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Common Work Results for Process Equipment

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IssuedOct 12, 2026
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1 Scope

NOTE This standard is the umbrella for process equipment. It states once the administrative, interface, and execution provisions that every process equipment, process piping, and process valve standard on the project inherits, so that each of those standards can confine itself to its own product and its own tests. (1.1)
1.2 The requirements of this standard apply to every item of process equipment on the project, and to the process piping and process valves that connect it, whether or not the standard governing that item restates them.
1.3 Where a standard governing a particular item of process work states a requirement on a matter this standard also addresses, the more specific standard shall govern that item unless the Engineer of Record directs otherwise in writing.
NOTE Process equipment, as the term is used here, is the equipment that treats, conveys, stores, mixes, separates, or meters the process fluid or solids in a water, wastewater, or industrial plant, including its drive, its equipment-mounted controls, and the accessories furnished with it. (1.4)
NOTE This standard carries no product requirements. The products and procedures below are governed by their own standards, and nothing here restates them. (1.5)
  • Low-voltage motors furnished with process equipment: Electric MotorsCommon Motor Requirements for Electrical EquipmentResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/electric-motors
  • Individually enclosed starters: Combination Motor StartersCombination and Manual Motor StartersResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/combination-motor-starters; motor control centers and the starter and drive units inside them: Motor Control CentersMotor Control CentersResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/motor-control-centers; individually mounted variable frequency drives: Low Voltage Variable Frequency DrivesLow-Voltage Variable Frequency DrivesResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/low-voltage-variable-frequency-drives
  • Concrete housekeeping and equipment pads: Concrete PadsConcrete Equipment PadsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/concrete-pads; cast-in anchor rods and embedded steel: Structural Steel Anchor BoltsAnchor Rods and Embedded SteelResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/structural-steel-anchor-bolts; post-installed anchors: Post Installed AnchorsPost-Installed Concrete and Masonry AnchorsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/post-installed-anchors; non-shrink grout and grouted base plates: Non Shrink GroutNon-Shrink GroutResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/non-shrink-grout and Grouted Base PlatesGrouted Column Base Plates and Bearing PlatesResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/grouted-base-plates
  • Vibration isolators, inertia bases, seismic restraint design, special seismic certification, and anchorage design to concrete: Vibration Isolation And Seismic RestraintVibration Isolation and Seismic RestraintResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/vibration-isolation-and-seismic-restraint
  • Field-mounted pressure, level, and temperature instruments: Process InstrumentationProcess InstrumentationResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/process-instrumentation; flow meters: Flow MeasurementFlow MeasurementResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/flow-measurement; analyzers: Analytical InstrumentationAnalytical InstrumentationResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/analytical-instrumentation; modulating control valves with their actuators and positioners: Control Valves And ActuatorsControl Valves and ActuatorsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/control-valves-and-actuators; actuators on isolation valves and gates: Valve And Gate ActuatorsValve and Gate ActuatorsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/valve-and-gate-actuators
  • Industrial control panels furnished with the equipment or separately: Industrial Control PanelsIndustrial Control PanelsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/industrial-control-panels; the controllers: Programmable Logic ControllersProgrammable Logic ControllersResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/programmable-logic-controllers; the supervisory system: SCADA And HMI SystemsSCADA and HMI SystemsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/scada-and-hmi-systems; the control network: Process Control NetworksProcess Control NetworksResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/process-control-networks
  • Control narratives, tag and point naming, the input and output list, loop checks, the integration of packaged-equipment controls, and the factory and site acceptance tests of the control system: Control Systems IntegrationControl Systems Integration and TestingResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/control-systems-integration
  • Electrical power wiring, disconnecting means, and overcurrent protection serving process equipment: Common Work Results ElectricalCommon Work Results for ElectricalResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/common-work-results-electrical; grounding: Grounding And BondingGrounding and Bonding for Electrical SystemsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/grounding-and-bonding
  • The submittal register and review workflow: Submittal And Quality ProceduresSubmittal and Quality ProceduresResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/submittal-and-quality-procedures; operation and maintenance manual content and format: Operation And Maintenance DataOperation and Maintenance DataResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/operation-and-maintenance-data; substantial completion, punch list, and final completion administration: Closeout ProceduresCloseout ProceduresResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/closeout-procedures; warranty and bond administration: Warranties And BondsWarranties and BondsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/warranties-and-bonds
  • Fabrication and installation of equipment identification nameplates, pipe markers, and valve tags: Mechanical IdentificationMechanical IdentificationResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/mechanical-identification
  • Total building commissioning where a Commissioning Authority is engaged: CommissioningTotal Building CommissioningResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/commissioning
  • Process piping: Ductile Iron Process PipingDuctile Iron Process PipingResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/ductile-iron-process-piping, Steel And Stainless Process PipingSteel and Stainless Steel Process PipingResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/steel-and-stainless-process-piping, and Plastic Process PipingPlastic Process PipingResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/plastic-process-piping; process valves: Butterfly ValvesButterfly ValvesResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/butterfly-valves, Eccentric Plug ValvesEccentric Plug ValvesResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/eccentric-plug-valves, Resilient Seated Gate ValvesResilient-Seated Gate ValvesResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/resilient-seated-gate-valves, Knife Gate ValvesKnife Gate ValvesResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/knife-gate-valves, Process Check ValvesProcess Check ValvesResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/process-check-valves, and Air Release And Vacuum ValvesAir Release and Vacuum ValvesResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/air-release-and-vacuum-valves; valve and gate actuators: Valve And Gate ActuatorsValve and Gate ActuatorsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/valve-and-gate-actuators; slide gates and stop logs: Slide Gates And Stop LogsSlide Gates and Stop LogsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/slide-gates-and-stop-logs; process pumps: Horizontal Centrifugal Process PumpsHorizontal Centrifugal Process PumpsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/horizontal-centrifugal-process-pumps, Vertical Turbine PumpsVertical Turbine PumpsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/vertical-turbine-pumps, Submersible Solids Handling PumpsSubmersible Solids-Handling PumpsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/submersible-solids-handling-pumps, and Positive Displacement PumpsPositive Displacement PumpsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/positive-displacement-pumps; water-retaining concrete structures: Water Retaining Concrete StructuresWater-Retaining Concrete StructuresResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/water-retaining-concrete-structures; water storage tanks: Water Storage TanksWater Storage TanksResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/water-storage-tanks; cathodic protection: Cathodic ProtectionCathodic ProtectionResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/cathodic-protection
  • Building HVAC common work: Common Work Results MechanicalCommon Work Results for MechanicalResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/common-work-results-mechanical; plumbing common work: Common Work Results PlumbingCommon Work Results for PlumbingResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/common-work-results-plumbing
NOTE Overhead cranes and hoists for equipment maintenance are not yet owned by a SynC standard; this standard applies to them as process equipment once a standard governs them. (1.6)

