Copyright 2017 AIAMasterSpec Premium09/17

PRODUCT MASTERSPEC LICENSED BY AVITRU TO BIG ASS FANS.

Copyright 2017 by The American Institute of Architects (AIA)

Exclusively published and distributed by Avitru, LLC for the AIA

This Product MasterSpec Section is licensed by AVITRU to Big Ass Fans ("Licensee").

This Product MasterSpec Section modifies the original MasterSpec text and does not include the full content of the original MasterSpec Section.

Revisions made to the original MasterSpec text are made solely by the Licensee and are not endorsed by, or representative of the opinions of, AVITRU or The American Institute of Architects (AIA). Neither AIA nor AVITRU are liable in any way for such revisions or for the use of this Product MasterSpec Section by any end user. A qualified design professional should review and edit the document to suit project requirements.

For more information, contact Big Ass Fans, 2348 Innovation Drive, Lexington, KY 40511; Phone: (859) 233-1271; Fax: (859) 233-0139; Website: Email:.

For information about MasterSpec, contact AVITRU at (800) 424-5080 or visit avitru.com.

SECTION 233439 - HIGH-VOLUME, LOW-SPEED FANS

TIPS:

To view non-printing Editor's Notes that provide guidance for editing, click on MasterWorks/Single-File Formatting/Toggle/Editor's Notes.

To read detailed research, technical information about products and materials, and coordination checklists, click on MasterWorks/Supporting Information.

Revise this Section by deleting and inserting text to meet Project-specific requirements.

Verify that Section titles referenced in this Section are correct for this Project's Specifications; Section titles may have changed.

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1RELATED DOCUMENTS

Retain or delete this article in all Sections of Project Manual.

  1. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary Conditions and Division01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

1.2SUMMARY

Products in this Section are defined by DOE in Appendix U to Subpart B of 10 CFR 430, and by AMCA, as large-diameter ceiling fans and are commonly referred to as high-volume, low-speed (HVLS) fans in manufacturer's product data. Large-diameter ceiling fanmeans a ceiling fan that is greater than 7 feet (2.13 m) diameter. The term "ceiling fan" means a nonportable device that is suspended from a ceiling for circulating air via the rotation of fan blades. Section does not cover ceiling fans with a diameter of 7 feet (2.13m) or less. Section does not cover floor-mounted HVLS fans. For ceiling fans with a diameter of 7 feet (2.13 m) or less, consider specifying as a Division 11 residential ceiling fan.

  1. Section includes high-volume, low-speed ceiling fans, with a fan diameter greater than 7 feet (2.13 m).

1.3DEFINITIONS

  1. HVLS - High volume, low speed ceiling fan.

1.4ACTION SUBMITTALS

AMCA 230-15 is the basis for the DOE test standard for the performance of large-diameter ceiling fans. Any published performance data should be per the AMCA230-15 test procedure. AMCA211-13 (Rev. 10-16) contains the requirements for publication of AMCA certified performance data. Performance data is based on five rating points, 20-, 40-, 60-, 80-, and 100-percent of maximum fan speed, and includes thrust, airflow rate, power consumption, efficiency, and efficacy. AMCA does nothave standard test methods for sound or certified sound ratings for HVLS fans. Published sound data, if any, would be based on manufacturer's test procedures.

  1. Product Data: For each type of product.
  2. Include rated capacities, furnished specialties, and accessories for each fan.
  3. Certified fan performance data.
  4. Fan sound pressure ratings.
  5. Motor ratings and electrical characteristics, plus motor and electrical accessories.
  6. Material thickness and finishes, including color charts.
  7. Fan speed controllers.
  8. Sustainable Design Submittals:

Retain subparagraphs below to require supporting documentation specific to individual prerequisites and credits.

Product data subparagraph below applies to LEED 2009 NC, CI, CS and LEED for Schools to meet requirements for Energy and Atmosphere EA Prerequisite2, "Minimum Energy Performance."

  1. Product Data for EA Prerequisite2, "Minimum Energy Performance": Indicating how product is incorporated into the building design to meet minimum energy performance requirements.

Product data subparagraph below applies to LEEDv4 BD+C Energy and Atmosphere Prerequisite "Minimum Energy Performance."

  1. Product Data for EA Prerequisite "Minimum Energy Performance": Indicating how product is incorporated into the building design to meet minimum energy performance requirements.

Product data subparagraph below applies to LEED 2009 NC, CI, CS and LEED for Schools to meet requirements for Energy and Atmosphere Credit1, "Optimize Energy Performance."

  1. Product Data for EA Credit1, "Optimize Energy Performance": Indicating how product is incorporated into the building design to meet minimum energy performance requirements.

