PROJECT: PROPOSED PAVILION

LOCATION: TBA
DESIGNER: FMC DESIGN FIRM

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATION

This set of Specifications shall govern the methods of construction and the kinds of material to be used
for the proposed building shown on the plans and detail drawings. The Contractor is enjoined to confer
with the items for clarification before submitting his bid. No excuses shall be entertained for
misinterpretation of the Plans and specifications after the award of contract. All work as deemed shall be
carried out properly by the Contractor. A. The Contractor shall consult the Specification and illustrations
on the Plans. He shall not work without proper instruction or detailed plans approved by the Procuring
Entity, otherwise he shall be responsible for the in acceptance of the work done without details. In such
case, the Contractor shall make good the work at his own expense. B. No alteration or addition shall be
allowed without the consent and proper documentation approved by the Procuring Entity, even such
change is ordered by the Procuring Entity. The Contractor shall bring the case to the Procuring Entity.
Request for approval of such changes, alteration, deviation of work shall not be done without the consent
of the Procuring Entity. Changes may be presented to the Procuring Entity in the form of shop drawings.

CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY
GENERAL CONDITIONS
All parts of the construction shall be finished with first class workmanship, to the fullest talent and
meaning of the plans and these Specifications, and to the entire satisfaction of the Architect and the
Owner. The construction shall conform to all the requirements of the National Building Code (PD 1096),
as well as the local rules and regulations of the Province of Cavite, Philippines.

FAULTY WORKS
Any work, which fails to comply with these Specifications, shall be rejected and the Contractor shall, at
his own expense, repair any defects, as directed by Engineer satisfaction.

CLEARING THE SITE

The building site shall be levelled according to the plans and cleared of rubbish, roots and other
perishable and objectionable matters to a suitable sub- grade. All such unsuitable materials shall be
removed from the building site and spread uniformly over the areas adjacent to the proposed building, or
otherwise disposed of as may be directed by the Architect in charge of the construction.

BUILDING, FENCES AND STRUCTURES PROTECTION

During demolition work, the contractor should take adequate precautions to protect the buildings, fences,
surrounding walls and structures near the object, where are executing these demolition works.
Overloading of any part of the structure by debris and materials shall be avoided. When materials or
debris are lowered, care shall be taken to prevent the material swinging, falling, or being projected in such
a manner that it creates a danger to the safety of personnel, the surrounding structure of public property of
any kind. When mechanical plant such as cranes, hydraulic and excavators and rock breakers are used for
demolition, care shall be taken to ensure that no part of such machines can come into contact with or in
close proximity to overhead or underground electricity or telephone wires or cables. The contractor shall
in sufficient time prior to the commencement of the works, inform the relevant Authority so the Authority
my take necessary steps for rerouting the cables.

STAKING OUT THE BUILDING LINES

The building lines shall be staked out and all lines and grades shown in the drawing established before
any excavation is started. Batter boards and reference marks shall be erected at such place where they will
not be disturbed during the excavation of the building.

EARTHWORKS, EXCAVATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS

Formations prepare includes these works: Introduction and precision of installed net underground as i.e.:
water supply pipes, outlet pipes, electric and telephony cable etc. • Terrene measurement and soil testing.
• Deforestation and roots removal from terrene. • Soil removal by humus and its transport or re-using. •
Whole foundation digging up to the necessary deepness.

SOIL WORKS DRAINAGING

Drainage can be a draining net or only a drain. As draining net materials might be used plastic pipes,
concrete pipes, or clay pipes. The pipes should be placed through open drains, leveled, and presses as
required. The pipes should be placed after drain opening and gravel backfilling of a layer at least 7 cm.
After pipes placing should be thrown gravel or sand 4/32 of a layer 10 cm to protect the pipe. After that,
the drain will be backfilled by the soil left from digging. The drainage by drains is realized by opening
first the drains and then filled by gravel. The drains according to the request should have one of these
surfaces: 20x30, 30x40 use 30x60 cm. The distance between drains should be determined according to
ground filter coefficient.

EXCAVATION
All excavations shall be made to grade indicated in the drawings. Where the building site is covered with
any kind of fill, the excavation for footings should be made deeper until the stratum for safe bearing
capacity of the soil is reached. Whenever water is encountered in the excavation process, it shall be
removed by bailing or pumping care being taken that the surrounding soil particles are not disturbed or
removed. Excavations for foundations or underneath works of 1,5 m thickness from earth basis, in
whatever kind of ground and consistence, dried or moistened (of argil and if is compacted, sand, gravel,
stones etc.,) including cutting and extraction of the roots, stumps, stones, and parts of a volume till 0.30
m3, obligations accomplishments regarding underground constructions as waste drainages, drainages in
general etc.

