2008 07-15 116144 House Curtain Specs-FINAL.doc

HOUSE CURTAIN

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 SUMMARY

A. Work of this Section includes all labor, materials, equipment and services necessary to manufacture and deliver to job site, for installation by the Government, a complete House Curtain as shown on the drawings and/or specified herein, including but not limited to the following:

a. Decorative House Curtain

b. Coordination of fullness with the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR)

c. Coordination with Government-furnished fabric

d. One mock up for review by the COTR or a designated representative

e. Installation management and oversight

f. It shall be the responsibility of the House Curtain Manufacturer (HCM) to furnish equipment complete in all respects and to provide any additional equipment required to fulfill the intent of these drawings and specifications regardless of whether or not such items are herein specified or indicated.

1.2 QUALIFICATIONS

A. The HCM shall have been established in the stage drapery business for a period of no less than ten (10) years.

B. The HCM shall have a bonafide place of business with the technical field service staff.

C. The HCM shall provide a list of references consisting of a minimum of five (5) projects with decorative main house curtain 40’ wide x 25’ tall minimum.

D. The HCM shall provide shop drawings of two representative projects with installation dates no older than five (5) years.

E. The HCM shall demonstrate their ability to meet the project schedule.

F. The HCM shall be able to unload at the curb in front of the building and travel about 175’ to the location of the curtain installation.

1.2 SUBSTITUTIONS

A. Substitutions, changes or deletions of specified equipment must be approved by the COTR.

a. Appropriate drawings or other significant data must be submitted no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the bid opening date providing the equivalence or superiority of the proposed substitutions to be considered.

B. All questions requiring clarification or interpretation of the specifications should be addressed to the COTR.

1.3 SUBMITTAL WITH BID

A. Furnish the names and addresses of any sub-contractors utilized for this work and appropriate references. Sub-contractors are subject to approval of the COTR.

B. Furnish with bid a schedule of the following time estimates:

a. Length of time required to supply the curtain

1.4 EVALUATION OF BIDS

A. The Government reserves the right to waive all formalities, to be the sole judge of quality and equality of the several bid proposals and reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

B. Do not include price for trim (indicated on drawing) in bid price.

C. Alternates: Provide pricing information as follows:

a. Base Bid: Provide price based on standard fabrication time. Identify in the bid the number of days for standard fabrication time.

b. Alternate: Provide price based on expedited fabrication time. Identify in the bid the number of days for expedited fabrication time.

1.5 SUBMITTALS

A. Work shall not commence on fabrication until approval of samples and mockups has been transmitted to the HCM.

B. Mockup

a. HCM shall provide one factory mock up for review prior to fabrication.

b. Factory Mockup.

(a) Provide one 7-hour daylong factory work session and mockup demonstration.

(b) COTR shall visit the manufacturers factory to review fullness options.

(c) Manufacturer shall provide a piece of the specified material

20'-0" wide x 32'-0" high.

(d) Purpose of the mock up shall be to determine final gathering and fullness details.

c. Details superseding this specification agreed upon during the mock up shall be documented by the HCM and submitted with the shop drawings.

C. Verify dimensions by field measurements before fabrication.

a. After dimensions are verified, provide drawings showing these field measurements and the exact sizes of affected drapery items.

D. HCM shall prepare and submit complete shop drawings according to the requirements set forth in the contract documents.

E. Shop drawings shall be submitted and approved by the COTR before fabrication can begin.

a. Such approval does not relieve the HCM of the responsibility of providing equipment in accordance with this specification.

F. Any deviation from this specification shall be "starred" and noted in letters a minimum 1/4" high.

a. In order for a deviation to be considered it must upgrade the quality of the equipment or respond to a field condition.

G. Shop drawings shall be submitted complete and all at one time.

H. It is the responsibility of the HCM to submit preliminary shop drawings within fifteen (15) workdays of contract award. Proposals for contract time extensions due to delayed shop drawing submittals will not be allowed.

1.6 PROJECT CONDITIONS

A. All dimensions shall be verified in the field, prior to fabrication of the HCM, who is to make at least one (1) visit to the job site prior to the preparation of show drawings and shall attend a prefabrication meeting with COTR.

B. No extras will be allowed because of the HCM’s misunderstanding as to the amount of work involved or lack of knowledge of any of the conditions pertaining to the work based on neglect or failure to visit or to make a thorough investigation of the site conditions.

C. After field measurements are taken, provide information as to exact sizes of each drapery item.

D. House curtain fabric shall be furnished by the Government

a. Delivery shall be to the HCM on or about 11 October 2008.

b. Quantity shall be 231 yards.

E. Trim, if any, shall be provided by the House Curtain Manufacturer

1.7 DELIVERY

A. Delivery and installation will be required as soon as possible, as identified in the bid, and as coordinated with the Kennedy Center schedule.

