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SECTION 05 55 00

PART 1 GENERAL

1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS

.1 The Contract Drawings, Division 00 Procurement and Contracting Requirements, and

Division 01 Specification sections apply to this Section.

1.2 SUMMARY

.1 Section Includes:
.1 Factory-fabricated elevated service walkways / crossover bridge system.
.2 Factory-fabricated steps, ramps, handrails, and guardrails.
.3 Factory-fabricated fixture light mount.

.2 Related Sections:
.1 Section 05 50 00 - Metal Fabrications: for metal vertical ladders, ships' ladders, and
stairs for access to roof hatches.
.2 Section 07 42 13 – Metal Wall Panels: MET-2 perforated panel for service walkway
guards.
.3 Section 07 62 00 - Sheet Metal Flashing and Trim: for shop- and field-formed metal
flashing, roof-drainage systems, roof expansion-joint covers, and miscellaneous
sheet metal trim and accessories.

1.3 REFERENCES

.1 ASTM International (ASTM):

.1 ASTM A36/A36M: Specification for Carbon Structural Steel.
.2 ASTM A53/A53M: Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-
Coated, Welded and Seamless.
.3 ASTM A123/A123M: Specification for Zinc (Hot-Dip Galvanized) Coatings on Iron
and Steel Products.
.4 ASTM A153/A153M: Specification for Zinc Coating (Hot-Dip) on Iron and Steel
Hardware.
.5 ASTM A653/A653M: Specification for Steel Sheet, Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) or
Zinc-Iron Alloy-Coated (Galvannealed) by the Hot-Dip Process.
.6 ASTM A780: Practice for Repair of Damaged and Uncoated Areas of Hot-Dip
Galvanized Coatings.
.7 ASTM F2329: Specification for Zinc Coating, Hot-Dip, Requirements for
Application to Carbon and Alloy Steel Bolts, Screws, Washers, Nuts, and Special
Threaded Fasteners.

.2 Canadian Standards Association (CSA):

.1 CSA W47.1 Certification of Companies for Fusion Welding of Steel.
.2 CSA W59 Welded Steel Construction.
.3 CSA W117.2 Safety in Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes.

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.3 National Association of Architectural Metal Manufacturers (NAAMM):

.1 MBG 531: Metal Bar Grating Manual.
.2 MBG 532: Heavy-Duty Metal Bar Grating Manual.

1.4 COORDINATION

.1 Coordinate layout and installation of roof accessories with roofing membrane and base
flashing and interfacing and adjoining construction to provide a leakproof, weathertight,
secure, and noncorrosive installation.

.2 Coordinate dimensions with rough-in information or Shop Drawings of equipment to be

supported.

.3 Coordinate installation of anchorages for gratings, grating frames, and supports. Supply
setting drawings, templates, and directions for installing anchorages, including sleeves,
concrete inserts, anchor bolts, and items with integral anchors, that are to be embedded in
concrete or masonry. Deliver such items to Project site in time for installation.

1.5 SUBMITTALS

.1 Action Submittals:
.1 Product Data: For each type of roof accessory indicated. Include material
descriptions, dimensions of individual components and profiles, and finishes.
.2 Sustainable Design Submittals: Submit supporting documentation with the
completed worksheet.
.1 Product Data, Recycled Content: Indicate percentage of postconsumer and
preconsumer recycled content and relative dollar value per unit of product.
.1 Indicate percentage of postconsumer and preconsumer recycled content
and relative dollar value per unit of product.
.2 If recycled content product is part of an assembly, indicate relative
dollar value of recycled content product to total dollar value of
assembly.
.2 Environmental Product Declaration: Submit data for each product.
.3 Health Product Declaration: Submit data for each product.
.4 Construction Waste Management: Submit tabulating and supporting for
salvaged, recycled, and reused building waste materials.
.3 Shop Drawings: For roof accessories. Include plans, elevations, keyed details, and
attachments to other work. Indicate dimensions, loadings, and special conditions.
Distinguish between plant- and field-assembled work.
.4 Coordination Drawings: Roof plans, drawn to scale, and coordinating penetrations
and roof-mounted items. Show the following:
.1 Size and location of roof accessories specified in this Section.
.2 Method of attaching roof accessories to roof or building structure.
.3 Other roof-mounted items including mechanical and electrical equipment,
ductwork, piping, and conduit.
.4 Required clearances.

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.5 Delegated-Design Submittal: For installed products indicated to comply with

performance requirements and design criteria, including analysis data signed and
sealed by the qualified professional engineer responsible for their preparation.

.2 Informational Submittals:
.1 Welding certificates.

1.6 QUALITY ASSURANCE

.1 Engineering Responsibility: Preparation of Shop Drawings, design calculations, and other

structural data by a qualified professional engineer.

