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TECHNICAL QUESTIONS
AND RESPONSE TRACKING SHEET
Minneapolis Renovate Mental Health Ward 36E77620R0050
PROJECT TITLE
SOLICITATION #
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| QUESTION RECEIVE |
DATE
QUESTION ANSWERED
DATE
| CONTRACTOR QUESTIONS |
| VA RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS |
| 1 |
| 2.24.21 |
| 2.26.21 |
| I am going through the specifications and have a general comment/question for the documents. |
Some of the sections have unclear language, mixed up letters, for the headers and titles. Some examples are Sections 08 33 13, 08 56 13, 08 53 53, etc.
It can be decoded but it is confusing trying to figure it out.
Could you please reissue the specifications with the corrections made?
This was issued through an amendment with the specifications being updated
| 2 |
| 2.24.21 |
| 2.26.21 |
| The entire section 09 65 16 is illegible. Could you please reissue the section? |
| This was issued through an amendment with the specifications being updated |
| The all-glass doors (openings 1K-118, 1L-110, & 1L-112) are called out to be laminated glass.The CR Laurence hardware components detailed on 7/A703 call out for a patch fitting at the bottom of the door and a 1” Slender Rail top rail at the top of the door. These components cannot be used with laminated glass. Please either specify a product that will accommodate laminated glass or confirm that monolithic glass can be used for the all-glass doors. |
| See future addendum for question response. |
The all-glass doors (openings 1L-110, & 1L-112) are called out to have a full width top rail and a patch fitting at the bottom of the door. The Glass Association of North America (GANA) engineering guidelines do not recommend using patch fitting hardware on doors over 42” X 102”. These doors fall outside of these engineering standards. If full width top and bottom rails are used, we can go up to 42” X 108”. Please confirm if using full width top and bottom rails willbe acceptable.
See future addendum for question response.
| Door 1K-130 is called out as type F on the door schedule. 1K-130 is an exterior door. Please confirm if this should be a type E aluminum door. |
| Door 1K-130 should be type E not F. |
| Door 1K-130 is assumed to be included in spec section 084113 (please confirm). Spec section 084113 calls for a blast rated system and also calls for a thermally broken door. Thermally broken doors will not accommodate a blast rating. Please confirm that a non-thermal door that will accommodate a blast rating will be acceptable. |
| Section 084113 notes that thermal break is only required at locations where insulating glass is scheduled. No insulating glass is scheduled at this location. |
| Do the exterior window assemblies (frame type 1, & W1) at non-patient rooms require integral blind units or psychiatric rated interior sash panels? For example, frame type 1 is an exterior assembly at the Dining Room. Will integral blinds (glass type IL-1A) be required for the fixed lites? The door assembly can only accept up to a 1” IGU and integral blinds will not fit within the door assembly. Please confirm that this will be acceptable. |
| Areas required to have intergral blinds are noted as IL1-A on sheet A702. Refer to section 102310 2.01 and section 085113 section 2.01 on psychatric rated frames. |
| Please provide a list of what frame/window types on A702 go with what specification sections. |
| 102310- 2, 3, 4, 6, W4-7, 9-21 |
085619- W8 085113/085653-W1, W2, W3 084113/085653-1
| C1-59A & C1-60A on the door schedule are called out as type A Flush doors. In the “door size” column they call out a narrow vision lite. Please verify if these two doors require glazing. |
| These doors should be changed to type C |
| Do any of the interior window assemblies require psychiatric rated frames or glazing? For example window types W15, & W16? |
| Refer to section 102310 2.01 and section 085113 section 2.01 |
The exterior window assemblies are detailed as a curtain wall assembly. The IL-1A glass makeup as specified will not work as detailed. Would it be acceptable to install an interior psychiatric rated sash panel with integral blinds within the curtain wall back-member framing assembly that flushes out with the inside of the curtain wall mullion and install a 1-5/16” tempered and laminated insulated glass units in the glazing pocket of the curtain wall system that would meet the blast ratings? The exterior glazing makeup would be ¼” tempered glass outboard lite, ½” argon filled air space, ¼” tempered glass, .060 clear PVB interlayer, ¼” clear tempered glass. The low E/Tint would match the adjacent recently renovated window systems.
The system proposed in the question is acceptable.
| At the spandrel locations, the glass fabricators will not put ceramic frit on laminated glass due to possible delamination from heat buildup. Will a translucent colored interlayer be acceptable at the spandrel locations so long as it meets the blast requirements? |
| Spandrel glass(IL1B) needs to match the oudoor lite color and be indishtiguishable from the remainder of the exterior glass adjcent and above(IL1A). The method to make the glass opaque isnt specified. Use of ceramic frit or interlayer is acceptable as long as the window appearance matches adjcent windows and hides structure behind. |
| Plan Sheet 1338-AF101-P1 has note attached to Room 1L-137 stating “Existing Beds to be removed by construction contractor. Relocated. And secure in new locations indicated by COR.” We were not given the opportunity to visit Ward L during the limited site visit. Please verify if the beds noted are from Ward L or from Ward K to be relocated. |
| Ward L will be emptied by the VA prior to construction. Relocation of beds will be from ward K to ward L. |
| If beds are to be relocated from Ward K, how many beds are in current inventory? |
| Quantity of beds is shown on sheet AF101-P1 |
| Plan Sheet 1338-QH100 Equipment Schedule item M7011 denoted Bed Platform to be “Contractor Furnished/Contractor Installed”. Please verify this is correct. |
| This is correct. Refer to specification section 11 72 13 for more information. |
| Specification Section 11 72 13-3 Paragraph 2.2.3 M7011 Bed, Platform lists Basis of Design manufacturer Safehouse Captain’s Bed. This product is not listed on the Brand Name Sole Source. Is it the government ‘s intention to exclude this product on the Brand Name list? |
| More to come in future answers. |
| For the all-glass channel set frame types on A702 (W4 for example), what is the required finish for the channel? |
| See section 1.5.D of the relevant specification section for finish information. |
| For the interior aluminum framed storefront windows on A702 (W7, W9, W12, W15, & W16), what is the required finish? |
| See section 1.5.D of the relevant specification section for finish information. |
The signage schedule on Drawing AF-002 makes reference to the different Sign Types but we could not find a description or details of them in the drawings or specification section 10 14 00.
Please direct us where to find them or provide the details of the Basis of Design, if they are not in the construction documents.
Section 10 14 00 2.1 notes that the basis of design shall be Vivid as manufactured by Takeform.
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