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Cabinet Specifications

5. ASTM D552 - Bending Test 6. SEFA 8 W - Laboratory Furniture

C. Submit shop drawings for furniture assemblies showing plans, elevations, ends, crosssections, service run spaces, location, and type of service fittings. 1. Coordinate shop drawings with other work involved. 2. Provide roughing-in drawings for mechanical and electrical services when required.

1.02 BASIS OF WORK A. This specification uses Diversified Casework (www.diversifiedcasework.com) Monarch Series (continuous wood pull) Maple Cabinetry as the standard of construction for wood laboratory casework. The construction standards of this product line shall provide the basis for quality and functional installation. Pricing from other manufacturers must be submitted as an alternate in order to assure quality standards are maintained. B. Supply all equipment in accordance with this specification. No alternates, deviations or exceptions to the specified construction or materials are allowed. C. As a means of maintaining the desired level of quality, any and all other manufacturers shall be submitted as an alternate to the specified product provided by Diversified Casework. D. The owner / owner representative reserves the right to reject qualified or alternate proposals and to award based on product value where such action assures the owner greater integrity of product. 1.03 QUALITY ASSURANCE – the following items are required components of this specification and cannot be modified. A. The wood laboratory furniture contractor shall also provide work tops and fume hoods to assure proper staging, shipment, and single source responsibility. B. Each cabinet shall be foam and shrink wrapped to ensure cabinet surfaces are protected until the time of installation. Blanket-wrap is not allowed because they do not stay with the cabinets after delivery and because they are not assured of being grease and dirt free. C. SEFA Compliance and Assurance: Wood cabinets shall be capable of passing all tests contained in SEFA 8W. Documentation shall be provided showing independent testing and compliance with SEFA 8W. D. MAS and/or Green Guard Certification: Manufacturer shall provide current documentation proving compliance and certification with either MAS or Green Guard small-scale chamber emissions test. Wood products shall be MAS Certified Green® and/or GreenGuard® Certified. E. Casework shall be installed by a factory certified installer or Lifetime Warranty shall be negated to a 2 year warranty. F. Cabinets shall be manufactured with dowel construction placed on a maximum 64mm on-center. G. Cabinets shall use a minimum of 2 mechanical fasteners along with dowel construction in securing the toe-space panel. H. Cabinets shall use a full sub-top construction composed of a minimum of 3/4” veneer core plywood. I. Cabinet faces shall be vertically grain matched within door and drawer faces. J. Wall cabinets shall be provided with 3/4” X 4” screw strips at both the top and bottom behind the cabinet back and doweled into both cabinet sides. Screws shall be applied via pocket hole fastener systems. 1.04 SUBMITTALS A. Submit compliance statement with bid. B. Casework samples will be required and reviewed per specification. Samples shall be delivered, at no cost to the architect or owner, to a destination set forth by the architect or owner. This must be done seven (7) days before quotation deadline as a condition of approval of each bidder. Samples shall be full size, production type samples, as will be delivered for the project. Furnish the following: 1. One combination drawer and cupboard base unit, including one shelf. 2. One sample of all top materials shown or called for. 3. Sample of all mechanical service fittings, locks, door pulls, hinges, and interior hardware.

PART 2 PRODUCTS 2.01 MANUFACTURERS

A. The basis of this specification is Diversified Casework (www.diversifiedcasework.com) Monarch Series (continuous wood pull). No exceptions, deviations or alternates to the specified construction or materials are allowed. B. Lifetime warranty: The selected manufacturer must warrant for the life of the product in the application and location installed, starting at the date of acceptance or occupancy, whichever comes first, that all products sold under the contract referenced above shall be free from defects in material and workmanship. Purchaser shall notify the manufacturer’s representative immediately of any defective product. The manufacturer shall have a reasonable opportunity to inspect the goods. The purchaser shall return no product until receipt by purchaser of written shipping instructions from the manufacturer. C. All manufacturers must submit samples in accordance with this specification. D. The architect will impound the above samples of the successful manufacturer or owner to insure that material delivered to the jobsite conforms in every respect to the samples submitted. 2.02 MATERIALS A. It is the intent of this specification to provide a high-quality wood cabinet specifically designed for the science classroom environment. This style is to be continuous wooden pull full overlay construction with 3/4” thick particleboard core door and drawer fronts with Maple veneers, a minimum of 3mm Maple banding and attached continuous wooden pull. The door and drawer fronts occupy a plane extending 3/4” past the plane of the front of the cabinet body. Edges of door and drawer fronts shall have eased edges. The door and drawer fronts shall overlap the front edge of the cabinet by 1/4”. The exposed grain for doors shall run vertical. Continuous wood pulls shall be attached at top of doors and drawers on base cabinets and bottom of doors on wall cabinets. Tall full height storage cases shall have 3-point latching handles. B. Hardwood shall be kiln-dried, clear, and free of defects and shall meet surface requirements as specified below. C. Plywood shall be of balanced construction and 3/4” 7-ply veneer core hardwood plywood for shelves, cabinet ends, tops and bottoms of base and tall cabinets; 1” 9-ply veneer core hardwood plywood for shelves over 36”, bottoms of wall and upper cabinets, and tops of wall, upper and tall cabinets; nominal 1/2” 9-ply veneer core plywood for drawer body; 3/4” 3-ply particleboard core plywood for cabinet doors and drawer heads. Plywood shall meet the standards of ANSI/HPVA HP-1-2009. D. Casework parts shall be as defined in AWI Quality Standards, 8th Edition, 400-G-3. E. Exposed surfaces shall be of plain-sliced, HPVA Grade A Maple veneers and compatible Grade 1 Maple hardwood lumber. F. Semi-exposed surfaces shall be plain sliced, HPVA Grade 1 Maple veneers and compatible Grade 1 Maple hardwood lumber. G. Concealed surfaces shall be no less than HPVA Grade D face or Grade 3 back veneers and compatible mill option, hardwood lumber, suitable for the application. H. Edging for cabinet parts shall be 3 mm hardwood edging of compatible hardwood Maple. I. Hardboard shall be 1/4” thick 55 lb. density hardwood chip fiberboard formed with heat and pressure into sheets providing a hard, smooth surface. J. Glass used for framed sliding and swinging doors shall be 3/16” tempered glass. Glass used for unframed sliding doors, shall be 1/4” tempered glass.

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