lighting supplementary components. |
| G5010 | Site Communications Systems | Site communications systems including site communications structures, site communications distribution, and wireless communications distribution. |
| G9010 | Tunnels | Tunnels including vehicular tunnels, pedestrian tunnels, service tunnels, and tunnel construction related activities.(This is a basic section template). |
| Z1040 | Quality Requirements | Reference standards, acronyms, definitions and quality assurance requirements applicable to the project. |
| 1020 | Project Brief | Description of scope, size, scale, quality of the project and regulatory requirements. Regulatory requirements include applicable codes and other standards that govern the design and construction. This Section establishes the Owner's Project Requirements (OPR) and set priorities for the project's base of the schematic design phase. |
| 1030 | Project Criteria | Project criteria affecting overall project design including zoning requirements, code analysis, design loads, sustainable design requirements, climate change resiliency requirements, facility environmental requirements, indoor air quality requirements, and historic restoration requirements. |
| 1040 | Existing Conditions | Summary of existing conditions that affect the development of a project or facilities, including: existing site and building assessments and subsurface investigations. |
| 00 01 07 | Seals Page | This section is to be used when the Project's construction documentation (specifications, drawings and schedules) shall be stamped by a "Professional Seal" of each professional who has issued any construction document pertained to the Project. For projects in the province of Ontario, the use of this page is mandatory for any additional information. |
| 00 01 10 | Table of Contents | A list of included documents, specification Sections, and sometimes drawing sheets. |
| 00 01 15 | List of Drawing Sheets | This Section includes a list of graphical documents (Drawings) bound separately from the project manual. This Section does not include Drawings bound into the project manual. |
| 00 11 19.53 | Request for Proposal - Design Build (Single Prime Contract) | This document is intended for describing requirements of a design-build proposal for design or construction or both - of a project. A contract for design-build work can be formalized on a Government contract form or a CCA or CCDC form for Stipulated Price or Cost Plus or other negotiated contract form. The Contract Documents that will be defined in the General Conditions, will probably be the accepted proposal. |
| 00 21 13 | Instructions to Bidders | Section includes administrative project specific details including timelines, locations, type of contract pricing, contact information, site assessment, qualifications, bid submission, bid enclosures/requirements, and offer acceptance/rejection. |
| 00 31 00 | Available Project Information | This Section includes information that is made available to bidders in the bid documents, but is not included in the contract documents. Confirm with PSPC or DND if this Section should be used on the Project. |
| 01 11 00 | Summary of Work | This section includes descriptions of construction delivered under a single contract, provisions for future construction, lists of products ordered in advance, Owner-furnished products, salvaged material and equipment, products delivered to the Owner, and Owner-installed products. Work includes labour, products, and necessary services to be performed by a general contractor under specified contract type and project delivery method. |
| 01 12 00 | Multiple Contract Summary | Covers title, location and other identification of the project, but does not include project scope. Not to be used for Public Works and Government Services Canada projects. |
| 01 14 00 | Work Restrictions | Administrative procedures associated with connecting to existing services and special scheduling requirements for the project. |
| 01 21 00 | Allowances | This section includes administrative and procedural requirements for cash and quantity allowances related to products, installation, testing, and contingencies. |
| 01 23 00 | Alternatives | When requesting a costing alternative to a base bid specification, utilize this section as the process for evaluating alternative materials, products or processes. Renumbered from 01 23 10 to meet the recommendations of the MasterFormat 2014 classification system. |
| 01 29 00 | Payment Procedures | Private sector projects only. Procedure for progress payments, schedule of values and schedule of unit price table items, substantial performance of work including payment of holdback and final payment included. |
| 01 29 83 | Payment Procedures for Testing Laboratory Services | Establishes the general requirements for inspection and testing that is specified to be carried out by a testing laboratory designated by Departmental Representative, DCC Representative or Consultant. The appointment, direction and payment for this inspection and testing are under direct control of the Departmental Representative, DCC Representative or Consultant. Specifications should refer to this section and include particular inspection, sampling and testing to be performed, laboratory address, size and quantity of samples, packaging instructions and other particular requirements affecting the Contractor's or Design-Builder's responsibilities and costs. |
| 01 31 19 | Project Meetings | General administrative requirements for meetings; outline and inclusions for preconstruction meeting and progress meetings. |
| 01 32 16.16 | Construction Progress Schedule - Critical Path Method (CPM) | This Section specifies a time management approach using a project management control system based upon Critical Path Method (CPM) techniques. The level of application of time management techniques will depend on project size, complexity, time restriction, and client requirements. Refer to Section 01 32 16.19 - Construction Progress Schedule - Bar (Gantt) Chart for other forms of time management levels of application. |
| 01 32 16.19 | Construction Progress Schedule - Bar (Gantt) Chart | This section includes a simplified approach to construction progress schedules, principally using bar (Gantt) charts. The level of detail for a construction progress schedule will depend on project size, complexity, time restriction, and Owner requirements. Refer to Section 01 32 16.16 - Construction Progress Schedule - Critical Path Method (CPM), for other forms of time management. |
| 01 33 00 | Submittal Procedures | Includes submissions of data or products to confirm or deny conformance to Contract Documents. Coordinate this Section with Section 01 79 00 - Demonstration and Training and Section 01 78 00 - Closeout Submittals. |
| 01 33 29 | Sustainable Design Reporting | This Section specifies the opportunities for verification of the performance requirements and expected results included in the Concept Design and specified in Section 01 47 15 - Sustainable Requirements: Construction. |
| 01 35 13.13 | Special Project Procedures for Airport Facilities | Movement of equipment and other special procedures that must be considered when construction is being carried out while the airport facility is in use. |
| 01 35 13.43 | Special Project Procedures for Contaminated Sites | Procedures associated with remediating contaminated sites after an initial assessment has determined that the site is contaminated. Use with section 01 35 29.13 - Health, Safety, And Emergency Response Procedures For Contaminated Sites. Site remediation sections dealing with specific remediation activities are specified elsewhere. |
| 01 35 13.93 | Special Project Procedures During COVID-19 Pandemic | This Section is written to address the particular viral transmission qualities of COVID-19. As viruses can mutate into different strains with different characteristics, consider this Section a work in progress that should reduce viral exposure risk, not eliminate it. |
| 01 35 21 | LEED Requirements | This Section describes the certification requirements for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design™ (LEED®), Green Building Rating System. |
| 01 35 29 | Health, Safety, and Emergency Response Procedures | This section includes administrative and procedural requirements for health, safety, and emergency responses. |
| 01 35 29.13 | Health, Safety, and Emergency Response Procedures for Contaminated Sites | This Section specifies detailed health and safety guidelines for hazardous construction type of projects. The guidelines are minimal requirements which are intended to provide for a safe and minimal risk working environment for personnel and to minimize impact of activities on the public and environment involving contact with hazardous materials. |
| 01 35 35 | DND Fire Safety Requirements | This Section describes Fire Safety requirements on Department of National Defence (DND) property. |
| 01 35 43 | Environmental Procedures | This section includes requirements related to development and management of a site-specific environmental protection plan. |
| 01 35 43.10 | Environmental Procedures - Bridges | This Section specifies the basic environmental procedures the Contractor must implement during the execution of bridge work. This Section is applicable for any in-water construction or maintenance projects including: dams, culverts, docks, decks, boathouses, and bridges. When necessary, change the Section title to suit the project-specific work result (e.g., Section 01 35 43.10 – Environmental Procedures – Dams). |
| 01 35 43.23 | Environmental Procedures for Watercourses | This section includes additional environmental procedures required when working on, or near, watercourses (rivers, streams, brooks, artificial water channels, etc.) beyond the requirements of Section 01 35 43 - Environmental Procedures. |
| 01 41 00 | Regulatory Requirements | Includes administrative requirements for use of reference standards/documents, permits, and for conformance to Codes and other regulatory requirements. |
| 01 43 00 | Quality Assurance | This Section describes administrative and procedural requirements for proactive prevention of defective work and to ensure building code compliance and conformance to Contract Documents before and during execution of Work. |
| 01 45 00 | Quality Control | Administrative and procedural requirements for reactive activities to verify that completed Contract Work (activities and elements) conform to Contract Documents requirements. |
| 01 47 15 | Sustainable Requirements: Construction | Initiatives for sustainable construction including choice of site, building materials and practices that contribute to indoor air quality and support green design. |
| 01 50 13 | Temporary Facilities and Controls for Dredging | Temporary facilities and controls for dredging. |
| 01 51 00 | Temporary Utilities | This Section describes procedures and requirements for temporary utilities that are erected then removed after the Project is complete. |
| 01 52 00 | Construction Facilities | Requirements of on-site areas and construction facilities to facilitate work while protecting the site and the public during construction. Includes installation and removal of facilities. |
| 01 55 26 | Traffic Control | Operational requirements and traffic control for heavy civil contracts when roadway traffic is to be accommodated during construction. |
| 01 56 00 | Temporary Barriers and Enclosures | Types of temporary barriers and enclosures used during construction as well as affected components such as traffic flow, fire routes and access to the site. |
| 01 57 00 | Temporary Controls | This Section describes temporary controls of soil erosion and sediment loss, control of pests, control of pollution entering the soil, prevention of pollution in stormwater, control of site dust, and site security. |
| 01 61 00 | Common Product Requirements | Covers related requirements, reference standards, quality, availability, storage, handling and protection, transportation, manufacturer's instructions, quality of work, coordination, concealment, remedial work, location of fixtures, fastenings (including equipment), protection of work in progress and existing utilities. |
| 01 71 00 | Examination and Preparation | This Section includes common examination requirements to determine if conditions are acceptable for completing the Work, common preparation requirements to incorporate work results into the Project, and land survey requirements to establish lines and levels of the Work. |
| 01 73 00 | Execution | This Section describes common requirements for installing, applying, and erecting new, pre-purchased, salvaged (for reuse), and owner-supplied products. It also describes procedures and submittals for cutting and patching to existing conditions. |
| 01 74 00 | Cleaning | This section includes requirements for maintaining the site in a clean and neat condition during the Project, and for final cleaning. This section does not describe disinfection of surfaces. |
| 01 74 19 | Waste Management and Disposal | This section describes requirements for construction waste management and disposal, and management of waste materials forming a part of a sustainable project. The section is written to match requirements for Canada Green Building Council’s (CaGBC) LEED® v4.0, and can be adapted for use with other sustainability certification programs or sustainable design methodologies. |
| 01 77 00 | Closeout Procedures | This section includes administrative processes for Contractor's inspection, Departmental Representative's/DCC Representative's/Consultant's review of Work, including specific task completions and correction of deficiencies and defects. |
| 01 78 00 | Closeout Submittals | Information regarding submittals for product and system information before project turnover. Includes information on inclusions in the project record documents, as-built documents and samples. |
| 01 79 00 | Demonstration and Training | Administrative requirements for training of operation and maintenance of various equipment and systems for owner's personnel including submittals and quality assurance procedures. |
| 01 79 00.13 | Demonstration and Training for Building Commissioning | This Section describes the training in architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical systems and equipment that is required to be provided to O&M personnel, plus Client, User, etc. as specified herein. |
| 01 91 13 | General Commissioning Requirements | This Section describes general requirements relating to the commissioning of all components, equipment, subsystems, systems and integrated systems. It does not describe commissioning of the building envelope. |
| 01 91 13.13 | Commissioning Plan | This Section describes the overall structure for the Commissioning of components, equipment, sub-systems, systems and integrated systems. |
| 01 91 13.16 | Commissioning Forms | Commissioning forms to be completed for equipment, system and integrated systems. |
| 01 92 00 | Facility Operation | This Section describes the requirements for the provision of those elements of the Building Management Manual, to be provided by the Contractor. The Building Management Manual explains: (1) what systems, equipment and components that have been incorporated into the building, (2) why these systems equipment and components were selected and (3) how the design and operating concepts of the sub-systems, systems, and integrated systems are accomplished. |
| 02 03 43 | Period Structure Relocating | This Section is applicable to buildings identified as having historic value relative to when it was constructed when compared to contemporary building methods. This Section can include RELATED REQUIREMENTS associated with conservation treatment, and selective demolition and salvage of building components. |
| 02 03 44 | Shoring and Support of Period Structures | Covers bracing of structures, excavations, and window and door openings, and shoring of structures, masonry arches, and columns for underpinning using structural wood and steel. |
| 02 22 10 | Existing Building Condition Assessments | The intent of this Section is to inform bidders that on Site building(s) conditions were assessed and an "Existing Building Conditions Assessment (BCA)" report will be provided to Contractor for review and evaluate the current Site conditions related to Project's scope of work under this Contract. |
| 02 25 29.23 | Roofing Investigations - Thermographic | This Section specifies Thermographic Assessment will reveal whether or not there is unexpected thermal bridging, air leakage, or convection owing to missing, incorrectly applied, or shifted insulation. It will also indicate moisture accumulations resulting from exfiltration of interior warm humid air or exterior water leaking into the roof system. Thermographic patterns can be recognized as thermal bridging, irregularities in insulation, air leakage, convection, or moisture accumulation by properly trained and experienced thermographers. |
| 02 26 00 | Hazardous Material Assessment | This Section includes assessments of existing Hazardous Materials conducted by a Qualified Person, before construction or demolition begins or if Hazardous Materials are encountered during the course of the work, as a project activity. This information is required for the Contractor to coordinate occupational health and safety requirements for workers and others on site. |
| 02 27 13 | Thermographic Assessment - Building Envelope | Thermographic assessment will reveal whether or not there is unexpected thermal bridging, air leakage, or convection owing to missing, incorrectly applied, or shifted insulation. It will also indicate moisture accumulations resulting from exfiltration of interior warm humid air or exterior water leaking into the building envelope. Thermographic patterns can be recognized as thermal bridging, irregularities in insulation, air leakage, convection, or moisture accumulation by properly trained and experienced thermographers. |
| 02 27 19 | Thermographic Assessment - Mechanical Equipment | Identifies thermally related anomalies moving parts, refractories, or heating and cooling equipment that is capable of direct line of sight inspection. Inspection is intended to identify anomalies relating to localized heating arising from worn bearings, misaligned drive belts, blocked valves, degraded refractory insulation or leaks in in-floor heating systems. |
| 02 27 23 | Thermographic Assessment - Electrical Systems | Identification of thermally related anomalies in AC or DC electrical equipment that is capable of direct line of sight inspection. Inspection is intended to identify anomalies relating to localized heating arising from abnormally warm connections with high resistance caused by poor, loose, improper, corroded, old, overtightened, dissimilar metal or dirty connections. |
| 02 41 13 | Selective Site Demolition | This section includes selective site demolition (such as pavements, site appurtenances, utilities, and similar components). This section may be used with Section 02 41 19.13 - Selective Building Demolition, or both sections may be replaced by Section 02 41 19 – Selective Demolition, to establish a complete description of expected demolition work results required for the Project. |
| 02 41 13.13 | Paving Removal | This Section includes removal of existing asphalt and concrete paving, and stockpiling requirements for reclaimed paving materials. |
| 02 41 16 | Structure Demolition | This section specifies demolition of structures, parts of structures, basements, and foundation walls. It does not include the removal of septic tanks and tanks containing petroleum products. Use Section 02 65 00 - Underground Storage Tank Removal. |
| 02 41 19 | Selective Demolition | This section specifies requirements for demolition or removal of selected items from buildings or sites. Items demolished or removed may be disposed of, reinstalled in the Work, or salvaged and turned over to the Owner. |
| 02 41 19.13 | Selective Building Demolition | Use this Section to specify selective building demolition only. (such as structural elements, exterior walls and roofs, mechanical and electrical equipment and similar components.) Section 02 41 19.16 – Selective Interior Demolition specifies requirements for removal of finishes and interior partitions. |
| 02 41 19.16 | Selective Interior Demolition | This Section specifies selective demolition of interior components of structures undergoing renovations and can be used in combination with other selective demolition section associated with site work and exterior components. |
| 02 41 20 | De-Commissioning and Removal of General Purpose (GP) Fume Hoods | Requires specialized personnel and management as asbestos is present. Emergency response plans to be in place due to hazardous materials. Includes removal of benches and cabinets around fume hoods. |
| 02 42 00 | Removal and Salvage of Construction Materials | This Section includes content for removal and salvage of construction materials, typically forming a preliminary component to other selective demolition activities. The intent of this Section is to provide the Contractor with a clear delineation between work that can be removed through the standard hammer and crowbar approach to demolition and deconstruction, and the more careful dismantling and removal process and making salvaged components usable for re-purposing within the building or for re use on a different project or site. |
| 02 42 13 | Deconstruction of Structures | This section specifies the Deconstruction of structures and parts of structures. Its purpose is to provide specifiers with the tools to incorporate specifications which stress the Salvage of building materials for Reuse or Recycling. This section does not provide a framework for analysis of the feasibility of Deconstruction. Prior to the use of this section every, effort should be made to assess the economic viability of Deconstruction and the degree (i.e. partial or total) to which it should be specified. Variables which will affect these decisions include the size, type, and age of the structure, the material composition of the structure, the quality and quantity of salvageable materials, the status of local Reuse and Recycling markets, and project time lines. This section does not specify the requirements and procedures of deconstructing entire structures for the purpose of re-erection (or parts thereof) elsewhere. |
| 02 42 19.48 | Carpeting Recycling | This Section specifies requirements and procedures for the removal of post-consumer sheet and tile carpeting for recycling. This Section is applicable for any carpet materials, including nylon, polypropylene (PP), polyester (PET), and natural fibres. |