2 Referenced Standards

2.1 Equipment, materials, and installation shall comply with the latest adopted edition of each of the following unless a specific edition is cited.
2.2 Where the Contract Documents, the adopted codes, and a referenced standard differ on the same matter, the most stringent requirement shall govern unless the Engineer of Record directs otherwise in writing.
Standard Title
ASCE/SEI 7 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures (Chapter 13)
ACI 318 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (Chapter 17, Anchoring to Concrete)
ACI PRC-351.1 Report on Grouting between Foundations and Bases for Support of Equipment and Machinery
ANSI/HI 9.6.4 Rotodynamic Pumps for Vibration Measurements and Allowable Values
ANSI/HI 14.6 Rotodynamic Pumps for Hydraulic Performance Acceptance Tests
ISO 20816-1 Mechanical Vibration, Measurement and Evaluation of Machine Vibration, Part 1: General Guidelines
ISO 20816-3 Mechanical Vibration, Measurement and Evaluation of Machine Vibration, Part 3: Industrial Machinery with a Power Rating above 15 kW and Operating Speeds between 120 r/min and 30,000 r/min
ISO 21940-11 Mechanical Vibration, Rotor Balancing, Part 11: Procedures and Tolerances for Rotors with Rigid Behaviour
ANSI/ASA S1.13 Measurement of Sound Pressure Levels in Air
ISO 3744 Acoustics, Determination of Sound Power Levels of Noise Sources Using Sound Pressure, Engineering Methods for an Essentially Free Field over a Reflecting Plane
29 CFR 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure
29 CFR 1910.212 Machinery and Machine Guarding, General Requirements for All Machines
ASME B15.1 Safety Standard for Mechanical Power Transmission Apparatus
NFPA 70 National Electrical Code (Articles 430 and 500 through 504)
NFPA 820 Standard for Fire Protection in Wastewater Treatment and Collection Facilities
NEMA MG 1 Motors and Generators
NEMA 250 Enclosures for Electrical Equipment (1000 Volts Maximum)
UL 508A Industrial Control Panels
NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 Drinking Water System Components, Health Effects
NSF/ANSI/CAN 372 Drinking Water System Components, Lead Content
ANSI/ISA-5.1 Instrumentation Symbols and Identification
GLUMRB Recommended Standards for Water Works, and Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities (Ten States Standards)

3 Governing Codes and Design Criteria

3.1 Process equipment, its supports, and its anchorage shall comply with Adopted Building CodeAdopted Building CodeParameterEach project supplies its own value.adopted-building-code, including the amendments the Authority Having Jurisdiction has enacted to it.
3.2 Process equipment in a water or wastewater treatment facility shall comply with the design criteria the state regulatory agency applies to that facility, and the Contractor shall report to the Engineer of Record in writing any equipment submittal that departs from a criterion the agency's approval of the project relies on.
3.3 Electrical equipment and wiring furnished with process equipment in a wastewater facility shall be listed and installed for the hazardous location classification NFPA 820 assigns to the space, as shown on the hazardous area classification drawings.

4 Equipment Numbering and Nameplates

4.1 Equipment Numbers

4.1.1 Each item of process equipment shall carry the equipment number assigned to it on the process and instrumentation diagrams and the equipment schedules.
4.1.2 The equipment numbering convention shall be as indicated in the datasheet.
Equipment Numbering Conventionradio
○ ANSI/ISA-5.1 identification letters with a process area prefix and a sequence number
○ The Owner's existing plant equipment numbering standard
○ A project-specific convention defined by the Engineer of Record
NOTE An ANSI/ISA-5.1 based convention puts the equipment numbers and the instrument and loop tags in one scheme, which is what the control system integrator and the SCADA tag tree expect on a new plant. An Owner whose plant already carries thousands of numbered assets in a maintenance management system needs the new equipment to fit that scheme, whatever its logic, because a renumbering of the existing plant is never going to happen. A project-specific convention is the position where the Owner has no standard and the Engineer of Record has reasons, such as a numbering carried over from a previous phase, not to adopt the ANSI/ISA-5.1 form. (4.1.3)
4.1.4 Each item of equipment shall carry one and only one equipment number across the drawings, the submittals, the nameplates, the input and output list, the operation and maintenance manuals, the spare parts list, and the supervisory system.
4.1.5 Instrument and loop tags on and around the equipment shall follow the tag naming basis selected under Control Systems IntegrationControl Systems Integration and TestingResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/control-systems-integration, and where that basis and the equipment numbering convention differ in form, the reconciliation shall be stated in the naming convention document submitted under that standard.
4.1.6 Where a packaged item of equipment carries the manufacturer's own component numbering, the submittal shall cross-reference each manufacturer component number to the project equipment number it serves.

4.2 Nameplates

4.2.1 Each item of process equipment shall bear the manufacturer's data nameplate, permanently attached, stating the manufacturer, the model and serial number, the rated capacity and head, pressure, or other rated performance, the rated speed, the design temperature and pressure where the equipment is pressure-containing, the year of manufacture, and the data the product standard governing the equipment requires.
4.2.2 The manufacturer's data nameplate shall be of the material indicated in the datasheet.
Manufacturer's Data Nameplate Materialselect
Type 316 stainless steel
Type 304 stainless steel
Anodized aluminum
Engraved laminated phenolic
4.2.4 Nameplate data shall be stamped, etched, or engraved, and shall not be printed or applied as a label.
4.2.5 The manufacturer's data nameplate shall be mounted where it can be read with the equipment installed and operating, without removing a guard or a cover.
4.2.6 The equipment identification nameplate bearing the project equipment number and the service shall be fabricated and installed under Mechanical IdentificationMechanical IdentificationResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/mechanical-identification, with the legend taken from the equipment schedule.
NOTE The manufacturer's data nameplate is the traceability record for the equipment: the serial number on it is what the warranty claim, the parts order, and the manufacturer's service bulletin all cite, and a plate that has corroded to illegibility or been painted over leaves the operator describing the equipment from memory. (4.2.7)

5 Submittals

5.1 Submittal Procedures

5.1.1 Each submittal made under a process equipment standard shall identify the equipment number of each item it covers, the governing standard, and the datasheet values of that standard on which the selection depends.
5.1.2 Product data shall be marked to show the model, size, materials, options, and accessories proposed, with inapplicable options struck through.
5.1.3 Where a submittal proposes a departure from the Contract Documents, the departure shall be identified in the transmittal, and a submittal that is silent on a departure shall not be construed as having disclosed it.
5.1.4 Delegated-design submittals shall bear the seal of a professional engineer licensed in the project jurisdiction.
5.1.5 The submittal register, the review timeline, and the action classification of each submittal shall follow Submittal And Quality ProceduresSubmittal and Quality ProceduresResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/submittal-and-quality-procedures.

5.2 Process Equipment Data Sheets

5.2.1 A process equipment data sheet shall be submitted for each item of process equipment, stating in one document the service, the design conditions, the guaranteed performance, the materials of construction of each wetted and exposed component, the motor and drive data, the connection sizes and ratings, the operating and shipping weights, the lubricants, the utilities consumed, and the equipment-mounted instruments and controls.
5.2.2 The data sheet form shall be as indicated in the datasheet.
Process Equipment Data Sheet Formselect
The Engineer of Record's data sheet form, completed by the manufacturer
The equipment manufacturer's own data sheet form
Product data marked with the scheduled values, without a separate data sheet
NOTE The Engineer of Record's form puts every manufacturer's offer in the same rows in the same order, so a review compares like with like and a blank row is visible as a blank; it costs the Engineer the form and the manufacturer the transcription. The manufacturer's own form is complete for that manufacturer's product and arrives faster, and two bidders' forms cannot be laid side by side. Marked product data is the least work for everyone and is workable for simple equipment with few rated values, where the schedule itself is the data sheet. (5.2.3)
5.2.4 The data sheet shall be submitted with the action submittal for the equipment and shall be resubmitted, revised to as-furnished values, with the closeout submittals.
NOTE The data sheet is the one page an operator keeps: it is where the rated conditions, the materials, and the lubricants of each item are found without opening the manual, and where a future engineer reads what the equipment was bought to do before deciding whether it can do something else. (5.2.5)

5.3 Action Submittals

  • Product data for each item of equipment, with the process equipment data sheet
  • Shop drawings showing the equipment dimensions, the connection sizes, locations, and ratings, the service clearances, the operating and shipping weights, the anchor bolt pattern, and the operating, seismic, and thrust loads delivered to the supports
  • Certified performance data, curves, or ratings on which the guaranteed performance is based, marked with the design operating point and the limits of the allowable operating range
  • Motor data under Electric MotorsCommon Motor Requirements for Electrical EquipmentResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/electric-motors and drive data under the standard governing the drive, correlated to the equipment number
  • Equipment-mounted controls and instruments, with the control panel submittal under Industrial Control PanelsIndustrial Control PanelsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/industrial-control-panels where a panel is furnished, and the points the equipment exposes to the plant control system for the integration register under Control Systems IntegrationControl Systems Integration and TestingResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/control-systems-integration
  • Anchorage design submittal where anchorage design is delegated under this standard
  • Lubrication schedule listing each lubrication point, the lubricant type, the quantity, and the interval
  • The field service plan, identifying each visit, its purpose, the person-days proposed, and the representative who will attend
  • Factory test procedures where a witnessed factory test is designated under this standard
Required Action Submittalscheckbox
☑ Product data with process equipment data sheet
☑ Shop drawings with loads and anchor pattern
☑ Certified performance data
☑ Motor and drive data
☑ Equipment-mounted controls and exposed points
☐ Anchorage design submittal
☑ Lubrication schedule
☑ Field service plan
☐ Factory test procedures
5.3.2 Equipment shall not be released for fabrication until the action submittal for it has been returned marked no exceptions taken or make corrections as noted.

