04-SECTION 15070 - Mechanical Sound, Vibration and Seismic Control
04-SECTION 15070 - Mechanical Sound, Vibration and Seismic Control
04-SECTION 15070 - Mechanical Sound, Vibration and Seismic Control
SECTION 15070
MECHANICAL SOUND, VIBRATION AND SEISMIC CONTROL
PART - 1 GENERAL
1.1 DESCRIPTION
A. General:
1. Furnish all labour, materials, tools, equipment, and services for all
mechanical sound, vibration & seismic control as indicated, in accord with
provisions of Contract Documents.
2. Completely coordinate with work of all other trades.
3. Although such work is not specifically indicated, furnish and install all
supplementary or miscellaneous items, appurtenances and devices
incidental to or necessary for a sound secure and complete installation.
4. Recommendation from Acoustic consultant’s Report and details must be
followed.
5. See Section 15050 – “GENERAL MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS AND
SCOPE OF WORKS” for system requirements and contractor scope of
Works.
B. Description of systems:
1. Neoprene Pads.
2. Vibration Isolation Springs.
3. All-Directional Anchors.
4. Neoprene Mountings.
5. Spring Isolators, Vertically-Restrained.
6. Thrust Restraints.
7. Fabricated Equipment Bases.
8. Inertia Base Frames.
9. Isolation Hangers.
10. Flexible Pipe Connectors.
C. Related sections:
1. Section 15640 – packaged Type Cooling Towers
2. Section 15720 – Air Handling Units
3. Section 15130 – HVAC Pumps
4. Section 15830 – Fans
5. Section 15060 – Hangers and Supports
6. Section 15105 – Pipe and Tubes
7. Section 15810 – Ductwork and Duct Accessories
8. Section 13930 – Standpipe and Hoses
9. Section 13940 – Fire Pumps and Risers
10. Section 15140 – Domestic Water Piping System
B. Noise Criteria:
1. Noise levels in all 8 octave bands due to equipment and duct systems
shall not exceed NC 35 within the occupied room, except as mentioned
in the design guidelines.
2. For equipment which has no sound power ratings scheduled on the
plans, the contractor shall select equipment such that the fore-going
noise criteria, local ordinance noise levels, and OSHA requirements are
not exceeded. Selection procedure shall be in accordance with ASHRAE
1999 HVAC Applications Handbook, Chapter 43, SOUND AND
VIBRATION CONTROL. Cooling Tower shall not exceed 75 dB at 3
metre.
3. An allowance, not to exceed 5db, may be added to the measured value
to compensate for the variation of the room attenuating effect between
room test condition prior to occupancy and design condition after
occupancy which may include the addition of sound absorbing material,
such as, furniture. This allowance may not be taken after occupancy.
The room attenuating effect is defined as the difference between sound
power level emitted to room and sound pressure level in room.
4. In absence of specified measurement requirements, measure equipment
noise levels one meter from equipment and at an elevation of maximum
noise generation.
mounting feet.
1.3 SUBMITTALS
PART - 2 PRODUCTS
2.1 GENERAL
Air Handling 94 90 89 89 89 84 82 79
Unit
Make-Up Air 91 91 80 84 82 76 71 65
Fan
Air 100 96 90 89 86 80 75 72
Conditioning
Unit
Pump 85 80 82 82 80 77 74 72
Fan 55 50 48 47 48 46 42 37
a. Two layers of 3/4" (19mm) thick neoprene pad consisting of 2" (50mm)
square waffle modules separated horizontally by a 16 (1.5mm) gauge
galvanized shim. Minimum static deflection should be 8 mm.
b. Neoprene element should be color coded.
c. Friction pads both top and bottom to eliminate need for bolting.
d. Where bolting is required, provide bolt holes in base plate and tapped
holes in top plate.
B. Vibration hangers:
1. Construction: 100 mm thick, 21000 KPa concrete pad poured over a 100 mm
thick pre-compressed glass fiber isolation pad.
2. Glass fiber pads:
B. Isolation Pads
1. Isolation pads: Type IP2, field assembled equipment isolation bases. Isolation
bases: Field assembled concrete pads provided by general contractor. See
Division 3 and structural drawings.
2. Provide isolation bases with an isolation joint to isolate pad from floor slab. See
Division 3.
3. Make isolation bases larger each way than equipment mounting base or skid,
and size in accordance with approved equipment shop drawings.
4. Make isolation bases minimum 350 mm thick with top of pad 100 mm above
finished floor slab.
5. Reinforce isolation bases as indicated in specifications and drawings.
6. Type IP2 isolation pads provided by General Contractor and Coordinated by
Mechanical work.
A. Flexible spherical expansions joints shall employ peroxide cured EPDM in the
covers, liners and Kevlar tire cord. Any substitutions must have equal or
superior physical and chemical characteristics.
B. Solid steel rings shall be used within the raised face rubber flanged ends to
prevent pullout. Flexible cable bead wire is not acceptable.
C. Sizes 2" (50mm) and larger shall have two spheres reinforced with a ductile
iron external ring between spheres.
D. Flanges shall be split ductile iron or steel with hooked or similar interlocks.
Sizes 16"(400mm) to 24" (600mm) may be single sphere. Sizes : (19mm) to
(38mm) may have threaded two piece bolted flange assemblies, one sphere
and cable retention.
