Summary of PerSpective®
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Performance Requirements
Sections in this Volume = 142
| Facility Performance A - Substructure B - Shell C - Interiors D - Services E - Equipment and Furnishings F - Demolition G - Site Work |
| Status | Number | Title | Synopsis | Catalogs | Updated |
| Current | 111 | FACILITY PERFORMANCE | This section covers important and fundamental requirements, of both performance and prescriptive types, that apply to the project as a whole or to every element of the project. Topics covered include building codes and other laws affecting design and construction, non-regulatory criteria documents, and global performance requirements that apply to more than one group of elements. Some examples of the latter include energy efficiency, environmentally responsible design (with LEED certification options), expected life span and durability, physical security, and ease of operation and maintenance. In addition, this section includes procedures and rules for making choices from the options specified for products and elements (similar to "substitutions" clauses in conventional specifications) and ways to substantiate compliance with specified requirements that apply to all elements and products. | Free | Dec 08 |
| Current | A | SUBSTRUCTURE | This section includes requirements for all building elements that are below grade or in direct contact with the ground, up to the back side of interior finishes, which are covered in Volume C - Interiors. Requirements include provisions for excavation that are necessary to put substructure in place, but do not include other types of excavation, such as site grading and excavation for site utilities. | Performance | Feb 06 |
| Current | A1 | FOUNDATIONS | This section includes requirements for all types of foundation systems. Requirements include provisions for excavation that are necessary to put foundations in place, but do not include other types of excavation, such as site grading and excavation for site utilities. | Performance | Feb 06 |
| Current | A11 | STANDARD FOUNDATIONS | This section includes requirements for typical spread footing foundation systems, both pier and linear types, as well as pile and caisson caps. Requirements include provisions for excavation that are necessary to put standard foundations in place, but do not include other types of excavation, such as site grading and excavation for site utilities. | Performance | Nov 98 |
| Current | A12 | OTHER FOUNDATIONS | This section includes requirements for special types of foundation elements, such as piles and caissons, raft foundations, and pole foundations. Section A12 also includes systems such as shoring and underpinning that become a permanent part of the foundation, as well as permanent dewatering systems and cofferdams. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | A13 | FLOORS ON GRADE | This section includes requirements for all types of floors on grade but is focused primarily on concrete slabs. Requirements include provisions for excavation that are necessary to put floors in place, but do not include other types of excavation, such as site grading and excavation for site utilities. | Performance | Feb 05 |
| Current | A19 | OTHER FOUNDATION ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying any other foundation elements that do not fit in other sections. No specific elements have been identified for this section. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | A2 | BASEMENTS | This section includes requirements for all structural elements that enclose habitable space below or partially below grade. Requirements include provisions for excavation that are necessary to put basements in place, but do not include other types of excavation, such as site grading and excavation for site utilities. | Performance | Feb 06 |
| Current | A21 | BASEMENT EXCAVATION | This section includes requirements for excavation that are necessary to put basements in place, but does not include other types of excavation, such as site grading and excavation for site utilities. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | A22 | BASEMENT WALLS | This section includes requirements for all wall elements that enclose habitable space below or partially below grade, except for applied interior finishes, which are included under interiors in Volume C - Interiors. | Performance | Aug 05 |
| Current | A29 | OTHER BASEMENT ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying any other basement elements that do not fit in other sections. No specific elements have been identified for this section. | Performance | Nov 98 |
| Current | A9 | OTHER SUBSTRUCTURE ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying any other substructure elements that do not fit in other sections. No specific elements have been identified for this section. | Performance | Nov 98 |
| Current | B | SHELL | This section includes requirements that relate to every element in the shell. In some cases, the performance requirements would apply to every element only if the superstructure is exposed to the weather. | Performance | Mar 08 |
| Current | B1 | SUPERSTRUCTURE | This section includes requirements that apply to all elements of floor and roof construction above grade and within basements, and elements required for support, including structural frame and load-bearing walls. | Performance | Aug 07 |