| 02 50 00 | Site Remediation | This Section describes eight technology types of site remediation and associated work. Payment information as well as site conditions and sequencing of work are included. |
| 02 56 13 | Waste Containment | Provides references and definitions regarding types of toxic waste, associated submittals required and the delivery, storage and handling of these toxic materials. |
| 02 65 00 | Underground Storage Tank Removal | Removal of tanks and related piping to avoid contamination, maintain occupational health and safety during removal and dispose of tanks and their residues in a way that does not compromise soil or ground water. |
| 02 81 00 | Transportation and Disposal of Hazardous Materials | This section includes information regarding how to handle dangerous goods, hazardous material, and hazardous waste while on-site, and during transportation or removal. |
| 02 82 00.01 | Asbestos Abatement - Minimum Precautions | Requirements and procedures for asbestos abatement and installation of non-friable asbestos-containing materials, ceiling tiles of less than 7.5 square metres, and less than one square metre of drywall which contains asbestos containing joint compound. For asbestos abatement projects requiring greater precautions refer to Sections 02 82 00.02 - Asbestos Abatement - Intermediate Precautions and 02 82 00.03 - Asbestos Abatement - Maximum Precautions respectively. |
| 02 82 00.02 | Asbestos Abatement - Intermediate Precautions | Requirements and procedures for removal, encapsulation, disturbing, or enclosure of specified amounts of asbestos containing materials of the type described within. For asbestos abatement projects requiring lesser or greater precautions refer to Sections 02 82 00.01 - Asbestos Abatement - Minimum Precautions and 02 82 00.03 - Asbestos Abatement - Maximum Precautions, respectively. |
| 02 82 00.03 | Asbestos Abatement - Maximum Precautions | Requirements and procedures for removal, encapsulation, disturbing, or enclosure of asbestos-containing materials for projects requiring more extensive procedures than those specified in Section 02 82 00.01 - Asbestos Abatement - Minimum Precautions or Section 02 82 00.02 - Asbestos Abatement - Intermediate Precautions. These procedures may be required separately or in combination depending on the particular project. Includes definitions of asbestos-containing materials and procedures. |
| 02 83 10 | Lead-Based Paint Abatement - Minimum Precautions | This section includes requirements and procedures for removal of lead-based paint types described within. For lead abatement projects requiring greater precautions refer to Section 02 83 11 - Lead-Based Paint Abatement - Intermediate Precautions and Section 02 83 12 - Lead-Based Paint Abatement - Maximum Precautions. |
| 02 83 11 | Lead-Based Paint Abatement - Intermediate Precautions | This section describes requirements and procedures for removal of lead-based paint types described within. For lead abatement projects requiring lesser precautions refer to Section 02 83 10 - Lead-Based Paint Abatement - Minimum Precautions, and for lead abatement projects requiring greater precautions refer to Section 02 83 12 - Lead-Based Paint Abatement - Maximum Precautions. |
| 02 83 12 | Lead-Based Paint Abatement - Maximum Precautions | This section describes requirements and procedures for removal of lead-based paint types described within. For lead abatement projects requiring lesser precautions refer to Sections 02 83 10 - Lead-Based Paint Abatement - Minimum Precautions and 02 83 11 - Lead-Based Paint Abatement - Intermediate Precautions. |
| 02 84 00 | Polychlorinate Biphenyl Remediation | An environmentally hazardous substance, handling, storing, and cleaning contaminated areas is included as well as emergency response equipment and systems. |
| 02 87 13.13 | Precautions for Mould Remediation - Minimum Precautions | This Section specifies requirements and procedures for remediation of areas less than 1 to a maximum of 3 square meters and for small isolated areas of less than 1 square meter in the HVAC (heating ventilating and air-conditioning) system. For mould remediation projects requiring greater precautions refer to Sections 02 87 13.14 - Precaution for Mould Remediation - Medium Precautions and 02 87 13.15 - Precaution for Mould Remediation - Maximum Precautions respectively. |
| 02 87 13.14 | Precautions for Mould Remediation - Medium Precautions | This Section specifies requirements and procedures for remediation of intermediate isolated areas 3 to 10 square meters of mould contaminated materials. For mould remediation projects requiring lesser or greater precautions refer to Sections 02 87 13.13 - Precautions for Mould Remediation - Minimum Precautions and 02 87 13.15 - Precautions for Mould Remediation - Maximum Precautions respectively. |
| 02 87 13.15 | Precautions for Mould Remediation - Maximum Precautions | This Section specifies requirements and procedures for remediation of extensive mould contamination greater than 10 contiguous square meters in an area and for areas greater than 1 square meter in a HVAC system. For mould remediation projects requiring lesser precautions refer to Sections 02 87 13.13 - Precautions for Mould Remediation - Minimum Precautions and 02 87 13.14 - Precautions for Mould Remediation - Medium Precautions respectively. |
| 03 01 37 | Concrete Restoration | This section includes concrete restoration procedures including the design and performance requirements for general concrete surfaces such as lighthouse station towers and walls or parking garage slabs-on-grade and decks. |
| 03 01 40.51 | Cleaning of Precast Concrete | This section specifies the regulatory requirements, preparations, tests and procedures to implement on site cleaning of exterior precast concrete and concrete surfaces by using water pressure washing method. |
| 03 10 00 | Concrete Forming and Accessories | This section includes materials for wood, pan and tubular forms, form ties, liners and release agents as well as their fabrication, erection, removal and reuse. |
| 03 11 19 | Insulating Concrete Forming | This section specifies insulated concrete forms comprised of mechanically-interlocked rigid board polystyrene insulation panels, plastic web spacers, plastic inserts, reinforcement mounting, and concrete accessories. |
| 03 20 00 | Concrete Reinforcing | This Section specifies concrete reinforcing materials, their fabrication, and placement. |
| 03 30 00 | Cast-in-Place Concrete | This Section describes two alternatives for specifying concrete: performance method and prescriptive method. This Section also describes materials, mix design, accessories, preparation, concrete placement and finishing, concrete toppings, and verification for cast-in-place concrete. |
| 03 31 23.13 | High-Performance Structural Concrete for Bridge Decks | This Section includes materials and construction for concrete bridge decks including protection and special techniques. |
| 03 35 00 | Concrete Finishing | This section describes concrete curing agents and colour additives. Various other types of concrete finishing could be included. |
| 03 35 46 | Concrete Topical Treatments | This section includes concrete floor hardeners, slip-resistant treatments, sealing compounds, and densifying compounds. Does not include concrete toppings. |
| 03 37 13 | Shotcrete | This Section describes the requirements for production and application of Portland cement concrete conveyed through a hose and applied by pneumatic projection through a spray nozzle. |
| 03 37 26 | Underwater Placed Concrete | This Section describes mix components and methods for concrete placed underwater. |
| 03 41 00 | Precast Structural Concrete | This Section specifies Products of Standard or special shape that are reinforced using steel reinforcement, prestressed by pre-tensioning or post-tensioning, and through application to become an integral structural part of the project. These products are normally produced using grey cement and usually have no special architectural finish. |
| 03 41 36 | Precast Structural Post-Tensioned Concrete | This Section describes administrative procedures, materials and some installation requirements for plant precast structural members, which are post-tensioned on-site. |
| 03 45 00 | Precast Architectural Concrete | This Section describes materials and methods used to create, secure and finish precast architectural concrete to meet design and performance requirements. |
| 03 48 00 | Precast Concrete Specialties | This section includes materials, concrete mixes, fabrication and installation for several types of precast concrete products (for example, precast concrete bollards, precast concrete splash blocks, precast concrete stair treads, precast concrete parking bumpers, precast pre-framed concrete panels, and precast concrete trim) and parking curbs. |
| 03 60 10 | Pressure Grouting Rock | This Section specifies the requirements and operations for pressure grouting mix applications to fill voids, seams and fractures in bedrock and upper portions of existing concrete structure. |
| 03 64 00 | Injection Grouting | This section includes instructions for concrete crack repair using epoxy injection grouting. |
| 04 01 20.93 | Testing and Sampling Brick Units for Restoration | Samples of new and existing brick are subjected to various tests and procedures to ensure quality and conformity with the historic structure. |
| 04 03 01.13 | Period Masonry Cleaning | Describes the type of masonry material and soiling, the performance requirements and the number and description of stages when they start and finish. |
| 04 03 05.13 | Period Masonry Mortaring | This Section describes types of mortar used on historic projects to match existing. |
| 04 03 05.16 | Period Masonry Grouting | Types of grout mixes and how they are to be used on projects including equipment used and execution of work. |
| 04 03 05.21 | Period Masonry Repointing | Site conditions and quality assurance when repointing historic masonry and protection for new and existing brick and mortar during this process. |
| 04 03 21.19 | Clay Brick Conservation Treatment | Process and materials for selecting desired bricks and executing repair work including removing and salvaging old brick material. |
| 04 03 21.26 | Period Glazed Structural Clay Facing Tile Repair | This specification covers the repair to period glazed structural clay facing tile made from clay, shale, fire-clay, or mixtures thereof, with or without the addition of grog or other mixtures, having a finish consisting of a ceramic glaze fused to the body at above 1500°F (655°C) making them inseparable, excluding natural salt-glazed ware. |
| 04 03 43.13 | Period Stone Repairing | Obtain suitable replacement stones and/or mixes of filling, adhesive, mortar and/or plastic to repair stones. Quality assurance emphasizes knowledge of historic restoration. |
| 04 03 43.16 | Period Stone Replacing | Replace stone with suitable substitute based on characteristics outlined. Fabricate stone to fit with existing structure and complete replacement using mortar and accessories. |
| 04 03 43.19 | Period Stone Dismantling | Assumes labour, supervision and monitoring is performed by qualified professionals when dismantling stone masonry to ensure no damage is done to the historic fabric of the surrounding structure. Offers methods and techniques to remove stone masonry. |
| 04 05 00 | Common Work Results for Masonry | This Section can be included with any kind of masonry work. Includes general information regarding installation, joints, protection, and cleaning along with coordination with other masonry Sections. |
| 04 05 13 | Masonry Mortaring and Grouting | Covers mortar and grout mixes, including colour additives and admixtures, along with placement and field quality control. |
| 04 05 19 | Masonry Anchorage and Reinforcing | Coordinate with contract drawings by structural design engineer for masonry reinforcement and connector details. Includes bar reinforcement, connectors, corrosion protection, fasteners, ties, anchors, conventional bolts and adhesive anchors. |
| 04 05 23 | Masonry Accessories | Includes movement joint filler, lap adhesive, weep hole vents, mechanical fasteners, brick vents, moisture control accessories and flashings. |
| 04 20 00.08 | Masonry for Minor Works | This section includes masonry assemblies consisting of brick and block unit masonry, mortar and grout, connectors, anchorage and reinforcing, and accessories. This section includes modifications to existing masonry assemblies. |
| 04 21 13 | Brick Masonry | Covers materials and installation of manufactured units of face brick, backup brick, reinforcement, connectors, flashings, mortar mixes, grout mixes, and cleaning compounds. Coordinate with associated sections for further detailing. |
| 04 21 19 | Clay Tile Masonry | Includes structural clay load and non-load bearing tile, ceramic glazed clay facing tile and structural clay facing tile. |
| 04 22 00 | Concrete Unit Masonry | Covers reinforcement, connectors, flashing, mortar mixes, grout mixes, cleaning compounds and tolerances. |
| 04 23 00 | Glass Unit Masonry | Includes various glass block unit masonry, plain and decorative designs and joints. Outlines restrictions on height and fire rated separations. |
| 04 43 13 | Marble Veneer Cladding | Includes materials, accessories and finishes used for various applications along with installation instructions. Coordinate with sections 07 19 00 - Water Repellents and 07 92 00 - Joint Sealants. |
| 04 43 16 | Granite Veneer Cladding | Be aware of potential radon contamination of materials. Coordinate with drawings for anchor placement. Mortar and adhesive materials, grout, accessories and finishes included. |
| 04 43 19 | Collected Stone Veneer Cladding | Includes limestone, sandstone, granite, marble, and field stone. Be aware of potential radon contamination of materials. Install using anchors and ties, mortar and grout, sealants, flashings and finishes best suited for project. |
| 04 43 23 | Quarried Stone Veneer Cladding | Includes limestone and sandstone. Be aware of potential radon contamination of materials and high VOC content within adhesives. Prepare and install per instructions. |
| 04 43 26 | Dimension Stone Veneer Cladding | Utilizing stone or manufactured units, the option for a performance-based specification is available if required by the project. Fabrication, fabrication tolerances and the setting of stones are also included. |
| 04 71 13 | Calcium Silicate Manufactured Brick Masonry | Describes calcium silicate brick, and includes units used as an non-loadbearing, single wythe veneer and cavity construction; including mortar and related accessories. Calcium silicate bricks are not recommended for use below grade or in areas where they will be exposed to de-icing salts. |
| 04 71 13.13 | Prefaced Calcium Silicate Manufactured Brick Masonry | Calcium silicate unit masonry is not recommended for use below grade or in areas where the units will be exposed to de-icing salts. |
| 04 73 13 | Calcium Silicate Manufactured Stone Masonry | Calcium silicate building stone is not recommended below grade or in areas where it will be exposed to de-icing salts. |
| 05 12 23 | Structural Steel for Buildings | Structural sections as indicated on drawings and non-standard stairs not included in Section 05 51 00 - Metal Stairs and Ladders. Refer to references for structural requirements regarding design details and connections. |
| 05 12 33 | Structural Steel for Bridges | This section describes structural steel for bridges or very similar dynamically loaded types of structures. It does not describe structural steel for buildings. |
| 05 14 00 | Structural Aluminum Framing | Utilize as indicated on structural drawings for building framing. Does not include light gauge products, piping, cranes, radio and television towers, bridges or transmission towers. |
| 05 21 00 | Steel Joist Framing | Includes the materials, fabrication and erection of steel joists. |
| 05 31 00 | Steel Decking | Details design criteria, materials including acoustic insulation, closures, and cover plates, types of decking, installation and erection. |
| 05 41 00 | Structural Metal Stud Framing | Includes wind-bearing steel stud systems, erection, erection tolerances, and cutouts. Does not include lightweight steel framing systems with axial loadbearing studs with joist and rafters. |
| 05 50 00 | Metal Fabrications | This section describes custom fabrication of metal items from standard metal shapes, including angle lintels, pipe railings, corner guards, access ladders, trench covers and frames, channel frames, and shop applied finishes (priming, painting, isolation coating). |
| 05 51 00 | Metal Stairs and Ladders | Covers industrial, service and commercial steel stairs; includes metal stair items that may be required for a project. Items specified in this section are examples. Examine pedestrian bridges. |
| 05 52 16 | Modular Workplace Guardrail System | Pre-engineered manufactured modular guardrail assemblies, permanently fixed or free-standing, located for worker safety at roof or platform edges, around openings such as roof hatches, unprotected skylights and around operating machinery in industrial or commercial establishments. Modular workplace guardrails do not meet all building code requirements for guards in areas accessible by the general public. |
| 06 03 01.31 | Period Wood Storage and Protection | Procedures for the storage and protection of wood; not specifically for the drying of wood. |
| 06 03 05.73 | Long-Term Period Wood Treatment | Follow federal, provincial and municipal regulations to ensure the safe use of wood preservatives and other pesticides during delivery, storage and handling, application, cleaning, and disposal. |
| 06 03 05.74 | Eradication of Insects in Period Wood | Procedures for use of insecticides in two circumstances: 1) application by Contractor for insect eradication work only; 2) application by Contractor as part of larger contract for conservation or restoration work. Can also be used for work by departmental staff. Insert the required text from this Section into applicable technical Sections as it should not be used as a separate Section in a project specification. |
| 06 03 05.75 | Antiseptic Treatment of Period Wood | Offers approved solution options for antiseptic treatment of wood. Includes required approvals, coatings, and execution for various conditions and treatments. |
| 06 03 13 | Conservation Treatment of Period Log Construction | Covers horizontal log walling and partitioning. Does not include other major types of log construction, i.e. post-and-plank, also referred to as Red River Frame or pièce-sur-pièce (a heavy timber frame with log infill), stave wall (logs set vertically), or stove wood/stackwall (short lengths laid horizontally as on wood pile). |
| 06 03 13.23 | Conservation Treatment of Period Heavy Timber | Structural wood elements. |
| 06 03 50.13 | Carvel Planking | Covers the repair of carvel planking on historic vessels and includes providing materials and physical work necessary to fit and install planking indicated. |
| 06 03 50.16 | Steam Bending and Replacement of Curved Wood Members | Techniques, materials and apparatus for the forming of wooden members by steam bending to be used in reconstruction or restoration of period structures. |
| 06 03 50.19 | Caulking Period Vessels | Used between hull planks on historic vessels in dry dock, caulking is performed after structural repairs are completed. |
| 06 05 73 | Wood Treatment | This section specifies products treated with preservatives and fire retardants by pressure impregnation. It also specifies corrosion protection requirements for hardware used in conjunction with treated wood. Note that both structural and ground contact treated wood must be incised. In addition, some large wood members may require incising to ensure adequate penetration, which will affect appearance. |
| 06 08 99 | Rough Carpentry for Minor Works | Intended for Government - Minor Works contracts; an abridged version of Sections 06 05 73 – Wood Treatment and 06 10 53 – Miscellaneous Rough Carpentry. |
| 06 10 53 | Miscellaneous Rough Carpentry | Wood frame construction of walls, floors, partitions and roofs using solid lumber, engineered wood products, and wood based panel products - includes preserved wood foundations. Furring, blocking, nailing strips, curbs, cants, grounds, rough bucks, fascia backing, sleepers, backer boards and panels to be provided as required for the project. |
| 06 14 00 | Treated Wood Foundations | This section includes treated wood support structures used for foundations. |
| 06 15 00 | Wood Decking | This Section includes flooring and decking using lumber and timber, including interior wood decking and exterior wood patio decking. Wood materials include North American hardwood and softwood species, naturally durable species, furfurylated wood, acetylated wood, and thermally-modified wood. In North America, "timber decking" and "lumber decking" are typically used interchangeably, though some use "lumber" to describe smaller/thinner boards and "timber" to describe larger/thicker boards. This Section does not include plastic decking or composite decking. |
| 06 17 00 | Shop-Fabricated Structural Wood | This Section does not include requirements for custom engineered, delegated design connections. If needed, the requirements are covered in RELATED REQUIREMENTS in this Section. Typically used as a deliverable responsibility of Glued-Laminated Timber or Heavy Timber/Timber Framing that picks up the structural supports required for shop-fabricated structural wood components. |
| 06 17 53 | Shop-Fabricated Wood Trusses | Designed by a Structural Engineer for proper application given project criteria. Includes design requirements, materials, fabrication and erection. |
| 06 18 00 | Glued-Laminated Construction | Includes laminating stock, adhesive, fasteners, etc. for glued-laminated structural units, including fabrication and erection. |
| 06 20 00 | Finish Carpentry | Wood based finishing products purchased ready-made and installed by finish carpenter with minimal fabrication. Includes standard pattern wood trim, mouldings and millwork; standard paneling, shelving and related products; standard profile board paneling. Includes fasteners, adhesives, wood treatment, and accessory hardware. |
| 06 40 00 | Architectural Woodwork | Shop-fabricated wood, veneer and laminate-clad and simulated wood cabinets, cases, shelving and fixtures; cabinet hardware; countertops; sinks integral with countertops; decorative metal trim for casework; casework structural supports; shop applied finishes. |