5.4 Informational Submittals

5.4.1 The Contractor shall submit the following for the record:
  • Factory test reports for each test the governing equipment standard or this standard requires, before the equipment is shipped
  • Manufacturer's certificate of proper installation for each item of equipment, before startup
  • Manufacturer's field service report for each visit, within ten working days of the visit
  • Installing contractor checkout and startup report for each item of equipment, before the equipment is released to performance testing
  • Field performance test report for each item of equipment, signed by the parties who witnessed it
  • Baseline vibration record for each item of rotating equipment, taken at acceptance under the Vibration and Noise section of this standard
  • Lubricant fill record stating the lubricant and quantity placed in each lubrication point at startup and after the run-in change
Required Informational Submittalscheckbox
☑ Factory test reports
☑ Certificate of proper installation
☑ Field service reports
☑ Checkout and startup reports
☑ Field performance test reports
☑ Baseline vibration record
☑ Lubricant fill record

5.5 Closeout Submittals

5.5.1 The Contractor shall submit the following before substantial completion:
  • Operation and maintenance manuals for each item of equipment, prepared and delivered under Operation And Maintenance DataOperation and Maintenance DataResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/operation-and-maintenance-data, indexed by equipment number, with the as-furnished process equipment data sheet as the first page of each equipment entry
  • Record drawings showing the installed equipment, its connections, and every deviation from the Contract Drawings
  • Warranty documentation for each item of equipment, correlated to the serial number, stating the warranty start date, the term, and the party responsible for warranty service
  • Spare parts and special tools receipt signed by the Owner's representative
  • Training records naming the personnel trained, the dates, the sessions, and the equipment covered
  • Equipment number cross-reference listing each equipment number, the manufacturer, model, and serial number, and the location
Required Closeout Submittalscheckbox
☑ Operation and maintenance manuals
☑ Record drawings
☑ Warranty documentation by serial number
☑ Spare parts and special tools receipt
☑ Training records
☑ Equipment number cross-reference

6 Quality Assurance

6.1 Manufacturer Qualifications

6.1.1 The manufacturer of each item of process equipment shall have produced equipment of the type and size furnished, in the service furnished, for not less than the period indicated in the datasheet.
Manufacturer Experiencerange
years
35101520
Default: Not less than 5 years
6.1.2 The manufacturer shall identify not fewer than the number of installations indicated in the datasheet of equipment of the type and size furnished, in the same service, that have been in operation for not less than the period stated above, with the owner contact for each.
Reference Installations in the Same Servicerange
13510
NOTE Five years is the experience term most process equipment specifications carry and most established manufacturers clear without comment; a longer term protects the Owner on equipment that is expected to run for thirty years, and it also excludes a newer manufacturer whose product may be the better one. A reference installation count puts the experience term to the test, because a manufacturer can have made a product for five years and sold it twice; the count is set low where the equipment is unusual and high where the Owner cannot afford to be the proving ground. (6.1.3)
6.1.4 Where the governing equipment standard states a longer experience term or a larger reference count for its product, the governing standard shall apply.

6.2 Unit Responsibility

6.2.1 Responsibility for the coordinated performance of each item of process equipment and the motor, drive, and controls furnished with it shall be as indicated in the datasheet.
Unit Responsibilityradio
● The equipment manufacturer holds unit responsibility for the assembled unit, including the motor, the drive, and the equipment-mounted controls
○ The equipment manufacturer is responsible for the equipment alone, with the motor, drive, and controls furnished under their own standards
6.2.2 Where unit responsibility is selected, the equipment manufacturer shall select or accept the motor, the drive, and the equipment-mounted controls, shall confirm in writing that each is compatible with the equipment across its operating range, and shall be the one party answerable for the performance and warranty of the assembled unit.
6.2.3 Where unit responsibility is selected, the manufacturer's written statement of unit responsibility shall be submitted with the action submittal for the equipment.
NOTE Unit responsibility is the water and wastewater industry's answer to the pump that is fine, the motor that is fine, and the drive that is fine, while the unit will not run: one party selected all three and that party owns the result. Dispensing with it is a position where the Owner standardizes its motors or its drives across the plant and buys them separately, and the Owner then carries the interface risk that the manufacturer would otherwise carry. (6.2.4)

6.3 Listing and Classified Locations

6.3.1 Electrical components furnished with process equipment shall be listed and labeled by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory for the component category and for the environment in which they are installed.
6.3.2 A control panel furnished with process equipment shall bear the UL 508A listing mark and the short-circuit current rating marking NFPA 70 Article 409 requires.
6.3.3 Equipment installed within a location classified under NFPA 820 or under NFPA 70 Articles 500 through 504 shall be listed for the class, division, and group of that location, and the listing shall be stated in the submittal.
6.3.4 Equipment modified in the field in a way that affects its listing shall be field-evaluated and labeled by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory before it is energized.

6.4 Materials in Contact with Drinking Water

6.4.1 Every component of process equipment that contacts water intended for drinking, from the raw water intake through the finished water storage, shall be certified to NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 and shall be certified to NSF/ANSI/CAN 372 for lead content.
6.4.2 Lubricants used where incidental contact with drinking water is possible shall be registered as NSF H1 food-grade lubricants.
6.4.3 Coatings, linings, and sealants applied to wetted surfaces of equipment in drinking water service shall be certified to NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 for the surface area to volume ratio and the water temperature of the service.

6.5 Pre-Installation Conference

6.5.1 Before the first item of process equipment is set in any area, the Contractor shall convene a pre-installation conference attended by the process equipment installer, the electrical and controls trades, the control system integrator, the general contractor, the manufacturer's representative for each major item of equipment in that area, and the Engineer of Record.
6.5.2 The conference agenda shall cover the equipment delivery and rigging path, the pad and anchorage verification, the setting and grouting sequence, the division of responsibility settled under the Motor, Drive, and Control Interface section of this standard, the field service schedule, the startup sequence, and the performance test plan.
6.5.3 Minutes of the conference shall be distributed to every attendee and to the Engineer of Record within five working days.

