S06 - Specs - 260526 - Grounding and Bonding for Electrical Systems.docx

Project 554-26-102 Install Humidification and Control to Pharmacy Cache 3/2/26

SECTION 26 05 26

GROUNDING AND BONDING FOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

GENERAL

DESCRIPTION

This section specifies the furnishing, installation, connection, and testing of grounding and bonding equipment, indicated as grounding equipment in this section.

“Grounding electrode system” refers to grounding electrode conductors and all electrodes required or allowed by NEC, as well as made, supplementary, and lightning protection system grounding electrodes.

The terms “connect” and “bond” are used interchangeably in this section and have the same meaning.

RELATED WORK

Section 26 05 11, REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS: Requirements that apply to all sections of Division 26.

Section 26 05 19, LOW-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL POWER CONDUCTORS AND CABLES: Low-voltage conductors.

Section 26 05 33, RACEWAY AND BOXES FOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS: Conduit and boxes.

qualITY ASSURANCE Quality Assurance shall be in accordance with Paragraph, QUALIFICATIONS (PRODUCTS AND SERVICES) in Section 26 05 11, REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS.

SUBMITTALS

Submit in accordance with Paragraph, SUBMITTALS in Section 26 05 11, REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS, and the following requirements:

Shop Drawings:

Submit sufficient information to demonstrate compliance with drawings and specifications.

Submit plans showing the location of system grounding electrodes and connections, and the routing of aboveground and underground grounding electrode conductors.

Test Reports:

Two weeks prior to the final inspection, submit ground resistance field test reports to the COR.

Certifications:

Certification by the Contractor that the grounding equipment has been properly installed and tested.

APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS

Publications listed below (including amendments, addenda, revisions, supplements, and errata) form a part of this specification to the extent referenced. Publications are referenced in the text by designation only.

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM):

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE):

81-12 IEEE Guide for Measuring Earth Resistivity, Ground Impedance, and Earth Surface Potentials of a Ground System Part 1: Normal Measurements National Fire Protection Association (NFPA):

Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL):

PRODUCTS

GROUNDING AND BONDING CONDUCTORS

Equipment grounding conductors shall be insulated stranded copper, except that sizes No. 10 AWG and smaller shall be solid copper. Insulation color shall be continuous green for all equipment grounding conductors, except that wire sizes No. 4 AWG and larger shall be identified per NEC.

A. Bonding conductors shall be bare stranded copper, except that sizes No. 10 AWG and smaller shall be bare solid copper. Bonding conductors shall be stranded for final connection to motors, transformers, and vibrating equipment.

B. Conductor sizes shall not be less than shown on the drawings, or not less than required by the NEC, whichever is greater.

C. Insulation: THHN-THWN and XHHW-2. XHHW-2 shall be used for isolated power systems.

1.2 GROUND RODS - (NOT USED)

1.3 concrete encased electrode - (NOT USED)

1.4 ground connections A. Above Grade:

1. Bonding Jumpers: Listed for use with aluminum and copper conductors. For wire sizes No. 8 AWG and larger, use compression-type connectors. For wire sizes smaller than No. 8 AWG, use mechanical type lugs. Connectors or lugs shall use zinc-plated steel bolts, nuts, and washers. Bolts shall be torqued to the values recommended by the manufacturer.

2. Connection to Building Steel: Exothermic-welded type connectors.

3. Connection to Grounding Bus Bars: Listed for use with aluminum and copper conductors. Use mechanical type lugs, with zinc-plated steel bolts, nuts, and washers. Bolts shall be torqued to the values recommended by the manufacturer.

4. Connection to Equipment Rack and Cabinet Ground Bars: Listed for use with aluminum and copper conductors. Use mechanical type lugs, with zinc-plated steel bolts, nuts, and washers. Bolts shall be torqued to the values recommended by the manufacturer.

1.5 equipment rack and cabinet ground bars A. Provide solid copper ground bars designed for mounting on the framework of open or cabinet-enclosed equipment racks. Ground bars shall have minimum dimensions of 6.3 mm (0.25 inch) thick x 19 mm (0.75 inch) wide, with length as required or as shown on the drawings. Provide insulators and mounting brackets.

1.6 ground terminal blocks A. At any equipment mounting location (e.g., backboards and hinged cover enclosures) where rack-type ground bars cannot be mounted, provide mechanical type lugs, with zinc-plated steel bolts, nuts, and washers. Bolts shall be torqued to the values recommended by the manufacturer.

1.7 GROUNDING BUS bar - (NOT USED)

EXECUTION

GENERAL

Installation shall be in accordance with the NEC, as shown on the drawings, and manufacturer’s instructions.

System Grounding: - (NOT USED) Equipment Grounding: Metallic piping, building structural steel, electrical enclosures, raceways, junction boxes, outlet boxes, cabinets, machine frames, and other conductive items in close proximity with electrical circuits, shall be bonded and grounded.

For patient care area electrical power system grounding, conform to the latest NFPA 70 and 99. - (NOT USED)

INACCESSIBLE GROUNDING CONNECTIONS

Make grounding connections, which are normally buried or otherwise inaccessible, by exothermic weld.

