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The General Contractor is to use Master Subcontractor List to be provided by Landlord. 3. Landlord's attendance and participation is required in the weekly job site construction progress meetings. Landlord should be copied on all correspondence related to the construction of the premises. 4. Any damage caused to base building (freight elevatorls), corridors, etc.) or tenant space(s) attributable tothe General Contractor or their sub-contractors will be back charged to the General Contractor. 5. All drawings and materials must be approved by the Building Chief Engineer and Property Manager prior to the start of construction. All materials used must meet City, State and Federal building codes. 6. The General Contractor and sub-contractors will provide for their own parking. Monthly passes can be purchased from the Garage Manager if desired. Parking in the loading dock area is prohibited. 7. Where possible incorporate all reusable doors, light xtures, etc. scheduled for demolition into the buildback of the space with approval from Building Property Manager. PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF ANY WORK OR DELIVERY OF MATERIALS (DOCUMENTS REFERENCED TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR IN THE JOB START PACKAGE) 1. The General Contractor willmake arrangements with the Building Chief Engineer to visit a space prior to bidding. The General Contractor should include all appropriate sub- contractors in the scheduled walkthrough. 2. The General Contractor will provide a complete contact list of all lead personnel working least two business days prior to job start. on the project including sub-contractors at This list will include both the work and after hour emergency phone numbers for the contacts. The list will be submitted to the Building Chief Engineer. 3. Storage of all job related materials must be within the premises under construction. Base building areas such as corridors, vestibules, stairwells and electrical/mechanical/telephone rooms are not to be used for storage. 4. Should the General Contractor be hired by Tenant to perform any vertical or horizontal cabling for phone, data, etc., in base building telephone/data closets, Tenant shall follow the Building Riser Management Policy designated by Building Chief Engineer. 5. The common area side of any exterior wood doors, on multi-tenant floors, must match the building standard door and hardware nish, unless prior written approval is received from Property Manager. 6. No walls should be designed or constructed such that any existing or new mechanical equipment would be located above any type of wall partition as this would preclude future service requirements to the Building HVAC system. If there is any question, contact the Building Chief Engineer for direction. The General Contractor will incur all costs associated with relocating said equipment. 7. No drywall ceiling areas should be constructed without providing full access (via access panels, etc.) to all equipment, valves, junction boxes, clean-outs, etc., that may be located in the plenum ceiling area above. 8. When constructing walls perpendicular to the exterior perimeter wall, such walls shall be anchored at the ceiling and at the floor. Contractors shall not physically attach to ~ exterior window mullions, sills, metal base board, etc., that would damage or create holes to these base building improvements. - 9. No new construction within the plenum area including installation of duct work, piping or hangers of any kind can be suspended or hung from any existing base building improvements other than above the floor slab. "Trapeze" type of su5pension should be used where necessary. No exception to this requirement. '10. The General Contractor is responsible for insuring that all materials used in construction do not contain asbestos. The General Contractor will keep a MSDS book including sheets for all materials used in the project. 11. Should the construction affect the public corridor of any floor, it is the General Contractor's responsibility to duplicate the nishes in the corridor so that the new construction is seamless. 12. All existing window coverings shall be cleaned prior to the tenant's movein (occupancy) date. It is highly recommended the General Contractor remove and bag all existing window treatments. The General Contractor to include price for this work in their base . bid. ,,,,...,_."."Awe-awn".-.muv.w,-a.;...w~.its-.."_.- ~ " - . 13. The General Contractor may not start construction until they have received written notification from the Building Chief Engineer, or Property Manager. 14. Mechanical sub-contractor(s) must include air balancing and thermostat calibration in their scope of work for bidding. 15. In the event the Contractor utilizes any existing base building condenser water system tap, waste, vent or water connection valve, the contractor will install another connection valve for future connection purposes. in the case of the condenser water tap, a future connection valvem a capped stub is necessary (not 1E)! a capped stub) to avoid shut down of the existing users of the system. 