10 14 00 Exterior Signage.pdf

Dayton National Cemetery ( VA Project No. 810CM3033 )

Cemetery Expansion, FCA Deficiencies, Irrigation System Replacement, New Signage, Ornamental Fencing, Drainage Repair

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EXTERIOR SIGNAGE

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SECTION 10 14 00

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 DESCRIPTION

A. This section specifies the work required to furnish and install the indicated and specified exterior cemetery site signage systems, including, but not limited to, posts and mow strips.

B. Signs shall be products of manufacturers regularly engaged in manufacturing signs of types specified.

C. Signs included are as follows:

1. Post and Panel

a. One Line of Text

b. Three Lines of Text

2. Spigot Post with Sign Panel

3. Dimensional Letters and emblems.

4. Cemetery Directory Sign

5. VA Seal Plaque

1.2 RELATED WORK

A. Post Setting Excavation, Material, Backfill, Section 31 20 11, EARTHWORK (SHORT FORM).

B. Concrete Bases for posts: Section 03 30 53, CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE

(SHORT FORM)

C. Flower Watering Station piping, appurtenances and mounting: Section 32

30 00 SITE FURNISHINGS.

1.3 MANUFACTURER’S QUALIFICATIONS

A. Sign manufacturer shall regularly and presently manufacture signs similar to those specified as one of their principal products. Sign manufacturer shall submit qualifications demonstrating a minimum of three years of experience manufacturing the qualifying signs and shall, if possible, demonstrate the successful manufacturing of exterior site signs installed at one or more State or National Veteran Cemeteries.

1.4 SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS

A. Materials in this section may contribute towards contract compliance with sustainability requirements.

B. Biobased Material: For products designated by the USDA’s BioPreferred® program, provide products that meet or exceed USDA recommendations for

Irrigation System Replacement, New Signage, 10 14 00 - 2 biobased content, subject to the products compliance with performance requirements in this Section. For more information regarding the product categories covered by the BioPreferred® program, please visit http://www.biopreferred.gov/.

1.5 SUBMITTALS

A. Submit in accordance with Section 01 33 23, SHOP DRAWINGS, PRODUCT

DATA, AND SAMPLES.

B. Samples: Submit 3 sets. One set to the Contractor, one set to the

Resident Engineer or Contracting Officer’s Representative (RE/COR) and one set to the A/E Designer. The Contractor shall provide submittal documents that indicate each of the sign types, mounting types and materials to be used for the various combinations to be used for this project. Submittal materials shall indicate the location(s) for the various sign types including their mounting.

1. Post & panel sign mock-up, not less than 200 mm by 250 mm (8” by

10”), shall be constructed and submitted, showing typical color, texture and fonts shown on Contract Drawings. Mock-up shall show typical fabrication methods, including panel to post(s) connection.

Sample shall be capable of demonstrating how the face panels can be removed, for repair or replacement, from the mounted location between the posts, for a two post sign system. Mock-ups of all other sign systems for post mounted signs shall be capable of demonstrating how the sign panels are to be removed and replaced from the posts, or mounting support system attached to the posts, without moving the posts.

2. Aluminum samples showing full range of finish colors available.

3. Cast Metal Letter, of the style, size and finish indicated

4. Color samples of each color, 150 mm x 150 mm (6 inches x 6 inches).

Show anticipated range of color and texture.

5. Sample of typeface, arrow and symbols in a typical full size layout.

6. Directory panels and frames, with letters and symbols, each type.

C. Shop Drawings: All signs showing material, finish, colors, size of members, details of construction, letter spacing, size and type, numbers, symbols or image details, and mounting details. Identify materials, show joints, welds, anchorage, accessory items, mounting and finishes. The details of construction shall clearly show how the sign http://www.biopreferred.gov/

Irrigation System Replacement, New Signage, 10 14 00 - 3 is to be disassembled to replace the entire sign or just one side panel, where applicable.

D. Full size layout template of the cast lettering shown on the entry wall, showing pin locations and letter spacing of all words. Approved template shall be used during the actual installation of the lettering.

