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Veterans Administration Medical Center 01-20

Lebanon, Pennsylvania

Renovate Building 22

503-314

MOTORIZED ROLLER WINDOW SHADES

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SECTION 12 24 92

MOTORIZED ROLLER WINDOW SHADES

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS

A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary

Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

1.2 SUMMARY

A. Section Includes:

1. Motor-operated roller shades with single rollers

B. Related Requirements:

1. Division 06 Section "Miscellaneous Rough Carpentry" for wood blocking and grounds for mounting roller shades and accessories

2. Division 26 Sections for electrical service and connections for motors, controls, limit switches, and other powered devices and for system disconnect switches for motor-operated shades.

1.3 SUBMITTALS

A. Product Data: For each type of product.

1. Include styles, material descriptions, construction details, dimensions of individual components and profiles, features, finishes, and operating instructions for roller shades

B. Shop Drawings: Show fabrication and installation details for roller shades, including shadeband materials, their orientation to rollers, and their seam and batten locations.

1. Motor-Operated Shades: Include details of installation and diagrams for power, signal, and control wiring

C. Samples for Initial Selection: For each type and color of shadeband material.

1. Include samples of accessories involving color selection

D. Samples for Verification: For each type of roller shade.

1. Shadeband Material: Not less than 10 inches (250 mm) square. Mark inside face of material if applicable

2. Roller Shade: Full-size operating unit, not less than 12 inches wide by 12 inches long for each type of roller shade indicated

3. Installation Accessories: Full-size unit, not less than 10 inches (250 mm) long

E. Control Systems Verification

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1. Bid shall confirm that roller shade motors and all related controls shall be integrated into a compatible control system with the Building Automation System as specified herein and are being bid as the work of this section

2. Roller shade control shall allow remote operation, time scheduling, and manual override.

F. Roller-Shades: As indicated on the Storefront Schedule on drawing AS603 and on drawing

AS602.

1.4 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS

A. Qualification Data: For Installer.

B. Product Certificates: For each type of shadeband material, signed by product manufacturer.

C. Product Test Reports:

A. Fire-Test-Response Characteristics: Passes NFPA 701-99 small and large-scale vertical burn. Materials tested shall be identical to products proposed for use.

B. Electrical Components: NFPA Article 100 listed and labeled by either UL or ETL or other testing agency acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction, marked for intended use, and tested as a system. Individual testing of components will not be acceptable in lieu of system testing.

C. Anti-Microbial Characteristics: 'No Growth' per ASTM G 21 results for fungi

ATCC9642, ATCC 9644, ATCC9645

1.5 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS

A. Maintenance Data: For roller shades to include in maintenance manuals.

1.6 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Installer Qualifications: Installer trained and certified by the manufacturer having at least ten years experience installing products comparable to those specified in this section.

1.7 WARRANTY

A. Roller Shade Hardware and Shadecloth: Manufacturer’s standard non-depreciating twenty-five year limited warranty

B. Roller Shade Motors and Motor Control Systems: Manufacturer’s standard non-depreciating five year warranty extended to eight years if turn key wired

C. Roller Shade Installation: One year from date of substantial completion, not including scaffolding, lifts and other means of access

1.8 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING

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A. Deliver roller shades in factory packages, marked with manufacturer, product name, and location of installation using same designations indicated on Drawings.

1.9 FIELD CONDITIONS

A. Environmental Limitations: Do not install roller shades until construction and finish work in spaces, including painting, is complete and dry and ambient temperature and humidity conditions are maintained at the levels indicated for Project when occupied for its intended use.

B. Field Measurements: Where roller shades are indicated to fit to other construction, verify dimensions of other construction by field measurements before fabrication and indicate measurements on Shop Drawings. Allow clearances for operating hardware of operable glazed units through entire operating range. Notify the COR of installation conditions that vary from

Drawings. Coordinate fabrication schedule with construction progress to avoid delaying the

Work.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1 MANUFACTURERS

A. Basis-of-Design Product: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide WhisperShade IQ 2

System, motorized shades, to include 5 button IQ Switch, Compatible Electronic Drive Unit, and

Mechonet System.