.2 Professional Engineer Qualifications: A professional engineer who is licensed to practice in

the jurisdiction where the Project is located and who has minimum five (5) years
experience providing engineering services similar in material, design, and scope to those
indicated for this Project.

.3 Welding Qualifications: Procedures in accordance with CSA W59; welders qualified in

accordance with CSA W47.1 with a valid license from the past 12 months for the types of
welding required by the Work.

.4 Qualifications of Installers: Fabrication and installation work shall be performed by a

firm experienced in the installation of handrails, and which is able to show evidence of
successful completion of work similar in type and scope to that of this project.

1.7 PROJECT CONDITIONS

.1 Field Measurements: Verify actual locations of walls and other construction contiguous
with gratings by field measurements before fabrication.

PART 2 PRODUCTS

2.1 SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS

.1 Product Sustainability: Comply with requirements of Section 01 81 13.

.2 Recycled Content, Steel Components: Postconsumer recycled content plus one-half

of preconsumer recycled content not less than 25 percent.

.3 Construction Waste Management: Comply with construction waste management plan for
disposal of building materials. Maintain record and receipts indicated in management
plans.

2.2 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

.1 Delegated Design: Design gratings, including comprehensive engineering analysis by a

qualified professional engineer, using performance requirements and design criteria
indicated.

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.2 General Performance: roof accessories shall withstand exposure to weather and resist
thermally induced movement without failure, rattling, leaking, or fastener disengagement
due to defective manufacture, fabrication, installation, or other defects in construction.

.3 Provide roof protection pad between roofing membrane and accessory supports; pad to be
approved by roofing manufacturer.

.4 Guardrails and handrails to be removable, where indicated, to accommodate equipment

access and maintenance.

.5 Structural Performance: gratings shall withstand the effects of gravity loads and
the following loads and stresses within limits and under conditions indicated.

.6 Floors and Trench Covers: uniform load of 5.9 kPA (125 lbf/sq. ft.) or concentrated load of
2000 lbf, whichever produces the greater stress.

.7 Walkways and Elevated Platforms Other Than Exits: uniform load of 2.9 kPA (60 lbf/sq.
ft.)

.8 Walkways and Elevated Platforms Used as Exits: uniform load of 4.8 kPA (100 lbf/sq. ft.)

.9 Sidewalks and Vehicular Driveways, Subject to Trucking: uniform load of 11.9 kPA
(250 lbf/sq. ft.) or concentrated load of 8000 lbf, whichever produces the greater stress.

.10 Limit deflection to L/240 or 6 mm (1/4 inch), whichever is less.

2.3 METAL MATERIALS

.1 Metal Bar Gratings: Comply with NAAMM MBG 531, "Metal Bar Grating Manual" and
NAAMM MBG 532, "Heavy-Duty Metal Bar Grating Manual”.

.2 Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) Steel Sheet: ASTM A653/A653M, G90 (Z275) coating

designation and mill phosphatized for field painting where indicated.

.3 Steel Shapes: CSA G40.20/G40.21 or ASTM A36/A36M, hot-dip galvanized according

to CAN/CSA-G164 or ASTM A123/A123M unless otherwise indicated.

.4 Galvanized-Steel Tube: ASTM A500, round tube, hot-dip galvanized according to

CAN/CSA-G164 or ASTM A123/A123M.

.5 Steel Pipe: ASTM A53/A53M, galvanized.

.6 Wire Rod for Bar Grating Crossbars: ASTM A510.

2.4 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS

.1 General: Provide materials and types of fasteners, protective coatings, sealants, and other
miscellaneous items required by manufacturer for a complete installation.

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.2 Fasteners: Manufacturer's recommended fasteners suitable for application and metals

being fastened. Match finish of exposed fasteners with finish of material being fastened.
Provide nonremovable fastener heads to exterior exposed fasteners. Supply the following
unless otherwise indicated:
.1 Fasteners for Zinc-Coated Steel: Series 300 stainless steel or hot-dip zinc-coated
steel according to ASTM A153/A153M or ASTM F2329.

.3 Welding Rods and Bare Electrodes: Type required for materials being welded and in
accordance with CSA W47.1 and CSA W59 (and CSA W47.1 Annex K for stainless
steel).

.4 Galvanizing Repair Paint: High-zinc-dust-content paint complying with SSPC-Paint 20 and

compatible with paints specified to be used over it.

.5 Bituminous Paint: Cold-applied asphalt emulsion complying with ASTM D1187.

