Project: DMS No.
145117 Deira Islands – Construction of Deira Mall,
DEIRA MALL
Works: LG+G+2 COMMERCIAL BUILDING – PALM DEIRA, DUBAI, UAE
Title: DOCUMENT VOLUME 02.01
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS ARCHITECTURE & INTERIOR DESIGN
SECTION 055000 - METAL FABRICATIONS
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
1. Miscellaneous steel framing and supports.
2. Metal ladders.
3. Ladder safety cages.
4. Metal floor plate and supports
5. Elevator pit sump covers.
6. Miscellaneous steel trim.
7. Metal bollards.
8. Abrasive metal nosing.
9. Loose bearing and leveling plates.
B. Products furnished, but not installed, under this Section include the following:
1. Loose steel lintels.
2. Anchor bolts, steel pipe sleeves, slotted-channel inserts, and wedge-type inserts
indicated to be cast into concrete or built into unit masonry.
3. Steel weld plates and angles for casting into concrete for applications where they are
not specified in other Sections.
C. Related Sections:
1. Section 099600 "High-Performance Coatings.
D. This specification shall be reviewed and coordinated with Civil & Structural Specification. If
there is a duplication of items all metal fabrication shall be in accordance with the Civil &
Structural Specification.
1.2 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For the following:
1. Prefabricated building columns.
2. Metal nosings and treads.
3. Paint products.
4. Grout.
B. LEED/EHS Submittals:
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1. Product Data for Credit MR 4: For products having recycled content, documentation
indicating percentages by weight of postconsumer and preconsumer recycled content.
Include statement indicating cost for each product having recycled content.
2. Laboratory Test Reports for Credit IEQ 4: For primers, documentation indicating that
products comply with the testing and product requirements of the California Department
of Health Services' "Standard Practice for the Testing of Volatile Organic Emissions
from Various Sources Using Small-Scale Environmental Chambers."
C. Shop Drawings: Show fabrication and installation details. Include plans, elevations, sections,
and details of metal fabrications and their connections. Show anchorage and accessory
items.
D. Samples for Verification: For each type and finish of extruded nosing and tread.
E. Delegated-Design Submittal: For ladders, including analysis data signed and sealed by the
qualified professional engineer responsible for their preparation.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
A. Delegated Design: Engage a qualified professional engineer, to design ladders.
B. Structural Performance of Aluminum Ladders: Aluminum ladders, including landings, shall
withstand the effects of loads and stresses within limits and under conditions specified in
ANSI A14.3.
C. Thermal Movements: Allow for thermal movements from ambient and surface temperature
changes acting on exterior metal fabrications by preventing buckling, opening of joints,
overstressing of components, failure of connections, and other detrimental effects.
2.2 METALS
A. Metal Surfaces, General: Provide materials with smooth, flat surfaces unless otherwise
indicated. For metal fabrications exposed to view in the completed Work, provide materials
without seam marks, roller marks, rolled trade names, or blemishes.
B. Steel Plates, Shapes, and Bars: ASTM A 36/A 36M.
C. Stainless-Steel Bars and Shapes: ASTM A 276,
D. Rolled-Steel Floor Plate: ASTM A 786/A 786M, rolled from plate complying with
ASTM A 36/A 36M or ASTM A 283/A 283M, Grade C or D.
E. Rolled-Stainless-Steel Floor Plate: ASTM A 793.
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F. Abrasive-Surface Floor Plate: Steel plate with abrasive material metallically bonded to steel.
1. Products: Subject to compliance with requirements.
G. Steel Tubing: ASTM A 500/A 500M, cold-formed steel tubing.
H. Steel Pipe: ASTM A 53/A 53M, Standard Weight (Schedule 40) unless otherwise indicated.
I. Cast Iron: Either gray iron, ASTM A 48/A 48M, or malleable iron, ASTM A 47/A 47M,
unless otherwise indicated.
J. Aluminum Extrusions: ASTM B 221M, Alloy 6063-T6.
K. Aluminum-Alloy Rolled Tread Plate: ASTM B 632/B 632M, Alloy 6061-T6.
L. Aluminum Castings: ASTM B 26/B 26M, Alloy 443.0-F.
M. Use materials with recycled content such that the sum of "post-consumer recycled content"18
plus 1/2 of the "pre-consumer content"19 equals 10% or 20% of total materials, based on
cost.