MEDIUM-VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT AND CIRCUITS - (NOT USED)

SECONDARY voltage EQUIPMENT AND CIRCUITS Main Bonding Jumper: Bond the secondary service neutral to the ground bus in the service equipment.

Metallic Piping, Building Structural Steel, and Supplemental Electrode(s):

Provide a grounding electrode conductor sized per NEC between the service equipment ground bus and all metallic water pipe systems, building structural steel, and supplemental or made electrodes. Provide jumpers across insulating joints in the metallic piping.

Provide a supplemental ground electrode as shown on the drawings and bond to the grounding electrode system.

Switchgear, Switchboards, Unit Substations, Panelboards, Motor Control Centers, Engine-Generators, Automatic Transfer Switches, and other electrical equipment:

Connect the equipment grounding conductors to the ground bus.

Connect metallic conduits by grounding bushings and equipment grounding conductor to the equipment ground bus.

Transformers: - (NOT USED) raceway Conduit Systems:

Ground all metallic conduit systems. All metallic conduit systems shall contain an equipment grounding conductor.

Non‑metallic conduit systems, except non-metallic feeder conduits that carry a grounded conductor from exterior transformers to interior or building-mounted service entrance equipment, shall contain an equipment grounding conductor.

Metallic conduit that only contains a grounding conductor, and is provided for its mechanical protection, shall be bonded to that conductor at the entrance and exit from the conduit.

Metallic conduits which terminate without mechanical connection to an electrical equipment housing by means of locknut and bushings or adapters, shall be provided with grounding bushings. Connect bushings with an equipment grounding conductor to the equipment ground bus.

Feeders and Branch Circuits: Install equipment grounding conductors with all feeders, and power and lighting branch circuits.

Boxes, Cabinets, Enclosures, and Panelboards:

Bond the equipment grounding conductor to each pullbox, junction box, outlet box, device box, cabinets, and other enclosures through which the conductor passes (except for special grounding systems for intensive care units and other critical units shown).

Provide lugs in each box and enclosure for equipment grounding conductor termination.

Wireway Systems:

Bond the metallic structures of wireway to provide electrical continuity throughout the wireway system, by connecting a No. 6 AWG bonding jumper at all intermediate metallic enclosures and across all section junctions.

Install insulated No. 6 AWG bonding jumpers between the wireway system, bonded as required above, and the closest building ground at each end and approximately every 16 M (50 feet).

Use insulated No. 6 AWG bonding jumpers to ground or bond metallic wireway at each end for all intermediate metallic enclosures and across all section junctions.

Use insulated No. 6 AWG bonding jumpers to ground cable tray to column-mounted building ground plates (pads) at each end and approximately every 15 M (49 feet).

Receptacles shall not be grounded through their mounting screws. Ground receptacles with a jumper from the receptacle green ground terminal to the device box ground screw and a jumper to the branch circuit equipment grounding conductor.

Ground lighting fixtures to the equipment grounding conductor of the wiring system. Fixtures connected with flexible conduit shall have a green ground wire included with the power wires from the fixture through the flexible conduit to the first outlet box.

Fixed electrical appliances and equipment shall be provided with a ground lug for termination of the equipment grounding conductor.

Raised Floors: Provide bonding for all raised floor components as shown on the drawings. - (NOT USED) Panelboard Bonding in Patient Care Areas: The equipment grounding terminal buses of the normal and essential branch circuit panel boards serving the same individual patient vicinity shall be bonded together with an insulated continuous copper conductor not less than No. 10 AWG, installed in rigid metal conduit.

outdoor metallic fences around electrical equipment - (NOT USED) corrosion inhibitors When making grounding and bonding connections, apply a corrosion inhibitor to all contact surfaces. Use corrosion inhibitor appropriate for protecting a connection between the metals used.

CONDUCTIVE PIPING

Bond all conductive piping systems, interior and exterior, to the grounding electrode system. Bonding connections shall be made as close as practical to the equipment ground bus.

In operating rooms and at intensive care and coronary care type beds, bond the medical gas piping and medical vacuum piping at the outlets directly to the patient ground bus.

LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEM - (NOT USED)

main electrical room grounding - (NOT USED)

EXTERIOR LIGHT POLES - (NOT USED)

ground resistance - (NOT USED)

GROUND ROD INSTALLATION - (NOT USED)

acceptance checks and tests Resistance of the grounding electrode system shall be measured using a four-terminal fall-of-potential method as defined in IEEE 81. Ground resistance measurements shall be made before the electrical distribution system is energized or connected to the electric utility company ground system, and shall be made in normally dry conditions not fewer than 48 hours after the last rainfall.

Resistance measurements of separate grounding electrode systems shall be made before the systems are bonded together. The combined resistance of separate systems may be used to meet the required resistance, but the specified number of electrodes must still be provided.

Below-grade connections shall be visually inspected by the COR prior to backfilling. The Contractor shall notify the COR24 hours before the connections are ready for inspection.

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