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FAIRMONT HOTELS & RESORTS -DESIGN STANDARDS

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Fairmont Hotels & Resorts · Design Standards<br />

SERVICES AND SYSTEMS<br />

Mechanical/General Requirements (continued)<br />

n) Cooling towers must be located so that the noise generated by them, as<br />

well as their discharge air will not be objectionable to the hotel guests.<br />

Circulating pumps are to be designed and specified to meet the following criteria:<br />

a) Motor driven, centrifugal type<br />

b) Large pumps are to be horizontally split case, double suction type<br />

c) Smaller pumps are to be vertically split case, end suction type<br />

d) All pumps to have shut off valves and strainers in the suction side and<br />

check valves and throttling valves on the discharge side<br />

e) The design pressure for each pump must be at least equal to one and a<br />

half times their working pressure<br />

f) Pumps must be installed on spring-isolated concrete inertia blocks, etc to<br />

ensure that noise and vibration is not be transmitted to the building<br />

structure<br />

g) Chilled water and condenser water pumps are to have factory mechanical<br />

seals installed<br />

h) Each chiller is to have a minimum of one chilled water pump and one<br />

condenser water pump and shall be piped to allow cross-use<br />

i) Each boiler is to have one circulating pump.<br />

Heat exchangers are to be designed and specified to meet the following criteria:<br />

a) Steam to water and water to water heat exchangers are to be of the shell<br />

and tube type<br />

b) Heat exchangers are to be mounted in cast iron or welded steel cradles on<br />

structural steel frames or concrete piers.<br />

Pressure reducing stations are to be self-contained or air pressure operated.<br />

A central air compressor plant is to be designed to meet the following criteria:<br />

a) The plant is to be consist of at least two compressors, a receiver, water<br />

cooler, moisture and oil elimination and reducing station<br />

b) Discharge air pressure is to be a minimum of 100 psi (7 kqf/cm 2 )<br />

c) A separate air compressor is to be designed and installed for the laundry<br />

and valet shop.<br />

A vacuum piping system is to be provided which will supply the laundry and valet<br />

equipment.<br />

The following areas must be air conditioned when outside design criteria for summer is<br />

above 75° dry bulb and 65° wet bulb:<br />

REV. MARCH 2006 193<br />

© 2002, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. All Rights Reserved.

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