Product data subparagraph below applies to LEEDv4 BD+C Energy and Atmosphere Credit "Optimize Energy Performance."

  1. Product Data for EA Credit "Optimize Energy Performance": Indicating how product is incorporated into the building design to meet minimum energy performance requirements.

Product data subparagraph below applies to LEEDv4 BD+C Energy and Atmosphere Credit "Demand Response."

  1. Product Data for EA Credit "Demand Response": Indicating how product is incorporated into the building design to meet demand response requirements.

Product data subparagraph below applies to LEED 2009 NC, CI, CS, and LEED for Schools Energy and Atmosphere Credit4, "Enhanced Refrigerant Management." Coordinate with requirements for equipment and refrigerants.

  1. Product Data for EA Credit4, "Enhanced Refrigerant Management": Indicating how product is incorporated into the requirements for refrigerant management.

Product data subparagraph below applies to LEEDv4 Energy and Atmosphere Credit "Enhanced Refrigerant Management." Coordinate with requirements for equipment and refrigerants.

  1. Product Data for EA Credit "Enhanced Refrigerant Management": Indicating how product is incorporated into the requirements for refrigerant management.

Retain "ASHRAE62.1 Compliance" Subparagraph below for LEED 2009 PrerequisiteIEQ1, "Minimum IAQ Performance" and LEEDv4 EQ Prerequisite "Minimum Indoor Air Quality Performance - Option1," which require compliance with ASHRAE62.1-2010. The reference is the same for ASHRAE62.1-2013.

  1. ASHRAE62.1 Compliance: Applicable requirements in ASHRAE62.1, indicating how product is incorporated into the building design to meet indoor air quality performance requirements.

Product data subparagraph below applies to LEEDv4 BD+C Indoor Environmental Quality Credit "Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Strategies."

  1. Product Data for EQ Credit "Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Strategies": Documentation, indicating how product is incorporated into the building design to meet indoor air qualitystrategies.

Product data subparagraph below requires compliance with LEED 2009 CreditIEQ6.2, "Controllability of Systems - Thermal Comfort."

  1. Product Data for CreditIEQ6.2, "Controllability of Systems - Thermal Comfort": Documentation indicating occupant comfort control of elevated air speed to meet individual or group needs and preferences.

Product data subparagraph below requires compliance with LEED 2009 CreditIEQ7.1, Thermal Comfort - Design."

  1. Product Data for CreditIEQ7.1, "Thermal Comfort - Design": Documentation indicating contribution of HVLS fans to occupant comfort credit (air speed at occupant level).

Product data subparagraph below requires compliance with LEEDv4 BD+C Indoor Environmental Quality Credit "Thermal Comfort."

  1. Product Data for EQ Credit "Thermal Comfort": Documentation indicating contribution of HVLS fans to occupant comfort credit (air speed at occupant level).

Product data subparagraph below requires compliance with LEEDv4 BD+C Innovation Credit.

  1. Product Data for IN Credit "Innovation": Documentation indicating how HVLS fans help achieve a significant, measurable, environmental impact using a strategy not addressed in the rating system.

Product data subparagraph below requires compliance with LEEDv4 BD+C Regional Priority Credit.

  1. Product Data for RP Credit "Regional Priority": Documentation indicating that equipment and products comply.

Insert additional LEED submittal requirements.

  1. Insert LEED submittal requirements>.
  1. Shop Drawings:
  2. Include plans, elevations, sections, and mounting details. Show required clearances to adjacent fans, structural members, and fire sprinkler systems.
  3. Include details of equipment assemblies. Show dimensions, weights, loads, required clearances, method of field assembly, components, and location and size of each field connection.
  4. Include diagrams for power, signal, and control wiring.

Retain "Delegated-Design Submittal" Paragraph below if design services have been delegated to Contractor.

  1. Delegated-Design Submittal: For each HVLS fan.
  2. Include design calculations and details for selecting product mounting components and seismic restraints complying with performance requirements, design criteria, and analysis data signed and sealed by the qualified professional engineer responsible for their preparation.
  3. Design Calculations: Calculate static and dynamic loading due to equipment weight, operation, and seismic forces required to select mounting components and seismic restraints.

1.5INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS

Retain "Coordination Drawings" Paragraph below for situations where limited space necessitates maximum utilization for efficient installation of different components or if coordination is required for installation of products and materials by separate installers. Coordinate paragraph with other Sections specifying products listed below. Preparation of coordination drawings requires the participation of each trade involved in installations within the limited space.