| 06 40 23.13 | Plastic Laminate Finishing for Interior Architectural Woodwork | This section includes plastic laminate materials, substrates, and fabrication including high pressure laminates (HPLs) and compact laminates (CGS). Plastic laminate finishes may be used in refurbishing applications or applying plastic laminate surfaces on site. This section does not include plastic laminate faced doors; refer to Section 08 14 00 - Wood Doors. |
| 06 41 93 | Cabinet and Miscellaneous Hardware | This Section contains requirements of Architectural Hardware for custom fabricated millwork. |
| 06 83 16 | Fibreglass Reinforced Panelling | Glass fibre reinforced plastic wall and ceiling panels used primarily as a sanitary finish. Commonly used in food establishments (eg. restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, or food processing plants), hospitals, schools, and car washes. This Section does not include PVC wall panelling. |
| 07 03 30.13 | Conservation Treatment for Period Canvas Roofing | Canvas roofs have been used for small ornate roofs of unusual shape or section which are difficult to cover. They are also used for roofs of low pitch which are intended for walking on, porch roofs and floors. Weather decks of ships and boats are also covered with canvas. Use in conjunction with standard drawings of A and E Canada/PWC, AOR-0501, AOR-0502, AOR-0503 and AOR-0503-A. |
| 07 03 30.16 | Conservation Treatment for Period Board Roofing | This Section specifies boards applied to roofs of historic buildings as the roof covering. |
| 07 03 31.26 | Conservation Treatment for Period Slate Shingles | Describes slate applied as only a finish to roofs of historic buildings. For convenience, flashing is specified in this Section in a simplified manner. Specific seaming details, cleating patterns and specific accessories for flashing have not been included. Where flashing is elaborate or impacts the design of the roof, a separate specification Section is recommended. |
| 07 03 31.29 | Conservation Treatment for Period Wood Shingles and Shakes | Types of shingles and shake roofing used for historic purposes with associated components to achieve desired results utilizing modern materials for walls and roofing. Warranty is extended to 24 months. |
| 07 03 32.16 | Conservation Treatment for Period Concrete Roof Tiles | Describes installation requirements of a roof covering made up of small concrete units which are shingles, slates, or tiles. The life span of this type of roof is expected to be approximately 60 years. |
| 07 03 33.13 | Conservation Treatment for Period Sod Roofing | Describes sod materials for use as overlay on roofs of historic structures. There is no known single method of sod roofing. Sod roofing overlay is a technique made up of a range of methods rather than one single form, with adaptations developed for variations in geography, climate, resources, roof style and of course the skills of the tradesperson. Adapt as required to suit the historic usage at a particular site. |
| 07 03 41.13 | Conservation Treatment for Period Metal Roof Panels | Describes architectural sheet metal roofing systems, including types of seams and installation methods to secure roofing, except for pre-formed sheet metal roofing (corrugated iron or steel shingles). |
| 07 03 61.21 | Period Copper Sheet Roof Repair | Use as a guide to specify boards applied to metal roofs of historic buildings. |
| 07 03 61.24 | Period Copper Sheet Roof Replacing | Describes copper sheet roofing type repairs involving copper sheets of varying thickness and alloy, soldered or mechanically crimped seams, used on steep, standard, low-slope flat building roofs, flat seam, standing seam, and batten seam roofing. |
| 07 08 13 | Building Enclosure Performance Testing | This Section describes the Constructor's role in providing a quality management program, and their contributions for testing and inspection programs necessary for the successful installation of materials, components and assemblies forming the building enclosure. |
| 07 11 13 | Bituminous Dampproofing | Utilize manufacturer's instructions during handling, assessing site conditions, and during application of asphalt, sealing compound and asphalt primer. Workmanship, preparation and application included. |
| 07 12 13 | Built-up Asphalt Waterproofing | Used for both horizontal and vertical applications. Covers design criteria and the application of included layers. This Section specifies built-up asphalt waterproofing used for waterproofing of both horizontal and vertical surfaces. |
| 07 13 52 | Modified Bituminous Sheet Waterproofing | Covers design criteria and the application of included layers. This Section was derived from Section 07 52 00 - Modified Bituminous Membrane Roofing in order to specifically address waterproofing. |
| 07 13 53 | Elastomeric Sheet Waterproofing | Covers ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) used for waterproofing of both horizontal and vertical surfaces. |
| 07 14 13 | Hot Fluid-Applied Rubberized Asphalt Waterproofing | Covers hot applied rubberized asphalt used for waterproofing in a protected membrane assembly. Also includes sheathing materials, insulation, ballast and installation. |
| 07 16 19 | Metal Oxide Waterproofing | Includes material and mixes for metal oxide waterproofing and their application. |
| 07 17 13 | Bentonite Panel Waterproofing | Covers corrugated paper panel systems filled with bentonite clay and accessories for waterproofing. |
| 07 18 00 | Traffic Coatings | Materials, preparation, installation and testing for topping membranes. |
| 07 19 00 | Water Repellents | Confirm specified water repellent(s) are permitted by air pollution ordinances and suit project requirements. Follow manufacturer's instructions. |
| 07 21 13 | Board Insulation | Covers various forms of board insulation and their installation including perimeter foundation, underslab, cavity wall and roof. |
| 07 21 16 | Blanket Insulation | Covers batt and blanket insulation including accessories and installation. |
| 07 21 23 | Loose-Fill Insulation | This Section describes types of loose fill insulation and their various installation methods. |
| 07 21 26.13 | Blown Insulation - Cellulose | Chemically impregnated pure cellulose fibres and their application for thermal insulation. |
| 07 21 26.16 | Blown Insulation - Mineral Fibre | This Section covers materials, protection and application. Use precautionary measures to minimize risk of contamination within mechanical systems and to protect air quality. |
| 07 21 29 | Sprayed Insulation | This section includes requirements for spray polyurethane foam air and vapour seal system, and other components to bridge and seal the following air leakage pathways and gaps between . |
| 07 24 00 | Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems | Covers components and installation for systems above and below grade. Includes sills and horizontal projections. |
| 07 24 10.01 | Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems - Panelized | This section covers pre-manufactured cladding created as panels connect to framing components by fasteners to create an effective exterior wall system. |
| 07 24 23 | Direct-Applied Finish Systems | This Section covers modified polymer (soft) coat wall system with the use of accessories, joints, mesh and base coat application, and finish coat application. |
| 07 26 00 | Vapour Retarders | Install sheet vapour barriers utilizing accessories. Installation includes exterior surface openings, perimeter seals, lap joint seals and around electrical boxes. |
| 07 27 00.01 | Air Barriers - Descriptive or Proprietary | Specifies air barrier materials and systems. Air barrier systems are assemblies "installed to provide a continuous barrier to the movement of air" (NBC 2020). This Section does not include materials and systems that are vapour retarders only. Includes various materials and methods used to create a building enclosure air barrier and to seal spaces between adjacent materials or components forming wall or roof openings. Intended to complement other air barrier material or component Sections, such as Sections 08 11 16 - Aluminum Doors and Frames,08 11 19 - Stainless Steel Doors and Frames, 08 50 00 - Windows, and 09 21 16 - Gypsum Board Assemblies. Includes proprietary-, descriptive-, and reference-type specifications; edit to use only one type to avoid conflicting requirements. |
| 07 27 00.02 | Air Barriers - Performance | Identifies performance criteria for contractors to use as a benchmark for construction of a complete enclosure air/vapour barrier. Materials used to accomplish these performance objectives are left to the prerogative of the contractors. Individual specification sections will reference this section for required performance criteria. Testing and verification of specified criteria should be described in a specially written Section. Includes a performance specification; do not add manufacturers names or prescriptive specifications; these methods are addressed in Section 07 27 00.01 - Air Barriers - Descriptive or Proprietary. |
| 07 31 13 | Asphalt Shingles | Coordinate with drawings for pattern details. Includes removal of existing roofing and application. |
| 07 31 29 | Wood Shingles and Shakes | Types and application of wood shingles and shakes for roofing and wall siding. |
| 07 41 16 | Insulated Metal Roof Panels | This Section describes prefabricated insulated metal roof panels composed of two single-skin metal facings bonded to a thermal insulation core, and may include a site-applied single-ply roofing membrane. The thermal insulation core may be polyurethane, polyisocyanurate, or other material depending on the manufacturer. Panels are sealed together at side laps and to the substructure at all perimeter boundaries, providing an integral air barrier. |
| 07 42 13.13 | Formed Metal Wall Panels | Focusing on steel and aluminum, materials and components are integrated to meet project design requirements. Site or shop assembled options given. |
| 07 42 43 | Composite Wall Panels | Specifies a composite panel material composed of two sheets of metal bonded to a low density thermoplastic or polyethylene core. The metal sheets can be aluminum with an anodized or painted finish, or stainless steel. The panels are attached to each other and to the substrate with extruded fasteners which can be either a continuous edge grip method or a rout and return method. Attachment methods should be checked with manufacturer. |
| 07 42 46 | Cementitious Wall Panels | Wall cladding system consisting of fibre-reinforced cementitious panels and support system as indicated. |
| 07 46 16 | Aluminum Siding | Outlines aluminum cladding components (strip siding, soffit, profile, fascia facings and exposed trim), fasteners, caulking, sheathing paper and accessories used and includes installation. |
| 07 46 19 | Steel Siding | This section includes steel siding, soffits, and related components (strip siding, flashings and trims), fasteners, sealants, sheathing paper and accessories used, and includes installation. |
| 07 46 23 | Wood Siding | Covers lumber siding, specialty panels, plywood siding, and hardboard siding and accessories. Includes exterior wall sheathing paper, fasteners and sealants. |
| 07 46 33 | Plastic Siding | Describes rigid vinyl used with accessories, sheathing paper, sealants, fasteners and sheet metal. |
| 07 51 00 | Built-up Bituminous Roofing | Covers bituminous built-up roofing (BUR) in either conventional membrane roofing (CMR) or protected membrane roofing (PMR) systems. |
| 07 52 00 | Modified Bituminous Membrane Roofing | Covers modified bituminous roofing used in both conventional membrane roofing (CMR) and protected membrane roofing (PMR) systems. |
| 07 53 23 | Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Roofing | Used in conventional membrane roofing and protected membrane roofing systems. Offers options to create a roofing system utilizing various components with an emphasis on the type of EPDM sheet membrane. |
| 07 54 19 | Polyvinyl-Chloride Roofing | Used in conventional membrane roofing and protected membrane roofing systems. Offers options to create a roofing system utilizing various components with an emphasis on the type of flexible polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheet membrane. |
| 07 55 56 | Fluid-Applied Protected Membrane Roofing | This section describes an inverted roof membrane assembly (IRMA) where insulation and other surfacing materials are installed over a fabric-reinforced, fluid-applied membrane. |
| 07 55 63 | Vegetated Protected Membrane Roofing | This Section describes a two ply reinforced modified bituminous roofing membrane and associated materials intended to be used for Inverted Green Roof applications where trees, shrubs, ground cover, grass, and walking pavers are used at a roof top area. |
| 07 56 13 | Hot Fluid-Applied Rubberized Asphalt Roofing | Ensure chosen components are compatible with each other and adjacent materials. Covers various roofing systems utilizing hot, fluid applied, rubberized asphalt membrane with surface conditioner, root protection layer, and primary insulation. This section includes materials for a vegetated garden roof assembly. |
| 07 61 00 | Sheet Metal Roofing | Section includes custom fabricated or formed on site architectural sheet metal roofing, composed of single layer of metal sheets (standing seam, batten seam, and flat seam) installed over structural substrate. Common materials include copper, aluminum, or steel sheet metal. Includes built-in gutters. Architectural sheet metal roof systems are designed to rapidly shed water, so seams do not need to be watertight. Adequate slope is required to shed water (3:12 is recommended minimum). NBC 2020 (9.26.3.1) require a minimum slope of 3:12 for profiled metal roofing, except where the manufacturer’s design is for low-slope applications. Architectural sheet metal panel roofs require a solid substrate. |
| 07 62 00 | Sheet Metal Flashing and Trim | This section includes shop and site-formed accessories and trim; may include metal flashing for masonry. Includes custom sheet metal fabrications including parapet flashings, base and counter flashings, wall transition flashings, flashing at openings, closures and trim, vent pipe and chimney flashings, gutters, downspouts, and similar sheet metal fabrications in connection with roofing and wall cladding. Products may be fabricated using prefinished steel, galvanized steel, aluminum, copper, weathering steel, or stainless steel. |
| 07 71 29 | Manufactured Roof Expansion Joints | This Section includes products to protect the exterior sides of expansion joints in roof assemblies from moisture and weather infiltration. This Section does not include expansion joint cover assemblies made up of multiple components and sheet metal covers – see instead Section 07 95 13 – Expansion Joint Cover Assemblies. |
| 07 72 33 | Roof Hatches | This Section includes manufactured roof hatches fabricated with hatch covers and curbed frames. This Section also includes roof hatch safety railing systems. This Section does not include explosion-, heat-or smoke-venting units. |
| 07 81 00 | Applied Fire Protection | This Section includes sprayed-on mineral fibre fire protection and sprayed-on cementitious fire protection. |
| 07 81 23 | Intumescent Fire Protection | This Section includes surface preparation and application of a thin film spray-on intumescent fire resistant material on exterior and interior steel and wood. |
| 07 84 00 | Firestopping | This Section specifies fire stop and smoke seal systems consisting of a material, component and means of support used to close off or fill openings or penetrations in a wall or floor assembly where penetration is by cables, cable trays, conduits, ducts, pipes poking through termination devices (e.g. electrical outlet boxes) or structural components along with their means of support through the wall or the floor opening. Intended to be used in specifications for buildings conforming to Part 3 and Part 9 of National Building Code of Canada (NBC). |
| 07 92 00 | Joint Sealants | This section includes elastomeric and rigid joint sealants, and related accessories such as joint fillers and backer rod, and joint sealants to provide acoustical isolation. Includes preparation of surface to be sealed, application and cleaning using various types of joint sealants. This section can be used for work indicated and as a source of text for inclusion in other sections where sealants are required. |
| 07 95 13 | Expansion Joint Cover Assemblies | This Section includes interior and exterior manufactured expansion joint cover assemblies, including frames, covers, and gaskets. Can include expansion joints exposed to pedestrian or vehicular traffic, and at fire-resistance rated assemblies. This Section can be included on a project as a standalone Section or it can be used as a source for text to include in other Sections as an Accessory to the other work result. |
| 08 03 11 | Historic - Period Wood Doors | For the reproduction of historic doors offering various types of materials and techniques to finish components for appropriate replications. This Section can be used to specify reproduction of historic transom, fanlight, and sidelight sash/panels. |
| 08 03 14.33 | Conservation Treatment for Period Stile and Rail Wood Doors | Can be used to specify reproduction of historic transom, fanlight and sidelight sash/panels. |
| 08 03 51.23 | Conservation Treatment for Period Steel Windows | Includes both repairs to windows in-situ and to the removal, shop repair and re-installation of windows. Techniques described in this Section are not suitable for stainless steel and non-ferrous metals. |
| 08 03 52 | Conservation Treatment for Period Wood Windows | This Section specifies reproduction of historic handmade windows for custom fabrication in a joinery shop. This Section can also be used to specify reproduction of historic transom, fanlight and sashes. |
| 08 10 69 | Storm Doors and Frames | Describes storm doors and frames of various materials (steel, aluminum, wood, and plastic) primarily for residential construction installed as a secondary storm product. Does not include combination doors (prime door with a storm door affixed to the exterior face of the assembly) as a single manufactured unit. |
| 08 11 13 | Hollow Metal Doors and Frames | Describes hollow metal steel door fabrication and other types of metal frame construction to satisfy project requirements. Includes frame and door installation. |
| 08 11 16 | Aluminum Doors and Frames | This Section includes aluminum doors (entrances), frames, sidelights, and transoms used in storefronts, vestibules, and interior applications. They are considered door systems in this Section. Include any related coordination with adjacent components such as air barriers and vapour retarders. Coordinate with Section 08 80 00 - Glazing for glass and glazing components. |
| 08 11 19 | Stainless-Steel Doors and Frames | Specifies stainless steel doors, frames, sidelights and transoms used in storefront, entrance, vestibule and interior applications. Check manufacturers literature for recommended hardware and if it is to be provided as part of the door, specify in this section; and if not, specify in Section 08 71 00 - Doors Hardware. Include any related components such as air barriers, vapour retarders, door adapters, intake or exhaust louvers. Coordinate with and specify glass and glazing components in Section 08 80 00 - Glazing. |
| 08 11 73 | Sliding Metal Fire Doors | This Section includes electrically-and manually-operated horizontal metal fire doors. |
| 08 14 00 | Wood Doors | Specifies wood veneer flush wood doors, plastic laminate faced flush wood doors, also stile and rail wood doors. It's based primarily on the NAAWS standard. Pre-hung doors are not described in this Section. |
| 08 14 73 | Sliding Wood and Plastic Doors | Describes exterior sliding wood and plastic doors and frames, can include screens or glass. |
| 08 31 00 | Access Doors and Panels | This Section describes access doors and panels used in concealed mechanical equipment to allow inspecting, adjusting, balancing, and maintenance. It does not include roof access hatches, manhole covers, fire dampers, or access doors/hatches integral to manufactured equipment. |
| 08 33 00 | Overhead Coiling Doors and Grilles | This Section specifies overhead coiling doors of narrow horizontal slats, operating vertically (rolling up at head of opening) and in wall openings for traffic purposes (human and vehicular). This includes fire rated rolling doors and grilles serving as security barriers. |
| 08 33 13 | Coiling Counter Doors | This section includes coiling (rolling) doors above a counter. Narrow horizontal curtain slats of galvanized steel, aluminum, stainless steel, or wood curtain materials, operating vertically; coiling up at the head of the wall opening. It describes manual push operation, manual crank operation, and motorized operation. It describes non-fire-rated coiling counter doors and service counter fire doors. |
| 08 33 36 | Side Coiling Grilles | This section includes side sliding grilles and closures which function as security barriers. This section does not include counter height rolling shutters and overhead coiling doors and grilles; these are specified in Section 08 33 00 - Overhead Coiling Doors and Grilles and Section 08 33 13 - Coiling Counter Doors. Side coiling grilles and closures may be specified with coiling partitions in Division 10, when both are on the project, and are scheduled to have similar finishes and hardware. |
| 08 34 59.13 | Vault Doors and Frames | Covers doors, frames, locking devices, finishes and trim. Ensure vault area accommodates rolling, heavy loads. |
| 08 35 13.13 | Accordion Folding Doors | This section includes folding doors (faces, cores, and hinges), track and hanger assemblies, hardware, and finishes. This section also includes acoustically rated doors. |
| 08 35 13.33 | Panel Folding Doors | Includes folding doors (face, core and hinges), track and hanger assembly, hardware and finishes. Covers acoustical rated doors. |
| 08 36 13.13 | Sectional Wood Doors | This Section describes wooden overhead operating doors consisting of hinged sections. |
| 08 36 13.16 | Sectional Metal Doors | This Section specifies metal overhead operating doors consisting of hinged sections, approximately 610 mm high. Overhead hardware door is specified by the 4 commonly available service types based in usage; heavy and standard duty industrial service hardware, commercial service hardware, and residential service hardware. Included in this Section are accessories, metal finishes, electrical operation and installation requirements. |