1. MechoShade Systems, Inc. or approved equal. Contact: Denise Khoury 301.574.3840 Fax

301.574.9430 denisek@mechoshade.com

B. Alternates: Pricing for any alternate product shall be listed separately from the base bid product.

Any alternate pricing must include line-by-line comparison for compliance or non compliance with the specifications. If the alternate product is accepted by the architect and COR, the basis of design manufacturer will be given the opportunity to provide an equivalent proposal

C. Source Limitations: Obtain roller shades from single source from single manufacturer.

2.2 MOTOR-OPERATED, SINGLE-ROLLER SHADES

A. Motorized Operating System: Provide factory-assembled, shade-operator system of size and capacity and with features, characteristics, and accessories suitable for conditions indicated, complete with electric motor and factory-prewired motor controls, power disconnect switch, enclosures protecting controls and operating parts, and accessories required for reliable operation without malfunction. Include wiring from motor controls to motors. Coordinate operator wiring requirements and electrical characteristics with building electrical system.

1. Electrical Components: Listed and labeled as defined in NFPA 70, by a qualified testing agency, and marked for intended location and application

2. Motor: Electric Motor Intelligent encoded, tubular, asynchronous (non-synchronous) motors, with built-in reversible capacitor, temperature Class A, thermally protected, totally enclosed, maintenance free with line voltage power supply equipped with locking disconnect plug assembly furnished with each motor. Max draw for each shade motor shall be 2.3 amps. Low voltage motors do not meet the intent of this specification

a. Electrical Characteristics: Single phase, 110 V, 60 Hz

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b. Motor Noise Rating: Use motors rated as 44 – 46 dbA measured at three feet

c. Motor Location: Conceal motors inside shade motor tube

3. Limit Switches: Provide programming of upper and lower stopping points (operating limits) of shadeband’s into motors via a hand held removable program module

/configurator

4. Operating Features:

a. Group switching with integrated five button, single gang switch control.

b. Provide intermediate stopping positions for shades that allow for up to three (3) repeatable and precise aligned positions. All shades on the same switch circuit with the same opening height shall align at each intermediate stopping position

c. Provide two modes of operation, uniform and regular. Uniform mode shall allow for shades to only move to intermediate stop positions. Regular mode shall allow for shades to move to both intermediate stop positions, plus any position desired between the upper and lower limits as set by the installer

B. Rollers: Corrosion-resistant steel or extruded-aluminum tubes of diameters and wall thicknesses required for accommodating operating mechanisms and weights and widths of shadebands indicated without deflection. Provide with permanently lubricated drive-end assemblies and idle-end assemblies designed to facilitate removal of shadebands for service.

1. Roller Drive-End Location: Closest proximity to J Box

2. Direction of Shadeband Roll: Regular, from back of roller.

3. Shadeband-to-Roller Attachment: Removable spline fitting integral channel in tube.

C. Mounting Hardware: Provide shade hardware constructed of minimum 1/8-inch (3.18 mm) thick plated steel or heavier as required to support 150 percent of the full weight of each shade.

D. Shadebands:

1. Shadeband Material: Light-filtering fabric.

2. Shadeband Bottom (Hem) Bar: Steel or extruded aluminum.

a. Type: Enclosed in sealed pocket of shadeband material.

b. Color and Finish: Canal 1102 (Cornsilk)

E. Installation Accessories:

1. Front Fascia: Aluminum extrusion that conceals front and underside of roller and operating mechanism and attaches to roller endcaps without exposed fasteners

a. Shape: L-shaped.

b. Height: Manufacturer's standard height required to conceal roller and shadeband when shade is fully open.

c. Endcap Covers: To cover exposed endcaps.

d. Installation Accessories Color and Finish: As selected from manufacturer's full range

2.3 SHADEBAND MATERIALS

A. Shadeband Material Flame-Resistance Rating: Comply with NFPA 701. Identify products with appropriate markings of applicable testing agency.