  1. Coordination Drawings: Floor plans and details, drawn to scale and coordinated with each other, using input from installers of the items involved.
  2. Structural members to which equipment, cables, and conduit will be attached.
  3. Wall-mounted controllers located in finished space showing relationship to light switches, fire-alarm devices, and other installed devices.
  4. Ceiling-mounted items including the following:
  5. Diffusers, registers, and grilles.
  6. Fire sprinklers.
  7. Luminaires.
  8. Insert item>.

Coordinate "Qualification Data" Paragraph below with qualification requirements in Section 014000 "Quality Requirements" and as may be supplemented in "Quality Assurance" Article.

  1. Qualification Data:
  2. For Installer: Documentation from HVLS fan manufacturer certifying that Installer has successfully completed prerequisite training administered by manufacturer for proper installation of systems, including but not limited to, equipment, controls, and accessories indicated and furnished for installation.

Retain "Seismic-Restraint Details" Subparagraph below only if seismic design requirements apply, but calculations have not been made, and Drawings do not describe seismic restraints in detail. Retaining subparagraph requires Contractor to submit seismic-restraint, delegated-design Drawings prepared by a professional engineer. Revise to suit requirements of authorities having jurisdiction.

  1. Seismic-Restraint Details:
  2. Design Analysis: To support selection and arrangement of seismic restraints. Include calculations of combined tensile and shear loads.
  3. Details: Indicate fabrication and arrangement. Detail attachments of restraints to the restrained items and to the structure. Show attachment locations, methods, and spacings. Identify components, list their strengths, and indicate directions and values of forces transmitted to the structure during seismic events. Indicate association with vibration isolation devices.
  4. Preapproval and Evaluation Documentation: By [an evaluation service member of ICC-ES] [Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development] [an agency acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction], showing maximum ratings of restraint items and the basis for approval (tests or calculations).

Retain "Field quality-control reports" Paragraph below if Contractor is responsible for field quality-control testing and inspecting.

  1. Field quality-control reports.

1.6CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS

  1. Operation and Maintenance Data: For HVLS fans to include in emergency, operation, and maintenance manuals.

1.7QUALITY ASSURANCE

  1. Manufacturer Qualifications: Provide certification that manufacturer complies with the requirements of the most recent edition of ISO9001 <Insert requirement>.
  2. Installer Qualifications: An entity that employs installers and supervisors who are trained and approved by HVLS fan manufacturer.
  3. Each employee shall be certified by manufacturer for proper installation of systems, including, but not limited to, equipment, controls, and accessories indicated and furnished for installation.
  4. Installer documentation shall be valid and current for duration of Project.
  5. Retain copies of Installer documentationon-site and make available on request.
  6. Each person assigned to Project shall have demonstrated past experience.
  7. Installers shall have staffing resources of competent, trained, and experienced full-time employees that are assigned to execute work according to schedule.

1.8DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING

  1. Deliver and store products in a clean and dry place.
  2. Comply with manufacturer's written rigging and installation instructions for unloading and moving to final installed location.
  3. Handle products carefully to prevent damage, breaking, denting, and scoring. Do not install damaged products.
  4. Protect products from weather, dirt, dust, water, construction debris, and physical damage.
  5. Retain factory-applied coverings on equipment to protect finishes during construction and remove just prior to operating unit.
  6. Cover units before installation to prevent dirt and dust accumulation. If required to remove coverings during unit installation, reapply coverings over openings after unit installation and remove just prior to operating unit.
  7. Replace installed products damaged during construction.

1.9WARRANTY

When warranties are required, verify with Owner's counsel that warranties stated in this article are not less than remedies available to Owner under prevailing local laws. Warranty terms vary from one manufacturer to another. Selection of particular warranty terms in the following paragraph may limit competition. Verify that each manufacturer retained in this Section offers the warranty coverage selected.

  1. Warranty: Manufacturer agrees to repair or replace components of fans that fail in materials or workmanship within specified warranty period.

Verify available warranties and warranty periods for units and components.

  1. Warranty Type: Non-prorated or service life (prorated).
  2. Warranty Period:
  3. For Hub and Airfoils: Lifetimewarranty for parts.
  4. Motor, Drive, Controller, and Other Components: [Three] [5] [7] [10] [15] years from date of Substantial Completion.
  5. For Labor: One year from date of Substantial Completion.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

Manufacturers and products listed in SpecAgent and MasterWorks Paragraph Builder are neither recommended nor endorsed by the AIA or ARCOM. Before inserting names, verify that manufacturers and products listed there comply with requirements retained or revised in descriptions and are both available and suitable for the intended applications. For definitions of terms and requirements for Contractor's product selection, see Section016000 "Product Requirements."