| 08 36 13.19 | Sectional Plastic Doors | This Section specifies commercial grade plastic overhead doors made of aluminum extrusions and double skinned plastic, single plastic or fibreglass hinged panels. |
| 08 36 19 | Multi-Leaf Vertical Lift Doors | Covers exterior door assemblies and those with thermal installation using steel or aluminum. Includes doors, guides, weight box, counterbalance, electrical operator, and accessories. |
| 08 36 19.13 | Multi-Leaf Vertical Lift Wood Doors | Design requirements cover exterior door assemblies and those with thermal installation using wood. Includes doors, hardware, operations and electrical operator. |
| 08 36 19.16 | Multi-Leaf Vertical Lift Metal Doors | Design requirements cover exterior door assemblies and those with thermal installation using steel or aluminum. Includes doors, hardware, and electrical operator. |
| 08 38 16 | Flexible Traffic Doors | This section describes reinforced flexible rubber or polyvinyl chloride, flexible clear polyvinyl chloride or vision panels, flexible traffic doors are created with the use of hardware and accessories to suit project requirements. |
| 08 42 26.33 | Swinging All Glass Entrances | Specifies tempered safety glass doors, sidelights, and transoms without stiles. |
| 08 42 29 | Automatic Entrances | This Section specifies automatic entrance doors (swinging, sliding and revolving types), including doors, door frames, screen framing, glass, glazing materials, door hardware, operators, controls, and accessories. |
| 08 44 13 | Glazed Aluminum Curtain Walls | This section includes tubular aluminum curtain wall assemblies for exterior applications; site-assembled “stick” frame or shop-fabricated “unitized” subassemblies. Infill material options include vision glass, spandrel glass, insulated metal panels, and integral intake or exhaust louvres. Column covers are also included in this section. |
| 08 44 23 | Structural Sealant Glazed Curtain Walls | This Section specifies an aluminum framing system with exterior glazing. This system has either no exterior visible mullions (four sided sealant glazed), or only has horizontal or vertical mullions (two sided sealant glazed). Glass and panels are retained in position with structural sealant and at panel perimeter. Air barriers, vapour retarders, intake or exhaust louvres, each integral with this wall system, should be included in this Section. |
| 08 50 00 | Windows | This Section specifies horizontal and vertical sliding, casement, projected and fixed windows. Ensure drawings indicate window elevations, dimensions, opening vents and other pertinent details. |
| 08 62 00 | Unit Skylights | This Section describes factory fabricated skylight units with glazing and curb frames. It can also include interior ceiling diffusers. This Section doesn’t describe site assembled metal-framed skylights. |
| 08 71 00 | Door Hardware | Describes hardware requirements for swinging doors. Can also include power operators. |
| 08 80 00 | Glazing | This Section specifies different glazing options to meet the design criteria for a variety of flat glass, and various methods for glass units installation. |
| 08 87 23.16 | Security Films | This Section describes security films/laminates for retrofit applications to existing glass surfaces/windows where the manufactured glass needs to be enhanced for life safety and property protection. This Section addresses three levels of protection. This Section is intended for on-site and factory-installed interior surfaces of the glass or window system. This Section does not include bullet resistant glass and glazing products. It is recommended that security film be used in renovation type projects and that bullet resistant glazing be used in new construction where applicable. Bullet resistant glazing should be specified in Section 08 80 00 - Glazing. |
| 08 90 00 | Louvres and Vents | Specifies metal louvres and vents manufactured from extrusions and formed sheet metal. Do not include here louvres connected to ductwork. Types included are stationary louvres, adjustable louvres, louvred penthouses, and door louvres. For louvres and vents connected to ductwork, refer to Section 23 37 20 - Louvres, Intakes and Vents. |
| 09 01 90.62 | Exterior Repainting | The system designations and finish formulae are as specified by the Master Painters Institute (MPI). "Detail Performance" products included in the MPI Approved Product List are performance tested on such criteria as resistance to abrasion, scrub, stain and chemical resistance, cleanability, and application and hiding qualities. |
| 09 01 90.63 | Interior Repainting | This section describes preparation of existing interior painted substrates, priming, and repainting. |
| 09 03 25 | Conservation Treatment for Period Plastering | This section includes materials for lath, plaster, and mixtures to achieve desired historic appearance. It covers repair and replacement of plaster in historic buildings. For procedures on repair and replacement of plaster in historic structures, refer to Preservation Briefs 21 - Repair in Historic Flat Plaster - Walls and Ceilings from the National Trust, published by the US National Parks Service. |
| 09 03 91.13 | Conservation Treatment for Period Exterior Painting | Covers exterior surfaces of historical structures being primed again and repainted by using appropriate materials and exterior painting systems. |
| 09 03 91.23 | Conservation Treatment for Period Interior Painting | Covers the repainting of interior surfaces of historical structures including plaster, wallboard, wood, masonry, brick, concrete and metal surfaces. Does not include other coatings such as varnish, stain or wax. |
| 09 21 16 | Gypsum Board Assemblies | This section includes gypsum board and associated materials for interior partitions and ceilings, and gypsum board sheathing for exterior walls and soffits. |
| 09 21 16.08 | Gypsum Board Assemblies for Minor Works | This Section specifies gypsum board, metal framing and accessories for the application and installation of interior partitions. |
| 09 22 00 | Supports for Plaster and Gypsum Board | Covers metal and plastic furring members for ceiling and wall installation and lath for gypsum, metal or plastic. Expansion/Control joints included. |
| 09 22 16 | Non-Structural Metal Framing | Covers non-loadbearing channel stud framing, floor and ceiling tracks, and non-load bearing truss stud framing system, including erection. |
| 09 23 00 | Gypsum Plastering | This section includes the following types of plaster: basecoat, finishing, acoustical, and fire protected gypsum. Gypsum plastering is commonly used to create a true, flat plane over an uneven substrate. |
| 09 30 13 | Ceramic Tiling | Describes interior and exterior ceramic tiling and associated materials, including installation methods for floor, wall, ceiling, and base tiles. Also includes stair treads and trim shapes. |
| 09 30 15 | Quarry and Paver Tiling | This Section describes interior and exterior quarry tile and pavers with mortar, adhesive materials, grout, and accessories. |
| 09 51 13 | Acoustical Panel Ceilings | This Section describes acoustical panel ceilings consisting of acoustical lay-in panels installed in a suspended grid system. |
| 09 54 23 | Linear Metal Ceilings | Various types of sheet aluminum or steel with baked enamel or aluminum finish using hangars, ties, access panels, and accessories to create a ceiling system. |
| 09 58 00 | Integrated Ceiling Assemblies | This Section describes a suspended ceiling system that incorporates items such as acoustical ceiling tiles or panels, lighting, air outlets and inlets, and fire protection, etc. |
| 09 63 40 | Stone Flooring | This section covers stone tile, stone base, and stair treads as well as mortar and grout, and accessories and mixes. This section may be modified to also specify wall applications. |
| 09 64 23 | Wood Parquet Flooring | Describes wood parquet flooring materials and installation with adhesive or nails over a wood or concrete substrate. Parquet flooring units can be resin impregnated or natural, factory prefinished or site finished. |
| 09 64 29 | Wood Strip and Plank Flooring | Describes wood strip flooring, wood screeds/sleepers, subfloor preparation, and a wall base. |
| 09 64 53 | Resilient Wood Flooring Assemblies | This Section describes resilient wood flooring assemblies using factory-or site-finished strip flooring (white oak, hard maple, etc.) over a concrete or wood substrate, which might be used for athletic, dance, or stage performance activities. |
| 09 65 00.08 | Resilient Flooring for Minor Works | This Section specifies vinyl, rubber, and linoleum flooring; vinyl and rubber bases; stair treads, risers, and nosings; and accessories. |
| 09 65 16 | Resilient Sheet Flooring | This Section describes sheet flooring, stair coverings, resilient bases, sheet vinyl with backing, sheet linoleum, rubber sheet flooring, feature strips, and resilient stair nosing, treads, risers, and stringers. |
| 09 65 19 | Resilient Tile Flooring | This section describes resilient tile flooring, stair coverings, resilient base, vinyl tile, linoleum tile, tactile warning tile, resilient stair nosing, treads, risers, and stringers. |
| 09 66 13 | Portland Cement Terrazzo Flooring | Covers various types of Portland cement terrazzo flooring, including bonded, floating, epoxy-bonded, Palladiana, and rustic. Also including terrazzo on precast or cast-in-place concrete stairs. Terrazzo wall bases can also be included. |
| 09 66 16 | Terrazzo Floor Tile | This Section specifies the materials, mixes, and installation requirements for precast terrazzo tile flooring and stairs, either ground in place or factory finished, with site-applied sealer. |
| 09 66 23 | Resinous Matrix Terrazzo Flooring | This Section describes materials, accessories and installation requirements for resinous matrix terrazzo flooring and wall base. The matrix can be polyacrylate modified cementitious type, epoxy-resin type, or polyester-resin type. This Section doesn’t describe prefabricated terrazzo tile flooring. |
| 09 68 13 | Tile Carpeting | This section includes requirements for indoor tile carpeting, carpet wall base, and accessories. |
| 09 68 16 | Sheet Carpeting | This section includes sheet carpeting, carpet cushion, carpet wall base, and accessories. It also includes direct-glue-down and stretch-in installations. |
| 09 69 00 | Access Flooring | This Section specifies a modular raised access floor system, elevated to accommodate electrical systems and under floor air distribution. It can include floor finishes and associated stairs or ramps. |
| 09 72 16 | Vinyl-Coated Fabric Wall Coverings | This Section describes wall coverings installed with adhesive. |
| 09 84 00 | Acoustic Room Components | This Section describes interior sound-absorptive panels mounted to walls and ceilings or sound-absorbing units hanging off of walls and ceilings. It includes fixed or movable types. This Section could easily be altered to describe sound-reflecting panels/units or sound-diffusing panels/units. |
| 09 91 00.08 | Painting for Minor Works | Intended for Government – Minor Works contracts and is an abridged version of sections 09 91 13 – Exterior Painting, 09 01 90.62 – Exterior Repainting, 09 91 23 – Interior Painting and 09 01 90.63 – Interior Repainting |
| 09 91 13 | Exterior Painting | Offers types of paint for various surfaces available. Covers preparation and application methods. |
| 09 91 13.23 | Exterior Painting of Structural Steel | Outlines requirements for cleaning and painting metal surfaces of heavy civil structures. Renumbered from 09 97 19 to meet the recommendations of the MasterFormat 2014 classification system. |
| 09 91 23 | Interior Painting | Specifies the application of site applied paint finishes to new interior surfaces, including site painting of shop primed surfaces. The system designations and finish formulae are as specified by the Master Painters Institute (MPI). Products included in the Approved Product Listing are performance tested for resistance to abrasion, scrub, stain and chemical resistance, cleanability, and application and hiding qualities. |
| 09 96 53 | Elastomeric Coatings | This Section describes types of elastomeric coatings, including applications of substrate primer/filler and overglaze. |
| 09 96 59 | High-Build Glazed Coatings | Covers high-build glazed coating materials with specified filler and glaze coat along with application. |
| 09 96 66 | Aggregate Wall Coatings | Specifies interior wall coatings of aggregate and matrix (aggregate binder). |
| 10 11 13 | Chalkboards | This Section includes fixed, sliding, hinged, and revolving chalkboards with writing surfaces and trim finishes. |
| 10 11 16 | Markerboards | This section includes fixed, sliding, and hinged markerboards with various trim finishes. |
| 10 11 23 | Tackboards | This section includes fixed and sliding display boards with mounting surfaces of cork, composition board, and fabric-covered material. It includes various accessories and aluminum, vinyl, and wood trims. |
| 10 14 00 | Signage | Specifies signs for buildings and does not include signs isolated from the building such as road or parking signs. |
| 10 14 53 | Traffic Signage | Covers the supply, install and painting of roadside and overhead signs including sign supports and signboards. |
| 10 21 13.13 | Metal Toilet Compartments | This section includes metal compartments appropriate for toilet rooms, including doors, panels, headrails, pilasters, urinal and entrance screens, and associated hardware. Compartments may be floor-mounted, floor-mounted and overhead-braced, ceiling-hung, or floor-anchored and ceiling-anchored. |
| 10 21 13.19 | Plastic Toilet Compartments | This section includes plastic toilet compartments, including doors, panels, headrails, pilasters, urinal and entrance screens, and associated hardware. Compartments may be floor-mounted, floor-mounted and overhead braced, ceiling hung, or floor-to-ceiling anchored. |
| 10 21 16 | Shower and Dressing Compartments | This section includes compartments appropriate for shower and dressing purposes, including doors, panels, headrails, pilasters, and associated hardware. Panels may be composed of metal, stainless steel, plastic-laminate woodwork, phenolic-core, plastic, particle board, or stone. Compartments may be floor-mounted, floor-mounted and overhead-braced, ceiling hung, or floor-and ceiling-anchored. |
| 10 22 13 | Wire Mesh Partitions | Covers panels, posts, post extensions, standard and dutch swing doors, swing door hardware, sliding doors and service wickets. |
| 10 22 19.54 | Demountable Partitions - Post and Panel | This Section specifies demountable partitions of prefabricated panels of gypsum board, enamelled steel, or other materials, erected on metal posts. Partition thickness is usually 38 to 63 mm. Ceiling, cornice and rail height partitions included. |
| 10 22 19.55 | Demountable Partitions - Stud Type | This Section specifies demountable partitions of metal studs (drywall and other types) to which gypsum board and other panel materials are applied in manner which enables dismantling and relocation of partition system. Partition thicknesses are from 50 to 125 mm. Ceiling and cornice height partitions included. |
| 10 22 33 | Accordion Folding Partitions | Covers the suspension system, hardware, and if specified, an electrical operator. Includes accessories. |
| 10 22 39 | Folding Panel Partitions | Covers installation using various materials. Includes components such as overhead suspension system, hardware, sound seals and accessories. |
| 10 26 00 | Wall and Door Protection | Covers corner, bumper and trolley rail guards of various materials to suit project requirements. |
| 10 28 00 | Toilet and Bath Accessories | This Section does not specify items such as stainless steel mirror, pre-assembled wash centre, ceiling mounted shower rod, mop and broom holder, electric towel warmer, retractable clothes line or seat cover dispenser. |
| 10 44 00 | Fire Protection Specialties | This Section describes various types of portable fire extinguishers and extinguisher cabinets. |
| 10 51 13 | Metal Lockers | This section includes standard metal lockers and athletic metal lockers. |
| 10 56 13 | Metal Storage Shelving | Ensure loading values of steel or aluminum selections suit project requirements. Utilize various components and finishes for different types of shelving. |
| 10 56 26.13 | Manual Mobile Storage Shelving | Includes track/rail systems, carriages, wheels, drive mechanism, stationary platforms, end panels, shelving, stationary platforms, and finishes. |
| 10 56 26.23 | Motorized Mobile Storage Shelving | Covers track and raised floor systems, wheels/guide systems, carriages, end panels, shelving, accessories and finishes. Includes aisle operation controls and safety system. |
| 10 74 46 | Window Wells | This Section includes window wells for residential projects. |
| 10 75 00 | Flagpoles | This section includes materials, accessories, fabrication and installation for aluminum, steel, stainless steel, and fibreglass flagpoles. Flagpoles may be ground set mounted, roof-mounted, or wall-mounted. |
| 11 11 00 | Vehicle Service Equipment | Covers products used within service garages such as compressed air systems, waste oil storage systems, wash bay equipment, etc. |
| 11 11 36.10 | Electric Vehicle Charging Units | This Section specifies Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 (DCFC) vehicle charging equipment station(s). It contains performance and prescriptive criteria, options for the specifier’s consideration, installation, and verification requirements. |
| 11 12 00 | Parking Control Equipment | Includes basic equipment to control entry and exit of vehicles at parking areas. Many variations, options and accessories are available and must be carefully selected to ensure all the necessary equipment is included and is compatible with the operations desired. Discuss selection of equipment with management and equipment manufacturers. This is essential for sophisticated parking systems. Parking meters are not included. |
| 11 13 13 | Loading Dock Bumpers | This Section includes pre-manufactured units ready for mounting; including moulded, laminated, steel-faced, and extruded dock bumpers. Consult manufacturers for material and assembly variations. |
| 11 13 16 | Loading Dock Seals and Shelters | This Section includes equipment for truck dock seals and shelters and rail dock shelters. Consult manufacturers for variations in materials and assemblies. |
| 11 13 19.13 | Loading Dock Levellers | This Section includes pit levellers, vertical levellers, edge of dock levellers, and rail dock levellers. Loading dock levellers are usually mounted to the dock face, or recessed into a pit at a loading dock door, to allow movement of industrial vehicles (such as forklifts) between a building and a transport vehicle. |
| 11 13 19.23 | Stationary Loading Dock Lifts | This Section describes electro-hydraulic stationary loading dock lifts. |
| 11 40 00 | Foodservice Equipment | This Section specifies food service catalogued commercial kitchen equipment. |
| 11 41 20 | Walk-in Coolers and Freezers | This Section includes fabricated and self-contained refrigeration systems, refrigeration equipment (for remote installation), pre-assembled remote refrigeration systems, drain lines and heater cables. |
| 11 51 23.13 | Metal Library Shelving | Includes stationary library shelving and open shelf filing shelving. Ensure that drawings show shelving layouts, number of bays, shelves, pullout shelves, dividers, end panels, base plates and anchoring devices. Indicate if wood end panels required. |
| 11 53 13 | Laboratory Fume Hoods | Covers constant and variable air volume bypass fume hoods, and fume hoods for basic and intermediate level radioisotope laboratories. Includes laboratory services, accessories, and source quality control. Does not include perchloric acid fume hood usage. |
| 11 81 19 | Vacuum Cleaning Systems | This Section specifies the materials and installation for a complete built-in vacuum cleaning system. |
| 11 81 29 | Facility Fall Protection | Covers personal restraint assemblies. Also used on green roof applications for landscape tree anchors. |
| 11 82 19 | Packaged Incinerators | Specify requirements desired for project regarding capabilities of incinerator. Stack and breeching also included. |
| 11 82 26 | Facility Waste Compactors | Includes disposal by bag or container for waste compactors; ensure local disposal methods are being followed. |
| 12 21 13 | Horizontal Louvre Blinds | Specifies cord operated, surface mounted 25 mm and 35 mm wide (narrow type) only. For horizontal louvre blinds wider than 35 mm refer to manufacturer's literature and modify to suit. |
| 12 21 16 | Vertical Louvre Blinds | Specifies standard and heavy duty vertical louvre blinds, secured top and bottom or top secured only (free hanging) with four basic materials for the vanes. |
| 12 24 13 | Roller Window Shades | This section includes manually-operated and motor-operated roller window shades with room darkening and light filtering shade fabrics. |
| 12 35 39 | Commercial Kitchen Casework | This section includes manufactured commercial kitchen or food service casework. |
| 12 35 53.13 | Metal Laboratory Casework | Includes steel countertop materials and fabrication, laboratory service fittings, laboratory sinks, electrical fittings, cabinets (hardware, doors, drawers, shelves, and dust cover tops) and finishes. |
| 12 35 53.19 | Wood Laboratory Casework | Includes wood countertop materials and fabrication, laboratory service fittings, laboratory sinks, electrical fittings, cabinets (hardware, doors, drawers, shelves, and dust cover tops) and finishes. |
| 12 50 00 | Furniture | Covers desks, seating and panel systems. |
| 13 34 19 | Metal Building Systems | Covers metal wall and roof systems and valley gutters to meet design requirements for the project. |
| 13 34 23 | Fabricated Structures | Covers performance criteria for prefabricated buildings. For some components, materials and finishes of other sections may be added. Avoid conflicts between specified performance criteria and prescriptive statements in other sections. |
| 14 12 00 | Electric Dumbwaiters | Specify system description for design and operational requirements. Describes products used in the construction of electric dumbwaiters and arrangement of equipment and erection. |