F. All expansion joints must be factory tested to 150% of rated pressure for 12
minutes before shipment. Safety factors to burst and flange pullout shall be a
minimum of 3/1. Concentric reducers to the above ratings may be substituted
for equal ended expansion joints.
G. Expansion joints shall be installed in piping gaps equal to the length of the
expansion joints under pressure. Control rods need only be used in
unanchored piping locations where the manufacturer determines the
installation exceeds the pressure requirement without control rods. If control
rods are used, they must have 2@ (12mm) thick Neoprene washer bushings
large enough in diameter to take the thrust at 1000 psi (.7 kg/mm2) maximum
on the washer area.
Flanged
3" x 12" (75 x 300mm) 6" x 18" (150 x 450mm) 12" x 24" (300 x 600mm)
4" x 12" (100 x 300mm) 8" x 18" (200 x 450mm) 14" x 30" (350 x 750mm)
5" x 18" (125 x 450mm) 10" x 18" (250 x 450mm) 16" x 32" (400 x 800mm)
Male Nipples
1/2" x 12" (12 x 300mm) 1-1/4" x 12" (32 x 300mm) 2" x 12" (50 x 300mm)
3/4" x 12" (19 x 300mm) 1-1/2"x 12" (38 x 300mm) 2-1/2" x 18" (64 x 450mm)
1. Mason Industries
2. M.W. Sausse & Co., Inc.
3. Thybar Corporation
4. Flexonics
5. K-Flex
1. These joints must be provided in accordance with pipe and expansion connector
manufacturer’s recommendation.
2. Confirmation of thermal expansion and contraction joint/loop, from the
supplier/manufacturer of pipes and fittings, must be submitted to Engineer for
approval prior site installation. Thermal expansion/contraction calculation must
be submitted together with the supplier/manufacturer’s confirmation.
3. Pipe stress analysis should be performed for chilled water pipes size 150 mm
and above. Stress analysis should break pipe isometric model into four cases.
PART - 3 EXECUTIONS
Floor Span
Slab on Grade Up to 6 m 6 to 9 m 9 to 12 m
Shaft Isolat Min. Isolat Min. Isolat Min. Isolat Min.
Power kW Base or Defl., Base or Defl., Base or Defl., Base or Defl., Reference
Equipment Type and Other RPM Type Type mm Type Type mm Type Type mm Type Type mm Notes
Refrigeration Machines and Chillers
≥7.5 All C 3 19 C 3 19 C 3 38 C 3 38 16
Large inline 3.7 to 19 All A 3 19 A 3 38 A 3 38 A 3 38
≥22 All A 3 38 A 3 38 A 3 38 A 3 64
Centrifugal Fans
Up to 560 mrn diameter All All B 2 6.4 B 3 19 B 3 19 C 3 38 9,19
Propeller Fans
Wall-mounted All All A 1 6.4 A 1 6.4 A 1 6.4 A 1 6.4
Small fans, fan-powered boxes ≤300 L/s All A 3 12.7 A 3 12.7 A 3 12.7 A 3 12.7 7
B. Structural steel rails or base (Notes 28 and 29) 2. Rubber floor isolator or hanger (Notes 20 and 25)
C. Concrete inertia base (Note 30) 3. Spring floor isolator or hanger (Notes 22, 23, and 25)
D. Curb-mounted base (Note 31) 4. Restrained spring isolator (Notes 22 and 24)
D. Type 7 isolators or first 3 type 8 mounts as noted above will have same static
deflection as specified for mountings under connected equipment.
F. Other hangers and mounts will have a minimum steel spring deflection of
25mm.
H. Pipe riser isolation: Pipe risers shall be supported using all directional
anchors, guides and spring supports. Steel springs shall be a minimum of
0.75" (19mm) except in those expansion locations where additional deflection
is required to limit load changes to 25% of the initial load. Submittals must
include riser diagrams and calculations showing anticipated expansion and
contraction at each support point, initial and final loads on the building
structure, spring deflection changes and seismic loads. Submittal data shall
include certification that the riser system has been examined for excessive
stresses and that none will exist in the proposed design. Design must be
certified by Professional Engineer.
3.4 SEISMIC RESTRAINTS
A. Anchor location affects the required strengths. Concrete anchors should be
located away from edges, stress joints, or existing fractures. ASTM Standard
E488 should be followed as a guide for edge distances and center to center
spacing.
B. Concrete anchors should not be too close together. Epoxy type anchors can
be closer together than expansion type anchors. Expansion type anchors
(self-drilling and drop in) can crush the concrete where they expand and
impose internal stresses in the concrete. Spacing of all the anchor bolts
should be carefully reviewed and shall be as per manufacturer’s
recommendation.
H. Static analysis does not count for the effect of resonant conditions within a
piece of equipment or its components. Because equipment has different
resonant frequencies during operation and non-operation, the equipment
itself might fail even if the restraints do not. Equipment mounted inside
I. Snubbers used with spring mounts should withstand motion in all directions.
Some snubbers are only designed for restraints in one direction; sets of
snubbers or snubbers designed for multi-directional purposes should be
used.
END OF SECTION