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SECTION 096723 - RESINOUS FLOORING

PART 1 GENERAL
1.1 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
B. Refer to and comply with Section 011000 1.2 C.
C. Coordination: Coordinate the works to ensure proper execution. Examine Contract documents for requirements that
directly affect or are affected by Work of this Section. Related documents include, but are not limited to:
1. Design Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including Project-wide Division 01, apply to this Section.
1.2 COMPLIANCE
A. General:
1. Procurement Route: Traditional.
2. Deliver and install this element of the works in compliance with the Design Drawings.
3. Use the reference codes and accompanying descriptions listed on the System Reference Sheet (SRS) to identify
materials, products, systems and components, when completing the Detailed Design.
1.3 SUSTAINABLE BUILDING REQUIREMENTS
A. General:
1. Refer to the Sustainability Report.
B. Building Ratings:
1. USGBC LEED Rating (BD+C for Shell and Core only): Comply with project requirements intended to achieve
the following Rating, as measured and documented according to the USGBC LEED Green Building Rating
System, Version indicated:
a. Version: v4.
b. Rating: Silver.
C. Sustainability Submittals:
1. Refer to the Sustainability Report.
1.4 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
A. Type FL-303 Dark Gray Resin Flooring
1. Manufacturer/ reference: Refer to the Vendors list and Finishes Schedule.
2. System Characteristics:
a. Color: Dark Gray RAL 7024.
b. Wearing Surface: Manufacturer's standard wearing surface.
c. Overall System Thickness: To be determined.
3. Body Coats:
a. Resin: Epoxy.
b. Formulation Description: 100% solids.
c. Application Method: Self-leveling slurry with broadcast aggregates.
1). Thickness of Coats: 3.2mm.
2). Number of Coats: 2 No.
d. Aggregates: Manufacturer's standard.
4. Topcoat: Sealing or finish coats.
a. Resin: Epoxy.
b. Formulation Description: 100% solids.
c. Type: Clear.
d. Finish: Matte.
e. Number of Coats: As recommended by manufacturer to suit conditions.
5. Floor finish to be supplied and installed as complete integrated system, including fixings, sealants, adhesives,
jointing/ transition strips, trims, skirtings and all other accessories/ components recommended/ supplied by the
flooring manufacturer to suit the service conditions.
B. Type FL-304 Light Gray Resin Flooring
1. Manufacturer/ reference: Refer to the Vendors list and Finishes Schedule.
2. System Characteristics:
a. Finish/ color: Light gray RAL 7047.
b. Wearing Surface: Manufacturer's standard wearing surface.
c. Overall System Thickness: To be determined.
3. Body Coats:
a. Resin: Epoxy.
b. Formulation Description: 100% solids.
c. Application Method: Self-leveling slurry with broadcast aggregates.

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1). Thickness of Coats: 3.2mm.

