Exhibit_A_-_Computer-Aided_Design_and_Drafting_(CAD)_Standards_for_FAS_ver._8.09.2025.pdf

EXHIBIT A

Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CAD) Standards for the Dept. of Finance and Administrative Services ver. 8/09/2

All Consultant computer-aided design and drafting services and deliverables shall conform the City CAD standards described below:

1.0 CAD SOFTWARE STANDARDS

1.1 CAD Application Required - CAD drawings may be created using any software capable of meeting the defined standards, but must be compatible with AutoCAD release 202 .1. as written and licensed by Autodesk Inc. Additional CAD software or add-on software packages shall not be employed if their use creates proxy objects or other entities which cannot be manipulated using only AutoCAD. Consultants using software other than AutoCAD will be asked to purge all the proxy objects and re-submit their drawings.

1.2 Operating System Required - Files shall be in a format compatible with the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Compatibility of files created on computers using other operating systems shall be verified prior to delivery.

2.0 CAD FILE CONTENTS & ORGANIZATION

2.0 Layering Standards - All CAD file layers used shall conform to the format specified by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) “CAD Layer guidelines”, as defined in United States National CAD Standard V5 (www.nationalcadstandard.org/ncs5/pdfs/ncs5_uds1.pdf) The Layer Names shown below provide examples for the use of Major and Minor Group field code:

Name Color Linetype Description

0 white Continuous

A-CLNG-ANNO 210 Continuous Core/Shell Ceiling Annotation

A-CLNG-DIMS 51 Continuous Core/Shell Ceiling Dimensions

A-CLNG-GRID 11 Continuous Core/Shell Suspended Ceiling Grid

A-CLNG-GRID-D 51 Hidden2 Core/Shell Suspended Ceiling Grid - To Be Removed

A-CLNG-HEAD 101 Continuous Core/Shell Door & Window Headers, Hard Ceiling Edges

A-CLNG-HEAD-D 51 Hidden2 Core/Shell Door & Window Headers, Hard Ceiling Edges - To Be Removed

A-CLNG-PATT 30 Continuous Core/Shell Ceiling Hatch/Pattern

A-DOOR 101 Continuous Core/Shell Doors

A-FLOR-EVTR 151 Continuous Core/Shell Elevators

A-FLOR-HRAL 120 Continuous Core/Shell Handrails

A-FLOR-OVHD 101 Hidden2 Core/Shell Overhead/Hidden Items

A-FLOR-PFIX 120 Continuous Core/Shell Overhead Plumbing Fixtures

A-FLOR-STRS 120 Continuous Core/Shell Stairs, Escalators, Ladders

A-FLOR-TRTN 120 Continuous Core/Shell Toilet Partitions Grab Bars & Equipment

A-GLAZ 101 Continuous Core/Shell Glazing & Mullions

A-ROOF 251 Continuous Roof/Exterior Elements

A-WALL 170 Continuous Core/Shell Walls - Full Height

A-WALL-SILL 142 Continuous Core/Shell Window Sills

DEFPOINTS white Continuous Non-Plotting Elements

E-CLNG-LITE 131 Continuous Light Fixts., Other Ceiling Fixts., Wall Switches

E-CLNG-LITE-D 51 Hidden2 Light Fixts., Other Ceiling Fixts., Wall Switches - To Be Removed

E-CLNG-LITE-H 11 Continuous Light Fixts., Other Ceiling Fixts., Wall Switches - New

E-DATA 191 Continuous Data/Telephone Outlets/Fixtures & Information

E-DATA-N 11 Continuous Data/Telephone Outlets/Fixtures & Information - New

E-POWR 131 Continuous Power Outlets/Fixtures & Information

E-POWR-N 11 Continuous Power Outlets/Fixtures & Information - New

E-POWR-PNLS 131 Continuous Power Outlets/Fixtures & Information - From Furn Consultant