7 Site and Service Conditions

7.1 Equipment installed outdoors, and equipment installed in a space that is not heated or cooled, shall be rated for continuous operation across the range from Site Ambient Temperature MinimumSite Ambient Temperature MinimumParameterEach project supplies its own value.site-ambient-temperature-minimum to Site Ambient Temperature MaximumSite Ambient Temperature MaximumParameterEach project supplies its own value.site-ambient-temperature-maximum.
7.2 Equipment capacities and motor ratings shall be corrected for AltitudeAltitudeParameterEach project supplies its own value.altitude in accordance with the manufacturer's published correction factors, and the corrected capacity shall be the capacity reported in the submittal and compared against the scheduled value.
7.3 Equipment installed in a wastewater wet well, a headworks, a solids handling area, a chemical room, or another space with a corrosive atmosphere shall be furnished with the exterior materials and finishes the governing equipment standard requires for that atmosphere, and where that standard is silent, with a corrosion-resistant finish system the manufacturer certifies for the atmosphere.
7.4 Equipment subject to washdown shall be furnished with electrical devices, bearings, and seals rated for washdown service.
7.5 The indoor or outdoor location of each item of equipment, and the corrosive, washdown, submerged, or classified condition of the space it occupies, shall be as indicated on the process mechanical plans and the hazardous area classification drawings.
7.6 Equipment-mounted junction boxes, local control stations, and other electrical devices furnished with process equipment shall be in enclosures rated under NEMA 250 to the type indicated in the datasheet.
Enclosure Type for Equipment-Mounted Electrical Devicesselect
Type 1
Type 12
Type 3R
Type 4
Type 4X, stainless steel
Type 4X, non-metallic
Type 7
7.7 Equipment-mounted electrical devices installed outdoors shall be in enclosures rated Type 3R or higher.
7.8 Equipment-mounted electrical devices installed in a wet, washdown, or corrosive location shall be in enclosures rated Type 4X.
7.9 Equipment-mounted electrical devices installed in a classified location shall be in enclosures listed for that location.
NOTE A Type 1 box serves a dry, heated electrical room and nothing else in a process plant. Type 12 keeps dust and dripping oil out in an industrial building and does not resist a hose. Type 3R sheds rain outdoors and admits a hose stream and condensation. Type 4 resists the hose, and Type 4X resists the hose and the atmosphere, in stainless steel where it will be struck and in a non-metallic material where chlorides would pit the steel. Type 7 is the explosion-proof enclosure of a Class I, Division 1 location, and the device inside it has to be listed for that location along with the box. Process plants vary from dry industrial floors to chemical rooms, which is why no one type is the norm across them. (7.10)

8 Equipment Supports and Anchorage

8.1 Pads, Baseplates, and Grout

8.1.1 Floor-mounted process equipment shall be set on concrete housekeeping or equipment pads furnished under Concrete PadsConcrete Equipment PadsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/concrete-pads.
8.1.2 Equipment furnished with a baseplate shall be set on leveling devices, aligned, and grouted with non-shrink grout under Non Shrink GroutNon-Shrink GroutResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/non-shrink-grout, placed in accordance with the equipment manufacturer's instructions and ACI PRC-351.1, so that the baseplate bears on the grout over its full area without voids.
8.1.3 Anchor bolts shall not be tightened to their final torque until the grout has reached the strength the grout manufacturer publishes for load application.
8.1.4 The equipment manufacturer shall furnish the anchor bolt pattern, the anchor diameter and projection, and the operating, seismic, and thrust loads delivered to each anchor with the shop drawings.
8.1.5 Cast-in anchor rods shall be furnished and set under Structural Steel Anchor BoltsAnchor Rods and Embedded SteelResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/structural-steel-anchor-bolts, and post-installed anchors shall be qualified and installed under Post Installed AnchorsPost-Installed Concrete and Masonry AnchorsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/post-installed-anchors.
8.1.6 Anchors, anchor nuts, and washers for equipment in a submerged, splash, washdown, or wastewater wet well location shall be stainless steel.
8.1.7 Process equipment and the piping connected to it shall not be supported from one another, from other trades' work, or from grating, handrail, or stair construction.
NOTE A baseplate grouted with a void beneath the pump end is a baseplate that flexes with every start, and the alignment that was set at startup is gone within the month; the grout is what turns a fabricated steel frame into a foundation. (8.1.8)

8.2 Anchorage Design

8.2.1 The design of equipment anchorage to concrete for the operating and seismic loads shall be performed by the party indicated in the datasheet.
Equipment Anchorage Design Responsibilityradio
○ The Engineer of Record
○ Delegated to the equipment manufacturer's engineer
○ Delegated to the Contractor's engineer
8.2.2 Where anchorage design is delegated, the anchorage design submittal shall state the loads, the anchor type, diameter, embedment, spacing, and edge distance, and the pad or slab reinforcement the design relies on, and shall be reviewed and accepted by the Engineer of Record before anchors are set.
8.2.3 Where anchorage design is delegated, the anchorage shall be designed under ACI 318 Chapter 17 for the seismic design force ASCE/SEI 7 Chapter 13 assigns for Seismic Design CategorySeismic Design CategoryParameterEach project supplies its own value.seismic-design-category, under the provisions of Vibration Isolation And Seismic RestraintVibration Isolation and Seismic RestraintResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/vibration-isolation-and-seismic-restraint.
8.2.4 Where the Engineer of Record shows the anchorage on the structural drawings, the Contractor shall report to the Engineer of Record in writing any difference between the anchor pattern or loads of the approved equipment and the pattern or loads shown, before the pad is formed.
NOTE An Engineer of Record who designs the anchorage has the pad, its reinforcement, and the anchors in one set of calculations, and the design is only as good as the equipment loads assumed before the equipment was bought. Delegating to the manufacturer puts the design with the party that knows the real loads and the real bolt pattern, on equipment whose manufacturer employs or retains an engineer for it, which the large pump and blower suppliers do and the small ones do not. Delegating to the Contractor's engineer covers every item under one responsibility, including the equipment whose manufacturer offers no design, at the price of a second engineer whose work the Engineer of Record then reviews. (8.2.5)

8.3 Vibration Isolation and Seismic Restraint

8.3.1 Vibration isolation shall be provided under Vibration Isolation And Seismic RestraintVibration Isolation and Seismic RestraintResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/vibration-isolation-and-seismic-restraint where that standard or the standard governing the equipment requires it.
8.3.2 Seismic restraint of process equipment and of the piping connected to it shall be provided under Vibration Isolation And Seismic RestraintVibration Isolation and Seismic RestraintResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/vibration-isolation-and-seismic-restraint wherever ASCE/SEI 7 Chapter 13 requires it for Seismic Design CategorySeismic Design CategoryParameterEach project supplies its own value.seismic-design-category.
NOTE Process equipment in a plant is set rigidly on a pad in a structure built for it far more often than it is isolated, because the structure is concrete, the equipment is heavy, and there is no occupied floor below to protect. Isolation enters where equipment sits on an elevated steel floor or a building slab above occupied space, and the restraint standard carries the selection and the restraint of the isolated unit in full. (8.3.3)

9 Vibration and Noise

9.1 Rotor Balance

9.1.1 Rotating elements of process equipment shall be dynamically balanced at the factory to the balance quality grade indicated in the datasheet under ISO 21940-11, or to a finer grade where the governing equipment standard requires one.
Rotor Balance Quality Grade (ISO 21940-11)range
G
12.56.316
Default: Not more than 6.3 G
NOTE Grade G6.3 is the balance quality the pump, fan, and blower industries build to as standard, and it is the grade behind the vibration limits of ANSI/HI 9.6.4. G2.5 is the grade of high-speed turbo blowers and centrifuges, where the rotor runs fast enough that a G6.3 residual unbalance produces real vibration, and G1 is a precision grade bought for specific high-speed machines. G16 is the grade of slow, heavy rotors such as clarifier drives and screw conveyors, where the residual unbalance at G6.3 would cost more to remove than it would ever produce in vibration. (9.1.2)