| Current | B11 | ELEVATED FLOORS | This section covers all types of elevated floors, including balcony, mezzanine, and ramp floors, floors elevated for access, stair construction if part of the superstructure, and roof decks intended for occupant live load. | Performance | Aug 02 |
| Current | B12 | ROOFS | This section covers all types of roofs, including canopies. | Performance | Jun 06 |
| Current | B19 | OTHER SUPERSTRUCTURE ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying any other superstructure elements that do not fit in other sections. No specific elements have been identified for this section. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | B2 | EXTERIOR ENCLOSURE | This section includes requirements that apply to all non-structural vertical exterior elements, including openings and elements closing or covering openings. | Performance | Aug 05 |
| Current | B21 | EXTERIOR WALLS | This section includes exterior walls, balcony walls and railings, parapets, joint sealers, air and vapor barriers, insulation, exterior screens (visual), exterior ceilings and soffits and other exterior elements associated with the exterior enclosure and weather barriers. | Performance | Feb 08 |
| Current | B22 | EXTERIOR WINDOWS AND OTHER OPENINGS | This section covers windows and ventilation openings in the exterior wall and protection devices for those openings. | Performance | Jul 06 |
| Current | B23 | EXTERIOR DOORS | This section covers exterior pedestrian doors, vehicular and large doors, special use doors, and exterior gates. The principal elements are door frames, glazing, and hardware, except frames that are an integral part of the exterior wall. | Performance | Jul 06 |
| Current | B24 | EXTERIOR WALL FIXTURES | This section includes all elements attached to exterior walls. Equipment and service fixtures attached to exterior walls are included in other sections. | Performance | Nov 98 |
| Current | B29 | OTHER EXTERIOR WALL ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying any other exterior wall elements that do not fit in other sections. No specific elements have been identified for this section. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | B3 | ROOFING | This section includes requirements that apply to all elements from the top of deck on up, including "roofing" on exterior floor decks. The principal elements included are roof coverings, roof openings, and roof fixtures. | Performance | Aug 05 |
| Current | B31 | ROOF COVERINGS | This section covers all types of roof coverings, unless they are integral to the roof construction. | Performance | Aug 07 |
| Current | B32 | ROOF OPENINGS | This section covers roof openings and the elements that close those openings, and includes skylights, ventilation openings (for HVAC, fire, smoke, etc.), access openings (hatches, ladders to hatches), and other roof openings. | Performance | Feb 07 |
| Current | B33 | ROOF FIXTURES | This section includes all elements attached to the roof, except equipment and services. The principal roof fixtures offered in this section are mounting brackets/frames and screens for services and equipment, signs, and flagpoles. | Performance | Nov 98 |
| Current | B39 | OTHER ROOFING ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying any other roofing elements that do not fit in other sections. No specific elements have been identified for this section. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | B9 | OTHER SHELL ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying any other shell elements that do not fit in other sections. No specific elements have been identified for this section. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | C | INTERIORS | This section includes requirements that apply to overall interior design as well as to all elements included within the interiors. Interiors comprise interior construction and interior fixtures. | Performance | Feb 06 |
| Current | C1 | INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION | This section includes all the fixed construction on the interior of the building, including partitions, doors, ceilings, stairs, and finishes, but not "fittings" such as cabinets, signs, or window treatments. | Performance | Jul 07 |
| Current | C11 | PARTITIONS | This section includes interior partitions of the following types: fixed, full-height; partial height; demountable; operable; and visually open barriers such as screens and handrails. | Performance | Jul 06 |
| Current | C12 | INTERIOR DOORS | This section covers all types of interior doors. In addition to the doors themselves, this section includes door hardware, frames, and finishes. | Performance | May 06 |
| Current | C13 | INTERIOR WINDOWS | This section includes both fixed and operable windows for installation in partitions, as well as openings without glazing. It does not include glazed partitions, which are specified in Section C11 - Partitions. | Performance | Aug 05 |
| Current | C14 | OTHER INTERIOR OPENINGS | This section includes all interior louvers and vents not connected to ductwork, such as those installed in doors, partitions, and ceilings for returning air to an adjacent space. Louvers and vents installed as part of ductwork are specified in Section D34 - HVAC Distribution. | Performance | Sep 99 |
| Current | C15 | STAIRS | This section includes requirements for all building stairs, including exterior stairs and fire escapes attached to the building. However, requirements for exterior stair railings are included under Section B21 - Exterior Walls, and exterior stairs that are detached from the building are included under Section G21 - Pavements and Surfacing. | Performance | Jun 06 |