F-EQPM 241 Continuous Fire Protection Equipment

I-AREA-IDEN 142 Continuous Room/Area Identifiers - Number & Name

I-AREA-OCCP 30 Continuous Occupant/Work Area Identifiers

I-AREA-PROJ 210 Continuous Project Boundaries & Information - Cumulative

I-CLNG 101 Continuous Interior Ceiling Elements

I-CLNG-D 51 Hidden2 Interior Ceiling Elements - To Be Removed

I-CLNG-DIMS 51 Continuous Interior Ceiling Dimensions

I-CLNG-GRID 230 Continuous Interior Suspended Ceiling Grid

I-CLNG-HEAD 71 Continuous Interior Door & Window Headers, Hard Ceiling Edges

I-CLNG-N 11 Continuous Interior Ceiling Elements - New

I-DOOR 71 Continuous Interior Doors

I-DOOR-D 51 Hidden2 Interior Doors - To Be Removed

I-DOOR-IDEN 142 Continuous Interior Door Identifiers

I-DOOR-N 11 Continuous Interior Doors - New

I-EQPM 231 Continuous Equipment (Used By Occupants)

I-EQPM-IDEN 231 Continuous Equipment Identifiers

I-FLOR-ANNO 210 Continuous Interior Construction Annotation

I-FLOR-CASE 71 Continuous Interior Casework

I-FLOR-CASE-N 11 Continuous Interior Casework - New

I-FLOR-DIMs 51 Continuous Interior Construction Dimensions

I-FLOR-HRAL 120 Continuous Interior Handrails

I-FLOR-HRAL-N 11 Continuous Interior Handrails - New

I-FLOR-PFIX 120 Continuous Interior Plumbing Fixtures

I-FLOR-PFIX-D 51 Hidden2 Interior Plumbing Fixtures - To Be Removed

I-FLOR-PFIX-N 11 Continuous Interior Plumbing Fixtures - New

I-FLOR-STRS 120 Continuous Interior Stairs

I-FLOR-STRS-N 11 Continuous Interior Stairs - New

I-FLOR-SYMB cyan Continuous Interior Construction Reference Symbols

I-FNSH-ANNO 210 Continuous Finish Annotation

I-FNSH-PATT 30 Continuous Finish Hatch/Pattern

I-FNSH 211 Continuous Furniture Symbols

I-FNSH-ANNO 210 Continuous Furniture Annotation

I-FNSH-CAPS white Continuous Furniture Symbols from Furn. Consultant (Disregard)

I-FNSH-CAPS-IDEN white Continuous Furniture Identifiers from Furn. Consultant (Disregard)

I-FURN-D 51 Hidden2 Furniture Symbols - To Be Removed

I-FURN-DIMS 51 Continuous Furniture Dimensions

I-FURN-IDEN 231 Continuous Furniture Identifiers

I-FURN-IDEN-N 11 Continuous Furniture Identifiers - New

I-FURN-MISC 231 Continuous Furniture Symbols - Secondary (Do not Occupy Space)

I-FURN-MISC-IDEN 231 Continuous Furniture Symbols - Secondary - Identifiers

I-FURN-N 11 Continuous Furniture Symbols - New

I-FURN-PNLS 231 Continuous Furniture Symbol Panel Symbols

I-FURN-PNLS-D 51 Hidden2 Furniture Symbol Panel Symbols - To Be Removed

I-FURN-PNLS-DIMS 51 Continuous Furniture Symbol Panel Dimensions

I-FURN-PNLS-IDEN 231 Continuous Furniture Symbol Panel Identifiers

I-FURN-PNLS-

IDEN-N 11 Continuous Furniture Symbol Panel Identifiers - New

I-FURN-PNLS-N 11 Continuous Furniture Symbol Panel Symbols - New

I-GLAZ 71 Continuous Interior Glazing & Sills

I-GLAZ-D 52 Hidden2 Interior Glazing & Sills - To Be Removed

I-GLAZ-N 12 Continuous Interior Glazing & Sills - New

I-WALL 72 Continuous Interior Walls - Full Heights

I-WALL-D 52 Hidden2 Interior Walls - To Be Removed

I-WALL-N 12 Continuous Interior Walls - Full Heights - New

I-WALL-PATT 10 Continuous Interior Wall Hatch/Pattern - For Wall Types

I-WALL-PRHT 71 Continuous Interior Walls - Panel Height

I-WALL-PRHT-N 11 Continuous Interior Walls - Panel Height - New

S-COLS 212 Continuous Structural Columns & Elements

S-COLS-PATT 254 Continuous Structural Column Hatch/Pattern

S-GRID 211 Center2 Structural Column Gridlines S-GRID-DIMS 210 Continuous Structural Column Gridline Dimensions S-GRID-IDEN 211 Continuous Structural Column Gridline Identifiers

This set of layers is not intended to exhaustive; consultants may add as needed provided they adhere to the NCS/AIA Standard Format.