16. All keying must match the base building master keying system. Coordinate all keying requirements with the Building Chief Engineer. 17. Any materials taken from the Building's Central Stores must be approved by the Building Chief Engineer or engineer. Depending on the item taken, the Building Chief Engineer or engineer will either require the item to be replaced or the contractor to purchase from the Building. No materials are to be borrowed from Central Stores or from other tenant or base building spaces without the express permission of the Building Chief Engineer or engineer. 18. Contractor will coordinate with the Building Chief Engineer for the potential salvage of any existing base building installations/materials (i.e. HVAC boxes, etc.) that are scheduled for demolition. Under no circumstance will installations/materials be removed from the construction site without the authorization of the Building Chief Engineer. 19. All floor penetrations shall be caulked, cemented or lled with materials which are re- rated and match specications of original oor composition. The General Contractor shall submit to the Building Chief Engineer for approval a specication sheet for the materials used for penetration sealing. DURING CONSTRUCTION Smoking is prohibited anywhere in the building. The Building Chief Engineer will determine the location for a designated smoking area. No abusive language or action on the part of the workers will be tolerated. Radios are not permitted. All contractors are to conduct themselves in a professional manner. No drugs or alcohol are to be consumed on the property. Anyone working on the property under the influence of~drugs or alcohol will be removed from the property permanently. Clothing is required to be clean with no holes, tears, etc. Shirts must be tucked in at all times. No offensive pictures or verbiage may be displayed on any person. 5. Under no circumstance should any worker venture to any floor or tenant space other than the construction area(s) on which they are working. Workers found in unauthorized areas will be removed from the premises and will not be allowed to return. 6. Contractor shall notify the Building Chief Engineer prior to commencement of extremely dusty work (sheet rock cutting, sanding, extensive brooming, etc.). The Building Chief HVAC Engineer may determine the need for additional ltering capacity on the affected equipment as well as taking the necessary precautions with the Life Safety Systems. Failure to make such notication will result in the contractor absorbing the costs to return the equipment to proper condition. 7. Contractor will coordinate with the Building Chief Engineer all temporary shutdown (including sprinkler piping drain-down) of existing base building MEP and fire protection systems. Under no circumstance will the system(s) be left inoperable overnight. Any costs associated with false alarms caused by the General Contractor or sub-contractors will be charged to the General Contractor. 8. Sources of water and electricity will be furnished to the contractor without cost to them, in reasonable quantities for use in lighting, for portable power tools, and other such common furnish any usages during construction. The contractor shall make all connections, extensions and remove same upon completion of work. if you expect to use electricity from a source other than within the space where you are working, contact the Building Chief Engineer for specic instructions. 9. Any utility (i.e. air, electricity, and water) that affects other tenants may not be shut down/off without prior approval from the Building Chief Engineer with the request coming through the Passdown Form. The Building Chief Engineer needs at least five business days ' notice to review the request and clear the request with the tenants affected. 10. The air delivery system for space conditioning will operate from 8:00 am. to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday and 8:00 am. to 1:00 pm. on Saturday. Special arrangements for air will need to be coordinated using the Passdown Form. 11. Contractor will not perform construction work that will create a nuisance to existing Tenants (i.e. demolition, material stocking, floor coring, track or hanger shooting, painting, staining or other work that creates noxious fumes, loud machine noise or vibrations, etc.) during working hours 7:30 am. to 6:00 pm. Monday through Friday or 8:00 am. to 2:00 pm. on Saturday. This type of work will be scheduled after hours using the Passdown Form. Tenant complaints regarding noise or fumes will be investigated and could cause work to be delayed or rescheduled. 12. All stairwell doors must remain closed at all times. Base building areas such as mechanical and electrical rooms on occupied oors must have their doors closed at all times. Propping of such doors is not acceptable. 