| Current | C16 | INTERIOR FINISHES | This section includes all applied finishes on the interior of the building, including on the interior side of exterior wall elements. Any type of finish used for decoration, acoustics, or durability should be included. | Performance | Aug 07 |
| Current | C19 | OTHER INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION | This section is an outline for specifying any other types of interior construction. No specific elements have been identified for this section. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | C2 | INTERIOR FIXTURES | This section includes elements attached to interior construction that enhance or make possible the full use of the spaces in which they occur. The project program will dictate the need for most of the elements specified. If such fixtures are not specifically mentioned in the project program, they should be described either in this section or in one of the more detailed sections on fixtures, or enumerated by means of an attached list or schedule. | Performance | Aug 07 |
| Current | C21 | IDENTIFYING DEVICES | This section includes signs, directories, and other identifying devices that are attached to building interior construction. The project program may dictate the need for most of the elements specified. That means that the scope of signage (what signs to provide where) must be explicitly defined either in the project program or in this section. | Performance | Feb 06 |
| Current | C22 | STORAGE FIXTURES | This section includes several types of storage components that are attached to building interiors but are typically modular and (to some extent) relocatable. | Performance | Aug 02 |
| Current | C23 | WINDOW TREATMENT | This section includes several types of control devices for view and natural light that are attached to building interiors. Window treatments apply to both interior and exterior windows. The section does not include elements such as draperies, which are considered furnishings. | Performance | Aug 07 |
| Current | C24 | ACCESSORY FIXTURES | This section includes commonly encountered fixtures that are attached to building construction. Some, like toilet accessories, may not be mentioned in the project program at all. Others may be fully defined in the project program, making it unnecessary to include any description here. The section does not include any type of portable fixtures not permanently attached to the building. | Performance | Aug 07 |
| Current | C25 | FIXED SEATING | This section covers all types of fixed seating. | Performance | Feb 06 |
| Current | C29 | OTHER INTERIOR FIXTURES | This section is an outline for specifying any other types of interior fixtures. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | C9 | OTHER INTERIORS ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying any other types of interior elements that do not fit in other sections. No specific elements have been identified for this section. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D | SERVICES | This section includes requirements that apply to all types of services in the project, whether inside or outside buildings. Services are defined as any mechanized, artificial, or unattended means of accomplishing a functional need, as opposed to manual or human-powered means or fixed elements that accomplish the same function. | Performance | Sep 00 |
| Current | D1 | CONVEYING SYSTEMS | This section includes requirements that apply to all types of vertical and horizontal conveying systems for moving people and objects. | Performance | May 06 |
| Current | D11 | ELEVATORS AND LIFTS | This section includes electric (or traction) elevators and hydraulic elevators for passengers and freight, sidewalk freight elevators, and vertical and inclined wheelchair lifts and stairway chairlifts. | Performance | May 06 |
| Current | D12 | ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKS | This section includes electric stairways and walkways for moving passengers. | Performance | Nov 98 |
| Current | D13 | DUMBWAITERS | This section includes electric (traction), hydraulic, and hand-powered dumbwaiters for moving relatively small items vertically between floors. | Performance | Feb 05 |
| Current | D19 | OTHER CONVEYING SYSTEMS ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying other types of conveying systems that do not fit in other sections. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D2 | WATER AND DRAINAGE | This section includes more detailed requirements for water and drainage services. "Water and drainage " is defined as the delivery of water (hot and cold domestic water) to points of utilization and the removal of water, rain water, and liquid waste. | Performance | Feb 06 |
| Current | D21 | WATER SUPPLY | This section includes more detailed water supply requirements for occupants' and building equipment use, including fire protection systems. | Performance | Apr 99 |
| Current | D22 | PLUMBING FIXTURES | This section includes more detailed requirements for plumbing fixtures, including restroom fixtures, bathing fixtures, cooking and cleaning fixtures, drinking fountains and water coolers. | Performance | Sep 00 |
| Current | D23 | DOMESTIC WATER | This section includes more detailed requirements for domestic water distribution systems, including fixtures, pipes, fittings, and equipment necessary for water heating, storage and distribution. | Performance | Aug 03 |