E. Full size layout in full color of the Sign Panels.

F. Manufacturer’s Literature and Data (Mark literature to indicate items proposed to be furnished): Signs, each type. Manufacturer’s printed specifications, anchorage details, installation and maintenance instructions. Manufacturer’s recommendations for mounting the Sign

Panels shall be provided.

G. Manufacturer’s Certificates: Provide certification from the coating installer, indicating exactly what they did to prepared the aluminum as and applied the coating(s) to the specified thickness(es). The certification shall indicate that the coating has been installed according to specific and identified contract specifications and/or approved submittal materials so it is absolutely clear what was done.

H. Sample(s) shall be submitted of sign(s) of sufficient size to show the full scaled features of each of the sign types, including frame, mounting, panels, panel mounting, sign mounting facilities, lettering, color and texture. All aluminum signs shall have full exterior Powder

Coated finish, with color and quality as specified herein.

1.6 DELIVERY AND STORAGE

A. Package to prevent damage or deterioration during shipment, handling, storage and installation. Maintain protective covering in place and in good repair until removal is necessary.

B. Deliver signs only when the site, mounting materials, and equipment are ready for installation work to proceed.

C. Store products in dry condition inside enclosed facilities.

1.7 WARRANTY

A. Sign Manufacturer shall guarantee the text and symbols applied to the powder coated aluminum for an extended warranty period of five years following final acceptance of the project. A warranty inspection shall be performed no later than one year following project final acceptance and the Contractor shall be responsible for removing and replacing any text and/or symbols identified, during the inspection, that have

Irrigation System Replacement, New Signage, 10 14 00 - 4 started to fade, chip, peel or otherwise fail. The Contractor shall remove and replace any sign panel faces with new, where the applied lettering, or the paint system itself, is causing damage to, or failure of, the paint system. All work to produce replacement sign panels with new lettering and/or paint system shall be provided at no cost to the

Government, as part of the Warranty work for the signage system.

1.8 APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS

A. Publications listed below form a part of this specification to extent referenced. Publications are referenced in text by the basic designation only. Comply with applicable provisions and recommendations of the following, except as otherwise shown or specified.

B. Americans with Disabilities Act - 1990, as amended and in effect as of

01-01-2009

C. Federal Highway Administration:

Manuals on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Street and Highways -

Single Post Traffic Regulatory Signs.

D. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM):

B209-10 Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Sheet and Plate

B221-12 Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Extruded Bars, Rods, Wire, Shapes and Tubes.

B449-93(2010)e1 Standard Specification for Chromates on

Aluminum

E. American Architectural Manufacturer’s Association (AAMA):

AAMA 2605-05 Performance Requirements and Test Procedures for High Performance Organic Coatings on

Aluminum extrusions and Panels.

F. Federal Specifications (Fed. Spec.):

MIL-P-8184F Plastic Sheet, Acrylic, Modified.

A-A-59502 Plastic Sheet, Polycarbonate

G. VA Signage Design Guide:

Section 12 National Cemetery Signs -http://wbdg.org/ccb/VA/VASIGN/signage12.pdf

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1 MATERIALS

A. Aluminum, Extruded: Fed. Spec. QQA-200-9, alloy 6063-T5, applicable as material.

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B. Aluminum, Sheet and Plate: ASTM B209

C. Aluminum, Extrusions and Tubing: ASTM B221

D. Zinc Chromate Primer: Fed. Spec. TT-P-645.

E. Wood signage shall match wood type and dimensions of existing signage.

2.2 SIGNAGE GENERAL

A. Signs shall be of type, size and design shown on the drawings and as specified.

B. Signs shall be complete with lettering, framing, and related components for a complete sign installation.

C. Provide graphics items as completed units produced by a single manufacturer, including necessary mounting accessories, fittings and fastenings.

D. Do not scale drawings for dimensions. Verify all dimensions and conditions shown by the drawings. Resident Engineer and/or Contracting

Officer's Representative (RE/COR) is to be notified of any discrepancy in drawing(s), in field directions or conditions, and/or of any changes required for any such related construction details.

E. The Sign Contractor, by commencing work of this section, assumes overall responsibility, as part of his warranty of work, to assure that assemblies, components and parts shown or required within the work of the section, comply with the Contract Documents. Warrant: That all components, specified or required to satisfactorily complete the installation are compatible with each other and with conditions of installations.