2.1PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

  1. Electrical Components, Devices, and Accessories: Listed and labeled as defined in NFPA70, by a qualified testing agency, and marked for intended location and application.

UL507 is a standard for electric fans. It has been adopted by the Canadian Standards Association as CSAC22.2,No.113.

  1. UL Compliance: Certified to UL507.
  2. CSA Compliance: Certified to CSAC22.2, No. 113.

NFPA13 has specific requirements for HVLS fans: Maximum allowable fan diameter is 24 feet (7.3 m). HVLS fans need to be approximately centered between four adjacent sprinklers. Vertical clearance from the HVLS fan to the sprinkler deflection needs to be a minimum of 3 feet (0.9 m). According to NFPA72, all HVLS fans need to be interlocked to shut down immediately upon receiving a waterflow signal from the fire alarm system.

  1. Comply with NFPA13 and NFPA 72 requirements for HVLS fans.

Retain "Delegated Design" Paragraph below if Contractor is required to assume responsibility for design of seismic-restraint details.

  1. Delegated Design: Engage a qualified professional engineer, as defined in Section014000 "Quality Requirements," for seismicrestraints, and delegated-design Drawings.

2.2CAPACITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS

If Project has more than one type or configuration, schedule HVLS fans on Drawings.

  1. Fan:
  2. Type: HVLS,downflow.

Select the number of blades in the subparagraph below. Powerfoil X3.0, Powerfoil 8, Essence, and Isis have 8 blades. The Basic 6 has 6 blades.

  1. Number of Fan Blades: [6] [8].

Insert fan diameter in the subparagraph below. The Powerfoil X3.0, Powerfoil 8, and Basic 6, are available in 8-, 10-, 12-, 14-, 16-, 18-, 20-, and 24-feet diameters.Essence is available in 8-, 10-, 12-, and 14-feet.Isis is available in 8- or 10-feet only.

  1. Fan Diameter: <Insert valuefeet (m).
  2. Maximum Fan Speed: <Insert rpm>.
  3. Fan Sound Pressure at Maximum Speed, dBA: Method of measurement included with action submittals and product data.
  1. Motor:
  2. Size: <Insert horsepower>.
  3. Volts: [110-125] [200-240] [400-480] [575-600]V.
  4. Phase: [Single] [Three].
  5. Full-Load Amperes: <Insert valueA.

2.3MANUFACTURERS

Retain "Basis-of-Design Product" Paragraph below to identify a specific product.

  1. Basis-of-Design Product: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide Big Ass Fans; [Powerfoil X3.0] [Powerfoil 8] [Basic 6] [Essence] [Isis].
  2. Source Limitations: Obtain HVLS fans from single source from single manufacturer.

2.4HIGH-VOLUME, LOW-SPEED FANS

  1. Description: Factory-assembled and -tested large-diameter ceiling fan, greater than 7 feet (2.13 m) diameter, producing a downward column of air based on blade edge design, with a direct-driven or gear-driven motor.

Most manufacturers produce fans rated for 140 degF (60degC). Consult retained manufacturers.

  1. Maximum Operating Temperature: [140 (60)] <Insert valuedegF (degC).

Verify, with manufacturers, that options retained are available from each manufacturer and for each product retained in this Section.

  1. Frame Material: Steel frame for motor, drive, and mounts.
  2. Frame Finish: [Paint] [Powdercoat].

Insert fan diameter in the subparagraph below. The Powerfoil X3.0, Powerfoil 8, and Basic 6, are available in 8-, 10-, 12-, 14-, 16-, 18-, 20-, and 24-feet diameters.Essence is available in 8-, 10-, 12-, and 14-feet.Isis is available in 8- or 10-feet only.

  1. Nominal Fan Diameter: [8 (2.4)] [10 (3.0)] [12 (3.7)] [14 (4.3)] [16 (4.9)] [18 (5.5)] [20 (6.1)] [24 (7.3)] <Insert diameterfeet (m).

Select the number of blades in the "Quantity" Subparagraph below. Powerfoil X3.0, Powerfoil 8, Essence, and Isis have 8 blades. The Basic 6 has 6 blades.

  1. Blades: Airfoil type.
  2. Quantity: [6] [8].
  3. Blade Material: Precision extruded aluminum.

Select blade finish in subparagraph below. Raw mill is standard for Powerfoil X3.0, Powerfoil 8, and Basic 6. Anodized is standard for Essence and Isis. Painted blade finish is an option for an additional charge.

  1. Blade Finish: [Raw mill] [Anodized] [Paint].
  2. Blade End Requirement: Upswept winglets.

Verify that options retained in "Motor" Subparagraph below are available for each product retained in this Section.