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Orange County Facility Renovations <br />Hillsborough, NC <br /> <br /> <br />Smith Sinnett NON-STRUCTURAL METAL FRAMING <br />2020046/2020047/2020048/2020049/2020055 09 22 16 - 3 <br />PART 3 - EXECUTION <br />3.1 INSTALLATION, GENERAL <br />A. Installation Standard: ASTM C754. <br />1. Gypsum Board Assemblies: Also comply with requirements in ASTM C840 that apply to framing <br />installation. <br />B. Install framing and accessories plumb, square, and true to line, with connections securely fastened. <br />C. Install supplementary framing, and blocking to support fixtures, equipment services, heavy trim, grab bars, <br />toilet accessories, furnishings, or similar construction. <br />D. Install bracing at terminations in assemblies. <br />E. Do not bridge building control and expansion joints with non-load-bearing steel framing members. Frame <br />both sides of joints independently. <br />3.2 INSTALLING FRAMED ASSEMBLIES <br />A. Install framing system components according to spacings indicated, but not greater than spacings required <br />by referenced installation standards for assembly types. <br />B. Where studs are installed directly against exterior masonry walls or dissimilar metals at exterior walls, <br />install isolation strip between studs and exterior wall. <br />C. Install studs so flanges within framing system point in same direction. <br />D. Install tracks at floors and overhead supports. Extend framing full height to structural supports or substrates <br />above suspended ceilings except where partitions are indicated to terminate at suspended ceilings. Continue <br />framing around ducts that penetrate partitions above ceiling. <br />1. Slip-Type Head Joints: Where framing extends to overhead structural supports, install to produce <br />joints at tops of framing systems that prevent axial loading of finished assemblies. <br />2. Door Openings: Screw vertical studs at jambs to jamb anchor clips on door frames; install track <br />section (for cripple studs) at head and secure to jamb studs. <br />a. Install two studs at each jamb unless otherwise indicated. <br />b. Install cripple studs at head adjacent to each jamb stud, with a minimum 1/2-inch clearance <br />from jamb stud to allow for installation of control joint in finished assembly. <br />c. Extend jamb studs through suspended ceilings and attach to underside of overhead structure. <br />3. Other Framed Openings: Frame openings other than door openings the same as required for door <br />openings unless otherwise indicated. Install framing below sills of openings to match framing <br />required above door heads. <br />4. Fire-Resistance-Rated Partitions: Install framing to comply with fire-resistance-rated assembly <br />indicated and support closures and to make partitions continuous from floor to underside of solid <br />structure. <br />a. Firestop Track: Where indicated, install to maintain continuity of fire-resistance-rated <br />assembly indicated. <br />5. Sound-Rated Partitions: Install framing to comply with sound-rated assembly indicated. <br />E. Installation Tolerance: Install each framing member so fastening surfaces vary not more than 1/8 inch from <br />the plane formed by faces of adjacent framing. <br />END OF SECTION <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 09980A3B-0691-41B4-854D-3865F2287392