2.3 SIGN STANDARDS

A. Typography:

1. Type Style: Match existing type, unless otherwise indicated.

2. Arrow: See graphic standards in drawings.

3. Letter spacing: See graphic standards on drawings.

4. All text, arrows, and symbols to be provided in size, colors, typefaces and letter spacing shown. Text shall be a true, clean, accurate reproduction of typeface(s) shown. Text shown in drawings are for layout purposes only. Text to be installed on specific signs shall be as submitted, reviewed and finally approved in shop drawings processed as submittal materials.

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B. Sign Colors and Finishes: As specified in this Specification Section and approved in the Shop Drawing & Submittal process.

2.4 SIGNS TYPES

A. General: The exterior sign system shall match existing cemetery family signage.

B. Location, layout and construction details for the all of the project exterior signs shall be found in the Construction Drawings. Refer to the signage details for the specific sign panel sizes, text and graphic sizes as well as the layout and content for the text and images for the respective individual signs.

2.5 TEXT AND GRAPHICS

A. There are multiple Message Layout types for some of the different size signs within the same type of sign. See the drawing layout and detail drawings for the specifics of the locations for the signs, as well as the size, types, materials and messages for the individual signs for the project.

1. Surface applied letters, numbers and graphics shall be of a published quality and life expectancy equal to or exceeding that for reflective white opaque Engineering Grade 3M™ Scotchlite™ vinyl, unless otherwise noted. Color shall match existing. Font Type Style shall be as indicated in Paragraph "SIGN STANDARDS" as approved during the submittal process.

B. All text and graphics for the exterior signage shall be provided in detailed submittal information. Each sign face shall be represented in scaled drawings, with exact font, letter style, font, letter spacing, graphics being shown. Only signs and or sign faces approved in the submittal process shall be manufactured.

2.6 FABRICATION

A. Design components to allow for expansion and contraction for a minimum material temperature range of 56 °C (100 °F), without causing buckling, excessive opening of joints or over stressing of adhesives, welds and fasteners.

B. Form work to required shapes and sizes, with true curve lines and angles. Provide necessary rebates, lugs and brackets for assembly of units. Use concealed fasteners whenever and wherever possible.

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C. Shop fabricate so far as practicable. Joints fastened flush to conceal reinforcement, or welded where thickness or section permits.

D. Contact surfaces of connected members shall be true. Assemble so joints will be tight and practically unnoticeable, without use of filling compound.

E. Signs shall have fine, even texture and be flat and sound. Lines and miters sharp, arises unbroken, profiles accurate and ornament true to pattern. Plane surfaces shall be smooth flat and without oil-canning, free of rack and twist. Maximum variation from true plane of surface shall be plus or minus 0.4mm (1/64 inch). Restore texture to filed or cut areas.

F. Level or straighten wrought work. Members shall have sharp lines and angles and smooth surfaces.

G. Extruded members to be free from extrusion marks. Members shall have square turns and corners sharp, and curves shall be true.

H. Drill holes for bolts and screws. Conceal fastenings where possible.

Exposed ends and edges mill smooth, with corners slightly rounded. Form joints exposed to weather to exclude water.

I. All painted surfaces properly primed. Finish coating of paint to have complete coverage with no light or thin applications allowing substrate or primer to show. Finished surface smooth, free of scratches, gouges, drips, bubbles, thickness variations, peeling, foreign matter and other imperfections.

J. Movable parts, including hardware, are be cleaned and adjusted to operate as designed without binding of deformation of members. All contact surfaces fit tight and even without forcing or warping components.

K. Pre-assemble items in shop to greatest extent possible to minimize field splicing and assembly. Disassemble units only as necessary for shipping and handling limitations. Clearly mark units for re-assembly and coordinated installation.

L. Completed sign installations shall not have any exposed openings so insect nesting inside of signs will be prevented.

M. No signs are to be manufactured until final sign message schedule and location review has been completed by the RE/COR & forwarded to contractor.

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N. Final sign fabrication shall not proceed until samples and shop drawings detailing the sign system as it will be installed, have been submitted and approved during the submittal process.