| 14 20 03 | Freight Elevators | A performance specification that identifies criteria for benchmarking in constructing a complete electric or hydraulic freight elevator system. |
| 14 20 06 | Passenger Elevators | A performance specification that identifies criteria for benchmarking in constructing a complete electric or hydraulic passenger elevator system. |
| 14 31 00 | Escalators | Includes design requirements supported by selected equipment, associated products and by maintenance service contracts. |
| 14 32 00 | Moving Walks | Offers table in system description. Covers diverse items such as power supply, treadway, drive units and bilingual markings. |
| 14 42 00 | Wheelchair Lifts | Design requirements so lift characteristics are suitable for project. Covers items such as piping and motors, operating panel and buttons, power supply, lift platform and enclosure. |
| 14 43 19 | Suspended Powered Platforms | Includes various products and equipment such as roof car, platform, and control and hoisting equipment required to meet design and performance requirements. Install as per manufacturer's instructions. |
| 14 43 21 | Platform Lifts - Hydraulic | Includes system description that uses components, electrical wiring, conduit and fittings, power supply, lubrication, cylinder and plunger, an electro-hydraulic system, control system, platform and finishes. |
| 21 05 00 | Common Work Results for Fire Suppression | This Section specifies common work results for Division 21 - Fire Suppression. Use this Section when fire suppression is being Bid as the only mechanical subcontracted work. If other mechanical work is included in the Contract, use the Common Work Results Section associated to their work Division |
| 21 07 16 | Fire-Suppression Equipment Insulation | This section includes fire suppression equipment insulation in commercial and residential applications. It does not include insulation for equipment in an industrial process type application. |
| 21 08 00 | Commissioning of Fire Suppression | This Section specifies requirements for commissioning of components, equipment, sub-systems and systems related to fire suppression. |
| 21 12 00 | Fire-Suppression Standpipes | Fire-suppression standpipes and hose systems for use in a standalone system or to be combined with sprinkler systems. Site testing included. |
| 21 13 13 | Wet Pipe Sprinkler Systems | This Section describes above ground wet piping sprinkler systems and buried water piping systems with associated products and testing. |
| 21 13 16 | Dry Pipe Sprinkler Systems | This Section describes dry pipe sprinkler systems made up of multiple products such as dry pipe valves meeting the engineering design criteria. |
| 21 21 16.13 | Carbon Dioxide Fire Extinguishing Equipment: Total Flooding | This Section specifies the administrative procedures as well as the materials and accessories for a total flooding type carbon dioxide fire extinguishing system. |
| 21 21 16.16 | Carbon Dioxide Fire Extinguishing Systems: Local Application | This Section specifies the administrative procedures as well as the materials and accessories for a local application type carbon dioxide fire extinguishing system. |
| 21 22 00 | Clean Agent Fire Extinguishing Systems | Coordinate with other sections to ensure the complete sealing of area for the success of flooding and containing a gaseous fire fighting agent. Includes suppression agent, agent storage, releasing device, manual override, etc. |
| 21 23 00 | Wet Chemical Fire Extinguishing Systems | Covers administrative procedures, materials, accessories, installation and testing procedures for pre-engineered wet chemical fire protection systems. |
| 21 24 00 | Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishing Systems | Includes various systems, storage containers, piping and fittings, nozzles, fire detectors, operating devices, and building fire alarm connections. |
| 21 30 00 | Fire Pumps | Specifies packaged fire pumps for use when water pressure serving facility is inadequate. |
| 22 05 00 | Common Work Results for Plumbing | This section includes subjects common to multiple titles in Division 22 – Plumbing, such as general information regarding design requirements, installation, and cleaning for plumbing work. |
| 22 05 05 | Selective Demolition for Plumbing | This Section includes content for selective demolition of plumbing systems, including sprinkler lines and other piping not directly associated with Division 22 components. The Section can be used as a standalone document for minor works projects or in combination with other related requirements where a more complete description of associated work results is required by complexity or extent of demolition associated with the project. |
| 22 05 15 | Plumbing Specialties and Accessories | Various materials and types available for specialty and accessory plumbing items; includes products, installation, and testing and adjusting. Multiple reference standards available pending project requirements. |
| 22 07 19 | Plumbing Piping Insulation | This Section specifies thermal insulation for plumbing piping and piping accessories in a commercial type application. It does not include insulation for piping in an industrial process type application. |
| 22 08 00 | Commissioning of Plumbing | This Section specifies requirements for commissioning of components, equipment, sub-systems and systems related to plumbing. |
| 22 10 10 | Plumbing Pumps | Focusing on environmentally responsible and sustainable requirements, pumps include domestic hot water circulating pump, domestic water booster system, sump pump vertical shaft, sump pump submersible, and bilge and sewage pump. Performance verification of pumps along with submittals, quality assurance, reports and training are included. |
| 22 11 16 | Domestic Water Piping | Includes copper incoming domestic water service, hard drawn copper domestic hot and cold water services and soft copper tubing, both inside building, and soft copper buried tubing outside building; assumptions made. Assumes that: (1) buried copper tubing is "soft" in long lengths with no buried joints, (2) copper tubing embedded inside building is "soft", encased in protective conduit. |
| 22 13 16.13 | Sanitary Waste and Vent Piping - Cast Iron and Copper | Utilize manufacturer literature to handle and install copper tube and fittings (above ground only) and cast iron piping fittings (above ground and buried). Includes connections, adhesives, sustainability, testing, and performance verification. |
| 22 13 16.16 | Sanitary Waste and Vent Piping - Plastic | This section includes sanitary waste and vent piping systems made of plastic, including joints and fittings for drain waste vent piping in accordance with manufacturers’ instructions. It also includes performance verification, testing, installation, and cleaning. |
| 22 15 00 | General Service Compressed-Air Systems | This Section includes piping, fittings, equipment, and installation for compressed-air systems. |
| 22 31 13 | Residential Domestic Water Softeners | Equipment and material to be compliant with manufacturer's instructions and to conform to Health Canada's “Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality”. Cleaning and demonstration included. |
| 22 31 16 | Commercial Domestic Water Softeners | This Section specifies manual and automatic water softeners, their components and installation. |
| 22 33 00 | Electrical Domestic Water Heaters | This Section specifies administrative procedures, materials and accessories for electric, gas, fuel oil and steam domestic water heaters and storage tanks as well as some information on installation instructions. |
| 22 42 13 | Commercial Water Closets, Urinals, and Bidets | Fixtures, their piping and associated components required within a commercial washroom. Flow rates, sizing, placement and required features are examples of items covered in this section. |
| 22 42 16 | Commercial Lavatories and Sinks | This section includes service sinks, mop sinks, stainless-steel countertop sinks, laundry tubs, group wash fountains, and fixture piping and fixture carriers. |
| 22 42 19 | Commercial Bathtubs and Showers | This section describes requirements for bathtubs and showers (individual shower stalls and group showers), along with their fixture piping for commercial applications. Information on trim, controls, valves, and accessories included. |
| 22 47 00 | Drinking Fountains and Water Coolers | Relying heavily on the manufacturer's data, product options include for drinking fountains and refrigerated water coolers: recessed, semi-recessed, and for persons with disabilities as well as wall hung for drinking fountains. |
| 23 01 05 | Operation and Maintenance of HVAC Systems During Construction | This Section specifies the use of mechanical systems during construction and should be read in conjunction with the appropriate Division 1 sections. |
| 23 01 31 | Air Duct Cleaning for HVAC Systems | This section includes HVAC air distribution system cleaning in existing facilities, related equipment, and components. Includes the use of antimicrobial agents and coatings. |
| 23 05 00 | Common Work Results for HVAC | This section includes subjects common to multiple titles in Division 23, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC), such as general information regarding design requirements, installation, and cleaning for HVAC work. |
| 23 05 05 | Selective Demolition for Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) | This Section includes content for selective demolition of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, including controls and integrated automation associated with Division 23 components. The Section can be used as a standalone document for minor works projects or in combination with other related requirements where a more complete description of associated work results is required by complexity or extent of demolition associated with the Project. |
| 23 05 13 | Common Motor Requirements for HVAC Equipment | This Section is applicable to packaged equipment. Includes common requirements for equipment specified in other Sections applying to motors, belt drives, and drive guards. Does not include starters, motor protection devices and manual control devices found in Division 26. |
| 23 05 15 | Common Installation Requirements for HVAC Pipework | This section describes requirements for new and existing HVAC piping systems, covering components such as clearances, drains, and air vents. It also includes flushing out of piping systems and pressure testing of equipment and pipework. |
| 23 05 16 | Expansion Fittings and Loops for HVAC Piping | Covers slip and bellows type expansion joints, grooved end expansion joints, flexible connection and anchors and guides. |
| 23 05 17 | Pipe Welding | Includes pressure pipe line welding. |
| 23 05 19 | Meters and Gauges for HVAC Piping | Contains materials and components for metering steam, chilled water, and hot water systems, including installation. |
| 23 05 19.13 | Thermometers and Pressure Gauges - Piping Systems | Covers direct reading and remote reading thermometers, thermometer wells and pressure gauges. |
| 23 05 23.01 | Valves - Bronze | Considered a reference Section to be utilized in relevant technical Sections where bronze valves are required. |
| 23 05 23.02 | Valves - Cast Iron | Considered a reference Section to be utilized in relevant technical Sections where cast iron valves are required. |
| 23 05 23.03 | Valves - Cast Steel | Considered a reference Section to be utilized in relevant technical Sections where cast steel valves are required. |
| 23 05 23.04 | Valves - Lubricated Plug | Considered a reference Section to be utilized in relevant technical Sections where lubricated plug valves are required. |
| 23 05 23.05 | Butterfly Valves | Considered a reference Section to be utilized in relevant technical Sections where butterfly valves are required. |
| 23 05 29 | Hangers and Supports for HVAC Piping and Equipment | Specifies concrete housekeeping pads, hangers and supports for mechanical piping, ducting and equipment. Does not include seismic restraint. |
| 23 05 33 | Heat Tracing for HVAC Piping | This Section specifies heat tracing cables for pipes and tanks including controls and installation. |
| 23 05 48 | Vibration and Seismic Controls for HVAC | Specifies vibration isolation materials and components, seismic control measures and their installation. |
| 23 05 53 | Identification for HVAC Piping and Equipment | This Section specifies the materials and requirements for the identification of piping systems, duct work, valves and controllers, including the installation and location of identification systems. |
| 23 05 93 | Testing, Adjusting and Balancing for HVAC | This Section specifies testing, adjusting and balancing of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems. It does not include commissioning of these systems. |
| 23 05 93.13 | Testing, Adjusting and Balancing of Fume Hoods | Includes testing equipment and covers tests such as installed and integrated systems tests, as used tests with lab apparatus in place, monitor and alarm, static pressure, and noise level tests. |
| 23 05 94 | Pressure Testing of Ducted Air Systems | This Section specifies pressure testing of ducts over 5 m in length, forming part of a supply, return, or exhaust ductwork system directly or indirectly connected to air handling equipment. |
| 23 07 13 | Duct Insulation | This Section describes thermal insulation for ductwork and ductwork accessories in a commercial type application. This Section does not include insulation for ductwork in an industrial process type application. |
| 23 07 16 | HVAC Equipment Insulation | This section includes HVAC equipment insulation in commercial and residential applications. It does not include insulation for equipment in an industrial process type application. |
| 23 07 19 | HVAC Piping Insulation | This Section specifies thermal insulation for HVAC piping and piping accessories in a commercial type application. It does not include insulation for piping in an industrial process type application. |
| 23 08 00 | Commissioning of HVAC | This section specifies requirements for commissioning of components, equipment, sub-systems and systems related to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. |
| 23 08 13 | Performance Verification HVAC Systems | This section includes tests and performance verifications for different systems, including hydronic, steam, fuel, and oil. |
| 23 08 16 | Cleaning and Start-up of HVAC Piping Systems | This Section specifies the procedures and cleaning solutions for cleaning mechanical piping systems. |
| 23 09 33 | Electric and Electronic Control System for HVAC | This section includes HVAC control equipment where the devices are powered with electricity. Includes heating and cooling electrical control devices more than 50 V; includes low voltage thermostats used in electric heating. This section is based on the assumption that system voltages, capacity, and location of controls will be indicated on the Drawings. This section covers electrical control devices for heating and cooling in excess of 50 V except for low voltage thermostats used for electric heating. |
| 23 09 43 | Pneumatic Control System for HVAC | Covers products such as air pressure gauges, pilot positioners, valves, dampers, damper operators, identification, control air tubing and a control compressor station. Includes installation. |
| 23 11 13 | Facility Fuel Oil Piping | Specifies the supply and installation of fuel oil piping from oil tanks to stationary and portable oil-burning equipment and appliances. |
| 23 11 23 | Facility Natural Gas Piping | Specifies piping, valves and fittings, installation and testing for gas fired equipment. This Section is based on service from outlet of gas metre or propane storage tank into building. |
| 23 11 26 | Facility Liquid-Petroleum Gas Piping | This Section specifies the steel and FRP materials, components and installation for the outdoor and indoor distribution systems for petroleum products. |
| 23 21 13.01 | Hydronic Systems: Copper | Intended for temperature range of 5°C to 120°C and 860 kPa working pressure in hot water heating, glycol, condenser and chilled water systems. |
| 23 21 13.02 | Hydronic Systems: Steel | Specifies steel piping valves and fittings for hydronic systems. Intended for temperature range of 5°C to 120°C and 860 kPa working pressure in hot water heating, glycol, condenser and chilled water systems. |
| 23 21 13.03 | Press Joint Piping Systems Hydronic Systems | Select appropriate piping for project requirements and use with fittings, valves, and lubricated plug cocks to create system. |
| 23 21 13.33 | Ground-Loop Heat-Pump Piping | This Section describes ground heat exchangers in vertical and horizontal configurations, including piping construction, excavating, drilling guidelines, and testing, etc. |
| 23 21 16 | Hydronic Piping Specialties | Covers items such as strainers, air vents, expansion tanks, pressure safety relief valves, and suction diffusers. |
| 23 21 23 | Hydronic Pumps | This Section includes equipment, in-line circulators (with vertical option), single and double suction centrifugal pumps, in-line ECM circulators, and integrated pump controls. |
| 23 22 13 | Steam and Condensate Heating Piping | Specifies steel piping and fittings and is intended for steam up to 860 kPa and condensate return piping. |
| 23 22 13.13 | High Pressure Steam and Condensate Heating Piping Systems | Coordinate with associated sections. Covers systems that include high pressure, high temperature, steam and condensate. Other products such as expansion loops, expansion joints, bases, hangers and supports, thermometers and pressure gauges are included. |
| 23 22 16 | Steam Specialties | Covers items such as strainers, safety relief valves, steam traps, pressure reducing valves and flash tanks. |
| 23 22 23 | Steam Condensate Pumps | Covers packaged condensate units: base and tank mounted pumps. |
| 23 23 00 | Refrigerant Piping | This section outlines requirements for simple refrigeration piping interconnections such as between HVAC equipment. See Section 42 20 00 - Process Cooling Equipment for complex refrigeration systems. |
| 23 25 00 | HVAC Water Treatment | Used for hydronic, steam, and condenser water systems. Involves test equipment, chemicals, etc. |
| 23 31 13.01 | Metal Ducts - Low Pressure to 500 Pa | Utilize provided table to select appropriate seal classifications. Includes hangers, watertight ducts, kitchen exhaust systems, sealing and taping and leakage tests. |
| 23 31 13.02 | Metal Ducts - High Pressure to 2500 Pa | Covers material and types of construction for ductwork; includes fire stopping. Utilize provided table to select appropriate seal classifications. |
| 23 32 48 | Acoustical Air Plenums | Utilizing performance requirements, select products for absorption and insulating media, silencers, and acoustic plenums. Covers installation and field quality control. |
| 23 33 00 | Air Duct Accessories | Covers products such as flexible connections, access doors in ducts, turning vanes, an instrument test and spin-in collars. |
| 23 33 14 | Dampers - Balancing | Includes splitter, single blade and multi-bladed dampers. |
| 23 33 15 | Dampers - Operating | Includes multi-leaf, disc type, back draft and relief dampers. |
| 23 33 16 | Dampers - Fire and Smoke | This Section includes fire dampers, smoke dampers, combination fire and smoke dampers, and firestop flaps. |
| 23 33 46 | Flexible Ducts | This Section describes a variety of flexible ducts, including metallic and non-metallic, insulated and non-insulated, and acoustically insulated (medium and high pressure). |
| 23 33 53 | Duct Liners | For rigid and flexible applications including joints. |
| 23 34 00 | HVAC Fans | Covers various types of HVAC fans including centrifugal, cabinet (general purpose), utility sets, axial flow, and propeller. |
| 23 34 00.13 | Domestic Fans | This Section covers various types of domestic fans, including window ventilators, wall transfer fans, exterior mounted discharge fans, and wall and ceiling discharge fans. |
| 23 34 23.13 | Packaged Roof and Wall Exhausters | Covers roof and wall exhausters in accordance with project performance requirements and installed per manufacturer’s instructions. |
| 23 35 16 | Engine Exhaust Systems | Includes products such as inlets, hoses, ducts and fans used in engine exhaust systems. |
| 23 36 00 | Air Terminal Units | Use manufactured units in accordance with project performance requirements. Products include variable volume boxes, constant volume bypass boxes, fan powered boxes, and electronic variable air volume boxes. |
| 23 37 13 | Diffusers, Registers and Grilles | Includes supply grilles and registers, return and exhaust grilles and registers, diffusers, linear grilles, and residential grilles, registers and diffusers. |
| 23 37 20 | Louvres, Intakes and Vents | This Section includes materials, accessories, administrative procedures, and installation procedures for mechanical louvres, intakes, and vents. It also includes reinforcement and bracing for air vents, intakes, and gooseneck hoods for wind speed, in accordance with the National Building Code of Canada 2020 (NBC). It does not include architectural louvres and vents - refer to Section 08 90 00 - Louvres and Vents for specification information. |
| 23 38 13 | Commercial Kitchen Hoods | Covers range hoods - domestic, wash down grease extractor type, and grease filter type. |
| 23 38 17 | Perchloric Acid Fume Hood and Exhaust System - Stainless Steel | Contains stainless steel perchloric acid fume hoods,ductwork and performance test procedure. |
| 23 38 18 | Perchloric Acid Fume Hood and Exhaust System - Plastic | Includes materials and components for the plastic perchloric acid fume hoods, ductwork, fume hood and ductwork installation. |
| 23 40 00 | HVAC Cleaning Devices | Covers various filters and filter gauges, accessories and electronic air cleaners. Includes installation. |
| 23 51 00 | Breechings, Chimneys and Stacks | This Section specifies the materials, accessories, and installation for breechings, chimneys, and stacks. It does not include site manufactured masonry chimneys. |
| 23 52 00 | Heating Boilers | This Section covers various gas and oil fuel-fired, solid fuel-fired, and electric boilers and generators for both hot water and steam systems. |
| 23 54 13 | Electric-Resistance Furnaces | Covers electric forced air furnaces to standard CSA C22 No.46. |
| 23 54 16 | Fuel-Fired Furnaces | This Sections describes packaged factory-assembled units for oil-fired or gas-fired furnaces. |
| 23 56 13.13 | Heating Solar Flat-Plate Collectors | Describes performance, the collector and collector support (brackets and frame). |
