S02 RFI Responses.pdf

Project Name: VA Wilkes Barre - Upgrade Plumbing

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1 Please confirm if the General Contractor carries the cost for any

Commissioning or is the VA hiring direct.

24/Jul The contractor is responsible for commissioning and testing. 01 91 00 General Commissioning

Requirements - General 1.1-A: The General

Contractor shall dirrectly hire and contract with a third party commissioning agent to perform commissioning services.

VA/ACG

Closed

2 Regarding the new Tower construction. May the Contractor set a crane at the loading dock and pitch over equipment and materials? (yes

24/Jul Yes, weekends only.

VA

Closed

3 Regarding Construction Phasing, I assume one (1) Floor at a time but how many areas can be done concurrently?

24/Jul

VA

OPEN

4 Should the Contractor figure the New Tower off-shift too? Should the entire

Project be off-shift?

24/Jul A great % of work will need to be completed off-hours. If working during the day and the noise is interfering patient care or disturber the VA employee, the VA does have the right to stop work this is up to the contractor if they would price 100% of the time

VA

Closed

5 Will the VA schedule additional Site Visits? 24/Jul They can Contact me Michael.somoga@va.gov for setting up site visit.

VA

Closed

6 A-602 Drawing A-602, will the VA provide manufactures and model numbers for the Restroom Accessories? Within the Specifications, the Finish Schedule only lists mirrors, baby changing station and toilet partitions.

24/Jul Refer to performance specification 102800 for toilet and bath accessories product and installation information. Refer to Drawing A-602 for Contractor

Furnished & Contractor Installed (CC) and VA

Furnished & VA Installed (VV) items.

ACG

Closed

7 A-602 Drawing A-602, what is the reference of JSN Furniture/Install, CC and VV? 24/Jul JSN is a Joint Schedule Number code system that

VAMC uses as the furniture schedule identifier. CC is Contractor Furnished & Contractor Installed. VV is

VA Furnished & VA Installed.

ACG

Closed

8 Is Aerocel Self Seal Elastomeric acceptable for the Domestic Cold or if it must be glued tube?

4/Aug I believe the two are equivalent except for that the self seal will always have a seam even when the preferred slip on method is applicable. I would find the self seal acceptable.

ACG

Closed

9 Regarding the caissons, there is concern about getting a crane within the courtyard area to install caissons. Given the space constraints, micropiles would be a better alternative. What are the four (4) column loads? Is there a

Geotech report? Would the VA accept an alternate deep foundation design?

4/Aug 1. Yes, micropiles are an acceptable alternate.

2. Four (4) column loads: i. N.1/4.1 = 36 kip, ii.

N/1/4.3 = 54 kip, iii. N/9/4.1 = 43 kip, iv. N.9/4.3 =

61 kip.

3. Refer to Geotech report dated 7/25/23.

4. Yes, other engineered deep foundation designs may be accepted.

ACG

Closed

ACG Project #: 17-194

VA Project #: 693-15-101 00-Jan-00 CalculatedRequired yes, one floor at a time

10 Was there boring testing done in the courtyard? 15/Aug There is no test boring in for the courtyard

VA

Closed

11 Specs The only section for Mechanical Insulation is Section 23 07 11 - HVAC &

Boiler Plant Insulation. It does mention the exhaust duct and exterior duct but I can't find anything on interior supply or return duct. It also says that exterior duct gets metal jacketing ( 23 07 11 -13) but then there is another section where it says they want 2" thick fiberglass board with multi layer vapor barrier which could mean venture clad jacketing (23 07 11 -15).

Can the requirements be clarified?

15/Aug The specs do not call out specifically which type of insulation to use but they do call out which types you can use for exampe ASTM C553 compliant fiber glass insulation.

I don't see the conflict, the requirements want whatever you are putting outside to have metal jacketing in addition to the other requirement noted when other aspects apply.

ACG

Closed

12 Specs The documents mention:

• Spec section 01-00-00-17 indicates drawings to be scanned into PDF.

• Spec section 01-00-00-34 talks about AUTO CAD for documents or Is the

AUTO CAD applicable being that is previous section above indicates PDF?

• 01-91-00-1/01-91-00-6, BIM Modeling for commissioning .

Can it be clarified what we are to use for documents, PDF, BIM, AUTO

CAD?

15/Aug The drawing file format shall be AutoCAD.

ACG

Closed

13 Drawings “PD” series drawings, NOTE “H” states that each fixture, (laves), will require a mixing valve.

During the walk through we noticed some laves already had the missing valves installed below the laves.

Please advise as to how many mixing valves shall be required and which fixtures will require mixing valves as indicated.

15/Aug Note "H" says to replace the mixing valves on new fixtures only. Check valves are to be provided on all fixtures as indicated.

Count the new fixtures provided for new mixing valve counts.

VA

Closed

14 Specs Does the VA have a 3rd party that they use for chloritization of the water lines or will it be up to the Mechanical contractor?

15/Aug The Contractor shall supply the 3rd party chloritization for the project, not the VA.

VA

Closed

15 Specs We would like to confirm that all joints 2-1/2” > shall be silver solder joints, (brazed).

Reference spec section 22-11-00-8,states grooved fittings for large bore size.

15/Aug There is an updated spec for section 22 11 00.

