Specifications - State of Delaware

SECTION 089000 - LOUVERS AND VENTS: continued
B. Shop Drawings: For louvers and accessories. Include plans, elevations, sections, details, and
attachments to other work. Show frame profiles and blade profiles, angles, and spacing.
1. Show weep paths, gaskets, flashing, sealant, and other means of preventing water
intrusion.
2. Show mullion profiles and locations.
C. Samples: For units with factory-applied color finishes.
D. LEED Submittals:
1. Product Data for Credit MRc4: For products containing recycled content, submit
documentation indicating percentages, by weight, of post-consumer and pre-consumer
recycled content for each product or portion of a product having recycled content.
Include statement indicating cost for each product containing recycled content material.
2. Product Data for Credit MRc5: For products and materials complying with requirements
for regional materials, submit documentation indicating location and distance from
Project of material manufacturer and point of extraction, harvest, or recovery for each
raw material. Include statement indicating cost for each regional material and the
fraction by weight that is considered regional.
1.07 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS:
A. Product Test Reports: Based on evaluation of comprehensive tests performed according to
AMCA 500-L by a qualified testing agency or by manufacturer and witnessed by a qualified
testing agency, for each type of louver and showing compliance with performance
requirements specified.
1.08 QUALITY ASSURANCE:
A. Source Limitations: Obtain louvers and vents from single source from a single manufacturer
where indicated to be of same type, design, or factory-applied color finish.
B. Welding: Qualify procedures and personnel according to the following:
1. AWS D1.2/D1.2M, "Structural Welding Code - Aluminum."
2. AWS D1.3, "Structural Welding Code - Sheet Steel."
C. SMACNA Standard: Comply with recommendations in SMACNA's "Architectural Sheet
Metal Manual" for fabrication, construction details, and installation procedures.
D. UL and NEMA Compliance: Provide motors and related components for motor-operated
louvers that are listed and labeled by UL and comply with applicable NEMA standards.
1.09 PROJECT CONDITIONS:
A. Field Measurements: Verify actual dimensions of openings by field measurements before
fabrication.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.01 MATERIALS:
A. Aluminum Extrusions: ASTM B221 (ASTM B221M), Alloy 6063-T5, T-52, or T6.
B. Aluminum Sheet: ASTM B209 (ASTM B209M), Alloy 3003 or 5005 with temper as required
for forming, or as otherwise recommended by metal producer for required finish.
C. Aluminum Castings: ASTM B26/B26M, Alloy 319.
D. Galvanized-Steel Sheet: ASTM A653/A653M, G60 (Z180) zinc coating, mill phosphatized.
E. Fasteners: Use types and sizes to suit unit installation conditions.
1. Use Phillips flat-head screws for exposed fasteners, unless otherwise indicated.
2. For fastening aluminum, use aluminum or 300 series stainless-steel fasteners.
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