| 23 57 00 | Heat Exchangers for HVAC | This Section specifies the materials and installation procedures for heat exchangers and accessories. |
| 23 64 13 | Absorption Water Chillers | This section describes packaged, factory-assembled units with purge systems, insulation, and control centres. |
| 23 64 16 | Centrifugal Water Chillers | This Section describes a complete packaged unit that includes compressors, compressor motor, evaporator and condenser, purge unit, pressurization device, air cooled condenser, refrigerant piping, control centre, and accessories. |
| 23 64 19 | Reciprocating Water Chillers | This Section covers air-or water-cooled screw type chiller package with compressor, compressor motor, evaporator, condenser, and control centre. |
| 23 64 26 | Rotary-Screw Water Chillers | This Section covers air-or water-cooled screw-type chiller package with compressor, compressor motor, evaporator, condenser, and control centre. |
| 23 65 10 | Condensers, Coolers, and Cooling Towers | This Section covers performance requirements, size and weight, and materials for condensers, coolers, and cooling towers. Includes casing and framework, cold water basin, hot water distribution, coil section, fill, eliminators and louvres, fan, accessories, and vibration isolators. |
| 23 65 16 | Natural Draft Cooling Towers | This Section includes factory assembled or site induced draft crossflow cooling towers that discharge vertically or horizontally. |
| 23 72 00 | Air-to-Air Energy Recovery Equipment | Covers enthalpy type and sensible heat type air to air rotary heat exchangers. Includes heat pipe recovery, run around coil system, and air to air fixed plate exchanger. |
| 23 73 00.13 | Air Handling - Built-up | This Section covers air supply units comprised of site assembled components, including casing, coils, fans, damper sections, drain pans, etc. |
| 23 73 00.16 | Air Handling Units - Packaged | This Section describes units that supply air made from factory-assembled components to the standard ANSI/AHRI 431 with AHRI seal. |
| 23 74 00 | Packaged Outdoor HVAC Equipment | This Section covers roof-mounted, self-contained, single-or multi-zone HVAC units. Includes cabinetry, air filters, heat exchangers and burners, and remote panel. |
| 23 81 23 | Computer Room Air Conditioning | This Section covers an integrated air conditioning package to CSA C656 with cooling and dehumidifying capacity. |
| 23 81 40 | Air and Water Source Unitary Heat Pumps | This Section covers a variety of air and water source heat pumps, including incremental ground-coupled heat pumps. |
| 23 81 43 | Air Source Unitary Heat Pumps | This section covers ductless, outside-mounted (split), and roof-mounted air-source unitary heat pumps. |
| 23 81 46 | Water Source Unitary Heat Pumps | This Section describes water-air and water-water heat pumps using water or brine, including incremental ground-coupled heat pumps. |
| 23 82 00.13 | Forced Air Heaters | Covers forced air heaters. Assumption made that the following will be indicated: heater quantities, location, voltage, phase, capacities, control characteristics and location, mounting (surface or flush), and speed (single or dual). |
| 23 82 00.16 | Incremental Heating and Cooling Units | Describes units requiring electrical connection only, self-contained through-the-wall combination electric heating and air-conditioning units. |
| 23 82 16.14 | Electric-Resistance Air Coils | Describes electric duct heaters to standard CSA C22.2 No.155 and associated electrical and control components. |
| 23 82 19 | Fan Coil Units | Covers fan coil units and their installation. Assumption made that the following will be indicated: voltage, phase, kW capacities and location of heaters. |
| 23 82 23 | Unit Ventilators | This Section covers unit ventilators, self-contained unit ventilators, and through-the-wall type unit ventilators. |
| 23 82 33.13 | Residential Convectors | Specifies baseboard convectors and their controls for residential use. Heaters have a low or standard wattage density. |
| 23 82 33.16 | Commercial Convectors | Specifies baseboard convectors and their controls for commercial use. Heaters have a low, standard or high wattage density. |
| 23 82 33.19 | Cabinet Convector Heaters | Covers wall mounted and floor drop-in cabinets, elements, wall mounted and built-in thermostats. |
| 23 82 36 | Finned Tube Radiation Heaters | This Section covers dampers, capacity, baseboard radiation, finned tube radiation, and cabinet convectors for finned tube radiation heaters. |
| 23 82 39 | Unit Heaters | Covers various unit heaters including horizontal, vertical and revolving discharge. |
| 23 82 39.23 | Unit Heaters - Electric | Covers unit heaters and controls; includes thermostats. |
| 23 82 39.26 | Liquid Heaters | Covers commercial, industrial and domestic immersion heaters; includes installation. |
| 23 83 00 | Radiant Heating Units | Specifies vacuum, condensing, non-condensing, pressure or gravity vented or unvented, high intensity or low intensity infrared heating systems designed to be compatible with either natural gas or propane fuel. |
| 23 83 00.13 | Radiant Heaters - Electric Infrared | Covers infrared radiant heaters and controls. |
| 23 83 13 | Radiant Heating Electric Cables | Covers radiant heating cables to standard CSA C22.2 No.130.2. Includes plastic mounting strip and installation. |
| 23 83 13.19 | Radiant Heating Electric Cables - Snow Melting | Includes snow melting cables, accessories, controls (thermostat), and snow sensing controls. |
| 23 83 13.23 | Radiant Heating Electric Cables - Floor Warming | Covers floor warming heating cables, accessories, controls, and their installation. Includes site quality control. |
| 23 84 13 | Humidifiers | Includes materials and installation for direct steam injection mechanical, atomizing, plenum mounted drum, plenum or duct mounted pad, packaged electrode steam generating, packaged, gas fired, steam generator type humidifiers and accessories. |
| 25 01 11 | EMCS Start-up Verification and Commissioning | Describes start-up, check-out, operational acceptance tests for building EMCS and requirements to ensure the full commissioning of a facility including assurance that systems meet design criteria and specification requirements. |
| 25 05 00 | Common Work Results for Integrated Automation | This section describes common work to multiple work results in Division 25, including coordination and sequencing work, submittal requirements, closeout procedures, quality assurance, and general performance. |
| 25 05 53 | Identification for Integrated Automation | This section specifies the identification of devices, sensors, wiring tubing, conduits, and equipment related to integrated automation. |
| 25 10 01 | EMCS: Local Area Network (LAN) | Specifies the requirements for Local Area Network (LAN) in a Building Energy Monitoring and Control System (EMCS). |
| 25 24 00 | Integrated Automation System Architecture Requirements | This section describes the main architecture components that support integrated automation systems, such as servers, workstations, operator interfaces, operating systems, database software, archiving systems, and connection to cloud services. |
| 25 30 00 | Integrated Automation Instrumentation and Terminal Devices | This section specifies transmitters, sensors, controls, switches, transducers, low voltage current transformers, and other control devices for integrated automation. |
| 25 35 13 | Integrated Automation Actuators and Operators | This section specifies actuating and operating devices such as damper actuators and motorized valves for integrated automation. |
| 25 41 00 | Building Automation Controllers | This section specifies building automation controllers including network management controllers (NMCs), system manager controllers (SMCs), custom application controllers (CACs), and application-specific controllers (ASCs). It includes requirements to deploy a distributed-type building automation system. |
| 25 45 00 | Centralized Building Management System | This section specifies the requirements for a Centralized Building Management System (BMS), a software platform for controlling and managing components, equipment, and systems related to integrated automation. The Centralized BMS interfaces with building automation controllers, building control systems, and third-party software to enable system interaction and provide a human-machine interface (HMI) for system users. |
| 25 70 00 | Integrated Automation Building Systems Integration | This section outlines the interface work between integrated automation systems and work results specified in other Divisions and integrated functionalities requirements. |
| 25 90 00 | Integrated Automation Control Sequences | This section specifies programming and configuration of site-specific requirements and systems sequences of operation for integrated automation. |
| 26 05 00 | Common Work Results for Electrical | This section includes subjects common to multiple titles in Division 26. It may also be used as common work results for other divisions involving communications, or electronic safety and security work, by changing the number and title and editing the text accordingly to either Section 27 05 00 - Common Work Results for Communications, or Section 28 05 00 - Common Work Results for Electronic Safety and Security. |
| 26 05 05 | Selective Demolition for Electrical | This Section includes content for selective demolition of electrical systems, communications components, and safety and security hardware. The Section can be used as a standalone document for minor works projects or in combination with other related requirements where a more complete description of associated work results is required by complexity or extent of demolition associated with the project. |
| 26 05 20 | Wire and Box Connectors (0-1000 V) | Covers pressure type wire connectors, fixture type splicing connectors, bushing stud connectors, and clamps or connectors and includes installation. |
| 26 05 21 | Wires and Cables (0-1000 V) | This section includes copper, aluminum conductor material (ACM) alloy, and aluminum conductors, rated from 0-1000 volts, and most common electrical insulation and covering materials. This section does not include fire-rated building wiring to CAN/ULC-S139 or CSA C83, marine, hazardous, mining, instrumentation, communication and fire alarm wiring. |
| 26 05 22 | Connectors and Terminations | Includes items such as compression connectors, and multi-way joint and junction boxes. Covers installation. |
| 26 05 27 | Grounding - Primary | This section includes the installation of electrodes, equipment and neutral grounding, pole mounted switching device and transformer grounding, grounding in manholes and in permafrost, and cable sheath grounding. |
| 26 05 28 | Grounding - Secondary | Covers grounding in areas such as maintenance holes, hospital operating rooms, and for communication systems. Includes installation of a grounding bus, grounding connections for equipment, system and circuit grounding, and installing in permafrost. |
| 26 05 29 | Hangers and Supports for Electrical Systems | Covers support channels used for electrical systems and their installation. |
| 26 05 31 | Splitters, Junction, Pull Boxes and Cabinets | Covers the construction and installation of splitters, junction, pull boxes and cabinets. |
| 26 05 32 | Outlet Boxes, Conduit Boxes, and Fittings | Section includes various boxes, fittings, and service fittings in non-hazardous locations. Refer to CSA C22.1 for other areas. |
| 26 05 33 | Raceway and Boxes for Electrical Systems | Covers splice boxes and junction boxes for subway, distribution and power levels, including installation. |
| 26 05 33.01 | Surface and Lighting Fixture Raceways | Covers types of raceways and raceway systems. Fittings included along with installation. |
| 26 05 34 | Conduits, Conduit Fastenings and Conduit Fittings | This section includes conduits, rigid and flexible fasteners, and fittings. |
| 26 05 36 | Cable Trays for Electrical Systems | Covers metal and fibreglass cable troughs and fittings, and their installation. |
| 26 05 37 | Wireways and Auxiliary Gutters | Covers the installation of wireways and auxiliary gutters as per manufacturer's instructions. |
| 26 05 38 | Cellular Metal Floor Raceway Fittings | Specifies cellular metal floor raceways, trench and enclosed header ducts, accessories and fittings, inserts and connector assemblies. |
| 26 05 39 | Underfloor Raceways for Electrical Systems | Includes distribution and feeder ducts, inserts, junction boxes, service fittings, supports and accessories. |
| 26 05 43.01 | Installation of Cables in Trenches and in Ducts | Covers the installation in the direct burial of cables, markers and cable installation in ducts. |
| 26 05 80 | Fractional Horsepower Motors | Includes installation for fractional horsepower motors in hazardous and non-hazardous locations. This specification is based on the assumption that Motor and Control Schedule will be indicated on drawings. |
| 26 05 81 | Motors: 0.746 to 149 kW | This section includes high-capacity motors 0.746 to 149 kW (1 to 200 hp) 208/600 V, and their component parts, accessories, and installation. |
| 26 06 31 | Diesel Electric Generating Units Appendix A - Technical Data Form | Coordinate with Sections 26 32 13.04 - Diesel Electric Generating Units - Liquid Cooled and 26 32 13.05 - Diesel Electric Generating Units - Air Cooled. Covers various systems including fuel, lubricating oil, cooling, exhaust, air intake, starting and transfer. |
| 26 08 00 | Commissioning of Electrical Systems | This Section specifies requirements for commissioning of electrical components, equipment, sub-systems and systems. |
| 26 09 13 | Electrical Power Monitoring | This section describes meters, instruments, accessories, meter parameters, and installation requirements for electrical power monitoring. |
| 26 09 23.02 | Lighting Control Devices - Photoelectric | Covers photoelectric lighting control equipment for exterior use only. |
| 26 09 23.03 | Lighting Control Devices - Incandescent Dimming | Covers full range and commercial dimmers, including installation and site quality control. |
| 26 09 23.04 | Lighting Control Devices - Fluorescent Dimming | Description of equipment offers suggestions for improvement regarding the quality of lighting control. Includes items such as intensity selector, on-off switch, dimming auxiliaries, ballasts and relays and contactors. |
| 26 09 24 | Lighting Control Devices - Low Voltage | Specifies low voltage control systems for lighting equipment. |
| 26 09 43 | Network Lighting Controls | Describes components including various kits. Section includes enclosures, frames, cable sets and central control. |
| 26 11 00.01 | Outdoor Substation to 15 kV | Includes materials, components and structure for outdoor substation to 15 kV. This specification is limited to tower type substation only. |
| 26 11 13.01 | Unit Substation to 15 kV | Describes products used such as primary switchgear, ground fault unit, air circuit breakers, etc. Includes source quality control and installation of a substation. Coordinate with other sections to complete information required. |
| 26 12 13 | Liquid-Filled, Medium-Voltage Transformers | Covers single phase range up to 1000 kVA, three phase up to 3000 kVA and primary voltage up to 34.5 kV. |
| 26 12 16 | Dry Type, Medium Voltage Transformers | Includes transformer characteristics, the enclosure, voltage taps, tap changer, windings and accessories along with installation and field quality control. |
| 26 12 16.01 | Dry-Type Transformers up to 600 V Primary | This section includes various designs of dry-type transformers based on CSA C9, CSA C22.2 No. 47, and NEMA ST 20, including their installation. This section does not include buck and boost transformers, isolating transformers, or transformers with special enclosures. |
| 26 12 16.13 | Pad-Mounted, Dry-Type Transformers for Airfield Visual Aids | Includes materials, equipment, enclosures and installation for small pad mounted dry-type transformers. These small pad-mounted units are as used by the Department of National Defence (DND). |
| 26 12 19 | Pad-Mounted, Liquid-Filled, Medium-Voltage Transformers | Covers single and three phase pad-mounted transformers, including low profile single phase and three phase dead front pad-mounted distribution transformers. |
| 26 12 21 | Transformer Vault Equipment to 15 kV | Specifies transformer vault equipment including underground primary service, primary circuit breaker, utility company metering, primary bus and fuse cutouts, transformers, and secondary feeders. |
| 26 13 01 | Isolating Switches to 15 kV | Covers isolating switches and their installation; however, refer to relevant section to ensure proper coordination with the rest of the installed system. |
| 26 13 16 | Medium-Voltage Fusible Interrupter Switchgear | Includes load interrupter switch, it's fabrication and installation. |
| 26 13 18 | Primary Switchgear Assembly to 15 kV | Coordinate with associated sections and drawings to complete this section. Covers primary switchgear assembly installation including making field connections, connecting ground bus, etc. |
| 26 18 26 | Medium Voltage Reclosers | Covers hydraulically and electronically controlled closures and their accessories. |
| 26 18 39.01 | Motor Controllers - 2000 to 5000 V (Non-Hazardous) | Specifies basic options, single speed, full voltage, reduced voltage reactor start, reduced voltage auto-transformer start, wound rotor, synchronous motor controllers for non-hazardous motors from 2000 to 5000 volts. |
| 26 18 41 | Interlock Systems | Use the relevant data from this section and incorporate it into other technical sections. Covers various types of interlock systems. |
| 26 22 19 | Control and Signal Transformers | Covers potential and current transformers and includes mounting brackets. |
| 26 23 00 | Low Voltage Switchgear | Covers items required for the installation of a switchgear assembly including enclosure, busbars, grounding, and power supply authority metering. Coordinate with other sections to complete this section. |
| 26 24 01 | Service Equipment | Covers equipment including fused disconnect switch, circuit breaker, panelboard, ground fault equipment, etc. |
| 26 24 02 | Service Entrance Board | Coordinate with associated sections to complete this section. Covers installation of service entrance board including checking factory made connections and incorporating other various components. |
| 26 24 13 | Switchboards | Covers circuit breakers of various designs, operating mechanism, auxiliaries, etc. |
| 26 24 13.01 | Generator Switchboard to 600 V | Specifies low voltage switchgear for controlling power from 2 or more generating units. Coordinate with associated sections to complete information for this section. |
| 26 24 13.02 | Generator Switchboard Over 600 V | System description covers a generator switchboard consisting of a synchronizing panel, generator panels, totalizing meters panel and feeder panels. Coordinate with associated sections to complete information for this section. |
| 26 24 16.01 | Panelboards Breaker Type | This Section describes panelboards with bus bars, mains, trim, and breakers, including main breaker and lock-on devices. |
| 26 24 16.02 | Panelboards Switch and Fuse Type | Covers plant assembled and custom built panelboard assemblies; highlights construction features. Does not include plug fuse panels. |
| 26 24 19 | Motor Control Centres | Use to complete section 26 29 10 - Motor Starters to 600 V. Describes the installation of a motor control centre with correct overload heater elements and making field power and control connections using included components. |
| 26 25 00 | Enclosed Bus Assemblies | Covers feeder and plug-in type busways including their installation. |
| 26 27 10 | Modular Wiring System | Contains flexible manufactured wiring system for distribution of lighting and equipment branch circuits above suspended ceilings, in return air spaces above hung ceilings, in walls and within raised floor areas. Comprising: starter cables, joiner cables, cross-over cables, switch drop cables, interceptors, switch adaptors, multi-tap adaptors, phase-tap adaptors, wall assemblies, branch feeders, distribution boxes and blanking plugs. |
| 26 27 13 | Electricity Metering | This section includes basic meter parameters for and installation of metering and instruments. |
| 26 27 16 | Electrical Cabinets and Enclosures | This section includes electrical cabinets and enclosures, including special mounting for equipment in a cabinet or enclosure. |
| 26 27 19 | Multi-Outlet Assemblies | Covers the installation of multi-outlet assemblies and surface raceway system, wiring and wiring devices. Includes in products: prewired receptacle harness, vinyl plastic strip and fittings. |
| 26 27 23 | Indoor Service Poles | Covers indoor service poles. Section outlined for use with T-Bar ceilings; if not suited for project, specify otherwise and utilize associated accessories for other types of ceilings. |
| 26 27 26 | Wiring Devices | This section includes switches, receptacles, cover plates, and special wiring devices. |
| 26 27 73 | Door Chimes | This Section includes electrical door chime systems. |
| 26 28 13.01 | Fuses - Low Voltage | Specifies various fuse types and includes a fuse storage cabinet. |
| 26 28 13.02 | Outdoor Load Break Switches and Fuses | Covers light load and full load air break switches, and primary fuses. |
| 26 28 16.01 | Air Circuit Breakers | Describes an air circuit breaker with optional features. Installation specified in another section as air circuit breakers are open equipment. |
| 26 28 16.02 | Moulded Case Circuit Breakers | This Section describes various types of moulded case circuit breakers available with optional features. Installation is specified in another Section, as moulded case circuit breakers are open equipment. |
| 26 28 18 | Ground Fault Equipment Protection | Covers the equipment itself along with installation, the fabrication of associated components and related equipment used. Coordinate with other sections to complete information for this section. |
| 26 28 20 | Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters - Class A | Covers ground fault circuit interrupters equipment and components including breaker type ground fault interrupter, ground fault life protector, ground fault protector unit, system ground fault protection panel and pump protection panel. |
| 26 28 22 | Load Break Switches | Equipment available in the 800-5000 A, 240 and 600 V range. Covers switches, enclosure, shunt trip and motorized switch. |