2.3 FASTENERS
A. General: Unless otherwise indicated, provide [Type 304] [Type 316] stainless-steel fasteners
for exterior use and zinc-plated fasteners with coating complying with ASTM B 633 or
ASTM F 1941M, Class Fe/Zn 5, at exterior walls. Select fasteners for type, grade, and class
required.
1. Provide stainless-steel fasteners for fastening aluminum.
2. Provide stainless-steel fasteners for fastening stainless steel.
3. Provide bronze fasteners for fastening bronze.
2.4 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS
A. Shop Primers: Provide primers that comply with Section 099600 "High-Performance
Coatings."
B. Universal Shop Primer: Fast-curing, lead- and chromate-free, universal modified-alkyd primer
complying with MPI#79 and compatible with topcoat.
1. Use primer containing pigments that make it easily distinguishable from zinc-rich
primer.
C. Water-Based Primer: Emulsion type, anticorrosive primer for mildly corrosive environments
that is resistant to flash rusting when applied to cleaned steel, complying with MPI#107 and
compatible with topcoat.
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D. Epoxy Zinc-Rich Primer: Complying with MPI#20 and compatible with topcoat.
E. Galvanizing Repair Paint: High-zinc-dust-content paint complying with SSPC-Paint 20 and
compatible with paints specified to be used over it.
F. Bituminous Paint: Cold-applied asphalt emulsion complying with ASTM D 1187/D 1187M.
G. Nonshrink, Nonmetallic Grout: Factory-packaged, nonstaining, noncorrosive, nongaseous
grout complying with ASTM C 1107/C 1107M. Provide grout specifically recommended by
manufacturer for interior and exterior applications.
2.5 FABRICATION, GENERAL
A. Shop Assembly: Preassemble items in the shop to greatest extent possible. Use connections
that maintain structural value of joined pieces.
B. Cut, drill, and punch metals cleanly and accurately. Remove burrs and ease edges. Remove
sharp or rough areas on exposed surfaces.
C. Weld corners and seams continuously to comply with the following:
1. Use materials and methods that minimize distortion and develop strength and corrosion
resistance of base metals.
2. Obtain fusion without undercut or overlap.
3. Remove welding flux immediately.
4. At exposed connections, finish exposed welds and surfaces smooth and blended.
D. Form exposed connections with hairline joints, flush and smooth, using concealed fasteners or
welds where possible. Locate joints where least conspicuous.
E. Fabricate seams and other connections that are exposed to weather in a manner to exclude
water. Provide weep holes where water may accumulate.
2.6 MISCELLANEOUS FRAMING AND SUPPORTS
A. General: Provide steel framing and supports not specified in other Sections as needed to
complete the Work.
B. Fabricate units from steel shapes, plates, and bars of welded construction unless otherwise
indicated. Fabricate to sizes, shapes, and profiles indicated and as necessary to receive
adjacent construction.
2.7 METAL LADDERS
A. General:
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1. Comply with ANSI A14.3
B. Steel Ladders:
1. Space siderails 406 mm apart unless otherwise indicated.
2. Siderails: Continuous, 12.7-by-64-mm steel flat bars, with eased edges.
3. Rungs: 25-mm- square steel bars.
4. Fit rungs in centerline of siderails; plug-weld and grind smooth on outer rail faces.
5. Provide nonslip surfaces on top of each rung.
6. Galvanize exterior ladders, including brackets.
7. Prime exterior ladders, including brackets and fasteners, primer specified in
Section 099600 "High-Performance Coatings."
2.8 LADDER SAFETY CAGES
A. Fabricate ladder safety cages to comply with ANSI A14.3. Assemble by welding or with
stainless-steel fasteners.
B. Provide primary hoops at tops and bottoms of cages and spaced not more than 6 m o.c.
Provide secondary intermediate hoops spaced not more than 1200 mm o.c. between primary
hoops.
C. Galvanize steel ladder safety cages, including brackets and fasteners.
D. Prime steel ladder safety cages, including brackets and fasteners, primer specified in
Section 099600 "High-Performance Coatings."
2.9 METAL FLOOR PLATE
A. Fabricate from rolled-stainless-steel floor plate of thickness indicated below:
1. Thickness: 6.4 mm
B. Provide stainless-steel angle supports as indicated.
C. Provide flush stainless-steel bar drop handles for lifting removable sections, one at each end of
each section.
2.10 ELEVATOR PIT SUMP COVERS
A. Fabricate from 4.8-mm rolled-steel floor plate with four 25-mm- diameter holes for water
drainage and for lifting.