2.5 METAL BAR GRATINGS

.1 Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, available manufacturers offering

products that may be incorporated into the Work include, but are not limited to, the
following:
.1 Alabama Metal Industries Corporation; a Gibraltar Industries company.
.2 All American Grating.
.3 Fisher & Ludlow; Division of Harris Steel Limited.
.4 Grating Pacific, Inc.
.5 McNichols, Inc.
.6 Ohio Gratings, Inc.
.7 Owner-approved equivalent.

.2 Welded Steel Grating (Exterior Locations):

.1 Bearing Bar Spacing: 18 mm (11/16 inch) o.c.
.2 Bearing Bar Depth: As required to comply with structural performance requirements.
.3 Bearing Bar Thickness: 5 mm (3/16 inch.)
.4 Crossbar Spacing: 51 mm (2 inches) o.c.
.5 Traffic Surface: Serrated.
.6 Steel Finish: Hot-dip galvanized with a coating weight of not less than 1.8 oz./sq. ft.
of coated surface.

.3 Pressure-Locked Steel Grating (Interior Locations): Fabricated by pressing rectangular

flush-top crossbars into slotted bearing bars or swaging crossbars between bearing bars.
.1 Bearing Bar Spacing: 18 mm (11/16 inch) o.c.
.2 Bearing Bar Depth: As required to comply with structural performance requirements.
.3 Bearing Bar Thickness: 5 mm (3/16 inch.)
.4 Crossbar Spacing: 102 mm (4 inches) o.c.
.5 Traffic Surface: Serrated.

.4 Steel Finish: Hot-dip galvanized with a coating weight of not less than 1.8 oz./sq. ft.
of coated surface.

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.5 Removable Grating Sections: Fabricate with banding bars attached by welding to entire
perimeter of each section. Include anchors and fasteners of type indicated or, if not
indicated, as recommended by manufacturer for attaching to supports.
.1 Provide no fewer than four weld lugs for each heavy-duty grating section, with each
lug shop welded to two bearing bars.
.2 Supply one of the following:
.1 Threaded bolts with nuts and washers for securing grating to supports.
.2 Galvanized malleable-iron flange clamp with galvanized bolt for securing
grating to supports. Supply as a system designed to be installed from above
grating by one person.
.3 Products: Subject to compliance with requirements, available products that may be
incorporated into the Work include, but are not limited to, the following:
.1 Kee Industrial Products, Inc.; Grating Clip.
.2 Lindapter North America, Inc.; Grate-Fast.
.4 Fabricate cutouts in grating sections for penetrations indicated. Arrange cutouts to
permit grating removal without disturbing items penetrating gratings.
.5 Do not notch bearing bars at supports to maintain elevation.

2.6 ROOF WALKWAYS

.1 Roof Walkway / Crossover Bridge: Metal planking formed from multiple C-shaped
channels with upper surface punched in serrated diamond or rectangular shapes to produce
raised slip-resistant surface and drainage holes. Provide support framing, brackets,
connectors, nosings, and other accessories and components needed for complete
installation. Include step units, stairs, or ramps of similar construction for changes in
elevation and where indicated. Equip with safety railings that are acceptable to authorities
having jurisdiction, where height of walkway or stairs requires them.
.1 Basis-of-Design Product: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide Miro
Industries, Inc., Service Walkway Platform System in layout and configurations
indicated, or comparable product by one of the following:
.1 GS Metals Corp.
.2 PHP Systems/Design.
.3 Unistrut Corporation.
.4 Owner-approved equivalent.
.2 Plank Width: 298 mm (11-3/4 inches)

.2 Walkway Width: As indicated.

.3 Channel Depth: 76 mm (3 inches).

.4 Metal Material: 2.74 mm (0.108 inch) thick zinc-coated (galvanized) steel sheet.

.5 Support Stands: Manufacturer’s standard non-penetrating supports as required to

meet performance requirements.
.1 Metal Roofs: Support plates and attachment clamps to mount to standing seams.
.2 Membrane Roofs: Stanchion base as required to meet performance requirements;
supplemented with manufacturer's standard support base and protective pads,
compatible with roofing material.

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.6 Finish: Manufacturer's standard.

2.7 ROOF FIXTURE MOUNTING

.1 Roof light fixture mounting pole for light fixtures.

.1 Basis of Design Product: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide
Swivelpole.com; 855.979.4835 in layout and configurations indicated, or comparable
product. Walkway / Crossover Bridge manufacturer to coordinate fixture mount with
specified light fixture. Provide all required components to mount on walkway /
crossover.
.2 Material: Aluminum.
.3 Provide required mounting components for light fixture mounting to pole.
.4 Provide breaks between dissimilar metals.

