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SECTION 15034
HVAC TESTING AND BALANCING
PART 1 - GENERAL
l.01 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. The general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary Conditions, apply to the
work specified in this Section.
1.02 RELATED WORK SPECIFIED ELSEWHERE
A. All other Sections of Division 15.
B. All other Divisions of the Contract Documents. Refer to each Division's specifications and drawings
for all requirements.
1.03 SCOPE
A. All air handling systems are to be balanced to accomplish flows and other conditions shown or
indicated on the drawings and/or specified herein to the complete satisfaction of the Architect.
B. The balance contractor shall provide all instruments, materials and labor to perform the balancing and
to obtain and record all measurements. However, the preparation for and the corrections necessary
for the testing, adjusting, balancing (including the replacement of sheaves) are the responsibility of
the HVAC contractor. At the completion of the project, the theatre test and balance contractor
shall furnish and install (replace) all of the RTU factory variable sheaves with new fixed
sheaves.
C. The balance contractor shall furnish one electronic copy of reports to the Engineer for all reports
required for this project.
D. Final values obtained from the test and balance shall meet ( 5%) the conditions shown or indicated
on the drawings. Equipment not delivering values meeting or exceeding the stated values shall be
corrected until such specified values are obtained. Note that the air flows shown on the plans,
drawings, and schedules are actual air flows (non-standard CFM) which have been corrected
for local conditions including altitude. The reported air flow values from the test and balance
are also to be actual air flows (non-standard CFM).
E. The Test and Balance (TAB) Contractor shall be independent of the installing HVAC Contractor and
shall be contracted directly to the General Contractor. The TAB Contractor shall be certified by
either National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB) or Associated Air Balance Council (AABC).
Qualifications, procedures and sample of forms shall be submitted for approval before beginning
work.
F. Air Balancing: All space conditioning and ventilation systems shall be balanced to the quantities
specified in these plans, in accordance with the National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB)
Procedural Standards (1983) or Associated Air Balance Council (AABC) National Standards for
Testing and Balancing Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Systems, fifth edition 1989.
G. Assist the Mechanical Commissioning Agent as per Section 15995.
PART 2 – PRODUCTS :
Not used.
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.01 General
A. Test all equipment and make all final adjustments and replacements necessary to place the system in
proper operating condition, Operate the system under normal operating conditions for a minimum of 8
hours, and instruct the owner's mechanic in the operation and maintenance of the system.
B. Contractor shall provide for a second start-up of each unit at the beginning of the season opposite
that in which the system is first operated and tested. Report initial and final values.
C. Air Handling, Exhaust and Distribution: Balance the individual rooftop to equipment and adjust
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