| Current | D24 | SANITARY WASTE | This section includes more detailed requirements for sanitary waste and vent systems, including pipe, fittings, and equipment necessary for the removal of water and waste materials from the building drainage system to a public or private sewer system. Associated elements include drains, interceptors and separators, and sewage pumps. | Performance | Jul 06 |
| Current | D25 | RAIN WATER DRAINAGE | This section includes more detailed requirements for the drainage and disposal of rain water and clear wastes from roofs and other areas of the building. | Performance | Nov 98 |
| Current | D29 | OTHER WATER AND DRAINAGE ELEMENTS | This section includes more detailed requirements for water and drainage elements that do not fit clearly in Sections D21 - Water Supply, D22 - Plumbing Fixtures, D23 - Domestic Water, D24 - Sanitary Waste, or D25 - Rain Water Drainage. The section includes swimming pool supply, treatment, filtering, and drainage; fountain supply, devices for decorative water effects, and drainage; and supplementary drinking water, such as bottled water. | Performance | Sep 99 |
| Current | D3 | HVAC - HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING" | This section includes more detailed requirements for all elements of an HVAC system. HVAC is defined as artificial means of maintaining interior space comfort and air quality. Elements included are energy supply, heat generation, refrigeration, air distribution, hydronic and steam distribution, HVAC controls, and other HVAC elements. | Performance | Feb 05 |
| Current | D31 | ENERGY SUPPLY | This section includes more detailed requirements for energy sources associated with heating and cooling the building. Energy sources currently included are natural gas, liquefied petroleum, and No.2 diesel fuel oil. Other energy sources can be added. | Performance | May 06 |
| Current | D32 | HEAT GENERATION | This section includes more detailed requirements for heat generation equipment. Elements specifically included are boilers and furnaces. | Performance | Feb 02 |
| Current | D33 | REFRIGERATION | This section includes more detailed requirements for refrigeration equipment for building cooling. Elements included are water chillers; cooling towers; and refrigerant units, such as condensing units, packaged terminal air conditioners, heat pumps, and evaporative coolers (swamp coolers). | Performance | Feb 05 |
| Current | D34 | AIR DISTRIBUTION | This section includes more detailed requirements for air distribution systems (supply, return, and exhaust) and ventilation associated with heating and cooling the building. | Performance | Jul 08 |
| Current | D35 | HYDRONIC AND STEAM DISTRIBUTION | This section includes more detailed requirements for heating and cooling hydronic systems, and steam and condensate systems, and refrigerant systems associated with heating and cooling the building. | Performance | Apr 99 |
| Current | D36 | HVAC CONTROLS | This section includes more detailed requirements for controls and instrumentation to monitor and control the equipment associated with heating and cooling the building. | Performance | Mar 00 |
| Current | D39 | OTHER HVAC ELEMENTS | This section includes more detailed requirements for HVAC elements that do not fit in the other D3 sections. Specific elements included are dehumidifiers and energy recovery units. Other elements associated with heating and cooling the building can be added. | Performance | Aug 03 |
| Current | D4 | FIRE PROTECTION | This section includes requirements that relate to all types of fire protection. Fire protection is defined as automatic fire detection, suppression, and warning; automatic smoke control; and artificial measures that contribute to effective manual fire fighting. | Performance | Apr 99 |
| Current | D41 | FIRE SPRINKLER AND EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS | This section includes more detailed requirements for sprinkler systems that use water to extinguish fires and other types of automatic extinguishing systems. The most common types are wet-pipe, dry-pipe, pre-action, and deluge fire sprinkler systems. Refer to NFPA 13 "Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems" for an explanation of each. | Performance | Feb 07 |
| Current | D42 | STANDPIPE AND HOSE SYSTEMS | This section includes more detailed requirements for standpipes and standpipe and hose systems used by the fire department, trained personnel, and building occupants to control and extinguish fires in the building. | Performance | Feb 07 |
| Current | D43 | FIRE DETECTION AND ALARM | This section includes more requirements for detection and alarm systems as commonly required by code and optional features beyond that required by code. This section assumes that an NFPA 72 alarm system is required (that is, that an alarm system other than manual pull stations is actually required). | Performance | Nov 06 |
| Current | D44 | SMOKE CONTROL | This section is an outline for specifying smoke control elements in excess of those required by code. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D45 | FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALTIES | This section includes more detailed requirements for equipment that facilitates manual fire fighting by the occupants of the building, including portable fire extinguishers, fire blankets, and cabinets to hold them. | Performance | Nov 06 |