| 26 28 23 | Disconnect Switches - Fused and Non-Fused | Section used for different types of disconnect switches. Use section data to complete other sections. |
| 26 29 01 | Contactors | Covers contactors, their installation, and includes how they are held in place, options and equipment identification. |
| 26 29 03 | Control Devices | This section includes AC control relays, relay accessories, oil-tight limit switches (also available as sealed), solid state timing relays, instantaneous trip current relays, operator control stations, push buttons, selector switches, indicating lights, control and relay panels, control circuit transformers, and thermostat (line voltage). |
| 26 29 10 | Motor Starters to 600 V | Specifies various types of motor starters and describes a control transformer, accessories, finishes, and equipment identification. |
| 26 29 33 | Controllers for Fire Pump Drivers | This Section includes requirements for an electric motor-driven or engine-driven fire pump controller. |
| 26 32 13.02 | Power Generation to 30 kW | Covers system description, generating set (including operation), control panel, automatic transfer switch, manual bypass switch, exhaust system, fuel system and cooling air system. |
| 26 32 13.03 | Installation of Electric Power Generating Equipment | Intended solely for the installation of power generation equipment. Covers materials, cooling and ventilation, batteries and charger, system start-up, etc. |
| 26 32 13.04 | Diesel Electric Generating Units (Liquid Cooled) | Specifies the materials, components, assembly and accessories for a liquid cooled electric diesel generating unit. |
| 26 32 13.05 | Diesel Electric Generating Units (Air Cooled) | Covers associated systems and components within the assembly to designed criteria. Includes mounting. Emphasis on quality control. |
| 26 32 13.07 | Diesel Electric Generating Units Appendix B Factory Test | Includes operation tests and checks required for acceptance in both section 26 32 13.04 - Diesel Electric Generating Units (Liquid Cooled) and section 26 32 13.05 - Diesel Electric Generating Units (Air Cooled). |
| 26 32 13.15 | Diesel-Engine-Driven Generator Sets (above 30 kW) | This section includes diesel engine driven generator sets above 30 kW rating, normally three-phase, 120/208 V to 250 kVA, 600 V from 250 to 750 kVA and 2400 V delta or 2400/4160 V star above 750 kVA. Use Section 26 32 13.02 - Power Generation to 30kW for 30 kW and smaller diesel engine sets. |
| 26 33 16 | Battery Racks | Describes battery racks including accessories along with various types of batteries. |
| 26 33 43 | Battery Chargers | This Section includes performance requirements, charger characteristics, accessories, and enclosures for battery chargers. Also includes installation and performance of tests. |
| 26 33 53 | Static Uninterruptible Power Supply | Covers a system description with performance for normal, battery, and internal static bypass operations. Describes installation for a complete UPS system. Includes source quality control. |
| 26 33 54 | Hospital Operating Rooms Isolated Power Supply | Covers an isolated power supply unit and conductors. Includes installation of isolated power distribution system, conduit preparation and wiring to equipment. |
| 26 35 33 | Power Factor Correction Equipment | Covers unit or assembly capacitor characteristics. Includes site quality control. |
| 26 36 23 | Automatic Transfer Switches | Provides a system description regarding automatic load transfer equipment and includes contactor and circuit breaker type transfer equipment, controls and accessories. |
| 26 41 00.01 | Primary Lightning Arresters | Describes arrester characteristics using arrester component parts standards. Includes installation. |
| 26 41 00.02 | Secondary Lightning Arresters | Describes arrester characteristics using arrester component parts standards. Includes installation that connects to secondary bus and ground bus. |
| 26 41 13 | Lightning Protection for Structures | Specifies lightning protection systems consisting of metallic air terminals, lightning conductors, grounding methods and materials. |
| 26 42 00 | Cathodic Protection | Specifies the cathodic protection of immersed structures, reinforcements and submerged structures such as, docks, harbours, piles, lock gates and dams. Similar techniques may apply to oil and sewage treatment projects, pipe lines, etc. Secure the services of a corrosion engineer at an early stage of design to advise on the cathodic type and extent of the protection system to be installed. |
| 26 50 00 | Lighting | This section includes various lamps and drivers. The section also provides recommendations to achieve a comfortable lighting balance, improve lighting energy efficiency, and maximize daylighting. |
| 26 52 00.01 | Lighting - Central Emergency System | Due to the complexity and options in distribution and control, describe using appropriate material: transfer panels, contactor zone relay panels, combination contactor and breaker/fuse panels, supervised distribution panels, and supervisory and control option. Coordinate with other sections to complete this Section. |
| 26 52 13.13 | Emergency Lighting | Includes load interrupter switch, its fabrication and installation. |
| 26 52 13.16 | Exit Signs | Specifies standard, self-powered, and self-luminous exit lights and their installation. |
| 26 53 13 | Photoluminescent Signage | This Section specifies materials, finishes, the manufacture and installation of photoluminescent exit signs meeting National Building Code of Canada (NBC) and CAN/ULC-S572. |
| 26 55 36.13 | Medium-Intensity (M.I.) Red Flashing Obstruction Lighting | Specifies Medium Intensity (M.I.) Red Flashing Obstruction Lighting Equipment used to increase conspicuity of structures to permit early obstruction recognition by pilots. |
| 26 55 36.16 | Medium-Intensity (M.I.) White Flashing Obstruction Lighting | Specifies Medium Intensity (M.I.) White Flashing Obstruction Lighting Equipment used to increase conspicuity of structures to permit early obstruction recognition by pilots. |
| 26 55 36.19 | Low-Intensity (L.I.) Red Obstruction Lighting | Specifies Low Intensity (L.I.) Obstruction Lighting Equipment used to increase conspicuity of structures to permit early obstruction recognition by pilots. |
| 26 56 19 | Roadway Lighting | Covers concrete, steel, aluminum and wood poles along with luminaire mounting brackets and luminaires. |
| 27 05 13 | Communications Services | Specifies telephone wire and coaxial cables for television cable systems. Includes installation for a variety of scenarios. |
| 27 05 26 | Grounding and Bonding for Communications Systems | Describes the following common work results applicable to telecommunications: grounding and bonding systems. For cabling systems refer to new NMS Section 27 10 05 - Structured Cabling for Communication Systems, which, replaces two former sections: 27 05 14 - Communications Cables Inside Buildings and 27 11 19 - Communications Termination Blocks and Patch Panels. |
| 27 05 28 | Pathways for Communications Systems | Use section with outlined exterior resources. Liaison required for additional requirements for client-owned telecommunications seek telecommunications consultant and for control systems seek building mechanical systems consultant. |
| 27 10 05 | Structured Cabling for Communications Systems | Addresses the telecommunications cabling system within a building. Does not address outside-plant cabling, such as inter-building backbone cabling on a campus. This new NMS Section 27 10 05 - Structured Cabling for Communication Systems, replaces two former sections: 27 05 14 - Communications Cables Inside Buildings and 27 11 19 Communications Termination Blocks and Patch Panels. |
| 27 11 20 | Terminals and Connectors for Communications Conductors - Entrance Facility | Section used for inter-building cables such as installation on a campus. Not covered are most exchange and toll cable installations as they are covered by the telephone authority. Includes underground telephone cable terminals, coaxial cable terminal and optical-fibre terminal. |
| 27 31 00 | Voice Communications Switching and Routing Equipment | Coordinate with telephone and telecommunication authorities in determining requirements for installation within rooms, closets, ducts and conduits. Includes materials and installation. |
| 27 51 16 | Public Address and Mass Notification Systems | Includes what the system is to incorporate, its operations (paging/music) and configuration (rack mounted/standalone). |
| 27 51 23 | Intercommunications and Program Systems | Covers solely a basic intercom system; change specification to suit. Includes conduits, communication conductors, master stations, sub-stations, power supply and additional features. |
| 27 52 24 | Nurses Call Systems | Provides two-way communication between nursing locations. Includes master, patient bedside, duty, and emergency call stations, corridor dome lights, power supply unit and equipment used to create system. |
| 27 53 13 | Clock Systems | Includes master time clock, program control unit(s), electronic transmitting unit(s), electronic indicating clocks, direct read clock(s), signalling device(s), fabrication and installation. |
| 28 10 00 | Access Control | This Section specifies the components for a complete security access control system, including door locking, control/release and answering to form a complete and operating Door Release System (DRS). |
| 28 13 27 | Security Door Supervision | Specifies control panel, door switches, terminal cabinets and blocks, end-of-line resistors, alarm and system operation. |
| 28 13 28 | Building Entrance Control System | Specifies building entrance control panel(s), door opener(s), suite stations, features and installation for dial up based telephone systems and no telephone line switching systems. |
| 28 14 00 | Access Control System Hardware | This Section includes monitor and control units, hardware and sequences of operation. |
| 28 23 00 | Video Surveillance | Specifies video monitoring components configured as a system, which perform functions related to image acquisition, video display and recording images. |
| 28 31 00 | Intrusion Detection | This Section specifies the intrusion detection system consisting of a control panel, detection accessories, communications and environmental monitoring. |
| 28 31 00.01 | Multiplex Fire Alarm System | Specifies materials, installation procedures and accessories for multiplex fire alarm systems. |
| 28 31 00.02 | Multiplex Fire Alarm and Voice Communication Systems | Specifies a fully supervised, microprocessor-based, fire alarm and voice communication system, utilizing digital techniques for data control and digital, and multiplexing techniques for data transmission. |
| 28 46 00 | Fire Detection and Alarm | This Section specifies fire alarm systems. For multiplex systems refer to Section 28 31 00.01 - Multiplex Fire Alarm System |
| 31 00 99 | Earthwork for Minor Works | Specifies fill materials, clearing and grubbing, excavation, backfilling, and grading, and is intended for small projects. Abridged from related sections included herein; intended for Government - Minor Works contracts. |
| 31 05 10 | Corrected Maximum Dry Density for Fill | This Section includes the definition for correcting the maximum dry density of soil mixtures to account for aggregate particles larger than 4.75 mm. |
| 31 05 16 | Aggregates for Earthwork | This Section describes extraction, processing, topsoil stripping, and stockpiling of aggregates, including materials and source quality control. |
| 31 08 13 | Pile Load Testing | This Section includes the test procedures and evaluation for piles. |
| 31 11 00 | Clearing and Grubbing | Specifies requirements for clearing, close cut clearing, grubbing and clearing isolated trees. |
| 31 14 13 | Soil Stripping and Stockpiling | This Section describes the environmentally responsible procedures for stripping and preservation of topsoil. |
| 31 22 13 | Rough Grading | This Section describes fill material and surplus excavated material that is suitable as fill for grading work. The Section also describes grading and testing. |
| 31 22 14 | Airfield Grading | Includes examination, stripping of topsoil, excavating, placing fill, subgrade compaction in pavement areas, finishing and tolerances, placing topsoil, maintenance and cleaning. |
| 31 22 16.13 | Roadway Subgrade Reshaping | This Section includes preparation of Subgrade by Scarifying, watering, compacting, and shaping existing or previously placed material. |
| 31 23 16.26 | Rock Removal | This Section includes rock removal by means of mechanical excavation or explosive blasting. |
| 31 23 33.01 | Excavating, Trenching and Backfilling | Specifies requirements for excavating, trenching and backfilling for structures, pipe-lines, sewers, conduits and appurtenances. |
| 31 24 13 | Roadway Embankments | This Section includes requirements for roadway excavation, borrow excavation, and Embankment construction for small projects. Use equivalent provincial Department of Transportation (DOT) specifications for larger projects. |
| 31 31 19.13 | Chemical Vegetation Control | This Section includes requirements for application of Herbicides for weed control, brush control, stump control, and soil sterilization. |
| 31 32 13.19 | Lime Soil Stabilization | This Section describes requirements for stabilizing subgrade soil by applying hydrated lime, mixing, and compacting. |
| 31 32 19.13 | Geogrid Soil Stabilization | Specifies requirements for polymeric geogrid material. Geogrids may be used in revetments, breakwaters, retaining structures, embankments, roadbeds and railroad beds as reinforcement to provide tensile strength to a soil mass. |
| 31 32 19.16 | Geotextile Soil Stabilization | This Section describes requirements for supply and installation of geotextile material. Polymeric geotextiles may be used in revetments, breakwaters, retaining wall structures, filtration, drainage structures, roadbeds, and railroad beds for separation purposes to prevent mixing of granular materials of different grading and as hydraulic filters permitting passage of water while retaining soil strength of a granular structure. |
| 31 32 33 | Shotcrete Soil Slope Stabilization | This Section includes shotcrete soil slope stabilization consisting of soil nail and soil reinforcement tied together with a structural shotcrete facing used to stabilize existing soils in place. |
| 31 32 36 | Soil Nailing | This Section specifies the requirements for installing soil nail elements for temporary and permanent slope retention and stabilization. Soil nail elements consist of reinforcing elements (tendons) and grout installed in earth materials. Tendons may consist of solid bar (SBSN) or hollow bar (HBSN) elements installed by drilling or ballistically launching into the ground. Reinforcing elements are grouted in place to transfer stress from the ground to the tendon. |
| 31 33 13.13 | Rock Scaling | This Section describes scaling and trimming the existing rock slopes to a safe, stable condition by removing all loose spalls and rocks not firmly keyed into the slopes. |
| 31 33 13.16 | Rock Anchors | This Section describes post-tensioned rock anchor elements for permanent slope retention and stabilization. Rock anchor elements consist of reinforcing elements (tendons) and grout installed in earth materials. Tendons may be solid bar rock anchors (SBRA) or hollow bar rock anchors (HBRA) installed by drilling. Reinforcing elements are grouted in place to transfer stress from the ground to the tendon. |
| 31 33 13.19 | Rock Slope Barriers | This Section describes requirements for rock slope barriers that withstand and dissipate the dynamic forces generated from rocks detaching from the slope, falling/rolling, and impacting the rock slope barrier system consisting of posts, cables, braking elements, and anchors. |
| 31 33 23 | Rock Slope Drape Mesh | Specifies requirements for the supply and installation of rock slope drape mesh protection consisting of installing rockfall slope netting protection (eg. wire mesh, cable net and wire rope fabric netting) and anchors as shown on the Drawings. |
| 31 33 26 | Rock Slope Pinned Mesh | Specifies requirements for installation of rock slope pinned mesh. Work under this provision consists of installing rock slope pinned mesh with high tensile strength steel mesh and grouted anchors as shown on the Drawings, to the manufacturer’s recommendations, and as approved, to contain broken rock between the pinned mesh and the rock slope. |
| 31 33 29 | Rock Slope Drains | Work of this Section consists of furnishing and installing horizontal rock drains. The work also includes sediment and erosion control as well as temporary construction such as access roads, drilling pad, sedimentation control (for management of drilling fluids) and the routing of drilling sediment to sedimentation basins and tanks. |
| 31 36 00 | Gabions | This section describes supply and installation of baskets or mattresses fabricated from wire mesh or geogrids filled with stone. A gabion structure consists of a number of baskets or mattresses connected together so joints between the baskets or mattresses are as strong as mesh, making a monolithic structure. |
| 31 36 19 | Gabion Mattresses | This Section describes mattress materials (crushed quarry stone), scour protection, placement, and tolerances. |
| 31 37 00 | Rip-Rap | This Section includes stone, cement mortar and grout, and geotextiles for armour, heavy, random, and hand placed rip-rap. |
| 31 53 13 | Timber Cribwork | This Section describes timber cribwork, including fasteners, fabrication, placement, and ballasting. |
| 31 61 13 | General Requirements for Pile Foundations | This Section describes materials, equipment, and drive and testing requirements for the driving of piles. It also describes pile driving analyzers. |
| 31 62 13.19 | Precast Concrete Piles | This Section includes materials, concrete mixes, formwork, fabrication, curing of piles, detensioning, and installation for precast concrete piles. |
| 31 62 16.13 | Sheet Steel Piles | This Section describes flat web and Z or trough section piling with associated components, including source quality control for hot rolled and cold formed steel sheet piling. |
| 31 62 16.14 | Steel Sheet Pile Cells | This Section describes construction of circular or diaphragm type steel sheet pile cellular structures. |
| 31 62 16.16 | Steel H Piles | This Section describes materials, fabrication, protective coatings, welding and installation for steel H piles. |
| 31 62 16.19 | Tubular Steel Piles | This Section describes materials, fabrication, protective coatings, welding and installation for steel pipe piles. |
| 31 62 19 | Timber Piles | This Section includes materials, preparation and installation of timber piles. |
| 31 63 19 | Bored and Socketed Piles | This Section describes materials used and the installation method which requires driving caisson shells into bedrock, welding reinforcing steel, and placing concrete. |
| 31 63 19.13 | Rock Sockets for Piles | This Section describes preparation/pile clean-out, installation of sockets and anchor dowels, additional material, welding, and grouting. |
| 31 63 23 | Bored Concrete Piles | This Section describes materials, fabrication, protective coatings, welding, and installation for bored concrete piles. |
| 31 63 24 | Compacted Expanded-Base Concrete Piles | This Section describes materials, driving, testing and records for compacted expanded-base concrete piles. |
| 31 63 26.16 | Concrete Caissons for Marine Construction | This section describes requirements for construction and installation of concrete caisson structures where construction is entirely or partially carried out while afloat. Construction of base slab and sufficient wall height to provide positive buoyancy may be carried out in dry dock, on launch way, or on submersible barge and remaining walls completed while afloat. Alternative methods of construction may be proposed and permitted if acceptable to the Departmental Representative/DCC Representative/Consultant. |
| 32 01 11.01 | Pavement Cleaning and Marking Removal | Specifies the materials for pavement cleaning as well as the methods for the removal of pavement markings and surface cleaning. |
| 32 01 11.02 | Pavement Crack Cleaning and Filling | Select sealing mix(es) and application method for each type and specify measurement for payment of item(s) to suit. |
| 32 01 13.01 | Flexible Paving Surface Treatment - Single Application | Describes requirements for a single application of asphalt material followed by a single application of aggregate to an existing paved surface or a granular base. |
| 32 01 13.02 | Flexible Paving Surface Treatment - Multiple Application | Contains requirements for applying double or triple alternate applications of asphalt and aggregate to an existing paved surface or a granular base. |
| 32 01 16.01 | Flexible Paving Surface Grooving | Outlines requirements for cutting of grooves in a pavement surface for improvement of vehicle braking performance during wet conditions. |
| 32 01 16.13 | Reshaping Asphalt Pavement | Covers materials and equipment used to pulverize, reshape, and compact within finish tolerances. |
| 32 01 18 | Routing and Sealing Pavement Cracks | Describes maintenance in existing pavements, primarily for sealing cracks. Section 32 01 11.02 - Pavement Crack Cleaning and Filling provides preparation for overlay. |
| 32 01 90.23 | Pruning | This section specifies pruning, root girdling, and care of wounds. The intent of this section is to provide guidelines for pruning trees and shrubs. This section includes best practices for tools, clipping, shearing, pruning, and root pruning. |
| 32 01 90.33 | Tree and Shrub Preservation | Covers materials and processes used for preservation of trees and shrubs on sites. Work of this Section is to prepare the site to meet the performance goals of the landscape plan, comply with all local or municipal bylaws, and provide worker and public safety. All horticulture and non-horticulture elements contained within the site are assessed for preservation or removal; in the case of preservation, sites are subsequently managed to preserve or enhance their pre-construction condition. |
| 32 11 16.01 | Granular Sub-Base | Includes requirements for supplying, producing and placing gravel or quarried stone as a granular sub-base to lines, grades and typical cross sections indicated on plans or as directed by Department Representative/DCC Representative/Consultant. |