2.7 PROTECTION OF ALUMINUM

A. Isolate aluminum in contact with or fastened to dissimilar metals other than stainless steel, white bronze or other metals compatible with aluminum by one of the following:

1. Painting the dissimilar metal with a prime coat of zinc-chromate or other suitable primer, followed by two coats of aluminum paint.

2. Placing an approved caulking compound, or a non-absorptive tape, or gasket between the aluminum and the dissimilar metal.

B. Paint aluminum in contact with or built into mortar, concrete, or other masonry materials with bituminous paint or zinc chromate primer.

2.8 DOUBLE-POST-PANEL SIGNS

1. Shall match existing sign family within Dayton National Cemetery.

2.9 SPIGOT POST WITH SIGN

A. Spigot posts with signs shall match existing flower watering stations.

2.11 DIMENSIONAL LETTERS

A. Dimensional Letters shall be individually mounted on the provided substrate material. The location, alignment, letter configuration, size, font, material and finish shall be as indicated on the Drawings.

B. Dimensional lettering shall be sized and depth as indicated on the drawings.

C. Materials, color, and finish for the individual letters shall be as indicated on the drawings and approved during the submittal process.

2.12 GRANITE SECTION MARKERS

A. Details for the Granite Section Markers are to be as indicated on the drawings and associated notes.

B. Granite Section Markers shall be of materials that match those existing on the site, or are as approved by Memorial Program Services (MPS) for use as niche covers.

2.13 DIRECTORY MAP

A. Each graphic panel shall be sized to fit onto the designated double faced post and panel sign with the sign panel and posts as indicated on the drawings. The maximum size for the sign panel shall be 900mm x

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1200mm (3' x 4') or as indicated on the drawings, horizontal as shown on the drawings, based upon the image to be displayed.

B. Graphics for these panels shall be as indicated on the drawing details and final graphics will be provided by the designer prior to the submittal process.

C. Graphic process shall be performed by a manufacturer that regularly produces similar products using materials, colors and sizes as indicated, and has performed this work for a minimum of three years.

The graphics process shall produce sign panels that are curable, UV resistant, have crisp colors, shall not delaminate, be designed so surfaces scratches do not remove or damage the graphics, have been used for similar signs that have been exposed to the elements while mounted tipped up from horizontal to facilitate viewing, and have performed without failure for long periods of time. The longer the performance life of comparable products used elsewhere, the better. Minimum acceptable performance of similar signs shall be 15 years or more.

Samples of the graphic sign panel, with the colors and detail that will be provided for the final sign shall be submitted, reviewed, modifications made as required, and eventually approved if fully compliant, prior to the signs being manufactured. Graphics shall be on

1/8” thick fiber reinforced plastic panel with color graphic printed onto surface in UV resistant ink. Panel shall be fastened to the aluminum frame with tamper proof stainless steel hardware.

D. Colors for the graphic image shall be white and necessary colors to create the map as indicated in the graphic file provided by the design

A/E.

2.12 BRONZE PLAQUES - SEAL

A. Furnish and install the Bronze Plaque, Emblem/Seals as indicated on the contract drawings. Bronze elements shall be cast of a lead-free tin bronze, such as C900300 (Navy "G" Bronze) or similar alloy approved by the VA. The Bronze elements shall be BAS relief casting based upon the electronic graphic image included in the contract drawings.

B. BAS relief castings shall be of uniform quality and condition, free from injurious blow holes and porosity, cracks and other defects and not warped or distorted, well finished, free from burrs, sharp edges, scratches and defects that may affect appearance or service ability.