13. At no time is any welding or cutting torch to be used in the Building without approval of the Project Coordinator. The General Contractor must schedule the time and date. This type of work will be scheduled after hours using the Passdown Form. There must be a re watch present while the torch is in use. The General Contractor must coordinate with the building engineer to ll out a "Hot Work Permit" as required. ' awn".ntu-.-i...,-.y,q-.-.I-era".IA'c"1'-my~n&rpm:ht~.v.w.'r."'1'"'>'"- .,, . .... . - and from the 14. All construction materials, tools and trash are to be transferred to elevators be construction area via the freight elevator. At no time shall the passenger used to move personnel, materials, equipment, tools or trash. 15. Material deliveries of any significance (i.e. drywall/studs, sheet metal, etc.) will be restricted to after hours 6:00 pm. to 7:00 am. to accommodate daily use of the freight elevator by existing Tenants and Night Janitorial Staff. Such after hour's use of the the Passdown freight elevator must be scheduled with Property Management through Form. If materials, etc. are too large for the freight elevator other arrangements will need to be made. Any costs incurred due to these specials circumstances are the responsibility of the General Contractor. Situations may arise when the General or Contractor may be required to share the freight elevators with the Building crew tenants. This sharing will be carried out in a professional manner. will be used 16. Property Management will make the determination as to which restroomls) used for by construction personnel. Under no circumstance will restroom facilities be cleaning tools or paint materials. 17. The General Contractor will advise Property Management whenever any construction activity will occur after hours (6:00 pm. to 7:00 a.m.). 18. or Drywall material (or any other similarly heavy materials or items) is to be stored and stacked directly above structural beams or trusses. Drywall will 92; be leaned up against perimeter window units or curtain wall at anime. 19. The contractor shall notify the Building Chief Engineer prior to ceiling cover-up so that the Landlord may perform an overhead inspection. Any deficiencies noted must be corrected prior to cover-u p. If the General Contractor covers up ceiling without scheduling with the Building Chief Engineer, ceiling tiles will be required to be removed so that the inspection can be completed properly. All costs for this will be incurred by the General Contractor. 20. The contractor shall, at all times, on a dayoto-day basis keep the site free from acwmulations of waste material, debris (especially food and beverage trash) or rubbish caused by their employees or work. Trash must be removed via the freight elevator. All base-building areas must be policed on a regular basis so as not to affect existing tenants. The General Contractor must maintain a vacuum cleaner at the jobsite to meet this requirement. If the Building has to clean up these areas, the General Contractor will be charged back for all costs. 21. All electrical panels, junction boxes and pull boxes which are opened or removed for additional circuits or terminations shall be covered, closed or replaced, with out exception. 22. The mounting location of any new circuit breaker panels, service switches, meters, etc. shall be approved by the Building Chief Engineer. All light switches and outlets are to be building standard height. Any missing waliplates should be replaced by the General Contractor. All outlets, switches and plates must match the standard on the floor of construction. nsm.sawi':smyh,wM..,,,,,...,.. ,...,m"me=-n~-my.". - . . . ..- ., and related materials will be inspection reports, MSDS, emergency contact information wall or window. kept. Permits, inspection forms, etc shall not be taped to any a 4. Construction Debris: The General Contractor shall arrange with the Chief Engineer Under no circumstances will the General means for disposal of construction debris. from the Contractor, or related trades, have a dumpster delivered without permission Chief Engineer. Dumpsters must be delivered after-hours and will need to be removed prior to building occupancy the next day. 5. Pre-Construction Inspection: A pre-construction inspection of the premises and other be made in order general building areas that will be used/accessed by the contractor will be scheduled with the to inventory any pre-existing damage. This inspection will need to Chief Engineer and must occur a minimum of two days prior to the first day of construction. In the event that any new damage occurs, the contractor will be fully liable for all repairs. During the inspection, it will also be determined what areas of protection will always include to base building will be required of the Contractor. Such areas windows, windowsiils, wood doors, drinking fountains, and all restrooms. 