9.2 Vibration Acceptance

9.2.1 Bearing housing vibration of each item of rotating process equipment shall be measured at acceptance, at each pump and motor bearing, after the equipment has reached stable operating temperature, and the readings shall be recorded with the speed, the flow or load, and the measurement points.
9.2.2 Variable-speed equipment shall be measured at minimum speed, at an intermediate speed, and at design speed.
9.2.3 Measured vibration of pumps shall not exceed the allowable values on the basis indicated in the datasheet.
Pump Vibration Acceptance Basisradio
● ANSI/HI 9.6.4 field test allowable values
○ ANSI/HI 9.6.4 factory test allowable values
○ The pump manufacturer's published field acceptance limits
NOTE ANSI/HI 9.6.4 publishes one set of allowable values for a pump on the factory stand and a higher set for a pump in the field, because the field foundation, the piping, and the alignment are not the test stand's. Applying the factory values in the field is a tightening the installation has to be designed to meet, and it is specified where the pump is large, the plant is attended, and the foundation is a designed one. The manufacturer's own limits are the position for a pump type the standard does not cover, such as a positive displacement pump, and they are whatever the manufacturer chose to publish. (9.2.4)
9.2.5 Measured vibration of rotating process equipment other than pumps shall not exceed the allowable values on the basis indicated in the datasheet.
Vibration Acceptance Basis for Rotating Equipment Other Than Pumpsradio
○ ISO 20816-3 zone A/B boundary for the machine group and support class
○ ISO 20816-3 zone B/C boundary for the machine group and support class
○ The equipment manufacturer's published field acceptance limits
NOTE ISO 20816-3 places a newly commissioned machine in zone A and accepts a machine in zone B for unrestricted long-term operation, so the A/B boundary is the acceptance test that asks for a new machine to look new, and it is the stricter of the two. The B/C boundary accepts what the standard accepts for continuous service, and it admits a machine that is already running at the level a new one is not expected to reach. The manufacturer's limits apply where the machine is below the 15 kW floor of the standard, is reciprocating, or is otherwise outside the machine groups the standard classifies, and they are the manufacturer's to set. (9.2.6)
9.2.7 Where measured vibration exceeds the allowable value, the Contractor shall determine the cause and correct it, and the cost of the corrective work and of the retest shall be borne by the Contractor unless the cause is shown to originate outside the Contractor's scope.
9.2.8 The acceptance readings shall be submitted as the baseline vibration record for the equipment.
NOTE The acceptance readings become the baseline that every later reading is judged against, and a reading with no speed, no flow, and no measurement point recorded beside it cannot be repeated and is not a baseline. (9.2.9)

9.3 Airborne Noise

9.3.1 The sound pressure level produced by each item of process equipment, measured at the distance indicated in the datasheet from the nearest surface of the equipment with the equipment operating at any point in its operating range, shall not exceed the level indicated in the datasheet.
Equipment Sound Pressure Levelrange
dBA
707580859095100
Default: Not more than 85 dBA
Sound Measurement Distance from the Equipment Surfacerange
ft
3510
9.3.2 Sound pressure levels shall be measured in accordance with ANSI/ASA S1.13 with the equipment running and the other equipment in the space stopped, and the background level shall be recorded with the equipment stopped.
9.3.3 The manufacturer shall furnish certified sound data for the equipment at the rated condition, determined under ISO 3744 or under the sound test method the product standard governing the equipment prescribes, with the action submittal.
9.3.4 Equipment that cannot meet the limit indicated in the datasheet as furnished shall be furnished with the manufacturer's sound attenuation enclosure, inlet and discharge silencers, or acoustic lagging, and the attenuation shall be stated in the submittal.
NOTE An 85 dBA limit at 3 ft is the one most process equipment specifications carry, because 85 dBA is the eight-hour action level of 29 CFR 1910.95 and a plant whose equipment meets it leaves the operator below that level nearly everywhere. A lower limit is bought where an operator is stationed beside the equipment or where the room borders an office or a control room, and it is a limit that a blower or an engine cannot meet without an enclosure. A higher limit is a position for an unattended outdoor station or a room the operator enters only with hearing protection, and 29 CFR 1910.95 still governs the exposure. A measurement at 3 ft reads the equipment; a measurement at 5 or 10 ft reads the room as much as the equipment and is the distance at which a large machine is measured in practice. (9.3.5)

10 Motor, Drive, and Control Interface

10.1 Motors and Drives

10.1.1 Motors furnished with process equipment shall comply with Electric MotorsCommon Motor Requirements for Electrical EquipmentResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/electric-motors, and the governing equipment standard shall state the enclosure, the service factor, the duty, and the inverter-duty requirement for its product.
10.1.2 Variable frequency drives serving process equipment shall comply with Low Voltage Variable Frequency DrivesLow-Voltage Variable Frequency DrivesResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/low-voltage-variable-frequency-drives where individually mounted and with Motor Control CentersMotor Control CentersResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/motor-control-centers where furnished as units in a motor control center.
10.1.3 Starters serving process equipment shall comply with Combination Motor StartersCombination and Manual Motor StartersResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/combination-motor-starters where individually enclosed and with Motor Control CentersMotor Control CentersResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/motor-control-centers where furnished as units in a motor control center.
10.1.4 Each motor-driven item of process equipment shall be non-overloading across its full operating range, from the minimum to the maximum condition the governing equipment standard defines, without relying on the motor service factor.

10.2 Division of Responsibility for Starters and Drives

10.2.1 Starters and variable frequency drives for process equipment shall be furnished by the party indicated in the datasheet.
Starters and Drives for Process Equipment Furnished Byselect
Electrical trade, in the motor control centers and as individually mounted units
Equipment manufacturer, shipped loose for installation by the electrical trade
Equipment manufacturer, mounted on the equipment or in its control panel
10.2.2 Starters and drives shipped loose shall be installed and wired by the electrical trade, and the equipment manufacturer shall furnish the wiring diagrams and the drive parameter settings for the equipment served.
10.2.3 Starters and drives mounted on the equipment or in its control panel shall be covered by the panel listing and shall be set and commissioned by the equipment manufacturer's representative.
NOTE Starters and drives furnished in the plant motor control centers come from one supplier, match the rest of the gear, and are serviced by the plant electrician from one parts stock; the equipment manufacturer then has to accept a drive it did not select. Drives shipped with the equipment are selected by the party that knows the load, and they arrive on the equipment's schedule to be handed across a trade boundary, which is where the parameter settings are lost. Drives mounted on the equipment or in its control panel arrive wired and tested with the equipment, carry its listing, and are the arrangement of packaged systems, at the cost of a drive the plant electrician meets for the first time at startup. The unit responsibility selected under this standard and the Owner's standardization of drives decide this more than engineering does. (10.2.4)
10.2.5 The division of responsibility settled under this article shall be recorded in the pre-installation conference minutes and in the responsibility matrix submitted under Control Systems IntegrationControl Systems Integration and TestingResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/control-systems-integration.

10.3 Equipment Controls and Instruments

10.3.1 Control panels furnished with process equipment shall comply with Industrial Control PanelsIndustrial Control PanelsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/industrial-control-panels.
10.3.2 Instruments furnished with process equipment shall comply with Process InstrumentationProcess InstrumentationResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/process-instrumentation, Flow MeasurementFlow MeasurementResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/flow-measurement, or Analytical InstrumentationAnalytical InstrumentationResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/analytical-instrumentation for the variable measured, and shall carry tags under the tag naming basis selected under Control Systems IntegrationControl Systems Integration and TestingResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/control-systems-integration.
10.3.3 The points each item of equipment exposes to the plant control system, the interface method, and the integration of equipment-mounted controllers shall be as required under Control Systems IntegrationControl Systems Integration and TestingResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/control-systems-integration.
10.3.4 Each motor-driven item of process equipment shall be furnished with a local control station in reach of the equipment, with a lockable stop or an equivalent means of placing the equipment under local control during maintenance, unless the governing equipment standard or the Contract Documents provide the local control elsewhere.
10.3.5 The disconnecting means within sight of each motor shall be furnished under Common Work Results ElectricalCommon Work Results for ElectricalResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/common-work-results-electrical and NFPA 70 Article 430.