| Current | D49 | OTHER FIRE PROTECTION ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying elements of fire protection that do not fit in other sections. Currently no specific elements are identified for this section. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D5 | ELECTRICAL POWER | This section includes more detailed requirements that apply to all electrical power elements. Electrical power (as a service) is defined as all the power required to properly operate the electrically operated devices required by the project program and those required for operation of other services. | Performance | May 06 |
| Current | D51 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION | This section includes more detailed requirements for generation of electrical energy. Specific elements included are emergency and standby power systems involving emergency and standby generators, uninterruptible power supplies, and batteries. | Performance | Aug 07 |
| Current | D52 | SERVICE AND DISTRIBUTION | This section includes more detailed requirements for the distribution of electrical power from the source to branch circuit panelboards. | Performance | Mar 07 |
| Current | D53 | BRANCH CIRCUITS | This section includes more detailed requirements for branch circuits, including receptacles and fixtures. | Performance | Nov 98 |
| Current | D59 | OTHER ELECTRICAL POWER ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying other elements of electrical power systems that do not fit in other sections. Currently no specific elements are identified for this section. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D6 | ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING | This section includes requirements for all types of artificial lighting. | Performance | Feb 06 |
| Current | D61 | INTERIOR LIGHTING | This section covers interior lighting, including fixtures and lighting control. Elements included are general lighting, accent lighting, emergency lighting, and lighted exit signs. | Performance | Apr 99 |
| Current | D62 | EXTERIOR AREA LIGHTING | This section covers lighting for outdoor areas such as roadways, parking lots, walkways, and general open areas, both for general illumination purposes and for improved security. | Performance | Dec 06 |
| Current | D63 | ATHLETIC LIGHTING | This section covers exterior and interior lighting for athletic activities. | Performance | May 03 |
| Current | D69 | OTHER ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying other elements of artificial lighting that do not fit in other sections. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D7 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS | This section covers all telecommunications elements, including voice and data (telephone, intercom, and computers), sound reinforcement (public address and music systems), and television (broadcast reception, cable, and closed circuit). | Performance | May 05 |
| Current | D71 | VOICE AND DATA | This section covers telephone, facsimile, and computer data transmission networks, within and between buildings. | Performance | Feb 06 |
| Current | D72 | SOUND REINFORCEMENT | This section covers public address and music, including paging. | Performance | Mar 01 |
| Current | D73 | TELEVISION | This section covers television reception and distribution, including broadcast, cable, and closed circuit. | Performance | Mar 01 |
| Current | D79 | OTHER TELECOMMUNICATIONS ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying other elements of telecommunications that do not fit in other sections. Currently no specific elements are identified for this section. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D8 | PROCESS UTILITIES | This section is an outline for specifying process utilities. | Performance | Nov 98 |
| Current | D81 | PROCESS WATER | This section is an outline for specifying process water elements. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D82 | PROCESS WASTE | This section is an outline for specifying process waste elements. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D83 | PROCESS GASES | This section is an outline for specifying process gas elements. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D83 | PROCESS GASES | This Section includes all process utilities that involve piped gases, including:" | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D84 | PROCESS FUELS | This section is an outline for specifying process fuel elements. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D85 | PROCESS HVAC | This section is an outline for specifying process HVAC elements. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D86 | PROCESS FIRE PROTECTION | This section is an outline for specifying process fire protection elements. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D87 | PROCESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS | This section is an outline for specifying process telecommunications elements. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D88 | PROCESS MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL | This section is an outline for specifying process measurement and control elements. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D89 | OTHER PROCESS UTILITIES ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying other process utilities elements. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D9 | OTHER SERVICES | This section includes requirements that apply to all types of services that do not clearly fall into any of the other categories. In this respect, services are defined as "mechanized, artificial, automatic or unattended means of accomplishing a functional need, as opposed to manual or human-powered means or fixed, non-moving elements without moving parts or electrical inputs. Most services in this section will be combinations of several services or services that assist non-services elements in their function. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D91 | INTEGRATED FACILITY CONTROLS | This section is an outline for specifying facility controls that combine two or more other control systems. For example, building automation systems (BAS) usually combine HVAC controls with security and access control and sometimes elevator controls. this section should be used to specify the degree to which the separate control systems specified in other sections are to be integrated, for automatic (programmed) control and for remote operation. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | D92 | SURVEILLANCE AND SECURITY CONTROLS | This section covers all types of surveillance and security control systems. Elements included are visual monitoring (cameras), door status monitoring, keyless entry control, remote locking/unlocking, parking controls, and related voice communication and public address. | Performance | Mar 01 |
| Current | D93 | SPECIAL GROUNDING SYSTEMS | This section covers all grounding systems that are not associated with protection of electrical power or telecommunications systems. | Performance | May 06 |
| Current | D94 | CATHODIC PROTECTION | This section covers supplementary cathodic protection of underground metal structures, pipelines, and tanks for the purpose of prevention of corrosion. This section is not necessary if the design does not include metal underground that is not protected by concrete encasement. In the United States, underground metal petroleum and other storage tanks are required to have cathodic protection by 40 CFR 280. | Performance | Feb 06 |
| Current | D99 | OTHER SERVICES ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying services elements that do not fit in other sections. Currently no specific elements are identified for this section. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | E | EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS | This section covers all types of fixed and movable equipment and furnishings that might occur in any building type. | Performance | Oct 98 |
| Current | E1 | EQUIPMENT | This section covers requirements that are common to all types of equipment found in any type of building, other than equipment for specific services functions (found in Volume D). | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | E11 | GENERAL EQUIPMENT | This section covers utilitarian equipment types that might occur in a building of any occupancy. The principal elements are those required for maintenance functions, notably loading and unloading, solid waste removal, window washing, working on roofs, and vacuum cleaning. | Performance | Mar 07 |
| Current | E12 | FOOD SERVICE EQUIPMENT | This section includes all types of food service equipment and fixtures for commercial and institutional applications, but not movable items that do not require electrical power or plumbing (those would be furnishings). | Performance | Aug 07 |
| Current | E13 | COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT | This section is an outline for specifying equipment, for functions that are primarily commercial, involving sales, display, financial transactions, and office activities. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | E14 | INSTITUTIONAL EQUIPMENT | This section is an outline for specifying requirements for equipment for typically non-commercial functions, principally for educational, religious, health care, and civic facilities. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | E15 | RESIDENTIAL EQUIPMENT | This section covers equipment used in private residential occupancies; hotels, motels, convents, monasteries, and dormitories; and residential functions of other occupancies. Included are fireplaces and stoves, built-in or large freestanding kitchen appliances, laundry appliances, and other specialty items such as steam baths and saunas. | Performance | Oct 98 |
| Current | E19 | OTHER EQUIPMENT | This section is an outline for specifying requirements for all other types of equipment. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | E2 | FURNISHINGS | This section is an outline for specifying requirements that relate to all types of loose furnishings. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | E21 | GENERAL FURNISHINGS | This section is an outline for specifying requirements that apply to furnishings that would be found in buildings of any type of occupancy. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | E22 | FOOD SERVICE FURNISHINGS | This section is an outline for specifying requirements that apply to food service furnishings. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | E23 | COMMERCIAL FURNISHINGS | This section is an outline for specifying requirements that apply to commercial furnishings, other than general furnishings. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | E24 | INSTITUTIONAL FURNISHINGS | This section is an outline for specifying institutional furnishings, mostly furniture. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | E25 | RESIDENTIAL FURNISHINGS | This section is an outline for specifying residential furnishings. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | E29 | OTHER FURNISHINGS | This section is an outline for specifying other types of furnishings, including accessories. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | F | DEMOLITION | This section covers demolition and removal of existing elements. All types of demolition are covered here, whether complete removal of an existing building or partial demolition or removal of site elements. Special requirements for existing hazardous materials that might be encountered are included. Hazards that are specifically addressed are asbestos, lead-based paint, PCB's, and underground petroleum storage tanks. | Performance | May 06 |