BACKFILLS
After concrete for foundations is hard enough to withstand pressure resulting from fills, the materials
removed from excavations shall be used for backfilling around them. Backfill and fills shall be placed in
layers not exceeding 150mm in thickness, and each layer shall be thoroughly compacted by wetting,
tamping, and rolling.
CONCRETE WORKS
All concrete shall be mixed thoroughly until there is a uniform distribution of the cement and aggregates
and should be deposited as nearly as practicable in its final position, care being taken to avoid segregation
of the aggregates. Water to be used for mixing shall be clean and free from injurious amount of oil, acids,
alkalis, salts, and other organic materials.

CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS
Foundations executed in concrete type – 100 in dosage per m3 and poured in thick layers well vibrated,
with dimensions and shape as indicated in the relevant drawings, including the scaffolding, formwork,
propping and all requirements to complete the works in a first-class manner.

FOUNDATIONS IN STONE MASONRY AND CONCRETE

Building’s foundations and basis of but concrete, limestones in the following proportions not exceeding
20 cm per m3: concrete M 100, 0.77 m3 and stone with concrete in dosage of 0.37 m3, including
formworks, propping and all requirements to complete the work in a first-class manner.
COLUMN FOUNDATIONS & PILE CAPS
Pile caps realized and suitably reinforced due to the instructions of the project, in concrete M200, realized
in thin layers and well vibrated, in dosage of concrete M 20 inert, including reinforcement, formworks,
propping, and any other obligation and skill for work accomplishment.

PERIMETER AND SUPERFICIAL DRAINAGE

The perimeter drainage shall be realized along the foundations, but not on them. This drainage is
composed of ring line without let pipes and control traps. If under the building floor there is a capillary
layer, then it is needed ring drainage with tubes as in the figure No.1. In cases when the drainage is
released under the foundation basis, the foundation basis should be deeper. The pipes shall be laid form
the lowest to the highest point, straight sloped, on a gravel filtering layer 15 cm thick and shall be covered
about 25 cm with the same filtering material. Also, should be considered that the tube basis should be
min. 20 cm under floor level, in order that water gets away easily from the capillary layer. Pipe
dimensions should be min. 50 mm; the gravel that shall be used for filtering layer should be of grains not
smaller than 3.2 mm. Except the perimeter drainage, big role in the foundation drying has played the
superficial drainage, which shall be realized as following. In the whole floor surface shall be realized a
drainage layer and on it shall be laid a partition layer to avoid the floor concrete intrusion into the
drainage layer. If for the drainage process shall be used gravel for concrete 3,2 mm then the drainage
layer thickness should be min. 30 cm thick and if it will be used gravel 4 – 32 mm, the bedding shall be
realized casting only 10 cm in the whole surface. Under the drainage bedding shall be laid drainage pipes.
The diameter and distance between them are depending by the water quantity. The drainage pipes shall be
encircled with gravel filtering layers and connected to the perimeter drainage pipes. PROPORTIONING
OF CONCRETE All concrete works shall be done in accordance with the standard specifications for plain
and reinforced concrete as adopted by the Government. Cement to be used shall be Rizal Advance
Portland cements and approved by the Architect or Engineer in charge of construction. The following
proportions of concrete mixtures shall be used for various parts of the building:
Columns and footings - Class A (1: 2 : 4)
Conc. Holl. Blk. Footings - Class B (1 : 2 5)
Reinf. Conc. Beams and Slabs - Class A (1 : 2 : 4)
Concrete slab floor on fill - Class C (1: 3 : 6) Septic Vault cover - Class A (1 : 2 : 4)

Class A concrete shall be a mixture of 1 part cement, 2 parts fine aggregate and 4 parts coarse aggregate
by volume, plus enough clean water to make the mixture into pliable paste. Class B concrete shall be a
mixture of 1-part cement, 2 ½ parts fine aggregate and 5 parts coarse aggregate by volume, plus enough
clean water to make the mixture into pliable paste. Class C concrete shall be a mixture of 1-part cement, 3
parts fine aggregate and 6 parts coarse aggregate by volume, plus enough clean water to make the mixture
into a pliable paste. The fine aggregate for concrete shall consist of natural sand, or of inert materials with
similar characteristics, having clean, hard, and durable grains, free from organic matter or loam. The
coarse aggregate for concrete shall consist
of crushed rock pf durable and strong qualities, or clean and hard gravel. Size of the coarse aggregate to
be used shall vary from 20mm to 40mm (3/4” to 1 ½”).

FORMS FOR CONCRETE WORKS

All forms for concrete works shall be properly braced or connected to maintain the correct position and
shapes of the concrete members. Forms shall be constructed sufficiently tight to prevent bugging and
seepage of water. Forms shall not be removed until the concrete has attained sufficient strength to support
its own weight and any loads that may be placed on it. Side forms of beams and girders may be removed
earlier that the bottom forms, but additional posts or shoring must be placed under the beams or girders
until they have attained their strength.