10.4 Electrical Reconciliation

10.4.1 The voltage, phase, and frequency of each item of process equipment shall match the circuit serving it as shown on the electrical one-line diagram and the motor and equipment schedules.
10.4.2 Before releasing any item of equipment for manufacture, the Contractor shall reconcile its full-load current, minimum circuit ampacity, maximum overcurrent protection, control voltage, and the number and type of control conductors against the circuit, conductors, starter or drive, and raceway shown for it.
10.4.3 A discrepancy found in that reconciliation shall be reported to the Engineer of Record in writing before the equipment is released.
NOTE Equipment is bought from a schedule and circuits are sized from the same schedule, and the two diverge the moment a substitute unit arrives with a larger motor or a different control transformer. The reconciliation catches the divergence while a breaker is still a line item instead of a change order. (10.4.4)

11 Guards and Safety Provisions

11.1 Every exposed rotating shaft, coupling, belt drive, chain drive, and other moving element of process equipment shall be furnished with a guard conforming to 29 CFR 1910.212 and ASME B15.1.
11.2 Guards shall be removable for maintenance without disturbing the equipment alignment, and shall be fabricated of a material the governing equipment standard requires for the atmosphere, and where that standard is silent, of aluminum, stainless steel, or hot-dip galvanized steel.
11.3 Surfaces of process equipment that exceed 140°F in normal operation and are within reach of an operator shall be guarded or insulated.
11.4 Equipment that must be entered for maintenance shall be furnished with the lockout provisions, the access openings, and the internal fall protection anchorage the governing equipment standard requires, and the manufacturer's manual shall state the confined space entry conditions the equipment presents.

12 Lubrication

12.1 The Contractor shall furnish the first fill of every lubricant, hydraulic fluid, and seal fluid each item of process equipment requires, of the type and in the quantity the manufacturer's lubrication schedule states.
12.2 Lubricants placed in the equipment for shipment shall be checked at startup against the lubrication schedule and replaced where the manufacturer's storage limit has been exceeded.
12.3 Lubricants shall be changed after the run-in period the manufacturer specifies and before substantial completion, and the replacement fill shall be furnished by the Contractor.
12.4 The lubricant basis shall be as indicated in the datasheet.
Lubricant Basisradio
● The manufacturer's recommended lubricant for each lubrication point
○ Lubricants consolidated to the Owner's plant lubricant list where the manufacturer accepts the equivalent in writing
NOTE Following the manufacturer's lubricant keeps the warranty whole and leaves the plant stocking as many lubricants as it has manufacturers. Consolidating to the Owner's list leaves the maintenance staff with a few products they know, and it works only where the manufacturer accepts the equivalent in writing before the first fill, because an unapproved substitute is the first thing a warranty claim is denied on. (12.5)
12.6 Each lubrication point shall be identified on the equipment with a tag or a marking that corresponds to the lubrication schedule in the operation and maintenance manual.
12.7 Grease fittings shall be extended to a reachable location where the fitting as furnished is inside a guard or beyond reach from the operating floor.

13 Factory Testing

13.1 Tests and Reports

13.1.1 Each item of process equipment shall receive the factory tests the governing equipment standard requires, and where that standard requires none, the manufacturer's standard production tests.
13.1.2 Certified factory test reports shall be submitted and accepted before the equipment is shipped.
13.1.3 Equipment that fails a factory test shall be corrected and retested at the manufacturer's cost before shipment.

13.2 Witnessed Tests

13.2.1 Factory tests shall be witnessed on the basis indicated in the datasheet.
Witnessed Factory Testsradio
● Witnessed where the governing equipment standard or the Contract Documents designate a witnessed test
○ Witnessed for every item of equipment that receives a factory performance test
○ Certified test reports without witnessing
NOTE A witnessed test on the equipment the governing standard designates, which is the large pump, the blower, and the clarifier drive, puts the Engineer of Record on the test stand where a performance shortfall is corrected before the equipment is cast into the plant. Witnessing every performance test adds a trip for each small pump and mixer whose certified report would have said the same thing. Certified reports alone are the position for a plant of small standard equipment, and for the Owner that will not fund the travel; the report then arrives after the test, from the party that ran it. (13.2.2)
13.2.3 Where a factory test is to be witnessed, the manufacturer shall give the Engineer of Record and the Owner written notice of the test date not less than the number of days indicated in the datasheet before the test, with the test procedure submitted and accepted before the notice is given.
Advance Notice of Witnessed Factory Testsrange
days
710142130
Default: Not less than 14 days
13.2.4 The number of persons to attend each witnessed factory test on the Owner's and the Engineer of Record's behalf shall be as indicated in the datasheet.
Witnessing Persons per Factory Testrange
persons
1234
13.2.5 The travel and attendance costs of the witnessing persons shall be borne by the party indicated in the datasheet.
Witness Travel and Attendance Costs Borne Byradio
○ The Owner, outside the Contract Sum
○ The Contractor, included in the Contract Sum, for the persons and tests indicated
NOTE Two weeks notice is the interval the manufacturers themselves ask for and the one that fits a review of the test procedure before the trip is booked. Putting the travel in the Contract Sum makes the witnessing cost a bid item and leaves the Contractor pricing a trip whose destination is not yet known; the Owner paying directly leaves the cost where the decision to witness is made, and it is the arrangement where the Owner's own staff attend. (13.2.6)
13.2.7 Where a witnessed test fails and must be repeated, the cost of the repeated test and of the witnessing persons' return trip shall be borne by the Contractor.
13.2.8 Where the witnessing persons do not attend on the notified date, the manufacturer may proceed with the test, and the certified test report shall be accepted in place of the witnessed test.
13.2.9 Where a witnessed factory test is designated, the equipment shall not be shipped until the witnessing persons have accepted the test results in writing or have waived attendance.

14 Manufacturer's Field Services

14.1 Field Service Visits

14.1.1 The manufacturer of each item of process equipment shall furnish the field services indicated in the datasheet, performed at the site by the manufacturer's representative.
Manufacturer's Field Service Visitscheckbox
☑ Installation inspection before startup
☑ Startup and initial operation
☑ Field performance test attendance
☑ Operator and maintenance training
☐ Follow-up visit within the first year of operation
14.1.2 The installation inspection shall verify the setting, grouting, alignment, anchorage, piping and electrical connections, lubrication, and guards of the equipment against the manufacturer's installation instructions before the equipment is first operated.
14.1.3 The startup visit shall include the first operation of the equipment, the setting of equipment-mounted controls and drives, the verification of each protective device, and the operation of the equipment through its range in the presence of the installing contractor.
14.1.4 The field performance test attendance shall include the manufacturer's representative's presence at the field performance test of the equipment and the representative's signature on the test report.
14.1.5 The follow-up visit, where indicated, shall be made between six and twelve months after substantial completion, and shall include an inspection of the equipment, a review of the operating log, and a report of the condition found.
14.1.6 Each visit shall be reported in writing to the Engineer of Record within ten working days, stating the date, the persons present, the work performed, the readings taken, each deficiency found, and its correction or the action required.
NOTE The four visits defaulted are the ones every process equipment specification carries, and the follow-up visit is the one bought on equipment whose wear or fouling shows up only after months of service, such as a screen, a centrifuge, or a membrane system. (14.1.7)

14.2 Service Duration

14.2.1 The duration of the manufacturer's field services shall be on the basis indicated in the datasheet.
Field Service Duration Basisradio
○ Minimum person-days per item of equipment indicated in this datasheet, with any larger number the governing equipment standard states
○ Minimum person-days stated in each governing equipment standard
○ The number of days required to complete each service to the Engineer of Record's acceptance, with no stated minimum
14.2.2 Where the datasheet basis is selected, the manufacturer shall furnish not less than the number of person-days indicated in the datasheet at the site for each item of equipment, across all visits combined, exclusive of travel.
Field Service Person-Days per Item of Equipment, All Visits Combinedrange
person-days
1234568101520
14.2.3 Travel time shall not be counted as service time.
14.2.4 Where the services indicated are not complete within the person-days stated, the manufacturer shall furnish the additional days required to complete them at no change in the Contract Sum.
NOTE A stated minimum in person-days is what makes the field service a priced, enforceable quantity instead of a promise; the number the governing standard states is the better number where it exists, because it was set for that product, and the number in this datasheet carries the equipment whose standard states none. Leaving the duration open to what the service requires reads well and bids badly, because every manufacturer prices one day and argues the rest. (14.2.5)