1. Basis of Design: MechoShade 1100 series

2. Type: Extruded vinyl yarn comprising of 24 percent polyester and 76 percent reinforced vinyl.

3. Weave: Basket Weave.

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4. Roll Width: 98 inches

5. Orientation on Shadeband: As indicated on Drawings.

6. Openness Factor: 1 percent.

7. Color: Canal 1102 (Cornsilk)

2.4 ROLLER-SHADE FABRICATION

A. Product Safety Standard: Fabricate roller shades to comply with WCMA A 100.1, including requirements for flexible, chain-loop devices; lead content of components; and warning labels.

B. Unit Sizes: Fabricate units in sizes to fill window and other openings as follows, measured at 74 deg F (23 deg C):

1. Outside of Jamb Installation: Width and length as indicated, with terminations between shades of end-to-end installations at centerlines of mullion or other defined vertical separations between openings.

C. Shadeband Fabrication: Fabricate shadebands without battens or seams to extent possible except as follows:

1. Railroaded Materials: Railroad material where material roll width is less than the required width of shadeband and where indicated. Provide battens and seams as required by railroaded material to produce shadebands with full roll-width panel(s) plus, if required, one partial roll-width panel located at top of shadeband.

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 EXAMINATION

A. Examine substrates, areas, and conditions, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements for installation tolerances, operational clearances, [accurate locations of connections to building electrical system, and other conditions affecting performance of the

Work.

B. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.

3.2 ROLLER-SHADE INSTALLATION

A. Install roller shades level, plumb, and aligned with adjacent units according to manufacturer's written instructions

B. Electrical Connections: Connect motor-operated roller shades to building electrical system.

C. Turn-Key Single-Source Responsibility for Motorized Interior Roller Shades: To control the responsibility for performance of motorized roller shade systems, assign the design, engineering, and installation of motorized roller shade systems, motors, controls, and low voltage electrical control wiring specified in this Section to a single manufacturer and their authorized installer/dealer. The Architect will not produce a set of electrical drawings for the installation of control wiring for the motors, or motor controllers of the motorized roller shades. Power wiring

(line voltage), shall be provided by the roller shade installer/dealer, in accordance with the

12 24 92 - 6 requirements provided by the manufacturer. Coordinate the following with the roller shade installer/dealer:

1. Main Contractor shall provide power panels and circuits of sufficient size to accommodate roller shade manufacturer’s requirements, as indicated on the mechanical and electrical drawings

2. Main Contractor shall coordinate with requirements of roller shade installer/dealer, before inaccessible areas are constructed.

3. Roller shade installer/dealer shall run line voltage (of sufficient quantity, in sufficient capacity as required) terminating in junction boxes in locations designated by roller shade dealer.

4. Roller shade installer/dealer shall provide and run all line voltage (from the terminating points) to the motor controllers, wire all roller shade motors to the motor controllers, and provide and run low voltage control wiring from motor controllers to switch/ control locations designated by the COR. All above-ceiling and concealed wiring shall be plenum-rated, or installed in conduit, as required by the electrical code having jurisdiction

5. Main Contractor shall provide conduit with pull wire in all areas, which might not be accessible to roller shade contractor due to building design, equipment location or schedule

3.3 ADJUSTING

A. Adjust and balance roller shades to operate smoothly, easily, safely, and free from binding or malfunction throughout entire operational range.

3.4 CLEANING AND PROTECTION

A. Clean roller-shade surfaces after installation, according to manufacturer's written instructions.

B. Provide final protection and maintain conditions, in a manner acceptable to manufacturer and installer that ensure that roller shades are without damage or deterioration at time of Substantial

Completion.

C. Replace damaged roller shades that cannot be repaired, in a manner approved by COR, before time of Substantial Completion.

3.5 DEMONSTRATION

A. Engage a factory-authorized service representative to train Owner's maintenance personnel to adjust, operate, and maintain motor-operated roller shades.

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