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00 01 00 - DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS

October 15, 2025

SECTION 00 01 00 - DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS

PART 1 - GENERAL

SUMMARY

This section specifies administrative requirements for compliance with the Contract Documents, governing regulations, codes, and standards.

Requirements include obtaining permits, licenses, inspections, releases, and similar documentation, as well as payments, statements, and similar requirements associated with regulations, codes, and standards.

Refer to General and Supplementary Conditions for requirements for compliance with governing regulations.

DEFINITIONS

General: Definitions contained in this article are not necessarily complete but are general to the extent that they are not defined more explicitly elsewhere in the Contract Documents.

Indicated refers to graphic representations, notes, or schedules on the drawings and other paragraphs or schedules in specifications and similar requirements in the Contract Documents. Where terms such as "shown," "noted," "scheduled," and "specified" are used, it is to help locate the reference; no limitation on location is intended except as specifically noted.

Directed: Terms such as "directed," "requested," "authorized," "selected," "approved," "required," and "permitted" mean "directed by the Architect," "requested by the Architect," and similar phrases. However, no implied meaning shall be interpreted to extend the Architect's responsibility into the Contractor's area of construction supervision.

Approve: The term "approved," where used in conjunction with the Architect's action on the Contractor's submittals, applications, and requests, is limited to the responsibilities and duties of the Architect stated in General and Supplementary Conditions. Such approval shall not release the Contractor from responsibility to fulfill Contract Document requirements, unless otherwise provided in the Contract Documents.

Basis of Design: Where Products are identified as: “Basis of Design”, they are designed as part of an architectural system: when one product changes, it can affect the choice of other products in that system. During the Bidding process, these are to be viewed as proprietary and included in the base bids. When additional items are listed in the specifications after a product identified as “Basis of Design”, they may be proposed after contract execution as a change and will be examined by the architect and accepted or rejected. Rejection may be based on a request for additional time, money or both.

Regulation: The term "regulations" includes laws, statutes, ordinances, and lawful orders issued by authorities having jurisdiction, as well as rules, conventions, and agreements within the construction industry that control performance of the work, whether they are lawfully imposed by authorities having jurisdiction or not.

Furnish: The term "furnish" is used to mean "supply and deliver to the project site, ready for unpacking, assembly, installation, and similar operations.

Install: The term "install" is used to describe operations at project site including the actual "unloading, unpacking, assembly, erection, placing, anchoring, applying, working to dimension, finishing, curing, protecting, cleaning, and similar operations."

Provide: The term "provide" means "to furnish and install, complete and ready for the intended use."

Installer: An "installer" is an entity engaged by the Contractor, either as an employee, subcontractor, or sub-subcontractor for performance of a particular construction activity, including installation, erection, application, and similar operations. Installers are required to be experienced in the operations they are engaged to perform.

The term "experienced," when used with the term "installer," means having a minimum of three (3) previous projects similar in size and scope to this project and familiar with the precautions required and has complied with requirement of the authority having jurisdiction. Where experience with manufactured products are involved: “experienced” means fully trained in the installation, operation, adjustment and balancing of the selected manufactured items, including all necessary controls, accessories and/or related equipment.

Project Site is the space available to the Contractor for performance of the work, either exclusively or in conjunction with others performing other construction as part of the project. The extent of the project site is shown on the drawings and may or may not be identical with the description of the land upon which the project is to be built.

Testing Laboratories: A "testing laboratory" is an independent entity engaged to perform specific inspections or tests, either at the project site or elsewhere and to report on and, if required, to interpret results of those inspections or tests.

Or equal, or the term: or approved equal mean: or approved equal as approved by the architect.

SPECIFICATION FORMAT AND CONTENT EXPLANATION

This article is provided to help the user of these Specifications understand the format, language, implied requirements, and similar conventions. None of the explanations shall be interpreted to modify the substance of Contract requirements.

Specification Format: These Specifications are organized into divisions, sections, or trade headings based on the Construction Specification's Institute's format and the MASTERFORMAT numbering system. This organization conforms generally to recognized construction industry practice.

Specification Content: This Specification has been produced employing conventions in the use of language and the intended meaning of certain terms, words, phrases when used in particular situations and circumstances.

These conventions are explained as follows:

Language used in the Specifications and other Contract Documents is the abbreviated type. Implied words and meanings will be appropriately interpreted. Singular words will be interpreted as plural and plural words interpreted as singular where applicable and where the full context of the Contract Documents so indicates. The architect will be the final arbiter of the intended meaning of language used throughout the Documents.

Imperative Language is used generally in the Specifications. Requirements expressed imperatively are to be performed by the Contractor. At certain locations in the text for clarity subjective language is used to describe responsibilities which must be fulfilled indirectly by the Contractor or by others when so noted.

