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DocuSign Envelope ID: 313DA256 -1EDE- 4396- A716- 4C53B809027E <br />JERRY M. PASSMORE CENTER ADDITION AND RENOVATION <br />HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA <br />SECTION 055213 - PIPE AND TUBE RAILINGS <br />PART 1 - GENERAL <br />1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS <br />A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary <br />Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section. <br />1.2 SUMMARY <br />A. Section Includes: <br />1. Steel pipe and tube railings. <br />B. Related Sections: <br />1. Division 05 Section "Metal Stairs" for steel tube railings associated with metal stairs. <br />2. Division 09 Section "Non - Structural Metal Framing" for metal backing for anchoring <br />railings. <br />1.3 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS <br />A. Delegated Desijzn: Design railings, including comprehensive engineering analysis by a <br />qualified professional engineer, using performance requirements and design criteria indicated. <br />B. General: In engineering railings to withstand structural loads indicated, determine allowable <br />design working stresses of railing materials based on the following: <br />1. Steel: 72 percent of minimum yield strength. <br />C. Structural Performance: Railings shall withstand the effects of gravity loads and the following <br />loads and stresses within limits and under conditions indicated: <br />1. Handrails and Top Rails of Guards: <br />a, Uniform load of 50 lbf/ ft. (0.73 kN /m) applied in any direction. <br />b. Concentrated load of 200 lbf (0.89 kN) applied in any direction. <br />C. Uniform and concentrated loads need not be assumed to act concurrently. <br />2. Infill of Guards: <br />a. Concentrated load of 50 Ibf (0.22 kN) applied horizontally on an area of 1 sq. ft. <br />(0.093 sq. m). <br />b. Infill load and other loads need not be assumed to act concurrently. <br />PIPE AND TUBE RAILINGS 055213-1 <br />