6. Walk-off Mats: Damp walk-off mats are required at all areas of egress during the demolition phase. The General Contractor will appoint someone to regularly check the mats for dampness. 7. Building Protection: No items or materials may be placed on windowsills, nor "leaned" window mullions at any time. For up against the windows, window frames or construction access and egress over existing common area corridor oors, masonite and/or plastic shall be placed on the necessary construction traffic path and maintained accordingly. Under no circumstances will materials, tools, etc., be permitted to be stored in building mechanical or electrical rooms. 8. Proiect Timeline: General Contractor will submit a construction "timeline" schedule broken down by trade. Project-signicant milestones must be identified. The schedule must also show the projected architect inspection date for determining substantial completion, the move-in (occupancy) date(s), and the period for punch list work. This schedule must be submitted to the Chief Engineer 3 minimum of two business days prior to the first day of construction. In the event of a change in schedule, the General Contractor will immediately submit an updated schedule to the Chief Engineer. 9. "High and Tight": General Contractor will direct tradesmen to install all new piping, ductwork, etc. as high and tight to the above floor slab/structure as possible. Also, all all new piping, ductwork, etc. shall be installed to allow building engineers full access to HVAC equipment, electrical junction boxes, etc. No piping should be installed under existing or new equipment that may preclude the direct lowering of such equipment in the future for service or replacement. If there are any questions, contact the Chief Engineer. The General Contractor will be liable for any materials that have to be relocated not in compliance with this rule. 10. Borrowing of Eguipment: Items belonging to the building or its Tenants shall not be borrowed. This includes; ladders, carts, pallet jacks, tools, etc. 11. Post-Construction Inspection: A post-construction walkthrough must be scheduled with the Chief Engineer after the punch walk through has been completed, and prior to will be required to return all card tenant occupancy. At this time, the General Contractor as-built drawings for all trades. keys, hard keys, and determine a schedule for delivering will be All base-building areas that may have been affected by the construction for examined for cleanliness and damage. The General Contractor will be responsible to construction. returning all base-building areas to the condition prior invoiced for all extra HVAC charges 12. Extra HVAC Charges: The General Contractor shall be incurred during construction. Painters, carpet installers and any trades creating a be scheduled with the nuisance odorm request extra HVAC to purge odors. This must Chief Engineer a minimum of two business days prior to odor-related work commencing. The current HVAC charge at World Trade Center buildings is $30 per hour. first day of construction, 13. Building Access: No later than two business days prior to the the General Contractor must submit a request for card keys and keys to the Chief The General Contractor is Engineer. Failure to do so may delay the start of the project. and required to check out adequate card keys and keys for all workers, subcontractors vendors. Any contractor, subcontractor or vendor who shows up to work without card will be key and/or key access will not be allowed access. The General Contractor responsible for scheduling and access of all contractors, subcontractors and vendors. The General Contractor will be held liable for any card keys, or keys not returned and will be financially liable for any charges incurred for such loss. Costs may include re- keying the building. 14. Elevators: The General Contractor and subcontractors must use the freight elevator only. No materials or tools may go through the main lobby or on the passenger elevators. Masonite or plywood must be put down to protect flooring when construction materials are being moved through common areas, and must be removed as soon as delivery is completed. Should the General Contractor or a subcontractor require sole schedule that use with the Property use of the freight elevator, the contractor must Management Office as soon as possible. Reservations are on a first-come, first'served basis. 15. Loading Dock: The loading dock is to be used for loading/unloading materials only. There is a 30-minute limit for loading/unloading. The World Trade Center requires a written request if any General Contractor or subcontractor must use the loading dock for longer than 30 minutes. if a contractor or subcontractor shows up to work out of the loading dock without written approval, Property Management will ask that person to immediately leave the loading clock. 