Building Movements

 Design building envelope systems to provide for deflections, displacements and other movements
within the building envelope system, and between the building envelope system and the base
building (including fire stop and smoke flashing connections). Include movements caused by
ambient temperature changes, wind loads, dead loads, live loads, seismic loads and shrinkage.
The Contractor’s design shall include moveable joints to accommodate the full range of
movement requirements including manufacturing tolerances, site tolerances, thermal
movement, lateral movement, floor sag, beam sag, live load deflection and column settlement.
 Allowance for movement shall be in addition to allowance for building tolerances.
 Joints shall accommodate the worst possible combination of effects to prevent loads of any kind
being transferred from the building into the building envelope system, excessive movements of
any joints or failure of weather seals.
 Prepare and submit full analysis and complete details of proposed design movement allowances
based on the base structure information contained in the Specifications.
 Indicate movement limits and required clearances on shop drawings.
 Accommodate movements within the design movement allowances indicated on the accepted
shop drawings, silently and without failure of the system, permanent deformation, reduction of
performance, visible movement at any joint, or other detrimental effects including:

o Application of stresses or induced loads to any component or system, including structural
elements, fixings, glass or face panels.
o Damage to any component or system, including structural elements, fixings, glass or face
panels.
o Failure of joint seals.
 Design movement joint and select sealant products to accommodate all required expansion and
contraction within joint tolerances indicated on the accepted shop drawings and within the
sealant manufacturer under loaded and unloaded conditions.
 All movements allowance shall be consistent and applied across all junctions and / or components
for each expansion joint system or assembly.
 The contractor shall regularly assess and take into consideration the effect of ongoing base
building movements on building envelope set-out.

Base Building Tolerances

 The building envelope shall be designed to accommodate the primary structure construction
tolerances.
 Unless otherwise noted elsewhere, the maximum construction tolerances shall be taken as
follows:
o Plan position of the building edge: +/- 25 mm
o Level of slab surface and slab soffit: +/- 25 mm
o Deviation in plan over 20M height < 50 mm
Setting Block

 Shall Comply with BS 2571

 Where indicated on the drawings or required, provided accepted setting blocks of dense material
as follows:
o Shore A durometer hardness: 85 +/- 5 when tested in accordance with ASTM D2240
o Compression set (168 hrs.) : No greater than 25% when tested in accordance with ASTM
D395.
 Locate setting blocks at quarter points (1/4 of the unit width from each corner) unless otherwise
accepted but not less than 150 mm or 0.125 x glass width between edge of glass and edge of
setting block.
 Shims used with setting blocks shall be the same material as the setting block.
 Setting Blocks shall be secured against dislodgement.
 Setting block lengths shall be calculated in accordance with BS6262 and shall be not less than
10mm.
 Warranty:
The setting block should be warranted for the warranty period.

Safety

a) First aid appliances including adequate supply of sterilized dressings and cotton wool shall be kept
in a reality accessible place.
b) An injured person shall be taken to a public/ private hospital without loss of time, in case where
the injury necessitates hospitalization.
c) Suitable and strong scaffolds should be provided for workmen for all works that cannot safely be
done from ground.
d) No portable single ladder shall be over 8 meters in length. The width between the side rails shall
not be less than 30 cm. (clear) and the distance between two adjacent rungs shall not be more
than 30 cm. When a ladder is used an extra mason shall be engaged for holding the ladder.
e) The excavated material shall not be placed within 1.5 meters of the edge of the trench or half of
the depths of trench whichever is more. All trenches and excavations shall be provided with
necessary fencing and lighting.
f) Every opening in the floor of a building or a working platform shall be provided with suitable
means to prevent the fall of persons or materials by providing suitable fencing or railing whose
minimum height shall be one meter.
g) No floor, roof or other part of the structure shall be so overloaded with debris or materials as to
render it unsafe.
h) Those engage in welding works shall be provided with welder’s protective eye-shields and gloves.
i) Fire Extinguisher minimum 2 numbers to be provided by contractor at period of execution of the
site.
j) No paint containing lead or lead products shall be used except in the form of paste or readymade
paint. Suitable facemasks shall be supplied for use to the workers when the paint is applied in the
form of spray or surface having lead paint dry rubbed and scrapped.
 k) The Contractor to the painters shall supply overalls and adequate facilities shall be provided to
enable the working painters to wash during the periods of cessation of work.
l) Hoisting machines and tackle used in the works, including their attachments, anchorage and
supports shall be in perfect condition.
m) The ropes used in hoisting or lowering materials or as a means of suspension shall be of durable
quality and adequate strength and free from defects.
n) Those engaged in working at heights shall use safety belts.
o) Provide fully toughened glass on the inner side of the IGU if glass is abutting with floor.