B. Bid price shall include full freight and insurance charges for the delivery of all drapery items to the job site.

C. It shall be the responsibility of the HCM to coordinate all installation dates with the COTR in order to avoid conflicts with other trades.

D. If, through no fault of the Government, the timely completion of the work of this section is imperiled, the HCM shall prevent or minimize any delay by shipping the required products to the job site by air freight, at no additional cost to the Government.

E. Each item must be carefully wrapped and sealed tight for shipment in rigid and completely water-proof wrapping material to insure against impact and water damage during shipment.

1.8 WARRANTY

A. Manufacturer agrees to make all repairs, including replacement of materials, made necessary due to defects in workmanship and materials without additional cost to the Government for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of acceptance.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS:

2.1 FABRIC

A. All fabrics shall be inherently flame retardant or treated with flame retardant chemicals and shall meet all requirements set forth in NFPA #701, Large and Small Scale.

B. House Curtain Fabric

a. 100% PES Trevira as manufactured by Lelievre, furnished by the Government

b. Width: 320 cm (126)

c. Vertical pattern repeat: approximately 29

C. House Curtain Lining

a. Janus as manufactured by Dazian or equal

(a) 72 wide

(b) 100% polyester IFR 11oz/yd

(c) Black

2.2 TRIM

A. Trim indicated on the drawing will be determined at a later date or may be entirely omitted. Do not include trim in bid price.

2.3 TIE LINE AND GROMMETS

A. Grommets shall be #2 or #3 brass type.

B. Tie lines shall be #4 braided black masonry line, 33" long and black in color.

2.4 JUTE WEBBING

A. Webbing to be 12 lb., 3-1/2" wide jute type.

2.5 HOUSE CURTAIN

A. Fabricate a new house curtain made up as specified herein and as shown on the attached sketch.

B. The curtain shall be capable of being flown as a straight lift, and shall open at centerline for opera style curtain calls.

C. The curtain shall be made up of two panels overlapping each side of the centerline.

a. Refer to drawing at the end of this specification for size.

D. All stitching shall be with nylon thread.

E. House Curtain

a. Each house curtain panel shall be made of the specified fabric in 200% to 250% fullness or as required to reproduce look of the attached drawing.

(a) 100% fullness is defined as a width of fabric gathered to half the original size.

(b) All seams shall be hidden.

(c) Seam selvage shall be 3/8.

b. House curtain panels shall be backed with the specified lining.

(a) Sew the lining into the same heading as the face fabric.

(b) Sew the lining at the bottom hem to prevent billowing. Provide an expansion hem for later adjustments.

(c) Sew lining into the inside edge of the turnbacks.

(d) Attach the lining to the panel with short tabs to prevent ballooning when the drape is in motion.

(e) Tabs shall be installed on every fabric width.

c. At the top sew each panel to best quality jute webbing equal in length to the finished width of the panel.

(a) Provide grommets and black tie lines at 12" on center for the length of the webbing.

d. At the off stage edge of each panel provide an 8" turnback.

(a) Sew turnback on to the webbing running the entire height of the panel.

(b) Provide wire guides 2'-0" o.c. bolted through the face goods and webbing.

(c) Lowest guide shall be 4-0 above the bottom hem.

e. Provide a turnback on the onstage edge as shown on the drawing.

f. Provide overlap at center as shown on the drawing.

g. Each House Curtain panel shall be provided with a 5" high blackout flap, sewn 3" from the bottom of the panel and chain pocket.

(a) Blackout flap is to extend 2" below the bottom of the panel.

(b) Provide a canvas chain pocket and chain at the bottom hem.

(c) Black out flap with chain pocket shall be sewn to the back of the finished drape and lining and shall be easily replaceable.

h. Each house curtain panel shall be weighted with a steel pipe hanging in straps sewn to the backing and attached to the panels as shown on the drawing.

(a) At manufacturers’ option, steel pipe shall be 1 1/2" ID or 1 1/4" ID pipe.

(b) Points of attachment shall not to be visible from the audience side of the drape.

(c) Suspend the batten from the house curtain batten with 3/16 wire rope with 10-0" spacing.

(d) Segment and hinge the batten to accommodate opera bows through the center of the curtain.

(1) Install handles on the stage left panel for use in breasting the curtain upstage.

i. Apply trim at the bottom of each panel as shown on the drawing

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 INSPECTION

A. Examine all conditions under which all drapery items shall be installed and notify the Contractor in writing of any condition detrimental to the proper and timely completion of the work.

B. Verify dimensions in field prior to fabrication.

3.2 INSTALLATION

A. House Curtain

a. Coordinate installation with the Government.

b. Supervise the installation of the house curtain.

c. House curtain when installed shall hang plumb and level without light leaks between the stage and curtain.

B. Installation shall be approved by the COTR.

C. Notify the COTR a minimum of two weeks in advance of installation to arrange and set an inspection date.

END OF SECTION