16. Access to Tenant Spaces: Should a contractor require access to another tenant's space to complete work, a separate security passdown must be submitted. Please call the Chief Engineer, a minimum of two-business days prior, to arrange for a passdown. Once and a passdown has been secured, Security will access contractors to the tenant space, will stay with the contractor for a maximum of 15 minutes. In the event a contractor will need access for longer than 15-minutes, the General Contractor will be required to hire an officer, from the security service that the building contracts, to post in that tenant space. Under no circumstances shall a contractor contact any of the tenants directly. 17. Fixtures: The Chief Engineer must pre-approve any fixtures that are scheduled to be removed from the building because of demolition. Fixtures include; light fixtures, exit signs, cabinets, sinks, doors, hardware, etc. Do not remove any fixtures unless directed so by the Chief Engineer. .-..-...,,M.....w.m..w.-.""W, ,w.,.wc........._..;..-_='=.=swmv_. M~.WW''. I9W"*"WmmvhvE'D'Nnmnv' .- w . man- . . core drilling, and 18. Noise Restriction: All noise-related work such as ram setting walls, with the Chief rote-hammering on any floor must be done off-hours and coordinated be done. Engineer, who will determine when this work can Typically, noisy work cannot 8:00 be done between 7:00 am. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or between am. and 2:00 pm. on Saturday. Fire 19. PostConstruction Fire Walkthrough: The General Contractor must include a $125.00 will hire Walkthrough fee in their initial bid. Once the job is complete, the Chief Engineer with the job, to do an independent a Fire Sprinkler contractor, not associated walkthrough. This walkthrough will be to assess the proper installation of fire sprinklers. The General Contractor will be notified of any discrepancies found, and will have two weeks to have them repaired. The General Contractor can get a waiver for these repairs, if the Fire Inspector writes a letter to the Chief Engineer indicating so. 20. must be As-BuiltsZPanel Schedules: An updated panel schedule and AsBuilt drawings delivered to the Chief Engineer, within 30 days of completion of the job. 21. Electrical: The Electrical Contractor must attend to the following items: 0 Remove all unused conduit, ceiling hangers, telecommunications cable, etc., from the ceiling plenum on all jobs; 0 All abandoned circuits must be removed all the way to the panel. Under no circumstances shall abandoned circuits be permitted to be left in the junction boxes. ' The panel must be re-labeled; 0 Field verify all locations of smoke detectors, strobes and alarm horns and modify as , required; 0 Demo all abandoned outlets and switches; 0 Connect water heaters, heat pumps and VAV's to power. Back-to-back outlets and rough-ins between offices are not acceptable. They must always be staggered for sound control. The Electrical Contractor must also make sure that all breaker panels and receptacles are properly identified on the circuit diagrams and on the building electrical panels as they are modified. All floor penetrations in the electrical room must be fire-stopped by the completion of the job. All high voltage wiring installed in walls must be in EMT. Flexible cable is not permitted. 22. HVAC Controls: Powers controls will be provided by the building-approved mechanical contractor to control all HVAC equipment. All new HVAC equipment shall be controlled by the building energy management system. The Chief Engineer does not permit stand- alone units without written approval. 23. Plumbing: All abandoned plumbing lines are to be removed and brought back to the be core or riser. Under no circumstances shall an existing water heater be permitted to reused on a remodel, or new construction. 24. Fire Sprinklers: All fire sprinkler work must be completed after normal business hours. Contractor will coordinate with Chief Engineer all temporary shutdown (including sprinkler piping drain-down) of existing base building MEP and fire protection systems. 25. Window Coverings: Only building standard drapes will be permitted as window coverings. .s..,.rv.,~, ,.<~M9~--:- #7410"-W m<.s...-va.--"Ma-mnumqw_ mwwnsm;--~_.-.."-.-<..-t.. . ".WWuyn'iW _ ., etc.) in any common area 26. Piping: All new piping (electrical, fire protection, plumbing, not running side corridor must run along side of the corridor side walls stacked vertically of the corridor ceiling. Corrections to this by side horizontally down the middle areas rule will be made at the contractor's expense. incur minimal 27. Flooring: it is expected that the flooring contractor bid a job so as to the Tenant space. If the excess carpet waste. Any remaining carpet is to be stored in the Tenant shall make quantity is too' large to be stored in the Tenant space, installers must contact the arrangements to have the carpet stored off-site. Flooring to dissipate Chief Engineer, 3 minimum of two business days, to arrange for extra HVAC for extra HVAC will odors. A flooring contractor who installs ooring without arranging