Specifications - Lord and Son Construction, Inc.

SECTION 01779
TESTING AND ACCEPTANCE
1.0 GENERAL
1.1 REQUIREMENTS INCLUDED
A. Administrative provisions for Substantial Completion and for final acceptance.
B. Submittal of Operation and Maintenance manuals.
C. Submittal of Record Drawings.
1.2 RELATED REQUIREMENTS
A. Section 01782 - Operation and Maintenance Data.
1.3 TESTING ON LOCAL POWER
A. When the CONTRACTOR considers the work complete, he shall notify the Contracting Officer in
writing that the project is ready for testing and acceptance.
B. The Contracting Officer shall notify the Contractor of the date on which the testing shall begin.
C. The testing shall consist of a seven (7) day continuous run period in which the well and all related
mechanical and electrical systems will operate in automatic mode off of the local power grid.
D. In the event the system goes off line for any reason to include equipment failure, adjustments or has to
be run in the manual mode the test period shall be stopped. When repairs have been made and the
system is restarted in the automatic mode the test will commence at the first hour and proceed for a
seven (7) day period.
E. It is the Contractors responsibility to continue the testing until such time as the system operates in the
automatic mode for a full seven (7) day period without interruption.
1.4 TESTING ON EMERGENCY POWER
Upon completion of the seven (7) day Local Power test the Contractor shall operate the system on the
emergency power for five (5) cycles. Each cycle shall consist of interrupting the local power, which will activate
the emergency generator. The system then shall be operated on emergency power for a period of two(2) hours.
Upon completion of each two (2) hour run on emergency power the system will be returned to local power and
allowed to run on local power for one hour before starting the next cycle on emergency power. In the event the
system goes off line while on emergency power for any reason to include equipment failure, adjustments or has
to be run in the manual mode the test period shall be stopped. When repairs have been made and the system is
restarted on emergency power the test will commence at the first hour and proceed for five (5) full cycles.
1.5 ACCEPTANCE BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER
The Contracting Officer upon completion of both the local and emergency power test shall notify the Contractor
in writing of the acceptance of the project. In the event the Contractor fails to complete the required testing the
Contracting Officer is under no obligation to accept the work in place and it becomes the full responsibility of
the Contractor to make any and all modifications, repairs or replacement of equipment at his sole expense until
such time as the system can pass the full testing procedures.
1.6 APPLICATION FOR FINAL PAYMENT
Prior to application for final payment, the CONTRACTOR receive in writing a letter of acceptance from the
Contracting Officer.
END OF SECTION
SECTION 01779
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