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2.11 MISCELLANEOUS STEEL TRIM
A. Unless otherwise indicated, fabricate units from steel shapes, plates, and bars of profiles
shown with continuously welded joints and smooth exposed edges. Miter corners and use
concealed field splices where possible.
B. Provide cutouts, fittings, and anchorages as needed to coordinate assembly and installation
with other work.
C. Galvanize exterior miscellaneous steel trim.
D. Prime exterior miscellaneous steel trim with zinc-rich primer. Primer specified in
Section 099600 "High-Performance Coatings."
2.12 METAL BOLLARDS
A. Fabricate metal bollards from Schedule 80 steel pipe, 6.4-mm wall-thickness rectangular steel
tubing, steel shapes as indicated in drawings.
1. Cap bollards with 6.4-mm- thick steel plate.
2. Use stainless steel 316 type wherever it is applicable.
3. Where bollards are indicated to receive controls for door operators, provide necessary
cutouts for controls and holes for wire.
4. Where bollards are indicated to receive light fixtures, provide necessary cutouts for
fixtures and holes for wire.
B. Fabricate bollards with 9.5-mm- thick steel baseplates for bolting to concrete slab. Drill
baseplates at all four corners for 19-mm anchor bolts.
1. Where bollards are to be anchored to sloping concrete slabs, angle baseplates for
plumb alignment of bollards.
C. Fabricate sleeves for bollard anchorage from steel tubing with 6.4-mm- thick steel plate
welded to bottom of sleeve. Make sleeves not less than 200 mm deep and 19 mm larger
than OD of bollard.
D. Fabricate internal sleeves for removable bollards from Schedule 40 steel pipe or 6.4-mm wall-
thickness steel tubing with an OD approximately 1.5 mm less than ID of bollards. Match drill
sleeve and bollard for 19 mm steel machine bolt.
E. Prime bollards with zinc-rich primer.
F.
ITEM LOCATIONS
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GALVANIZED STEEL BOLLARDS AT 0.9M AROUND WATER TANKS IN
BASEMENT 3
STAINLESS STEEL BOLLARDS AT 0.9M AS PROTECTION AT ALL
EXTERNAL GLASS FACES IN BASEMENT
LOBBIES. PROMENADE AND FASHION
LEVELS.
REMOVABLE METAL BOLLARDS AT 0.9M AS ROAD CLOSURES AT RMU
ROOMS.
2.13 WIRE ROPE PARKING GARAGE GUARDS
A. Wire Rope Parking Garage Guards: 19-mm- diameter, zinc-coated steel wire ropes with wire
rope fittings for securing to parking garage columns and walls and for tightening wire rope.
2.14 PIPE GUARDS
A. Fabricate pipe guards from 9.5-mm- thick by 300-mm- wide steel plate, bent to fit flat against
the wall or column at both ends and to fit around pipe with 50-mm clearance between pipe
and pipe guard. Drill each end for two 19-mm anchor bolts.
B. Galvanize pipe guards.
C. Prime pipe guards with zinc-rich primer.
D. Locations: All exposed pipes in basements.
2.15 ABRASIVE METAL NOSINGS TREADS AND THRESHOLDS
A. Cast-Metal Units: Cast aluminum, with an integral-abrasive, as-cast finish consisting of
aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or a combination of both.
B. Extruded Units: Aluminum with abrasive filler consisting of aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or
a combination of both, in an epoxy-resin binder.
1. Provide ribbed units, with abrasive filler strips projecting 1.5 mm above aluminum
extrusion.
2. Provide solid-abrasive-type units without ribs.
C. Provide anchors for embedding units in concrete, either integral or applied to units, as
standard with manufacturer.
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D. Drill for mechanical anchors and countersink. Locate holes not more than 100 mm from ends
and not more than 300 mm o.c.
E. Apply bituminous paint to concealed surfaces of cast-metal units.
F. Apply clear lacquer to concealed surfaces of extruded units.
2.16 LOOSE BEARING AND LEVELING PLATES
A. Provide loose bearing and leveling plates for steel items bearing on masonry or concrete
construction. Drill plates to receive anchor bolts and for grouting.
2.17 LOOSE STEEL LINTELS
A. Fabricate loose steel lintels from steel angles and shapes of size indicated for openings and
recesses in masonry walls and partitions at locations indicated.
B. Galvanize loose steel lintels located in exterior walls.
C. Prime loose steel lintels located in exterior walls with primer specified in Section 099600
"High-Performance Coatings."