| 32 11 17 | Reshaping Granular Roadbed | Specifies requirements for scarifying and reshaping of existing granular roadbed with addition of new granular base material where required, to lines, grades and typical cross-sections indicated or as established by Departmental Representative/ Engineer/Consultant. |
| 32 11 23 | Aggregate Base Courses | Specifies requirements for supplying, producing and placing crushed gravel or quarried stone as a granular base to lines, grades and typical cross sections indicated, or as directed by Departmental Representative, DCC Representative or Consultant. |
| 32 11 33 | Cement-Treated Base Courses | Specifies requirements for producing, placing and curing centrally mixed or mixed-in-place cement stabilized granular base on prepared granular sub-base or base. |
| 32 12 10 | Marshall Immersion Test for Bitumen | Use in conjunction with section 32 12 16 - Asphalt Paving as this section is primarily used for airfield pavements. Includes Marshall testing procedure. |
| 32 12 13.16 | Asphalt Tack Coats | Specifies anionic emulsified and cut-back asphalt with equipment and application. |
| 32 12 13.23 | Asphalt Prime Coats | Covers material and application of asphalt material, including the use of a sand blotter using equipment specified. |
| 32 12 16 | Asphalt Paving | Specifies asphalt concrete paving for roads and airport runways. |
| 32 12 16.02 | Asphalt Paving for Building Sites | Specifies asphalt concrete pavement, including granular base and granular sub-base if applicable, for car park areas, driveways to buildings, bikeways and walks or play areas. |
| 32 12 19.13 | Road-Mix Asphalt Paving Wearing Courses | This Section specifies requirements for asphalt paving by mixed-in-place methods, combining aggregate and asphalt on site using motor graders and other road mixing equipment or travel plant mixing equipment. |
| 32 12 36.14 | Asphalt Seal Coat | Describes materials and job mix formula using specified equipment to prepare pavement surface and slurry mix. Includes application, patching, curing, and rolling (if applicable). |
| 32 12 36.16 | Coal Tar Seal Coats | Offers an “installed but not supplied” option and measurement procedures. Covers preparation of pavement surfaces, application and patching with slurry mix that includes coal tar pitch emulsion, aggregate, mixing water, and additives using specified equipment. |
| 32 13 13 | Concrete Paving | Includes the preparation of subgrade and sub-bases, mixes, associated concrete components, transport and delivery of mix, placing, consolidating, finishing, curing, protection, repair, etc. |
| 32 13 13.01 | Concrete Paving for Building Site | Includes cement concrete pavement including granular base for car park areas, driveways to buildings, access roads and loading dock areas. For concrete typically used for walks and play areas refer to section 32 16 00 - Curbs, gutters and sidewalks. |
| 32 13 13.17 | Roller Compacted Concrete Paving | This Section specifies the materials, mixes, equipment, placing and quality control requirements for producing and placing Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) used for roads, highways, parking areas, storage facilities, composting areas, industrial sites and other pavements. |
| 32 14 10 | Unit Paving on Sand Bed | Specifies sand-set unit paving without mortared joints using clay brick pavers or granite pavers for pedestrian or light vehicular traffic, or precast concrete paving slabs or flagstone for pedestrian traffic only. See section 32 14 13 - Precast Concrete Unit Paving for specifications on precast/interlocking concrete pavers for use in pedestrian and vehicular traffic. |
| 32 14 13 | Precast Concrete Unit Paving | Covers structural surface preparation and installation of concrete pavers, bedding and joint material, edge restraints, cleaning and sealing compounds. |
| 32 15 40 | Crushed Stone Surfacing | Includes crushed stone paving for light-weight vehicle use areas, driveways and pedestrian walks. It is not intended to cover roads or running tracks. |
| 32 15 60 | Roadway Dust Control | Includes requirements for supply and application of aqueous calcium chloride, flake calcium chloride and water for alleviation or prevention of dust nuisance caused by traffic. Choose appropriate method required for project and edit to suit. |
| 32 16 00 | Curbs, Gutters and Sidewalks | This section includes requirements for constructing cement concrete walks, curbs, and gutters. The section also includes grade preparation; granular base; concrete; tolerances; expansion, contraction, and isolation joints; curing; backfill; and linseed oil treatment. |
| 32 17 23 | Pavement Markings | Describes measurement for payment, materials (paint and markings, thinner, and glass reflective beads option), requirements for equipment, traffic control, application, and tolerances. |
| 32 21 00.01 | Well Pumps | Specifies various types of well pumps and their installation including electrical installation. Covers discharge piping, storage and pressure tanks, pressure pump, and anchor bolts and templates. |
| 32 31 13 | Chain-Link Fences and Gates | This Section describes chain-link fence fabric, posts, braces and rails, tie wire fasteners, swinging gates and gate frames, finishes, and concrete. |
| 32 31 26 | Wire Fences and Gates | Contains wire fencing, gates, wood and steel posts used in the construction of wire fences. |
| 32 32 26 | Metal Crib Retaining Walls | This Section includes requirements for supply and erection or just erection of pre-fabricated steel members, site assembled into a series of connected closed-face cells, for construction of metal crib retaining walls to lines and grades as indicated on Drawings. |
| 32 32 34 | Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls | Specifies requirements for reinforced soil type retaining wall systems, consisting of facing elements and metal strips, wire mesh, geotextiles, geogrids, or coir fabric geotextile soil reinforcing elements. |
| 32 33 00 | Site Furnishings | Includes standard manufactured catalogue items such as waste containers, benches, planters, tables, bike racks and playground equipment. Renumbered from 32 37 00 to meet the recommendations of the MasterFormat 2014 classification system. |
| 32 91 19.13 | Topsoil Placement and Grading | This section specifies topsoil, topsoil amendments, stripping topsoil, preparation of existing grades, placing topsoil, and finish grading. |
| 32 91 19.16 | Topsoil Placement for Vegetated Roofs | Section includes topsoil, topsoil amendments for vegetated roofing systems. |
| 32 92 19.13 | Mechanical Seeding | This Section specifies grass seed, seed bed preparation and seed placement for mechanical seeding. |
| 32 92 19.16 | Hydraulic Seeding | This section includes seed, seed bed preparation, mulch, slurry preparation and application, and maintenance for hydraulic seeding. |
| 32 92 23 | Sodding | This section includes sod, sod placement, preparation and maintenance. |
| 32 93 10 | Trees, Shrubs and Ground Cover Planting | This section includes trees, shrubs, and ground cover plant material, planting, tree support, mulching, and maintenance. |
| 32 93 23.13 | Interior Plantings | This section includes fertilizer, plants, pots, support, planting, and pot installation for interior plantings. It is intended for direct planting or double containerizing in fixed or moveable containers for foliage plants. |
| 33 05 14.03 | Telethermics Pre-Fabricated Steel Maintenance Holes | Covers factory fabricated maintenance holes, cathodic protection, sump pump, waste water ejector, and backfill materials. Includes installation. |
| 33 05 16 | Maintenance Holes and Catch Basin Structures | Covers excavation and backfill, concrete work, installation, adjusting tops and sealing over existing units, and site quality control. |
| 33 07 13 | Telethermics - Thermal Insulation | Specifies insulation for telethermics - tunnel systems, conduit systems and Shallow Inverted Trench (SIT) Systems emphasizing increased insulation thicknesses for conservation of thermal energy in telethermics distribution piping systems. Directly buried telethermics systems are normally insulated with loose fill type insulation. Insulated and plastic jacketted telethermics systems are normally insulated with foamed-in-place type insulation. |
| 33 07 16 | Factory Pre-Insulated Piping Systems for Utility Applications | This section includes products such as carrier core pipe, factory applied insulation, outer jacket and insulated pipe joints for buried and above ground applications, insulation and accessories, electric heat tracing, pipe sleeves, and their installation. |
| 33 11 00 | Groundwater Sources | Products include a permanent well casing and (if applicable) screen. Covers drilling, installation of permanent casing and screen, gravel packing, grouting and sealing, disinfection, test pumping, and water sampling. |
| 33 14 16 | Site Water Utility Distribution Piping | This Section describes pipes, joints and fittings, pipe protection, valves, valve boxes and chambers, service connections, fire hydrants, etc. and their installation. Includes flushing and disinfecting. |
| 33 14 16.13 | Incoming Site Water Utility Distribution Piping | Specifies service water pipe, cathodic protection, fittings, joints, gate valves and protective coatings. Includes installation, pressure testing, disinfection and cleaning. |
| 33 31 11 | Public Sanitary Sewerage Gravity Piping | This section includes pipe materials and accessories, fill materials, preparation, installation and site testing for public sanitary sewerage gravity piping. Use Section 33 31 23 - Sanitary Sewerage Force Mains Piping for force mains. |
| 33 31 23 | Sanitary Sewerage Force Main Piping | This section includes pipe materials and accessories, pipe bedding and surround materials, backfill materials, preparation, installation and site testing for sanitary sewerage force mains. Use Section 33 31 11 - Public Sanitary Sewerage Gravity Piping for gravity sewers. |
| 33 32 13.13 | Packaged Sewage Lift, Wet Well Type | DOES NOT INCLUDE SPEC DESCRIBED IN HEADER. Renumbered from 32 32 13.13 to meet the recommendations of the MasterFormat 2014 classification system. |
| 33 36 00 | Wastewater Utility Storage Tanks | Describes design requirements, concrete mixes and materials, finishes, siphon chamber (when applicable), access (holes to surface), modular wall seals, etc. Includes installation. |
| 33 36 33 | Utility Drainage Field | Describes trench and area bed types for sewage disposal fields. Materials required and installation included. |
| 33 41 16 | Subdrainage Piping | This Section specifies requirements for constructing sub-drains with granular filter and/or geotextile filter material to lines and grades indicated or directed. |
| 33 42 11 | Stormwater Gravity Piping | This section includes pipe materials and accessories, fill materials, preparation, installation and site testing for stormwater gravity piping. |
| 33 42 13 | Stormwater Culverts | This section includes pipe materials and accessories, fill materials, preparation and installation for stormwater culverts. |
| 33 46 13.01 | Foundation and Underslab Drainage | This section includes foundation and underslab drainage pipe or tubing, bedding and surround materials, drainage panels, and backfill. |
| 33 46 16.01 | Sub-Drain Backfill Sealing with Asphalt | Using either cutback or emulsified asphalt and backfill, this practise is to prevent the overloading of a sub-drain. |
| 33 47 13 | Pond and Reservoir Liners | Includes requirements for supply and installation of geomembranes for use in waste water ponds, sewage lagoons, landfill and other containment structures as an impermeable membrane. Section is developed for thermoplastic membranes. Modify to suit if elastomeric or bituminous membranes are to be used. Renumbered from 31 32 19.02 to meet the recommendations of the MasterFormat 2014 classification system. |
| 33 47 23 | Sanitary Sewage Lagoons | Covers the materials and procedures to create a sanitary sewage lagoon. Includes items such as dike construction, installation of sewers, linings, field quality control, etc. |
| 33 56 13 | Aboveground Fuel - Storage Tanks | This Section specifies the administrative procedures, materials, construction and accessories and installation of above ground oil storage tanks. Not to be used for tank farms. |
| 33 56 16 | Underground Fuel - Storage Tanks | Contains administrative procedures and the materials and accessories for the installation of underground oil storage tanks. It includes mounded tanks and buried tanks. |
| 33 65 13 | Telethermics - Distribution Piping - Steel | Telethermics covers thermal fluid distribution systems from 150 mm inside the sending building to 150 mm inside the receiving building. Specifies the steel distribution piping used in telethermic systems. |
| 33 65 16 | Telethermics - Distribution Piping - PVC - FRP | Specifies thermal fluid distribution systems from 150 mm inside the sending building to 150 mm inside the receiving building. |
| 33 65 26 | Telethermics - Insulated and Plastic Jacketted Systems | Contains factory pre-fabricated, pre-assembled, tested and insulated piping distribution systems. |
| 33 65 29 | Telethermics - Directly Buried, Loose Fill Insulated, Systems | Includes direct buried distribution systems where the fluid temperature is between 2 degrees C and 425 degrees C. |
| 33 65 33 | Telethermics - Dryable Drainable, Testable Conduit Systems | Specifies the materials and installation for airtight, water-tight, dryable, drainable, testable system, factory pre-fabricated, pre-assembled, insulated and tested conduit systems. |
| 33 65 46 | Telethermics - Shallow Inverted Trench (SIT) Systems | Describes telethermics - SIT systems using materials such as thermal insulation, pre-cast concrete inverted trench covers, inverted trench cover joint seals and location markers. |
| 33 65 73 | Concrete Encased Duct Banks and Manholes | Contains concrete encased duct banks, precast and cast-in-place concrete manholes, their construction, installation, marking requirements and inspection. |
| 33 65 76 | Direct Buried Underground Cable Ducts | Covers ducting materials including PVC ducts and fittings, solvent weld compound, fibreglass ducts, plastic polyethylene pipe, cable pulling equipment, markers and warning tape. Includes installation. |
| 33 71 16.01 | Electrical Pole Lines and Hardware | Specifies standard overhead pole line construction with common primary voltages of 4.16kV, 7.2kV, 12.5kV, 13.8 kV and 16kV single phase and secondary voltages of 120/240V, 120/208V, 600V. Includes transformer installations, both pole mounted and platform mounted, and ancillary equipment. |
| 33 71 73.01 | Overhead Electrical Service | Specifies service masts, insulator racks, weatherhead, conduit, conductors and metre sockets used in overhead service as well as their installation. |
| 33 77 33 | Fuse Cutouts and Fuse Links - Outdoor | Covers the required materials (fuse cutouts, and fuse holders and links); assembly and mounting as per manufacturer's instructions. |
| 34 43 05 | Common Work Results for Airfield Lighting | Contains common work for all airfield lighting systems. |
| 34 43 05.39 | Airfield Approach Light Support Structures | Specifies airfield approach light support structures, previously known as airfield aluminum approach towers. Remove all PWGSC standard drawings. |
| 34 43 13.11 | Airfield Beacons and Towers | Specifies aerodrome beacons including rotating and flashing beacons. |
| 34 43 13.13 | Airfield Threshold Runway Identification Lights | Specifies airfield runway identification lights. |
| 34 43 13.14 | Airfield Visual Alignment Guidance System | Contains airfield visual alignment guidance systems. |
| 34 43 13.15 | Airfield Illuminated Ground Navigation Signs | Describes internally illuminated signs and associated wiring and fittings for airport taxiways, aprons and runways. |
| 34 43 13.16 | Airfield Runway and Taxiway Inset Lighting | Covers inset lighting systems for runway and taxiway centre-lines, touchdown zones, displaced thresholds, high speed exits, hold bars, approaches, edges, runway guards, and taxiway intersections. |
| 34 43 13.17 | Airfield Elevated Edge Lighting | Includes high intensity elevated light units, series circuit and medium intensity light units, multiple/parallel circuit. |
| 34 43 13.18 | Airfield Runway Guard Lights | Specifies airfield runway guard lights - configuration A. |
| 34 43 13.23 | Airfield Simplified Short Approach Lighting System with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights (SSALR) | Includes power supply requirements, lighting level control, light units, and instructions for layout. |
| 34 43 13.24 | Airfield Simplified Short Approach Lighting System (SSALS) | Includes power supply requirements, lighting level control, light units, and instructions for layout. |
| 34 43 13.26 | Airfield Omni-Directional Approach Lighting Equipment | Includes power supply requirements, lighting level control, light units, and instructions for layout. |
| 34 43 13.30 | Airfield Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System (MALS) | Includes power supply requirements, lighting level control, light units, and instructions for layout. |
| 34 43 13.31 | Airfield Medium Intensity Approach Light System with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights (MALSR) | Includes power supply requirements, lighting level control, light units, and instructions for layout. |
| 34 43 13.32 | Airfield Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System with Sequenced Flashing Lights (MALSF) | Includes power supply requirements, lighting level control, light units, and instructions for layout. |
| 34 43 13.35 | Approach Lighting System CAT. II or CAT. III - ALSF-2 | Includes power supply requirements, lighting level control, light units, and instructions for layout. It describes the ALSF-2 using two series circuits for sequenced flashing system. |
| 34 43 13.36 | Airfield Precision-Approach Path Indicator Equipment | Specifies the Airfield Precision-Approach Path Indicator Equipment (PAPI) consisting of a wing bar of 4 sharp transition multi-lamp units equally spaced. Also applies to Airfield Abbreviated Precision-Approach Path Indicator Equipment (APAPI) consisting of a wing bar of 2 sharp transition multi-lamp units. The system is located on the left side of the runway unless it is physically impracticable to do so. |
| 34 43 13.43 | Airfield Apron Floodlighting | Specifies airfield apron flood lighting. |
| 34 43 23.16 | Airfield Wind Cones | Specifies wind direction indicators also known as wind socks. |
| 34 43 26.13 | Airfield Lighting Control Equipment | Used for control panels installed by hard wiring, includes their accessories and installation. |
| 34 43 26.16 | Airfield Lighting PLC Control Equipment | Includes materials, installation, assembly, wiring and testing for airfield lighting PLC control equipment. |
| 34 43 26.19 | Airfield Lighting Regulator Assembly | Includes airfield lighting regulator assembly including silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) type and new ferro resonant type and circuit selector switches. |
| 34 71 13.01 | Vehicle Concrete Barriers | Contains cast-in-place or precast concrete barriers for medians and roadsides. |
| 34 71 13.21 | Vehicle Guide Posts | Contains requirements for supplying and installing painted timber guide posts, or supplying and installing solid plastic guide posts. |
| 34 71 13.22 | Vehicle Post Delineators | To indicate boundaries for vehicles, delineators are made of steel posts and reflective markers. Includes assembly and installation. |
| 34 71 13.25 | Vehicle W-Beam Guide Rail | Includes requirements for supplying and installing steel W-beam guide rail for medians and road sides. |
| 34 71 13.27 | Vehicle Cable Guide Rail | Used for roadsides and medians, guide rail materials, installation and painting are included. Section references Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan. |
| 34 71 13.28 | Vehicle Box Beam Guide Rail | Specifies requirements for supplying and installing steel box beam guide rail for medians and roadsides. |
| 34 72 16 | Railway Siding | Contains various materials and their installation to create railway siding. Siding track connection to main line is usually carried out by railway company. Clearly indicate limit of work. |
| 34 73 16.13 | Aircraft Static Grounding | Contains aircraft static grounding including grounding receptacles, rods and wire and their installation. Also specifies aircraft static grounding for DND airports only. Civil aviation airports do not use aircraft static grounding. |
| 34 77 13 | Passenger Boarding Bridges | Specifies complete system design, manufacture and installation of the prefabricated units found around airports. Coordinate with other sections and their trades to receive and install this system. |
| 35 01 40.51 | Waterway Maintenance Dredging | Specifies waterway maintenance dredging. |
| 35 20 24 | Dredging | Specifies the general requirements and execution for dredging, including the removal and disposal of dredged materials. |
| 35 31 19 | Revetments | Covers revetments for shoreline or channel bank protection consisting of successive layers of graded stone filters with or without geotextiles and with slope surface protection consisting of armour units of quarry rock or precast concrete. |
| 35 31 23.13 | Rubble Mound Breakwaters | Includes requirements for construction of a rubble mound breakwater consisting of component layers of rock, or rock and concrete, and to dimensions indicated. |
| 35 51 23 | Pontoons | Contains requirements for pontoons to dimensions, details and locations indicated. Pontoons specified are for pontoons of wood frame construction sheathed with plywood and covered with a glass fibre exterior coating. They form components of floats used in construction of floating wharves. |
| 35 59 13.19 | Rubber Marine Fenders | Specifies engineered energy absorbing fendering systems for marine and bridge pier construction. |
| 35 59 29 | Mooring Devices | Covers requirements for supply and installation of bollards and quick-release mooring hooks, complete with fair leads and capstans. Simple bollards, cleats, bitts and hooks are normally covered by section 05 50 00 - Metal Fabrications. |
| 42 20 00 | Process Cooling Equipment | This Section covers equipment for process refrigeration including compressors, condensers, receivers, condensing units, evaporators along with defrost control, connection and accessories, and their installation. |
| 44 41 13 | Commercial Water Treatment Plants | Specifies components and installation for a complete, packaged, commercial water treatment plant. |
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