Assignment of Specialists: The Specification requires that certain specific construction activities shall be performed by specialists who are recognized experts in the operations to be performed. The specialists must be engaged for those activities, and the assignments are requirements over which the Contractor has no choice or option. Nevertheless, the ultimate responsibility for fulfilling Contract requirements remains with the Contractor.

This requirement shall not be interpreted to conflict with enforcement of building codes and similar regulations governing the work. It is also not intended to interfere with local trade union jurisdictional settlements and similar conventions.

Trades: Use of titles such as "carpentry" is not intended to imply that certain construction activities must be performed by accredited or unionized individuals of a corresponding generic name, such as "carpenter." It also does not imply that requirements specified apply exclusively to tradespersons of the corresponding generic name.

DRAWING SYMBOLS

Mechanical/Electrical Drawings: Graphic symbols used on mechanical and electrical drawings are generally aligned with symbols recommended by ASHRAE. Where appropriate, they are supplemented by more specific symbols recommended by technical associations including ASME, ASPE, IEEE, and similar organizations. Refer instances of uncertainty to the architect for clarification before proceeding.

INDUSTRY STANDARDS

Applicability of Standards: Except where Contract Documents include more stringent requirements, applicable construction industry standards have the same force and effect as if bound or copied directly into Contract Documents. Such standards are made a part of the Contract Documents by reference. Individual sections indicate which codes and standards the Contractor must keep available at the project site for reference.

Referenced standards take precedence over standards that are not referenced but recognized in the construction industry as applicable.

Unreferenced standards are not directly applicable to the work, except as a general requirement of whether the work complies with recognized construction industry standards.

Publication Dates: Where compliance with an industry standard is required, comply with standard in effect as of date of Contract Documents.

Updated Standards: At the request of the architect, the Contractor, or authority having jurisdiction, submit a change order proposal where an applicable code or standard has been revised and re-issued after the date of the Contract Documents and before performance of work affected. The architect will decide whether to issue a change order to proceed with the updated standard.

Conflicting Requirements: Where compliance with two or more standards is specified and they establish different or conflicting requirements for minimum quantities or quality levels, the most stringent requirement will be enforced, unless the Contract Documents indicate otherwise. Refer requirements that are different but apparently equal and uncertainties as to which quality level is more stringent to the Architect for a decision before proceeding.

Minimum Quantities or Quality Levels: In every instance the quantity or quality level shown or specified shall be the minimum to be provided or performed. The actual installation may comply exactly within specified tolerances with the minimum quantity or quality specified, or it may exceed that minimum within reasonable limits. In complying with these requirements, indicated numeric values are minimum or maximum values, as noted, or appropriate for the context of the requirements. Refer instances of uncertainty to the Architect for decision before proceeding.

Copies of Standards: Each entity engaged in construction on the project is required to be familiar with industry standards applicable to that entity's construction activity. Copies of applicable standards are not bound with the Contract Documents.

Where copies of standards are needed for performance of a required construction activity, the Contractor shall obtain copies directly from the publication source.

Although copies of standards needed for enforcement of requirements may be part of required submittals, the architect reserves the right to require the Contractor to submit additional copies, as necessary, for enforcement of requirements.

Abbreviations and Names: Trade association names and titles of general standards are frequently abbreviated.

Where acronyms or abbreviations are used in the Specifications or other Contract Documents, they mean the recognized name of the trade association, standards generating organization, authority having jurisdiction or other entity applicable to the context of the text provision. Refer to the "Encyclopedia of Associations," published by Gale Research Company, available in most libraries.

GOVERNING REGULATIONS / AUTHORITIES

The architect has contacted authorities having jurisdiction where necessary to obtain information necessary for the preparation of Contract Documents; that information may or may not be of significance to the Contractor.

Contact authorities having jurisdiction directly for information and decisions having a bearing on the work.

Trade Union Jurisdictions: The Contractor shall maintain and require subcontractors to maintain complete current information on jurisdictional matters, regulations, and pending actions as applicable to construction activities. The manner in which Contract Documents have been organized and subdivided is not intended to indicate compliance with trade union or jurisdictional agreements.

Discuss new developments at project meetings at the earliest feasible dates. Record relevant information and actions agreed upon.

Assign and subcontract construction activities and employ tradesmen and laborers in a manner that will not unduly risk jurisdictional disputes that could result in conflicts, delays, claims, and losses.

SUBMITTALS

Permits, Licenses, and Certificates: For the Owner's records, submit copies of permits, licenses, certifications, inspection reports, releases, jurisdictional settlements, notices, receipts for fee payments, judgments, and similar documents, correspondence and records established in conjunction with compliance with standards and regulations bearing upon performance of the work.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS (Not applicable)

PART 3 - EXECUTION (Not applicable)

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