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Construction Documents <br />20033 <br />Orange County Europa Center <br />28 4600 - 14 FIRE DETECTION AND ALARM <br />H. The exterior of all junction boxes, including both sides of covers, containing fire alarm <br />conductors shall be painted red. Box interior shall not be painted. <br />I. Box covers shall be labeled to indicate the circuit(s) or function of the conductors contained <br />within. Labels shall be neatly applied black lettering on clear background. Handwritten labels or <br />embossed tape labels are not allowed. <br />J. All conduits penetrating exterior walls must have internal sealing to prevent condensation from <br />infiltrating humid air. <br />3.03 INSPECTION AND TESTING FOR COMPLETION <br />A. Notify Owner 7 days prior to beginning completion inspections and tests. <br />B. Notify Fire Marshal and Electrical Inspector at least 7 days in advance for observation by their <br />personnel prior to final acceptance. <br />C. Provide the services of the installer's supervisor or person with equivalent qualifications to <br />supervise inspection and testing, correction, and adjustments. <br />D. Prepare for testing by ensuring that all work is complete and correct; perform preliminary tests <br />as required. <br />E. Provide all tools, software, and supplies required to accomplish inspection and testing. <br />F. Upon completion of the installation the Contractor and the Manufacturer’s authorized installer <br />together shall conduct a 100% performance test of each and every alarm initiating device for <br />proper response. The system shall operate for 48 hours prior to start of test. The Contractor <br />shall be present for the full 100% test. <br />G. The A/E and owner must be given 7 days advance notice of the tests. All Audio Visual Device <br />Testing shall be scheduled with the owner. <br />H. 100% Test: The manufacturer or authorized distributor (by definition, “installer”) must 100% test <br />all site-specific software functions for the system and then provide a detailed report or check list <br />showing the system’s operational matrix. This documentation must be part of the “System <br />Status and Programming Report”. <br />1. Upon completion of the installation and its programming, the installer’s technician shall test <br />every alarm initiating device for proper response and indication, and all alarm notification <br />appliances for effectiveness. Also, in coordination with the other building system <br />contractors, all other system functions shall be verified, including (where applicable) <br />elevator capture and the control of HVAC systems, door locks, pressurization fans, fire or <br />smoke doors/dampers/shutters, etc. The engineer must be notified in advance of these <br />100% tests, to permit witnessing them if desired. <br />2. If AHU shutdown occurs for any alarm, then the matrix would indicate the specific control <br />relay(s) for that function being commanded to operate for alarm from any initiating device. <br />If a rolling steel fire door is to drop only upon waterflow alarm from its sprinkler zone, or <br />upon any two spot smoke detectors in adjacent spaces being simultaneously in alarm, the <br />matrix would show the door’s control relay activating upon alarm from the applicable <br />waterflow switch(es), or from any two smoke detectors in the selected spaces (AND gate). <br />3. The digital communicator shall be on-line and tested for proper communication to the <br />receiving station. <br />4. All supervised circuits must also be tested to verify proper supervision. (Control circuits <br />and remote annunciation lines are among those required to be supervised.) <br />5. All testing described above shall be repeated in the event that subsequent software or <br />wiring modifications are determined necessary to meet the requirements of the contract <br />documents. Such re-testing shall be included as part of the base bid and provided at no <br />additional cost to the Owner. <br />I. Test Documentation: The installer must fill out and submit the following documentation to the <br />owner, through the engineer, prior to the AHJ’s system acceptance inspection: <br />1. Written verification that this 100% system test was done with copy of print out generated <br />during test. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: ECCAC5A0-6CC8-4B37-8AD3-89D69F0AE1AE