(a) Project Co will design and build the Facility’s interior building components in accordance with the following:
(b) Internal Walls and Partitions (1) Basic Requirements
(A) The interior walls and partition systems will:
(i) Provide acoustic separations as required for the specific functions to be carried out in the spaces affected.
(ii) Provide separations required for fire safety and protection (2) Performance Criteria
(A) The following criteria and standards will govern and be integral to the composition of internal walls and partitions.
(i) Seismic resistance capabilities will conform to the requirements of CSA S832-06 Guidelines For Seismic Risk Reduction of Operational and Functional Components of Buildings.
(ii) Acoustic performance of internal walls and partitions will be to the values in Table 12.4: Sound Transmission Limitations set out below.
(B) Design and select interior walls and partitions, partition systems and interior finishes to comply with the following criteria as may be relevant for the particular or specific functions enclosed:
(i) Acoustic requirements listed above.
(ii) Cleaning, maintenance and infection control.
(iii) Permanence and durability including impact resistance. (iv) Flexibility and adaptability of services.
(v) Aesthetic and design qualities to provide a healing environment for the benefit of patients, staff and public.
(vi) Low VOC emissions so as to minimize adverse impact on indoor air quality and indoor environmental quality.
(vii) Flexibility to permit adaptability of the internal spaces, if required to suit future process revisions.
(c) Ceilings
(1) Basic Requirements
(A) The ceiling systems will be part of the definition of interior spaces and may be accessible or inaccessible in total or in part.
(B) Accessible ceiling systems may provide access to the ceiling spaces throughout the system or at specific and particular locations.
(C) Ceiling systems will comprise a major component of the acoustic or sound attenuation function as required in the spaces in which they are installed.
(D) Ceiling systems will form a component of fire resistance rated separations for areas requiring such separation.
(E) Ceiling height will not be less than 2.7 metres above the finished floor in all areas except for the following:
(i) Ceiling heights in corridors, storage rooms and toilet rooms will be not less than 2.4 metres except that ceiling heights in small, normally unoccupied spaces such as storage closets may be reduced.
(ii) Suspended tracks, rails and pipes located in the traffic path for patients in beds and/or on stretchers, including those in inpatient service areas, will not be less than 2.2 metres above the finished floor.
(iii) For the sake of consistency with existing products and materials on the RJH site all components including tiles and suspension system will be of an imperial dimension standard.
(2) Performance Criteria
(A) The following criteria and standards will govern and be integral to the composition of ceilings.
(i) Acoustic performance will be to the values of Table 12.4: Sound Transmission Limitations set out below.
(B) Design and select ceiling systems and ceiling finishes to comply with the following criteria as may be relevant to the particular or specific functions of the space.
(i) Cleaning, maintenance and infection control. (ii) Flexibility and access to the spaces above.
(iii) Compatibility with mechanical, plumbing, electrical, communications services and fixtures.
(iv) Compatibility with ceiling attached equipment or systems such as patient lifts, curtain track, IV tracks and TV monitors.
(v) Low VOC emissions so as to minimize adverse impact on indoor air quality and indoor environmental quality.
(vi) Aesthetic and design qualities to provide a healing environment for the patients, staff and public.
(d) Floor Finishes
(1) Basic Requirements
(A) The floor and floor systems will be a component of the definition of interior space and will be finished to be complementary and integral to the functional and aesthetic requirements of the interior space. (B) Floor finishes will be selected to suit types and concentration of
(C) Flooring designs and patterns may comprise a component of the “way finding” system of the Facility.
(2) Performance Criteria
(A) The following criteria and standards will govern and be integral to the selection of floor finishes.
(i) Cleaning, maintenance and infection control including the frequency and quality of joints and also including ease of replacement if and when required.
(ii) Imperviousness to concentrations of moisture anticipated to be existing on the floors and duration of that moisture.
(iii) Permanence and durability and resistance to concentrated service traffic both pedestrian and wheel vehicular.
(iv) Aesthetic and design qualities to provide a healing environment for the benefit of patients, staff and public.
(v) Low VOC emissions so as to minimize adverse impact on indoor air quality and indoor environmental quality;
(vi) Patterns and textures compatible with the requirements for pedestrian safety and elder friendly design
Table 12.4: Sound Transmission Limitations
Adjacency between spaces STC1 Class - Walls STC1 Class - Floors
Between patient rooms 45 50
Between treatment rooms 45 50
Between patient rooms and public spaces i.e. lobby, dining room, activity room (excludes corridor serving patient room)
45 50
Between patient rooms and adjacent corridor 45 50
Between patient rooms and service areas i.e. elevator and elevator machine room, mechanical rooms on the same floor or above patient rooms, offices, care