KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ PROJECT

THIRD SAUDI EXPANSION OF THE HOLY HARAM MAKKAH AND SURROUNDING AREAS

SECTION 06625 - PIAZZA TRENCH GRATINGS

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS

A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

1.2 SUMMARY

A. This Section includes custome-designed-and-fabricated extra-heavy-duty Glassfiber

Reinforced Plastic (GRP) gratings for installation on top of drainage trenches within Pizza
flooring.

B. Related Sections include, but shall not be limited to, the following:

1. Division 05 Section "Metal Fabrications".

1.3 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

A. Structural Performance: Provide gratings capable of withstanding the following structural

loads without exceeding the allowable design working stress of the materials involved,
including anchors and connections:

1. Trench Gratings: AASHTO wheel load H-20 and HS-20 traffic but not less than the
wheel load of new Pierec fire fighting and ladder truck used by Civil Defence
Authority (33.50 tonnes total Load) in Holy makkah.
2. Limit deflection to L/180 or 6.4 mm, whichever is less.

1.4 SUBMITTALS

A. Product Data: For each type of product indicated. Indicate composition and properties of
used GRP resins, embedded or inserted hardawre and anchors, test loads of ladder and
installation details.

B. Shop Drawings: Indicate dimensions, thicknesses, required clearances, tolerances, materials,

colors, finishes, fabrication details, field jointing, adjacent construction, design load
parameters, methods of support, integration of components, and anchorages.

C. Structural Calculations: Submit structural calculations for piazza gratings. Obtain approval
of each before beginning the respective fabrication or assembly;

1. Calculations shall be legible and shall incorporate cross references to shop drawings.
Calculations shall includethe following as a minimum:

a. Analysis of framing members and anchors embedded in concrete.

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b. Analysis and details of the main rectangular hollow pipe rods, end plugs,
secondary cross sections and anchoring system, including type, size, and
spacing of fasteners.

D. Samples: For the specified products, in manufacturer's standard sizes, showing the full
range of texture and pattern variations expected. Prepare Samples from the same material to
be used for the Work.

1. Include one sample of the gratings without solid part (fully opened drainage area) and
one sample for the grating with a solid part.

E. Manufacturer's Installation Instructions: Indicate preparation of opening required, rough in

sizes; provide templates for cast in or placed frames or anchors; tolerances for item
placement, temporary bracing of components.

F. Installer Certificates: Signed by product manufacturer certifying that Installer is approved,

authorized, or licensed by manufacturer to install his products.

G. Field mockup test report.

H. Cleaning and Maintenance instructions: Indicate method recommended for cleaning grating
segments from dirsts and soil and recommendation for regular maintainence of grating
material.

1.5 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Field Mockups: Before installing cast plastic fabrications, build mockups for each form of
construction required to verify selections made under sample Submittals and to demonstrate
qualities of materials and execution. Build mockups to comply with the following
requirements, using materials indicated for the completed Work:

1. Build mockups in the location and of the size as directed by Engineer.

2. Notify Engineer seven days in advance of dates and times when mockups will be
constructed.
3. Demonstrate the proposed range of aesthetic effects and workmanship.
4. Obtain Engineer's approval of mockups before starting cast plastic fabrications
construction.
5. Maintain mockups during construction in an undisturbed condition as a standard for
judging the completed Work.
6. Approved mockups may become part of the completed Work if undisturbed at time of
Substantial Completion.

B. Laboratory Test Results: Submit report of test conducted under supervision of a third party
testing agency to demonstrate that the submitted grating will satisfy the performance
requirements specified in this Section. Testing shall be conducted on the specified field
mockup.

1. Test shall be conducted using new Pierec fire fighting and ladder truck used by Civil
Defence Authority in Holy Mehhah.

C. Manufacturer’s Qualifications: Work specified in this Section is to be executed only by an

established manufacturer, specialised in the manufacture of architectural GRP components
and assemblies for at least five (5) years, and who possesses adequate plant, equipment,

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skilled tradesmen and who is known to have executed satisfactorily the manufacture and
installation of projects similar in scope and nature.

D. Installer’s Qualifications: Install gratings by the qualified trained experienced staff

employed by the manufacturer.

1.6 PROJECT CONDITIONS

A. Field Measurements: Where cast plastic fabrications is indicated to fit to other construction,
verify dimensions of other construction by field measurements before fabrication and
indicate measurements on Shop Drawings. Coordinate fabrication schedule with
construction progress to avoid delaying the Work.