2.18 STEEL WELD PLATES AND ANGLES
A. Provide steel weld plates and angles not specified in other Sections, for items supported from
concrete construction as needed to complete the Work. Provide each unit with no fewer than
two integrally welded steel strap anchors for embedding in concrete.
2.19 FINISHES, GENERAL
A. Finish metal fabrications after assembly.
2.20 STEEL AND IRON FINISHES
A. Galvanizing: Hot-dip galvanize items as indicated to comply with ASTM A 153/A 153M for
steel and iron hardware and with ASTM A 123/A 123M for other steel and iron products.
B. Shop prime iron and steel items not indicated to be galvanized unless they are to be
embedded in concrete, sprayed-on fireproofing, or masonry, or unless otherwise indicated.
1. Shop prime with universal shop primer indicated.
C. Preparation for Shop Priming: Prepare surfaces to comply with requirements indicated below:
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1. Exterior Items: SSPC-SP 6/NACE No. 3, "Commercial Blast Cleaning."
2. Items Indicated to Receive Zinc-Rich Primer: SSPC-SP 6/NACE No. 3, "Commercial
Blast Cleaning."
3. Items Indicated to Receive Primers Specified in Section 099600 "High-Performance
Coatings": SSPC-SP 6/NACE No. 3, "Commercial Blast Cleaning."
4. Other Items: SSPC-SP 3, "Power Tool Cleaning."
D. Shop Priming: Apply shop primer to comply with SSPC-PA 1, "Paint Application Specification
No. 1: Shop, Field, and Maintenance Painting of Steel," for shop painting.
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 INSTALLATION, GENERAL
A. Cutting, Fitting, and Placement: Perform cutting, drilling, and fitting required for installing
metal fabrications. Set metal fabrications accurately in location, alignment, and elevation;
with edges and surfaces level, plumb, true, and free of rack; and measured from established
lines and levels.
B. Fit exposed connections accurately together to form hairline joints. Weld connections that are
not to be left as exposed joints but cannot be shop welded because of shipping size
limitations. Do not weld, cut, or abrade surfaces of exterior units that have been hot-dip
galvanized after fabrication and are for bolted or screwed field connections.
C. Field Welding: Comply with the following requirements:
1. Use materials and methods that minimize distortion and develop strength and corrosion
resistance of base metals.
2. Obtain fusion without undercut or overlap.
3. Remove welding flux immediately.
4. At exposed connections, finish exposed welds and surfaces smooth and blended so no
roughness shows after finishing and contour of welded surface matches that of
adjacent surface.
D. Fastening to In-Place Construction: Provide anchorage devices and fasteners where metal
fabrications are required to be fastened to in-place construction.
E. Provide temporary bracing or anchors in formwork for items that are to be built into concrete,
masonry, or similar construction.
3.2 INSTALLING METAL BOLLARDS
A. Fill metal-capped bollards solidly with concrete and allow concrete to cure seven days before
installing.
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B. Anchor bollards to existing construction with anchor bolts provide four 19-mm bolts at each
bollard unless otherwise indicated.
C. Anchor bollards in concrete in formed or core-drilled holes. Fill annular space around bollard
solidly with nonshrink grout.
D. Anchor bollards in place with concrete footings. Place concrete and vibrate or tamp for
consolidation. Support and brace bollards in position until concrete has cured.
E. Fill bollards solidly with concrete, mounding top surface to shed water.
3.3 INSTALLING BEARING AND LEVELING PLATES
A. Clean concrete and masonry bearing surfaces of bond-reducing materials, and roughen to
improve bond to surfaces. Clean bottom surface of plates.
B. Set bearing and leveling plates on wedges, shims, or leveling nuts. After bearing members
have been positioned and plumbed, tighten anchor bolts. Do not remove wedges or shims
but, if protruding, cut off flush with edge of bearing plate before packing with nonshrink
grout. Pack grout solidly between bearing surfaces and plates to ensure that no voids remain.
3.4 ADJUSTING AND CLEANING
A. Touchup Painting: Immediately after erection, clean field welds, bolted connections, and
abraded areas. Paint uncoated and abraded areas with the same material as used for shop
painting to comply with SSPC-PA 1 for touching up shop-painted surfaces.
B. Galvanized Surfaces: Clean field welds, bolted connections, and abraded areas and repair
galvanizing to comply with ASTM A 780/A 780M.
END OF SECTION 055000
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