CONCRETE SLAB FLOORS ON FILL

Concrete slabs on fill shall be poured on a gravel bed of not less than 100m thick. Each concrete slab
course to be poured shall not be more than one meter wide, and each course shall be poured alternately to
the indicated floor finish.

STEEL REINFORCING BARS

All steel reinforcing bars to be used in this construction shall consist of round deformed bars with lugs or
projections on their sides to provide a greater bond between the concrete and the steel. All steel
reinforcing bars shall be accurately placed and secured against displacement by tying them together at
each bar intersection with Gauge No. 16 galvanized iron wire. The steel reinforcing bars indicated for
footings, columns, slabs, beams, girders, and other concrete members shall all conform to the number,
size and spacing as indicated in the drawings or schedule of steel reinforcements. No metal reinforcement
shall be installed in place unless it is free from rust, scale, or other coatings, which will destroy or reduce
the bond with concrete.

CONCRETE HOLLOW BLOCKS

All exterior concrete hollow blocks to be used for first floor walls shall be at least 5” thick, while concrete
hollow blocks for interior walls unless otherwise indicated shall be 4” thick. Concrete hollow block to be
used for walls above the first floor, shall be 4” thick. The concrete hollow block walls shall be laid, and
the cells filled with cement mortar consisting of 1-part Portland cement and 3 parts sands by volume.
They shall be reinforced with round deformed bars, 10mm diameter, spaced not more than 0.80m on
centers, both ways. All exposed surfaces of concrete hollow block walls shall be finished with the
specified materials indicated on the elevation drawings. The mixture of cement plaster for concrete
hollow block wall finishes indicated in the drawings shall be 1part cement, 1-part lime and 3 parts sands.

LUMBER
Lumber to be used in this project shall be well seasoned, thoroughly dry, and free from loose or unsound
knots, shakes or other imperfections impairing their strength or appearances.
▪ Exterior door frames – 4”x 2.10m Kiln Dry • Solid Door Jamb made of Tanguile ▪ Interior door frames
– 4”x 2.10m Kiln Dry • Solid Door Jamb made of Tanguile ▪ Fascia Boards • Engineered woods: ¾” x 8’
Fiber Cement Board FRAMES All wood frames for windows, doors, shall be done as much as possible
with carefully fitted mortise and tenon joints. All door and window frames to be installed on concrete
hollow block and other masonry walls shall be anchored with 76mm (3”) common wire nails all around
the contact surfaces. And all such contact surfaces shall first be painted with wood preservative before the
frames are installed in place. All unexposed lumber such as posts, plates, floor and roof beams, trusses or
rafters, floor joists and bridging, purlins, cleats, ceiling joists, wall studs, etc., shall likewise be treated
with wood preservative after they have been installed in place.

CEILING FINISHES
Gypsum Board: Supply and installation of Gypsum ceiling on a 400mm x 400mm G.I. Framing
Suspended Ceiling System complete with all accessories and acrylic diffuser lighting system. 1. Supply
and installation of decorated ceiling using moisture resistant 12mm thick Boral gypsum board panels and
metal furring and hanger rods as per design. 2. Supply and installation of 6mm thick MDF decorative
wood panel as ceiling design.

WALL FINISHES
1. Plain Cement Plaster Finish: 10 mm. thick. on vertical, on masonry and for all concrete hollow block
surfaces, painted finish as indicated in the Drawings and for all areas not otherwise noted with other
finishes. 2. Fully Vitrified Concrete Tiles: Supply and installation of 600 mm x 600 mm homogeneous
tiles complete with all PVC trims; 20 - 30 mm thick mortar setting bed with tile grout spacing of 5 mm.
3. Supply and installation of MDF ply-panel accents a. Use standard G.I. metal Studs framing at every
600-mm on center both ways. Provide standard construction system complete with seismic bracing.

PAINTING WORKS
All materials shall be Environmental protection Agency (EPA) certified and approved.
Painting Materials: 1. All primers, thinners, and putty, also waterproofing for internal and external
application shall be the same brand as the specified material. 2. Painting materials including its
application must be covered with minimum of five- (5) year guarantees to be rendered by the painting
manufacturer. 3. Use BOYSEN or DAVIES only for all painted works.
Application: 1. All sample paint shall be submitted on at least 300-mm x 300-mm plywood panel, color
and shade as per approval by the Procuring Entity.
2. Application shall be as per paint Manufacturer’s specification and recommendation. 3. Provide all drop
cloth and other covering requisite for protection of floors, walls, aluminum, glass, finishes and other
works.
4. All applications and methods used shall strictly follow the Manufacturer's Instructions and
Specifications. All surfaces including masonry wall shall be thoroughly cleaned, puttied, sandpapered,
rubbed, and polished; masonry wall shall be treated with Neutralizer.
All exposed finish hardware, lighting fixtures and accessories, glass and the like shall be adequately
protected so that these are not stained with paint and other painting materials prior to painting works. All
other surfaces endangered by stains and paint marks should be taped and covered with craft paper.
Manufacturer: Boysen or Davies Paint