1.7 WARRANTY

A. Manufacturer’s Extended Warranty: Manufacturer's standard form in which manufacturer

agrees to repair or replace GRP Trench Gratings for Haram Expansoion Piazza that
deteriorate during the specified warranty period. Deterioration of gratings includes but shall
not be limited to the following:

1. Abrasion, cracking or breaking of rods or tearing failures.

2. Surface crazing or spalling.
3. Surface roughness that incease the suspension of dirt and make cleaning process more
difficult.
4. Intrusion of water into hollow rod profiles.

B. Warranty does not include deterioration or failure of moving vechiles of wheel load beyond
design loads.

C. Warranty Period: Ten years from date of Substantial Completion.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1 MANUFACTURERS

A. Available Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, manufacturers offering

products that may be incorporated into the Work include, but are not limited to, the
following:

1. Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Gratings:

a. Shairco, trading industry and contracting, KSA.

b. Siteserve, KSA.
c. Fibergrate Composite Structures Inc.

2.2 MATERIALS

A. Resin for GRP Mix: Fire retardant polyester type brominated reactor blended resin. Up to
30% antimony trioxide permitted.

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B. Glassfibers: Fibers of glass to suit resin system.

C. Gel Coat: To comply with the following requirements:

1. Polyester neo pentyl glycol type, to obtain optimum processing and service qualities
in the finished product.
2. Formulated to be non-fading, non- chalking, ultraviolet stabilized and scratch
resistant. Capable of being applied in required thicknesses.

2.3 METAL FRAMES

A. Frames: 100 x 100 x 5 mm Type 316 stainless steel angles, of factory opened holes at
intervals according to structural calculations but not more than 750 mm.

1. Stainless steel shall comply with requirements of Division 5, Section "Metal

Fabrications".
2. Finish is to be satin oiled finish.

B. Fasteners: Pre-drilled, expansion-type, hard-nylon plugs with Type 316 screws of

countersunk flat 82° slotted heads, sized to resist applied loads.

2.4 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS

A. Embedded or Inserted Hardware, General: Noncombustible, noncorrosive, units that are

integrated into cast plastic fabrications and are not visible on the finish face.

B. Joint and Fastener Hole Patch: Comply with plastic fabrications manufacturer's written
recommendations.

C. Ends of Main Rod: Void-free high density polyethylene castings to dimensions and profiles
indicated. Wall thickness is to be established from structural speccifications.

2.5 GRP GRATINGS

A. Manufacture:

1. Compression molded or other methodology recommended in writing by

manufacturerto minimize porosity. Cure at recommended temperature to assure
proper adhesion of resin to glass fiber.
2. Minimum Glassfiber Content: 60 %.
3. After molding, no dry glass fibers shall be visible on any surface of bearing bars or
cross bars.
4. Main bars and cross rods shall be to cross sections dimensions and spacings indicated
on Drawings as a minimum. Final dimensions shall be established based on structural
calculations for profiles indicated.
5. Components shall be smooth and uniform with no evidence of fiber orientation
irregularities, interlaminar voids, porosity, resin rich or resin starved areas.
6. Load criteria: As specified before under Article "Performance Requirements".
7. Segments: Fabricate in segments that are easy to remove manually for masintenance
of trench.

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B. Mechanical Properties: Finished GRP shall have the following mechanical properties as a
minimum:

1. Flexural Strength: 482 MPa at 22 deg C, ASTM D 790.

2. Compressive Strength: 241 MPa at 22 deg C, ASTM D 695.
3. Impact Strength: 410 kg-cm at 22 deg C, ASTM D 256.

C. Finish: Finished surfaces to be smooth, free from all defects.

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 EXAMINATION

A. Examine substrates, areas, and conditions, with Installer present, for compliance with
requirements for installation and other conditions affecting performance.

1. Confirm that concrete surface that will receive angle framing is perfectly level.
2. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.

3.2 COORDINATION

A. Coordination: Coorinate the installation of gratings with adjoining waterproofing and floor
finish works.

3.3 FRAME INSTALLATION

A. Install angle frames to level concrete surfces. Level surface with high strength concrete
repair mortar where necessary. Apply and cure in strict accordance with manufacturer's
printed instructions. Countersink heads of fixation screws in stainless steel angles

B. Top edge of grating frames is to be fully flush with top surface of adjoining marble flooring.

3.4 PLACING GRATINGS

A. Place grating segments so as top surface is full flush with adjoining marble floors.

B. No lipping between ends of consequtive grating segments shall be accepted.

C. Finished gratings shall be firm and stable without movement or displacement under
specified wheel load.

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