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501070099 Federal Express Oakland Sort Expansion Issued for Bid 10/11<br />

SECTION 15550 - FIRE PROTECTION<br />

PART 1 - GENERAL<br />

1.1 GENERAL<br />

1.2 SCOPE<br />

A. The requirements of Section 15010 shall apply to this Section except as herein modified.<br />

A. This Section describes the installation of the Fire Protection Systems.<br />

B. The scope of work shall include, but not be limited to, the following:<br />

- Design of fire protection systems.<br />

- Wet type sprinkler systems for all areas.<br />

- Piping systems.<br />

- All valves, controls, alarms, and accessories required to provide a complete and<br />

operating fire protection system.<br />

- Flushing of all piping installed under this Section.<br />

- Testing and approvals.<br />

C. Sort Building - Underground laterals extending from the underground yard mains and terminating<br />

in level blind flanges approximately 6" above finish floor shall be provided by the Division 2, for the<br />

Sort Building. Connect to this piping at the point of termination and extend the fire protection<br />

system throughout the building.<br />

1.3 Design of Fire Protection Systems<br />

A. Work required under this section shall be delivered via design/build performance specification<br />

methodology. This specification shall be the bid basis for the design/build package. As such the<br />

successful contractor shall become the Engineer of Record for the fire protection system for this<br />

project and shall meet all code, insurance company and authority having jurisdiction requirements<br />

in addition to the requirements stated herein and deliver a complete operating system to the<br />

Owner in accordance to all code requirements and the requirements of the local authority having<br />

jurisdiction and the Owner’s insuring agency.<br />

B. The Contractor shall be responsible for design and subsequent installation of the fire protection<br />

system. Requirements for the fire protection system arise from a variety of sources such as<br />

building codes, fire codes, insurance standards and Owner requirements. As these contract<br />

documents do not reiterate all of these requirements, it is necessary that the Contractor be<br />

thoroughly knowledgeable and experienced with these types of fire protection systems as the<br />

Contractor will be expected to comply with all stated contract requirements and all referenced<br />

codes, standards and guidelines. Further, the Contractor assumes responsibility for performance<br />

of the system design in accordance with all requirements.<br />

C. When the requirements of the contract documents are at variance with the referenced codes,<br />

standards and guidelines, the Contractor shall notify the Engineer prior to bidding. If these<br />

variances result from agreements made with the applicable authority, the Contractor will be<br />

FIRE PROTECTION 15550-1

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