2). Number of Coats: 2 No.
d. Aggregates: Manufacturer's standard.
4. Topcoat: Sealing or finish coats.
a. Resin: Epoxy.
b. Formulation Description: 100% solids.
c. Type: Clear.
d. Finish: Matte.
e. Number of Coats: As recommended by manufacturer to suit conditions.
5. Floor finish to be supplied and installed as complete integrated system, including fixings, sealants, adhesives,
jointing/ transition strips, trims, skirtings and all other accessories/ components recommended/ supplied by the
flooring manufacturer to suit the service conditions.
1.5 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
A. Full chemical resistance 20°C: 5 days.
B. Adhesive strength to concrete: 16mPa (concrete failure).
C. Adhesion strength to Sa 2.5 steel: 14mPa.
D. Temperature range during application: 2°C to 30°C.
E. Temperature range in service: -20°C to 70°C.
F. System Chemical Resistance: Test specimens of cured resinous flooring system are unaffected when tested according
to ASTM D543, Procedure A, for immersion in the fuel oil reagent for no fewer than 7 days.
1.6 SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type of product indicated. Include manufacturer's technical data, application instructions, and
recommendations for each resinous flooring component required.
B. Samples for Initial Selection: For each type of exposed finish required.
C. Samples for Verification: For each resinous flooring system required, 150mm square, applied to a rigid backing by
Installer for this Project.
D. Product Schedule: For resinous flooring. Use same designations indicated on Design Drawings.
E. Quality Assurance Submittals:
1. Installer Certificates: Signed by manufacturer certifying that installers comply with specified requirements.
2. Material Certificates: For each resinous flooring component, from manufacturer.
3. Material Test Reports: For each resinous flooring system.
4. Maintenance Data: For resinous flooring to include in Operations and Maintenance Manual(s).
1.7 QUALITY ASSURANCE
A. Reference Standards And Regulatory Requirements:
1. Where there are in existence International Standards or Codes applicable to the Work of this Section, the
Contractor may choose to provide products, as accepted by the Engineer, which comply with those standards
in lieu of the standards specified herein. In either case, the recommendations and requirements of such Standards
to be considered minimum standards for the products, materials, or assemblies in question.
2. Reference to a Standard or Code to be deemed to include all other Standards and Codes referred to in the
specified Standard or Code.
3. Nothing herein to relieve Contractor of its responsibility to provide a higher standard than the relevant Code or
Standard, where that is required in order to comply with other parts of the Specification.
B. Installer Qualifications: Manufacturer's authorized representative who is trained and suitably qualified for installation
of flooring systems required for this Project.
1. Engage an installer who is certified in writing by resinous flooring manufacturer as qualified to apply resinous
flooring systems indicated.
C. Source Limitations: Obtain primary resinous flooring materials, including primers, resins, hardening agents, grouting
coats, and topcoats, from single source from single manufacturer. Provide secondary materials, including patching
and fill material, joint sealant, and repair materials, of type and from source recommended by manufacturer of primary
materials.
D. Mockups: Construct mockups for each form of construction and finish required to verify selections made under sample
submittals and to demonstrate aesthetic effects and qualities of materials and execution. Build mockup to comply with
the following minimum requirements, using materials indicated for completed works:
1. Locate mockups in the location and of the size indicated or, if not indicated, as directed by the Engineer.
a. Comply with requirements of Section 014339 - Prototypes, Mockups and Benchmark Installations.
2. Obtain Engineer’s acceptance of mockups before starting construction of Work of this Section. Submit detailed,
Working Drawings illustrating extent and scope of mockups. Do not proceed without acceptance of these Working
Drawings.
3. Maintain mockups during construction in an undisturbed condition as a standard for judging the completed works.
a. When directed, demolish and remove mockups from Site.
4. Accepted mockups in an undisturbed condition at the time of initial acceptance may become part of the completed
works, subject to Engineer agreement.
E. Preinstallation Conference: Conduct conference on-Site.
1.8 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING

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A. Deliver materials in original packages and containers, with seals unbroken, bearing manufacturer's labels indicating
brand name and directions for storage and mixing with other components.
1.9 PROJECT CONDITIONS
A. Environmental Limitations: Comply with resinous flooring manufacturer's written instructions for substrate temperature,
ambient temperature, moisture, ventilation, and other conditions affecting resinous flooring application.
B. Lighting: Provide permanent lighting or, if permanent lighting is not in place, simulate permanent lighting conditions
during resinous flooring application.
C. Close spaces to traffic during resinous flooring application and for not less than 24 hours after application unless
manufacturer recommends a longer period.
1.10 WARRANTY

PART 2 PRODUCTS
2.1 MATERIALS
A. Comply with:
1. 40 CFR 59, Subpart D (EPA Method 24): Calculation of VOC content of liquid-applied flooring components. To
be no more than 100g/L.
2. California Department of Health Services' "Standard Practice for the Testing of Volatile Organic Emissions from
Various Sources Using Small-Scale Environmental Chambers": Low-emitting materials flooring system.
3. ASTM C722: Chemical resistant monolithic resinous floorings.
2.2 ACCESSORIES
A. Primer: Type recommended by manufacturer for substrate and body coats indicated.
1. Formulation Description: 100% solids.
B. Waterproofing Membrane: Type recommended by manufacturer for substrate and primer and body coats indicated.
1. Formulation Description: 100% solids.
C. Reinforcing Membrane: Flexible resin formulation that is recommended by manufacturer for substrate and primer and
body coats indicated and that prevents substrate cracks from reflecting through resinous flooring. Fiberglass scrim
provisions to be embedded in reinforcing membrane.
1. Formulation Description: 100% solids.
D. Patching and Fill Material: Resinous product of or approved by resinous flooring manufacturer and recommended by
manufacturer for application indicated.

