Design and Construction Standards

General Architectural Requirements
 
Authorities
Where conflicts arise between this criteria and The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (BOR) in the A/E's implementation of these guidelines, the BOR shall be the governing authority. In the event there is a conflict between Georgia Southern and the A/E's design, notwithstanding that mentioned above, the A/E shall be held accountable to justify these differences. Justification shall be submitted to Georgia Southern in writing and a meeting shall be arranged to discuss these differences.
 
Standard Products
Georgia Southern University is making every attempt to standardize our equipment so that maintenance components can be stocked and available for rapid in-house maintenance repair. This construction criteria attempts to provide three (3) manufacturers for each product as required by the BOR. Where three manufacturers are not provided, the A/E has the flexibility to provide his own manufacturers of equal quality.
 
Codes and Standards
The latest approved edition of the following construction codes are mandatory as the Georgia State Minimum Standard Codes:
  • International Building Code
  • International Gas Code
  • International Mechanical Code
  • International Plumbing Code
  • National Electric Code
  • Life Safety Code (NFPA 101)
  • International Fire Prevention Code
  • Georgia State Energy Code for Buildings
  • CAB 1 and 2-Family Dwelling Code
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
  • TIA/EIA Building Telecommunications Wiring Standards -568A, -568B, -569, -569A, -606, -607
 
Design Development
The A/E will follow the procedures in the Board of Regents "Building Project Procedure" Manual and associated documents. Additional requirements for work done for Georgia Southern University are outlined in the following paragraphs.

Throughout the design, the A/E will have to make numerous site visits. All site visits should be coordinated with the Georgia Southern Project Architect. Upon completion of the site visit, the A/E shall submit a report which will contain the names of all Georgia Southern contacts and a summary of the instructions received.

Upon award of a design contract, the A/E is to present to Georgia Southern a design schedule detailing when the various design milestones will be accomplished. Any deviation from the schedule shall immediately be brought to the attention of Georgia Southern University and justified. Notices of delays immediately before a submittal is due will not be tolerated.

Design review meetings will be held at the Conceptional, Schematic, Preliminary, 50%CD, 75%CD and 95%CD stages of design. Prior to these meetings, four sets of plans and specifications shall be provided to the University for our review and comment. The documents shall be forwarded so as to arrive at Georgia Southern at least two weeks prior to the scheduled review meetings. At the review meetings, Georgia Southern will provide the A/E with a written set of comments in addition to those generated by the review session. The A/E is expected to respond in writing to all comments both the provided written and review generated ones within two weeks of the meeting and with the next submittal.

Georgia Southern's expectations for each set of submittals and reviews are as follows:
1 All documents shall be coordinated. All drawings will be on the same base plan.
2 Conceptional: At least three conceptional options outlining the architectural, civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, and voice/data systems should be forwarded for review, discussion and selection of the preferred option by Georgia Southern University.
3 Schematic: All spaces need to be shown on the plans. This includes custodial, communications, storage, lavatories, MEP, etc. Provide outline specifications which shall include all sections needed as a part of the project. Provide a description and analysis of at least three different HVAC systems suggested for use in the facility.
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Preliminary: All spaces fully defined. All programmatic issues resolved. HVAC system selected and included in the drawing presentation. A presentation of the anticipated operation costs the owner will incur when the facility is complete and operational.

This shall include natural gas, electricity and sewage estimates for budget purposes
5 50%CD: All design issues should be identified and in the process of resolution.
6 75%CD: All design issues should have been resolved. All drawings are to be on the same base sheets. Specifications shall have all non-Georgia Southern references removed and should be essentially complete. The completion of the last details should be in progress.
7 95%CD: All issues resolved and incorporated into the documents. Plans and specifications are to be essentially 100% complete with only minor editing remaining. An update on the anticipated operational costs to be incurred shall also be provided.
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At the delivery of the 100% CD set, the A/E shall include a facility floor plan, in both hardcopy and electronic formats, which has the assignable area of all spaces shown in the space beneath the room(space) number and a total of the gross square footage of the facility.

The submittals for the University President's signature shall have the President's signature block on the title page of the drawings and on the cover of the specifications. The A/E shall provide the University with four sets of the 100% drawings unless the original reproduceables are a part of deliverables.

Should at any time during this process, the A/E feels that Georgia Southern is holding up the design progress, the A/E should make this known to the Georgia Southern Project Architect involved and his or her supervisor.


 
Construction Administration
Architects shall visit the site as often as necessary to ensure construction is consistent with the design intent and resolve any questions from the contractor. As a minimum, the entire design team, the architect and engineers, should visit the site at least once per month, unless the applicable subcontractor has performed no work during the month. Site visits shall be coordinated with the Georgia Southern Construction Project Manager. The design team is expected to provide Georgia Southern a written report of the visit and all observations and issues discussed.
At the completion of the work, the design team should plan on a completion inspection and two follow-up inspections.
 
Drawing Standards
The design shall be made in Auto-Cad, using release 14 software or most current version. The design firm shall coordinate the use of any other software with the University.

The following permanent records of the finished and as-built drawings and specifications shall be delivered to the Physical Plant Facilities Planning, Design and Construction Department:
1 Two copies of the as-built construction drawings either blue or black line. The as-built drawings will include all changes from the construction set of drawings. Drawings shall be stamped and signed. One copy shall be on polyester non-tear paper and one copy on standard reproduction paper.
2 Two complete sets of construction specifications will accompany the drawings. These specifications shall include all change orders through the final inspection and any design changes required during the warranty period. An electronic version of the specifications, in either Word Perfect or Word, will be provided in the same format as the drawings (see below).
3 In addition to the hard copy drawings, the A/E will also provide an electronic version of the as-built drawings with all changes in Auto-Cad release 14, or the most current version. The electronic set of drawings can be on 3½"x3½" or Zip100MLE high density computer disks or CD. Additional drawing requirements are as follows:
  A All drawings to be in Auto-Cad release 14 DWG format. DXF files are not acceptable.
  B A typed index of layer names and definitions being used shall be provided.
  C All drawings are to be on a standard sheet size (24x36 or 30x42).
  D Lines, text and dimensions are to be drawn by layer. Line types are to be set to the layer not to the line.
  E Blocks should be created on layer “0". All colors are to be set by layer.
  F All plans, elevations and details are to be drawn at full scale. Use of xrefs is encouraged. If xrefs are used, provide an accurate directory tree to insure proper referencing. Paper space, model space is also acceptable. Also, xrefs shall be bound into the as-built drawing sets.
  G The required pen colors and widths are:
i Red (1) 0.12
ii Yellow (2) 0.14
iii Green (3) 0.16
iv Cyan (4) 0.18
v Blue (5) 0.04
vi Magenta (6) 0.28
vii White (7) 0.10
viii 30 (30) 0.08 (shade line)
ix 41 (41) 0.005
x 31 (31) 0.0008