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5. The electrical contractor is to be responsible for employing the proper tradesmen per union
jurisdiction, past, present, and future. The subcontractor is also responsible for taking whatever
measures that may be necessary, including composite crews, to settle any labor disputes and insure
job continuity at no additional cost to the Owner. Should questions of union jurisdiction arise, the
contractor shall immediately take steps to settle such disputes and will use such labor as may be
determined to have jurisdiction at no additional cost to the Owner or General Contractor. Any work
claimed by the Union(s), including terminations of wiring systems for Owner provided equipment,
shall be included by this contractor at no additional cost to the Owner or the General contractor.
Should he fail to take expeditious action, he will be responsible for the time lost and monetary
damages because of delays arising from such disputes.
6. The electrical contractor shall provide a journeyman electrician standing by at the project for
the first three days (and nights) of the project’s opening.
1.08 ALTERNATES
A. The Contractor shall determine the scope of each specified alternate proposal by carefully reading all
Divisions of the Contract Documents. The Bid Form contains information explaining the extent of the
construction to be performed under a specific alternate. Alternate proposals which are not
predominantly electrical in scope, are described in other Divisions of the Contract Documents.
1.09 SUPPORT SYSTEM DESIGN FOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
A. The Division 16 Contractor is responsible for design of all electrical support systems, including
hangers, Unistrut, backing, etc.
1.10 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL MATERIALS
A. Provide all parts and accessories necessary for equipment and complete installation.
B. Provide factory applied finish on all exterior surfaces of electrical equipment. Any item which has the
finish marred shall be refinished to a new condition before final acceptance.
C. Provide three copies of spare parts lists, and operating and maintenance instructions for all
distribution apparatus, major equipment, and auxiliary systems. These shall be bound in folders with
suitable identification on front cover. Deliver to Architect prior to final acceptance.
D. All materials shall be new and of good quality, and shall bear the stamp of approval of the
Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.
1.11 NOISE
A. Eliminate any abnormal noises, which are not considered by the Architect to be an inherent part of the
systems as designed.
B. Abnormal buzzing in equipment components will not be acceptable.
1.12 SUBSTITUTIONS
A. Substitutions will be considered up to 2 weeks prior to bid. All approvals must be in via email from
spatton@ediengineers.com.
B. The names of manufacturers and model numbers have been used in the Contract Documents to
establish types of equipment and standards of quality.
1. While it is not the intention of the Architect to discriminate against any manufacturer of
equipment which may be equivalent to specified equipment, a strict interpretation of such
equivalency will be exercised in considering any equipment offered as a substitute for
specified equipment. The Contractor shall submit with each request for approval of substitute
material or equipment, sufficient data to show conclusively that it is equivalent to that
specified in the following respects:
a. Performance:
1) Energy consumption at the point of rating shall not exceed that of the
specified equipment.
2) Vibration and noise production at the point of rating shall not exceed that of
the specified equipment.
Cinemark 16000 - 4 General Conditions for Electrical Work
South Napa Century Center XD 12 EnviroDesign, Inc., Bid Issue 7-7-11