| Current | G | SITEWORK | This section includes requirements that apply to all types of sitework related to building construction, including site services. | Performance | Dec 08 |
| Current | G1 | SITE PREPARATION | This section includes requirements that relate to all types of site preparation. Site preparation includes clearing, demolition, relocations, hazardous waste remediation, and earthwork. | Performance | Mar 06 |
| Current | G11 | CLEARING | This section includes removal of vegetation, trash, and existing items not required for the project. Other than temporary erosion control structures, no "built" elements are involved in this section. Most performance requirements for this type of work are already specified in Sections G and G1. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | G12 | EARTHWORK | This section includes all earthwork for changing levels, grading, excavating, filling, soil stabilization, and temporary and permanent erosion and sediment control structures made of soil or rock. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | G13 | HAZARDOUS WASTE REMEDIATION | This section is an outline for specifying extensive hazardous waste cleanup or other types of remediation. It would be expected that such work would require careful analysis and specification based on the particular waste found on the site. | Performance | Nov 98 |
| Current | G19 | OTHER SITE PREPARATION | This section is an outline for specifying any other aspects of site preparation that do not fit in other sections. No specific elements or activities have been identified for this section. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | G2 | SITE IMPROVEMENTS | This section includes all types of fixed improvements except services - mainly paving and surfacing, fixtures and equipment, and landscaping. | Performance | Dec 08 |
| Current | G21 | PAVEMENTS AND SURFACING | This section covers roadways, parking lots, walkways, exterior stairs and ramps not connected to buildings, and exterior sports surfacing. Pavement types include both flexible and rigid materials, as well as unit pavers of all types. Granular surfaces such as gravel, shells, and crushed stone are also included. | Performance | Jun 06 |
| Current | G22 | SITE FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT | This section includes all kinds of elements that are installed outdoors, primarily fixed or permanently mounted elements, but may include movable elements. | Performance | Jun 06 |
| Current | G23 | LANDSCAPING | This section covers plants and turf throughout the site and indoors, plus elements that support or contribute to their maintenance, especially irrigation. | Performance | Dec 08 |
| Current | G29 | OTHER SITE IMPROVEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying any other site improvements elements that do not fit in other sections. No specific elements have been identified for this section. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | G3 | SITE SERVICES | This section covers requirements for site elements of services systems. Only those elements that occur only out-of-doors or in non-habitable site structures are included. It is necessary to include Section D - Services, at least, in order to provide a complete description of the services. Site HVAC distribution, lighting, telecommunications, and security controls are completely covered in Volume D. | Performance | Feb 06 |
| Current | G31 | WATER SUPPLY | This section includes water tanks and reservoirs. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | G32 | SANITARY SEWER | This section includes sanitary sewer elements located in the site. If the building drain and sanitary sewer are connected to the public sewer utility, this section includes requirements for manholes and other elements. | Performance | May 06 |
| Current | G33 | STORM SEWER | This section includes storm sewer elements located in the site. Elements included are storm sewers, manholes, culverts, lift stations, and sump pumps. | Performance | Mar 01 |
| Current | G34 | ELECTRICAL POWER | This section includes site electrical power supply and distribution elements located in the site. | Performance | Oct 98 |
| Current | G39 | OTHER SITE SERVICES | This section is an outline for specifying other elements of site services that cannot be specified in any of the other sections in Volume D - Services or G - Sitework. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | G9 | OTHER SITE CONSTRUCTION | This section includes other types of site construction that do not fit in any of the other sections in Volume G - Sitework. The only element currently included is service tunnels that are not part of substructure or a utility structure applicable to a single utility. | Performance | Sep 98 |
| Current | 00000 | OTHER ELEMENTS | This section is an outline for specifying elements that do not fit in other sections. Change the title as required. | Performance | Aug 01 |
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