ROOFING
The roof shall be covered with pre-pointed roofing sheets as shown on the plans. The roofing sheets shall
be secured to the purlins with 6mm dia. (1/4” dia.) GI rivets and Gauge No. 26 plain GI straps cut long
enough for bending around the specified size or purlins. The straps shall each be at least 25mm wide with
corners chipped off at the riveting ends. Ridge rolls, hip rolls and valleys to be used shall be those
compatible with the pre-painted long- span roofing sheets. They shall lap the roofing sheets at least
250mm. the ridge rolls, hip rolls and valleys shall be riveted to the roofing sheets, in addition to the rivets
engaging the GI straps in securing the roofing sheets to the purlins. All roofing sheets adjacent to concrete
hollow block and other masonry walls such as at property line firewalls, shall be provided with Gauge
No. 26 plain GI flashing to extend up to the top and over to the other side of the wall. All rivets shall be
placed at the top of the corrugations of the roofing sheets to prevent water from standing around the
rivets.
I‐BEAM CANTILEVER INSTALLATION AND ASSEMBLY
ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS:

This construction methodology recommends that this product be assembled only by qualified personnel,
experienced in assembly of storage racks, and knowledgeable of all safety regulations and practices.
These instructions are intended only for use by qualified individuals using all proper safety equipment.
These I‐beam cantilever racks are extremely heavy, and if not properly secured during installation and the
assembly could fall, possible causing injury or death as well as damage to property. Users of this
information agree to indemnify and hold harmless from any and all liability.
Step #1: Check the Material
A. Check to make certain that all materials have been received. Materials should be checked against the
packing lists and Bill of Lading.
B. Notify the shipper immediately of any shortages or product damage.
Step #2: Check the Area:
A. Clear the area where the rack system is to be located.
B. Check the area for all obstructions, such as lights, heating ducts, pipes, building columns, etc., to
insure a clear area for the installation of the storage rack.
Step #3: Lay Out Floor:
Recommended tools: Tape Measure, Chalk Line
A. Establish the rack lay out by determining the aisle dimensions and the rack position.
B. Snap a chalk line establishing the front edge of the upright bases. The chalk line should run the entire
length of the row of rack. Step #4: Assemble I-beam Cantilever Rack:
Recommended tools: Air compressor, Torque wrench, 1 1/8” drive impacts or equivalent
A. Distribute the uprights, bases, arms and bracing for assembly near their final installed position. Use
dunnage to protect the floor during this operation.
B. Attach I‐beam bases to uprights using six (4) ¾” x 2” Grade 5 bolts, nuts and ¾” lock washers. See
diagram below.
C. Mark the arm elevations on the uprights. The marks should be below the top of the arm end plate so as
not to show after the arm is bolted in place.
Mark Arm Locations on upright
D. Bolt the arms to the uprights using four (4) ¾” diameter x 2” long grade 5 bolts, nuts, and washers.
Torque the bolt to 200 ft‐lbs. Step #5: Erect Upright Columns:
Recommended tools: Fork truck or other mechanical lifting device, Air compressor, Torque wrench, 1
1/8” drive impacts or equivalent
A. Using a fork truck, carefully stand the pre‐assembled uprights with arms attached. Please be careful
here to protect the floor.
B. Assemble a starter bay. A starter bay includes two preassembled uprights with attached bases and arms
and all support bracing, both diagonal and horizontal.
Starter Bay Configuration
C. Tighten all bracing.
D. Now the balance of the uprights can be erected to complete the run. The uprights can be stood either
one at a time or in groups of 2. If 2 uprights are to be erected, this should be the bay with the X‐bracing
tightened in place.
Step #6: Square, Plum, Shim, and Anchor:
A. Square and plumb the uprights on the chalk lines.
B. Shim the uprights and bases to maintain a vertical tolerance of 1/2” or less. Note: Proper shimming is
important because it affects the alignment of the arms.
C. Anchor the uprights and bases (Anchor type and sizes are to be determined by the type of uprights
purchased).
Proper Anchor Configurations for Single and Double Sided I‐Beam Cantilever Racks
Double‐sided and Single‐sided I‐Beam Cantilever Anchor Configuration – Top View Step #7: Cleanup:
A. Vacuum all dust and debris associated with setting anchors.
B. Dispose of all dunnage, strapping and debris. Sweep the floor with a broom if necessary.