be asked to leave be removed from the buildings list of preferred contractors, and may no large areas to roll out the carpet for the job. All carpet should be pre-cut as there are All pad seams must be cutting. The loading dock may not be used for cutting carpet. taped with duct tape. All 28. Painting: Depending on material, the Chief Engineer may request l-lVLP equipment. hours. At least two days prior painting, staining, etc. must be done after normal business MSDS for all material to to painting, staining, etc., the painting contractor must supply be used. Unless requested by tenant, painting contractor must remove all unused paint from the building. The painting contractor is required to schedule. extra HVAC to purge odors. Painters must contact the Chief Engineer, 3 minimum of two business days, to contractor who fails to arrange for arrange for extra HVAC to dissipate odors. A painting and may be extra HVAC may be removed from the building list of preferred contractors, asked to leave the job. the 29. Locks and Keying: All locks are to be pinned by the Engineering staff. Please contact Chief Engineer to arrange this. The General Contractor will be charged $28.00 per lock for labor and materials to pin the lock. Two keys are included per lock, additional keys the Chief Engineer for locks to be are $3.00 each. A two-week notice must be given to pinned. The General Contractor will supply locks and hardware. must be Any variation from the building standard hardware locking devices pre- to approved, in writing, with the Landlord. Pre-approved variances must have the ability receive a building standard cylinder that is pinned to the building's master keying system. installation of fire Strobes in all 30. Strobes: The Americans with Disabilities Act requires the tenant spaces. The following baseline rules regarding these Strobes has been established: 0 If a new tenant is moving into the building, whether taking the space "as-is" or doing installed in the entire space. any portion of a remodel, Strobes will be required to be 0 If an existing tenant remodels a portion of their existing space, only that portion will be required to add strobes. The "Scope of Work" as designated on the drawing will determine which area is to be upgraded. The financial burden shall be on the part of the tenant. c v". ..... gunki.r'w-A-W'vmw'.~\..Wi.m$1WWW-r4sng5.. cw. ..-.. alarm, contact the property 31. Fire Alarm: in the event work on the floor creates a false management office. stairwell 32. Fire DoorslStairwell Doors: Under no circumstances will fire doors, including the strike. doors, be blocked open, or held open by any means. This includes taping Doing so will compromise the re rating of the building. is 33. Life Safety Equipment: The Fire and Life Safety System at World Trade Center West for that floor must be not addressable. During construction, all smoke detectors the removed and stored in a dust-proof container. Prior to removal, the detector, and be base must be labeled, this must be coordinated with the Chief Engineer. They must reinstalled daily, as soon as work has concluded. The General Contractor shall ensure detectors nightly. Failure to do so may result someone has been assigned to reinstall the be in termination of the General Contractor. The Property Management Office must notied whenever the Fire and Life Safety System will be compromised. A valid . is on Washington State driver's license will be retained by Security while the system bypass. The Life Safety System must be designed according to all appropriate governing authorities. Following the completion of all work associated with the Life Safety System, the General Contractor shall test this new installation and submit a report to the chief engineer with the test results to insure the system is fully operational and operating properly. 34. CablingZLow Voltage: The low voltage/telecommunications contractor must install only in plenum rated cable and installed per code. in addition, the following will be included this contractors bid: 0 Any unused cabling shall be completely removed, including any distribution equipment. 0 Any new cable must be tied tight to the deck and must be suspended from it's own hangers. 0 Any whips left from the hangers shall be cut back to eliminate potential safety related injuries. If 0 Any existing cable in the construction area must be bundled and tied up per code. possible, tie the existing cable to the deck. 0 Any floor penetrations, within the scope of work, must be fire stepped. o All telecommunications related equipment MUST be installed in the tenant's leased in the space. Under no circumstances will tenant'specific equipment be installed building telephone riser closets. 39. Final Clean: Tenant shall require its general contractor to provide a final cleaning followingjob completion and prior to Tenant's occupancy. This cleaning shall provide the space to be "move-in" condition.
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