14.3 Field Service Representative

14.3.1 Field services shall be performed by the representative indicated in the datasheet.
Manufacturer's Field Service Representativeradio
○ A factory-employed service engineer of the equipment manufacturer
○ A factory-trained representative authorized in writing by the equipment manufacturer
14.3.2 The representative shall have performed the services required on equipment of the type furnished, and shall not be a sales representative.
NOTE A factory-employed engineer carries the manufacturer's authority to adjust, to approve a field change, and to commit the warranty, and comes from wherever the factory is. A factory-trained local representative arrives sooner and knows the region's operators, and what that representative can decide on the manufacturer's behalf is exactly what the written authorization says. (14.3.3)

14.4 Certificate of Proper Installation

14.4.1 Before any item of process equipment is first operated, the manufacturer's representative shall certify in writing that the equipment has been installed in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, is free of defects, is correctly aligned, lubricated, and connected, and is ready for startup.
14.4.2 The certificate shall identify the equipment number and serial number, the representative, the date of the inspection, and each condition the representative required to be corrected before signing.
14.4.3 Equipment shall not be started until its certificate of proper installation has been delivered to the Engineer of Record.
NOTE The certificate is the point at which the manufacturer takes responsibility for the installation it inspected, and it is what a warranty claim is measured against: a manufacturer that certified the installation cannot later deny the claim on the ground that the equipment was installed wrong. (14.4.4)

15 Startup

15.1 Installing Contractor Checkout

15.1.1 Before any motor-driven item of process equipment is first operated, the Contractor shall verify the anchorage, grout, alignment, lubrication, belt or chain tension, guards, bearing and coupling condition, freedom of the rotating element, piping connection alignment without strain on the equipment, the safety and limit devices, and the electrical connections.
15.1.2 Rotation of every motor-driven item of equipment shall be verified against the manufacturer's rotation marking by a momentary start, uncoupled where the equipment can be damaged by reverse rotation, before the equipment is run under load.
15.1.3 Loop checks of the instruments and control circuits serving the equipment shall be complete under Control Systems IntegrationControl Systems Integration and TestingResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/control-systems-integration before the equipment is operated in automatic mode.
15.1.4 Each item of equipment shall be operated first under local manual control, then under automatic control, and shall run with noise, vibration, temperature, flow, and pressure within the manufacturer's published limits before it is released to performance testing.
15.1.5 Equipment in wastewater or sludge service shall be started on clean water where the process and the equipment permit it, and the process fluid shall be admitted only after the equipment has operated correctly on clean water.
15.1.6 The Contractor shall record each checkout and startup on a report identifying the equipment number, the date, the persons present, each item verified, the readings taken, and any deficiency found and its correction.
15.1.7 Startup reports shall be submitted before the equipment is released to performance testing.
NOTE A pump started on sewage with a check valve installed backwards, a screen started with a rag already across it, or a blower started with a blanked discharge is a first start that ends with a damaged machine, and the clean-water start is what lets the mechanical problems be found with nothing in the fluid that hides them. (15.1.8)

15.2 Initial Operation

15.2.1 The Contractor shall operate each item of equipment under the manufacturer's representative's direction through the startup checks the manufacturer's instructions prescribe and through each operating mode the control narrative under Control Systems IntegrationControl Systems Integration and TestingResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/control-systems-integration defines for it.
15.2.2 Protective devices, including overload, over-temperature, seal failure, vibration, and high and low level or pressure protection, shall each be tested by simulation during initial operation, and the trip of each shall be recorded.
15.2.3 Drive and equipment-mounted controller parameters set during initial operation shall be recorded and submitted with the startup report.

15.3 Early Use to Maintain Plant Operations

15.3.1 Operation of permanent process equipment before substantial completion to maintain the treatment process or the plant operations shall be as indicated in the datasheet.
Early Use of Permanent Equipment to Maintain Plant Operationsradio
○ Not permitted before substantial completion of the system the equipment serves
○ Permitted where the maintenance of plant operations requirements of the Contract Documents call for it
15.3.2 Where early use is permitted, the Contractor shall obtain the Engineer of Record's written acceptance of the equipment to be used and the duration before operating it, and the equipment shall have completed its installation inspection, certificate of proper installation, and startup under this standard first.
15.3.3 Where early use is permitted, the Contractor shall operate and maintain the equipment in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions throughout the period of early use, shall keep a log of run hours and maintenance performed, and shall submit the log with the closeout submittals.
15.3.4 Equipment placed in early use shall be restored before substantial completion by replacing lubricants and consumable wear parts and by cleaning, so that it is handed over in the condition of equipment that has completed its run-in and no more.
15.3.5 The warranty on equipment placed in early use is governed by the Warranty section of this standard.
NOTE A treatment plant under expansion cannot stop treating, so a new pump or screen is often the only way to keep the plant in compliance while the old one is replaced, and the maintenance of plant operations plan is where that need is stated. Prohibiting early use protects the new equipment and its warranty and puts the burden on temporary equipment the Contractor rents; permitting it consumes warranty life and hands the Owner a used machine, under a log that says how used. (15.3.6)

16 Field Performance and Acceptance Testing

16.1 Test Sequence

16.1.1 Each item of process equipment shall be released to field performance testing only after its installation inspection, certificate of proper installation, installing contractor checkout, and startup under this standard are complete and documented.
16.1.2 The field performance test of each item of equipment shall be complete and accepted before the equipment is included in the site acceptance test, the performance verification test, or the endurance test of the control system under Control Systems IntegrationControl Systems Integration and TestingResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/control-systems-integration.
16.1.3 Where a Commissioning Authority is engaged under CommissioningTotal Building CommissioningResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/commissioning, the functional performance testing of the equipment shall follow the field performance test under this standard and shall not replace it.
NOTE A performance test demonstrates that the equipment does what it was bought to do; the control system tests demonstrate that the plant operates the equipment as the narrative intends. Running the second before the first produces a control system test that fails on a pump that never made its head. (16.1.4)

16.2 Performance Test Basis

16.2.1 The field performance of each item of equipment shall be tested against the basis indicated in the datasheet, using the test method and the tolerance the governing equipment standard states, and where it states none, the test method and tolerance of the product standard the governing standard references.
Field Performance Test Basisradio
● The guaranteed performance values stated in the governing equipment standard's datasheet
○ The certified factory test results, demonstrated in the field within the field test tolerance
○ The manufacturer's published performance data for the equipment furnished
NOTE Testing against the guaranteed values asks the equipment to do what the Contract bought, in the plant, with the plant's suction conditions, piping, and power, which is the test that matters to the Owner. Testing against the factory results asks the equipment to repeat its own test and is the position where the plant cannot produce the design condition at the time of the test, as with a pump whose design flow the plant will not see for years. Testing against published data is the position for small standard equipment that received no factory performance test and carries no guaranteed value. (16.2.2)
16.2.3 Instruments used for field performance tests shall be calibrated within the twelve months preceding the test, and the calibration certificates shall be submitted with the test report.
16.2.4 Where the plant cannot produce the design condition at the time of the test, the Contractor shall propose to the Engineer of Record in writing the condition at which the test will be run and the method by which the result will be corrected to the design condition, before the test.