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Casing shall not be repaired, plugged, welded or burned. Finish to be detailed, hand chased for true alignment, filed, belt polished, sides ground smooth, raised surfaces and borders to be polished and buffed to a bright satin finish, background textures to be reverse medium pebble background, fine pebble background, moss as cast. Bronze to be chemically oxidized to a statuary medium color and finish with one coat of clear protective exterior metal lacquer. Fasteners to be corrosion resistant metal compatible with material or casting. Details for the size, thickness, content, and mounting for the Bronze signage elements shall be as indicated on the contract drawings and as described as follows:"

1. Emblem/Plaque - The VA Seal bronze emblem/plaque shall be of the sculpted BAS relief style. The plaque shall be cast of a lead-free tin bronze, such as C90300 (Navy ‘G’ Bronze) or similar alloy approved by the VA. Examples of previously accepted BAS relief-sculpted casting molds are available from the manufacturer, United

States Bronze, 811 Second Avenue, Hyde Park, NY 11040, telephone

516-352-5155, as a basis of design. Shop drawings, as well as samples of material showing color, texture and border, and photos of sculpted molds of all sculpted BAS relief elements shall be submitted for approval prior to fabrication.

a. Plaques shall be bas-relief (not flat relief) cast in bronze.

provided with three threaded anchor bolts, Spaced as shown on the

Contract Drawings and the VA Signage Design Manual.

2. Department of Veteran Affairs Bronze Seal - Shall be of the sculpted

BAS relief style with the size and graphics and as approved during the submittal review and approval process. The size, location and attachment for the seal shall be as indicated on the construction drawings, with the seal between 600mm and 1200mm (2 and 4 feet) in diameter.

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 INSTALLATION

A. Set work accurately, in alignment and where shown. Signs shall be plumb, level, free of rack and twist and set parallel or perpendicular as required to line and plane the surface.

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B. Signs shall be installed with direct burial of post into concrete as shown on Contract Drawings. Depth of posts shall be such that the bottom of the concrete surrounding the posts is at least below the frost, or as indicated in the drawings, whichever is the greater depth.

C. Protect aluminum in contact with dissimilar metals or mortar as specified in Paragraph "PROTECTION OF ALUMINUM".

D. Furnish setting drawings and instructions for installation of anchors and for the positioning of items having anchors or sleeves to be built into construction. Provide temporary bracing for such items until permanent anchors are set.

E. Provide anchoring devices and fasteners as shown and as necessary for securing signs to construction as specified.

F. Utilize approved layout template for the installation of the cast bronze lettering. Pins shall be securely anchored as detailed. Face of all lettering shall be in a constant plane, while at the same time minimizing the distance between the back of the letters and the stone wall. Maintain a minimum gap as detailed between the back of the letter and the face of the stone wall.

G. Verify that behind or beneath each sign location there are no utility lines, or other buried infrastructure elements, that will be affected by installation of signs. Any damage during installation of signs to utilities, or other buried infrastructure will be the sole responsibility of the Contractor to correct and repair.

H. Furnish inserts and anchoring devices which must be set in concrete or other material for installation of signs. Provide setting drawings, templates, instructions and directions for installation of anchorage devices which may involve other trades.

I. Furnish and install concrete collars, with reinforcing to prevent cracking as well as expansion joints around the posts, or other elements of this section installed in the lawn areas, to allow for movement due to frost action. The mow strips shall be set so they are parallel to the finished grade around the sign posts, so mowers can drive around them without hitting the concrete, or going into a depression.

J. Sign message panels shall be mounted using tamper-proof mechanical fasteners that are coated and colored to match the message panels.

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K. Mounting details and materials shall be provided as samples during the submittal process, and complete demonstration of all of the installation features, materials and methods shall be provided during the submittal process.

3.2 PLAQUE EMBLEM SEAL INSTALLATION

A. Install plaque seals as detailed on Contract Drawings and VA Signage

Design Manual and as follows:

1. The plaque/seal shall be attached with non-shrink grout placed into the holes with the plaques/seals being set when the mortar is wet.

Contractor shall hold the plaques until the mortar has set. The plaques shall be set no more than 6 mm (1/4 inch) from the mounting substrate and shall be set plumb. A template of the mounting pins shall be made for each installation and the locations transferred to the masonry or stone substrate and locations approved by the owner’s designated representative before the mounting holes are drilled.

2. Provide samples and drawings indicating all details of the installation as part of the submittal process. Submittals shall be revised and resubmitted until approved, and installation shall not proceed without approved submittals and/or samples.

3.3 CLEANING

A. After installation, all items shall be cleaned as recommended by the manufacturer and protected from damage until completion of the project.

3.4 PROTECTION

A. Protect finished surfaces from damage during fabrication, erection and after completion of the work.

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