Sealant Application

1. Apply sealant materials in accordance with sealant manufacturer’s recommendations.

2. Apply sealant using a continuous bead of sealant.
3. Apply a continuous sealant bead between flashing and adjacent construction.
4. Before application of sealant, examine the substrates, adjoining construction and the conditions
under which the work is to be installed. Do not proceed with the work until unsatisfactory
conditions have been corrected. In no instance shall the installer install sealant in conditions which
conflict with this specification without approval.
5. Clean bonding joint surfaces to remove dirt substances, which might interfere with bond or
otherwise impair the work. Do not apply elastomeric sealants to joint surfaces previously painted
or treated with sealer of curing compound of other coatings, unless a laboratory adhesion and
peel test in accordance with ASTM C 920 and ASTM C 794 has been performed and successfully
demonstrated that bond will be durable.
6. Unless otherwise shown or specified and documented, install materials in accordance with the
manufacturer’s printed instructions.
7. Confine sealants and primers to joints using masking tapes or other precautions where required
to prevent contact of sealant or primer with adjoining surfaces which otherwise would be
permanently stained or damaged by such contractor by cleaning methods required to remove
sealant smears. Remove tape immediately after tooling without disturbing sealant.
8. Where joint filler is used as backup for sealant, install filler continuously without voids or
interruptions to depth and shape specified by sealant manufacturer for proper application and
performance of product.
9. Install bond breaker in joints as shown and where ever recommended the sealant manufacturer
to prevent bond of the sealant to surfaces where such bond might impair the performance of the
sealant. Do not puncture surface or skin of expanded polyethylene joint filler backer rods.
10. Apply joint fillers accurately according to the joint profile shown in the drawings after joint
cleaning and priming. Provide water light and airtight comers and joints in a manner
recommended by the manufacturer.
11. Apply sealants in continuous beds filling joints from the bottom without openings, voids or air
pockets so as to provide a watertight and airtight seal for the entire joint length.
Apply elastomeric sealants, in field joints not subject to traffic to other abrasion to a depth equal
to 50% of the joint width, but not less than 6 mm and not more than 12mm.
12. Immediately after sealant application and prior to time skinning or curing begins, tool sealants for
smooth, uniform beads, to eliminate air pockets and to ensure contact and adhesion of sealant
 with sides of joint remove excess sealant from surfaces adjacent to Joint. Do not use tooling
agents which discolor sealants or adjacent surfaces or are not approved by sealant manufacturer.
Tool exposed surfaces of sealants to the profiles if not shown, tool slightly concave to match the
configuration as in ASTM C 1193.
Provide a slight slope or horizontal joints where horizontal and vertical surfaces meet.
13. Remove excess sealant promptly as the work progresses and clean the adjoining surfaces as may
be necessary to eliminate any evidence of spillage.
14. Do not proceed with installation of field sealants during inclement weather. Do not proceed with
application of sealants when heavy wind loads are forecast during the period it required for initial
or nominal cure of sealants, whenever possible, schedule the application and cure of elastomeric
sealants during periods of mean temperatures. Install field sealants in accordance with
manufacturer recommendation to reduce sealant. Wrinkling from movements during cure. Do
not install sealants into joint widths that are less than specified without approval of the employer
/ Architect.