16.3 Operational Demonstration

16.3.1 After the field performance test is accepted, each item of equipment shall be operated continuously in its intended service, under automatic control, for not less than the period indicated in the datasheet without a failure, a shutdown on a protective device, or an adjustment beyond those the manufacturer's instructions describe as routine.
Operational Demonstration Periodrange
days
13571430
16.3.2 Where the equipment fails during the demonstration period, the period shall restart after the cause is corrected.
NOTE A period of zero is the position where the equipment is small, is duplicated, and has already shown itself in the performance test. A few days catches the bearing that runs hot on the second day and the seal that weeps after the first thermal cycle. A seven-day period is the one most process equipment specifications carry for a major item, and a thirty-day period is a plant-level demonstration, usually run on the whole treatment train rather than on one item, and it holds the Contractor on site for the month. (16.3.3)

16.4 Field Test Rules

16.4.1 The Contractor shall give the Engineer of Record and the Owner written notice of each field performance test not less than the number of days indicated in the datasheet before the test.
Advance Notice of Field Performance Testsrange
days
123571014
16.4.2 Field performance tests shall be performed in the presence of the Engineer of Record and the manufacturer's representative, and the test report shall be signed by each party present.
16.4.3 A test that fails shall be repeated after correction, and the cost of the repeated test, including the cost of the manufacturer's representative's attendance and the witnessing parties' attendance, shall be borne by the Contractor.
16.4.4 A field performance test shall not be considered complete until the signed test report has been accepted by the Engineer of Record.
NOTE Two or three days is enough notice for an Engineer of Record resident at the site; a week or more is what it takes to bring an Engineer of Record and a manufacturer's representative from out of town together on one day, and the longer notice is paid for in schedule each time a test slips. (16.4.5)

17 Training

17.1 The Contractor shall provide training of the Owner's operating and maintenance staff on each item of process equipment, delivered by the manufacturer's representative under the Manufacturer's Field Services section of this standard, within the training framework of Operation And Maintenance DataOperation and Maintenance DataResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/operation-and-maintenance-data and Closeout ProceduresCloseout ProceduresResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/closeout-procedures.
17.2 Training on an item of equipment shall be delivered after that item has been started and before its operational demonstration period ends, and shall use the equipment as installed and the approved operation and maintenance manual as the reference.
17.3 Where the Owner's operating staff and maintenance staff are separate groups, the training shall be delivered as separate operations and maintenance sessions, each covering the content that group performs.
17.4 Training sessions shall cover startup, normal operation in each control mode, shutdown, emergency operation, the alarms and protective devices, the routine maintenance in the lubrication schedule and the manual, and the troubleshooting the manufacturer's manual describes.
17.5 Training time shall count toward the field service person-days indicated under this standard only where the field service plan states it.
NOTE Training on a machine that has been running for a week teaches the operators the machine they have, with its sounds and its alarms, and it is scheduled inside the demonstration period so the manufacturer's representative is on site for both; training delivered before startup teaches a catalog. (17.6)

18 Delivery, Storage, and Handling

18.1 Equipment shall be delivered with the manufacturer's data nameplate attached, with factory openings capped or sealed, with machined surfaces coated against corrosion, and with shaft locks or shipping bracing in place where the manufacturer provides them.
18.2 Equipment shall be stored off the ground, under cover, and protected from weather, construction traffic, and physical damage, and equipment containing motors, controls, or electronics shall be stored in a dry space protected from condensation, with space heaters energized where furnished.
18.3 Equipment stored longer than the period the manufacturer designates as long-term storage, or longer than 90 days where the manufacturer designates none, shall be prepared, stored, and maintained under the manufacturer's long-term storage procedure, including periodic shaft rotation, and the storage log shall be submitted with the startup report.
18.4 Equipment shall be rigged and moved by the lifting points and methods the manufacturer designates, and shall not be lifted by its shaft, its piping connections, or its motor.
18.5 Equipment damaged in delivery, storage, or handling shall be replaced, or repaired to the manufacturer's written requirements with the manufacturer's written agreement that the warranty is unaffected, at the Contractor's cost.
18.6 A repair in place of replacement shall be made only with the Engineer of Record's written approval.
NOTE Process equipment is often delivered a year before the room it goes in is enclosed, and a pump that sat on a pallet for that year without its shaft turned arrives at startup with its bearings brinelled and its seal faces stuck; the long-term storage procedure is the manufacturer's statement of what the warranty requires during that year. (18.7)

19 Warranty

19.1 The Contractor shall warrant the process equipment work against defects in materials and workmanship for the period indicated in the datasheet, measured from the date of substantial completion.
Equipment Warranty Periodrange
years
1235
Default: Not less than 1 years
19.2 During the warranty period the Contractor shall repair or replace defective equipment at no cost to the Owner, including removal, reinstallation, and the manufacturer's representative's attendance where the repair requires it.
19.3 The Contractor shall repair other work damaged by a warranted defect or by its correction at no cost to the Owner.
19.4 Equipment repaired or replaced under warranty shall be warranted for a fresh full term from the date of the repair or for the remainder of the original term, whichever is longer.
19.5 Manufacturer warranties on equipment and components shall be assigned to the Owner and shall run from the date of substantial completion, including on equipment placed in early use or started before that date.
19.6 Where a manufacturer's warranty runs from startup or shipment rather than from substantial completion, the Contractor shall secure the manufacturer's written agreement to a start date at substantial completion before the equipment is started, or shall warrant the equipment on the manufacturer's terms for the interval between the two dates.
19.7 Where the governing equipment standard states a longer warranty term for its product, the governing standard shall apply.
19.8 The warranty administration, the claim procedure, and any maintenance bond shall follow Warranties And BondsWarranties and BondsResolves to the current adopted revision.sync/warranties-and-bonds.
NOTE A one-year warranty from substantial completion is the term the industry's standard general conditions carry and the one most projects adopt without discussion. Longer terms are bought by utilities that will run the equipment for decades, at a premium that rises with the term, because the Contractor is pricing failures it does not control; the governing equipment standards carry the longer terms the market offers on particular products, such as a membrane or a diffuser, rather than this umbrella. (19.9)

20 Spare Parts and Special Tools

20.1 The Contractor shall furnish spare parts on the basis indicated in the datasheet, delivered to the Owner before substantial completion.
Spare Parts Basisradio
○ The spare parts listed in each governing equipment standard only
○ The governing-standard spare parts and the manufacturer's recommended spare parts for the first two years of operation, furnished
○ The governing-standard spare parts and the manufacturer's recommended spare parts, furnished as a priced list for the Owner's selection
NOTE The governing standard's list is the set of parts an engineer knew to ask for, and it is complete for a standard product. Adding the manufacturer's two-year recommendation brings in the parts the manufacturer knows fail, at a price that is not competed and is sometimes padded. A priced list lets the Owner buy what its maintenance staff wants, after award, from a price the Contract fixed, and it leaves the choice with the party that will stock the shelf. (20.2)
20.3 Spare parts shall be the products of the manufacturers of the installed equipment, packaged for long-term storage, labeled with the equipment number they serve and the manufacturer's part number, and listed on a receipt signed by the Owner's representative.
20.4 The Contractor shall furnish one set of every special tool, gauge, and fixture the manufacturer's manual identifies as required for the operation or maintenance of the equipment and that is not a standard commercial tool, labeled with the equipment number it serves.
20.5 The manufacturer shall commit in writing that replacement parts for the equipment furnished will remain available for not less than the period indicated in the datasheet from the date of substantial completion.
Replacement Parts Availability Commitmentrange
years
5101520
Default: Not less than 10 years
NOTE Ten years is the parts commitment most manufacturers of process equipment give without negotiation and the one the utilities ask for as a matter of course; a longer commitment is bought on equipment whose replacement would require rebuilding the structure around it, and it binds a manufacturer only as long as the manufacturer exists. (20.6)

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