2.2 Drawing scale. All drawings shall be drawn at full scale. When a drawing contains elements to be plotted on the same sheet but at differing scales, either paper space shall be used or details shall be as separate drawing files, at full scale, and inserted at appropriate scale factors.

2.3 Drawing origin. Site plans, building plans and the plans for specific disciplines shall all have the same origin point, such that drawings can be overlaid exactly. Drawing elements shall all lie in the positive portion of the drawing coordinate system.

2.4 Drafting accuracy. Lines and entities that are designed to meet or intersect shall be “snapped” to ensure accurate connections and relationships.

2.5 Dimensions. Dimension shall be associative, relating directly to the actual dimensions of CAD entities. The values of dimensions shall not be edited by hand.

2.6 Fonts and external references. All fonts and external reference files that are used in the drawing files shall be included with their respective drawings. Wherever feasible, only standard AutoCAD fonts will be used; non-standard fonts which cannot be provided without violating software licensing agreements or copyright regulations shall not be used. Font and external reference addresses shall be relative to the delivery disk, not to an “absolute” directory on the original system.

2.7 Drawing Entities. Entity colors shall be defined “by layer”, not by entity. CAD Drawing files for projects involving renovations shall differentiate between existing, new, and demolished construction.

2.8 Exploded Entities. Entities that are created as blocks or groups shall remain in this form. Text, dimensions and blocks shall not be exploded, either manually or automatically during a conversion process.

3.0 PROJECT DOCUMENTATION

3.1 Submittal Format. All graphic document submittals shall be provided in AutoCAD .dwg format and Adobe Acrobat

PDF.

3.2 Media. Files shall be submitted on CD-ROM, Flash Drive, via e-mail attachment or Dropbox with instructions.

3.3 Title-blocks. The FAS standard title-block shall be used for all contract document submittals. Copies these title-blocks, in AutoCAD format, are available from the Project Manager. The content and formatting of all title blocks associated with a given drawing set shall be consistent. All title blocks shall contain the City of Seattle’s Public Works project number (if one has been assigned), the date on which the drawing was last edited, the street address associated with the project, the total number of sheets in the drawing set, and the sequential position of the drawing in the set (i.e.

“Sheet 1 of 40”).

3.4 Lineweights. Printed line quality and thickness are determined by the color assigned to an entities layer and the line weight associated with it in the AUTOCAD .ctb file used when plotting.

3.5 Exceptions. The requirement to provide AutoCAD files for submittals may be waived by Project Managers where the production of said drawings are impractical and/or inappropriate, or for portions of a drawing set such as standard details, manufacturers’ catalog sheets, shop drawings and other drawings not typically produced using CAD. Exceptions to some or all these requirements may be granted by the Project Manager.

3.6 Project Record Drawings – The following deliverables shall be sent to FAS upon project completion:

3.61 AutoCAD Drawing. Files in .dwg format for contract documents, updated with “as-built” information. CAD files shall not contain layout lines or other extraneous elements. Files shall be purged of unused blocks, linetypes, fonts, or similar elements.

3.62 Adobe Acrobat PDF. Files for all project drawing sheets and specifications.

3.63 Documentation. File A text file named “readme.txt” that contains information about the project and the associated computer files shall be included with the drawing and project files on the delivery disk(s) or as an email attachment. At a minimum, this file shall contain the following:

Project Information:

- FAS project number, PWCC project number, and project title

- Client Agency, facility, and building

- Consultant name, address, and phone number

- Project Manager and Client Agency contact person

- Contractor name, address, and phone number

- Scope of work

Files Listing:

- Drawing files, including brief description of each

- Font shape files, including a brief description of the character type of the font

- A list of all non-AutoCAD software used in the production of the submittal, including any add-on packages

4.0 Common Origin Point

4.1 All visual entities are placed a drawing in relation to the “Origin Point” (0,0). For the buildings included in the scope of this project, all CAD drawing files are set to the following origin points:

Seattle City Hall (SCH) – Intersection of column grid lines F & 1 (Center of Column at NW corner of building) Seattle Municipal Tower (SMT) – Intersection of column grid lines E & 11 (Center of SW “super column”) Seattle Justice Center (SJC) – Intersection of column grid lines E & 1 (Center of Column at NW corner of building)