TranSystems Corporation - LGM Construction

501070099 Federal Express Oakland Sort Expansion Issued for Bid 10/11
SECTION 16600 - DIGITAL, ADDRESSABLE FIRE-ALARM AND DETECTION SYSTEM
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 SUMMARY
A. This Section describes electrical work for the Fire Alarm and Detection System. Design, provide and
install a new digital addressable fire alarm and detection system for the new Sort Building.
B. Work required under this Section is to be delivered via design/build methodology. This specification shall
be the basis for the design/build package. As such the successful design/build contractor shall become
the engineer of record for the Fire Alarm and Detection System and shall design, supply, install, test and
certify the new, expanded and modified Fire Alarm and Detection System(s). The completed Fire Alarm
and Detection System(s) shall comply with the minimum requirements of all applicable Codes and
Authorities Having Jurisdiction. When applicable Codes, standards or guidelines are in conflict, the most
stringent shall govern
C. The Fire Alarm and Detection System Contractor shall design all necessary modifications to the existing
Fed Ex airport hub’s Fire Alarm and Detection System in order to integrate communications and remote
annunciation into one comprehensive system. The Fed Ex airport hub’s fire alarm remote annunciator is
located in the Security Screening Building lobby. The Fire Alarm and Detection System Contractor shall
obtain any available record drawings of existing Fire Alarm and Detection System equipment from the
Owner (including the systems for the Security Screening Building, the Generator Building, and the
Metroplex Renovations) and conduct a complete site survey to verify the extent and status of the existing
system. Any Fire Alarm and Detection System equipment shown on the drawings in these Contract
Documents is for reference only and is not intended to depict the full extent of the existing system nor are
the drawings intended to depict the entirety of work required under this Section.
D. The general contractor will obtain a conditional permit, conditional upon the timely submission of Fire
Alarm and Detection System drawings and associated documentation. The Fire Alarm and Detection
System Contractor shall prepare working drawings of the Fire Alarm and Detection System for the general
contractor’s building permit application. The schedule for delivery of these drawings shall be coordinated
with the general contractor so as to not delay the building permit process.
E. The Fire Alarm and Detection System Contractor shall determine the requirements applicable to the
submittal of drawings for building permit application from the local Fire Marshal and all other Authorities
Having Jurisdiction and prepare the drawings accordingly. If the local Authorities require that the
submitted drawings be signed and sealed by a licensed professional engineer, then the Fire Alarm and
Detection System Contractor shall provide drawings that are signed and sealed by a licensed professional
engineer in the state of California. If the local Authorities do not require that the submitted drawings be
signed and sealed by a licensed professional engineer, then as a minimum the drawings shall be prepared
by an individual who has attained NICET (National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies)
Level III or higher certification in Fire Alarm and Detection Systems. All corresponding submittals and
drawings shall be approved, initialed and show the NICET certification number of the individual
maintaining the certification and taking responsibility for the documentation.
F. Construction documents shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
1. A floor plan
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