PART 3 EXECUTION
3.1 PREPARATION
A. General: Prepare and clean substrates according to resinous flooring manufacturer's written instructions for substrate
indicated. Provide clean, dry substrate for resinous flooring application.
B. Concrete Substrates: Provide sound concrete surfaces free of laitance, glaze, efflorescence, curing compounds, form-
release agents, dust, dirt, grease, oil, and other contaminants incompatible with resinous flooring.
1. Roughen concrete substrates as follows:
a. Shot-blast surfaces with an apparatus that abrades the concrete surface, contains the dispensed shot
within the apparatus, and recirculates the shot by vacuum pickup.
b. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions.
2. Repair damaged and deteriorated concrete according to resinous flooring manufacturer's written instructions.
3. Verify that concrete substrates are dry and moisture-vapor emissions are within acceptable levels according to
manufacturer's written instructions.
a. Perform relative humidity test using in situ probes, ASTM F2170. Proceed with installation only after
substrates have a maximum 75% relative humidity level measurement.
4. Alkalinity and Adhesion Testing: Verify that concrete substrates have pH within acceptable range. Perform tests
recommended by manufacturer. Proceed with application only after substrates pass testing.
C. Resinous Materials: Mix components and prepare materials according to resinous flooring manufacturer's written
instructions.
D. Use patching and fill material to fill holes and depressions in substrates according to manufacturer's written instructions.
E. Treat control joints and other nonmoving substrate cracks to prevent cracks from reflecting through resinous flooring
according to manufacturer's written instructions.
3.2 APPLICATION
A. General: Apply components of resinous flooring system according to manufacturer's written instructions to produce
a uniform, monolithic wearing surface of thickness indicated.
1. Coordinate application of components to provide optimum adhesion of resinous flooring system to substrate,
and optimum intercoat adhesion.
2. Cure resinous flooring components according to manufacturer's written instructions. Prevent contamination
during application and curing processes.
3. At substrate expansion and isolation joints, comply with resinous flooring manufacturer's written instructions.
B. Apply primer over prepared substrate at manufacturer's recommended spreading rate.
C. Apply waterproofing membrane, where indicated, in manufacturer's recommended thickness.
1. Apply waterproofing membrane to integral cove base substrates.
D. Apply reinforcing membrane to [substrate cracks] [entire substrate surface].

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E. Integral Cove Base: Apply cove base mix to wall surfaces before applying flooring. Apply according to manufacturer's
written instructions and details including those for taping, mixing, priming, troweling, sanding, and topcoating of cove
base. Round internal and external corners.
1. Integral Cove Base: 100mm high.
F. Apply self-leveling slurry body coats in thickness indicated for flooring system.
1. Broadcast aggregates at rate recommended by manufacturer and, after resin is cured, remove excess
aggregates to provide surface texture indicated.
G. Apply topcoats in number indicated for flooring system and at spreading rates recommended in writing by manufacturer.
3.3 FIELD QUALITY CONTROL
A. Material Sampling: Employer may at any time and any number of times during resinous flooring application require
material samples for testing for compliance with requirements.
1. Employer to engage an independent testing agency to take samples of materials being used. Material samples
to be taken, identified, sealed, and certified in presence of Contractor.
2. Testing agency to test samples for compliance with requirements, using applicable referenced testing procedures
or, if not referenced, using testing procedures listed in manufacturer's product data.
3. If test results show applied materials do not comply with specified requirements, pay for testing, remove
noncomplying materials, prepare surfaces coated with unacceptable materials, and reapply flooring materials
to comply with requirements.
3.4 PROTECTION
A. Protect resinous flooring from damage and wear during the remainder of construction period. Use protective methods
and materials, including temporary covering, recommended in writing by resinous flooring manufacturer.
3.5 WASTE MANAGEMENT
A. Separate and dispose of waste in compliance with the Project’s Waste Management Plan.
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