2.8 FABRICATION

.1 Shop Assembly: Fabricate grating sections in shop to greatest extent possible to minimize
field splicing and assembly. Disassemble units only as necessary for shipping and handling
limitations. Use connections that maintain structural value of joined pieces. Clearly mark
units for reassembly and coordinated installation.

.2 Cut, drill, and punch material cleanly and accurately. Remove burrs and ease edges to a
radius of approximately 1 mm (1/32 inch) unless otherwise indicated. Remove sharp or
rough areas on exposed surfaces.

.3 Form from materials of size, thickness, and shapes indicated, but not less than that needed
to support indicated loads.

.4 Fit exposed connections accurately together to form hairline joints.

.5 Welding: Comply with CSA W59 recommendations and 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.

.6 Provide for anchorage of type indicated; coordinate with supporting structure. Fabricate
and space the anchoring devices to secure gratings, frames, and supports rigidly in place
and to support indicated loads.

2.9 STEEL FINISHES

.1 Comply with NAAMM's "Metal Finishes Manual for Architectural and Metal Products"
for recommendations for applying and designating finishes.

.2 Finish gratings, frames, and supports after assembly.

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.3 Galvanizing: Hot-dip galvanize items as indicated to comply with ASTM A153/A153M

for steel and iron hardware and with CAN/CSA-G164 or ASTM A123/A123M for other
steel and iron products.

PART 3 EXECUTION

3.1 EXAMINATION

.1 Examine substrates, areas, and conditions, with Installer present, to verify actual locations,
dimensions, and other conditions affecting performance of the Work.

.2 Verify that substrate is sound, dry, smooth, clean, sloped for drainage, and
securely anchored.

.3 Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.

3.2 INSTALLATION

.1 General: Install according to manufacturer's written instructions.

.1 Install roof accessories level, plumb, true to line and elevation, and without warping,
jogs in alignment, excessive oil canning, buckling, or tool marks.
.2 Anchor roof accessories securely in place so they are capable of resisting indicated
loads.
.3 Use fasteners, separators, sealants, and other miscellaneous items as required to
complete installation of roof accessories and fit them to substrates.
.4 Install roof accessories to resist exposure to weather without failing, rattling, leaking,
or loosening of fasteners and seals.

.2 Fastening to In-Place Construction: Provide anchorage devices and fasteners where

necessary for securing gratings to in-place construction. Include threaded fasteners
for concrete and masonry inserts, through-bolts, lag bolts, and other connectors.

.3 Cutting, Fitting, and Placement: Perform cutting, drilling, and fitting required for
installing gratings. Set units accurately in location, alignment, and elevation; measured
from established lines and levels and free of rack.

.4 Provide temporary bracing or anchors in formwork for items that are to be built into
concrete or masonry.

.5 Fit exposed connections accurately together to form hairline joints.

.6 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.

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.7 Metal Protection: Protect metals against galvanic action by separating dissimilar metals
from contact with each other or with corrosive substrates by painting contact surfaces with
bituminous coating or by other permanent separation as recommended by manufacturer.

.8 Roof Membrane Protection: Provide temporary work surface protection over the roofing
system during construction; submit protection plan during preconstruction meeting for
review and include protection diagram with submittal. Maintain protection of roofing
surface during construction.

3.3 METAL BAR GRATINGS INSTALLATION

.1 General: Install gratings to comply with recommendations of referenced metal bar grating
standards that apply to grating types and bar sizes indicated, including installation
clearances and standard anchoring details.

.2 Attach removable units to supporting members with type and size of clips and
fasteners indicated or, if not indicated, as recommended by grating manufacturer for
type of installation conditions shown.

.3 Attach nonremovable units to supporting members by welding unless materials are

galvanized; otherwise, fasten by bolting as indicated above.

3.4 ROOF WALKWAY INSTALLATION

.1 Verify that locations of access and servicing points for roof-mounted equipment are served
by locations of roof walkways.

.2 Install roof walkway support pads prior to placement of roof walkway support stands
onto low-slope roofing.

3.5 SITE SUSTAINABILITY

.1 Construction Waste Management: Comply with requirements of Section 01 74 19.

.1 Waste Disposal: Dispose of waste, including accessories and used items by recycling
or reusing waste materials.

.2 Indoor Air Quality: Control odors during preparation and installation of materials for
potentially noxious materials; identify and employ control measures.
.1 Control odors during cleaning operations for potentially noxious materials; identify
and employ control measures.

3.6 REPAIR AND CLEANING

.1 Galvanized Surfaces: Clean field welds, bolted connections, and abraded areas and repair
galvanizing according to ASTM A780.

.2 Clean exposed surfaces according to manufacturer's written instructions.

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.3 Replace items that have been damaged or that cannot be successfully repaired by
finish touch-up or similar minor repair procedures.

END OF SECTION

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