VA

Closed

16 Confirm Vendor and Materials listed, unable to find vendor and materials:

1. PT-3 Architectural Ceramics, Ultimate Olive Brown, 6"x24" Accent Tile.

2. PT-3 American Ceramics, Ultimate Olive Brown, 6"x24" Accent Tile.

3. PT-4 American Ceramics, Ultimate Olive Brown, 6:x12" Cove Tile.

15/Aug Best Tile of North Carolina, LLC, or

Visit https://besttile.com

ACG

Closed

17 Pre bid documents dated 02-25-2022, basis of design for the toilet and bath accessories are missing except Mirror, Baby changing station and toilet partitions. Please provide us with the updated information.

15/Aug Refer to performance specification 102800 for toilet and bath accessories product and installation information. Refer to Drawing A-602 for Contractor

Furnished & Contractor Installed (CC) and VA

Furnished & VA Installed (VV) items.

ACG

Closed

18 The 8"x8" wirecut accent brick is no longer manufactured or available. Is there an alternative?

15/Aug Change 8"x8" to modular style in the Exterior Finish

Schedule. See Drawing 1 of AT201 for stack bond pattern.

ACG

Closed

19 Door 804 (Room C8-45) on Door Schedule does not have an elevation noted. Please clarify.

22/Aug It is elevation A.

ACG

Closed

20 Locker Room G3 Requires New Lockers. No specification is included.

Please specify.

22/Aug Verify with the VA Interiors Department about providing locker information to match the campus standard.

VA/ACG

Closed

21 Demolition plans AD102, AD104, AD105, AD107, AD108, AD111 include a keynote stating, "See VA comprehensive asbestos and inventory survey dated 8/29/14 for the positive ACM floor tile area". This note pertains to various areas on the demolition plans. What is the expectation for these areas? Will floor tile and associated mastic be removed in their entirety or will abatement work be isolated to areas where water lines penetrate floors?

22/Aug The expectation is to include floor tile and associated mastic in their entirety within the area of work. Also refer to specification Sections 02 82 11 and 02 82

13.13 for more details. ACG

Closed

22 Plumbing demolition plans include a keynote stating, "Abate all asbestos disturbed as the result of work". Are there known locations of asbestos pipe insulation and fitting insulation or is it anticipated the materials will be uncovered during work?

22/Aug It is expected that some wall demolition will disturb asbestos ex. P-406 note 12. There is known asbestos containing insulation called out on the overall plans, for example P-101.3 note 9 (not always note 9). It is anticipated that additional asbestos containing materials will be uncovered during work as well.

ACG

Closed

23 Is it anticipated asbestos wall mastic on exterior perimeter walls will be disturbed during work and should the abatement subcontractor include removal of any of this material in their bid?

22/Aug Contractor to review the VA compreshensive asbestos and inventory survey dated 8/29/14 and construction documents thoroughly to determine the extent of construction work for the asbestos wall mastic on exterior perimeter walls.

ACG

Closed

24 In the asbestos abatement specification (page 02 82 11 -5) the extent of work includes 2,000 square feet of miscellaneous asbestos containing material. Could you please clarify what this entails?

22/Aug Refer to the VA asbestos report. This includes asbestos in insulation and caulking. ACG

Closed

25 Is the abatement survey report available for review? 22/Aug See attached file. VA/ACG Closed

Currently, we have received no answers to previous RFI’s and the bids are due next week. Some of the answers are going to take time to evaluate and price. Can an addendum be posted with the RFI answers and a time extension of (2) to (3) weeks to properly prepare our bid proposal?.

5/Sep

VA

OPEN

27 Drawings On the drawings a description "Typical for CLC wing" is used. Can this be defined?

5/Sep Any drawing with the label CLC appended which is referring to a wing of the hospital. See P-101.5 / P-

102.5

ACG

Closed

28 Drawings Can reference drawings, P102.5 and P-103.5 be provided? 5/Sep They are page 30 / 69 of the Feb 25, 2022 drawing set which is the most current.

ACG Closed

29 There are no expansion loops in the piping indicated? Can this be clarified? 5/Sep There are loops shown graphically where applicable.

See P-100.4

ACG

Closed

30 There are no guides or anchors indicated for the piping runs. Can this be clarified?

5/Sep Contractor is advised to reuse existing guides and anchors. See note 10 P-100.4.

ACG

Closed

31 Specs Commissioning is mentioned in multiple places in the specifications. There is conflicting/confusing paragraphs as if the GC is to include the 3rd party service or is this by the VA. Can this be answered?

5/Sep The contractor shall include having 3rd party services for doing the commissioning. VA

Closed

32 I just noticed on the Architectural Floor Plan Drawings that there is a Note 2 that states to replace Floor Covering. These rooms that are indicated do not appear on the Room Finish Schedule. Please provide additional information as to which room is to receive new flooring and what type of flooring and base should be installed.

Refer to the AD sheets for the removal and lockset function alteration. The new flooring, base, and paint walls are to match the existing room that they are part of, i.e., carpet in the existing office. The door lock function to change to storage, confirm lockset function with VA.

33 On Drawing AT201, South Elevation, there is hatching and a Note that states “3 inch recessed windows 8”x8” typical” Please provide Spec for this window. Also, please provide detail / section of 3” window. Will a relief angle or lintel be required?

These are two different notes. 8” x 8” typical is referring to the stacked bond solider course brick pattern. Refer to Details 1, 2, and 3 of AT202 for the

3” recessed windows and steel angle. Refer to spec

Section 08 51 13 Aluminum Windows.

34 Will the New Structural Steel in the Mechanical Chase Tower require Spray-

Applied Fireproofing? If so, please provide Spec.

No, they are not required to be fire proofed.

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