Masonry

SCOPE NARRATIVE

This scope includes the supply and installation of all types of masonry systems including stone, clay, concrete, cinder, adobe or glass, or other manufactured masonry units installed as a non-load bearing veneer, or in single and multiple wythe masonry assemblies that are either load or non-load bearing construction, including associated accessories integral to the wall assembly.

This scope for supply and installation includes and excludes the following items regardless of where they may appear in the tender documents unless specifically noted otherwise in this scope:

TRADE DEFINITION

INCLUDED

1. Concrete Masonry Units, including blocks and veneer units; 2. Clay Unit Masonry, including brick and adobe veneer, clay flue units and tiles, or structural clay and terra cotta blocks and bricks; 3. Refractory brick when forming part of a masonry heating receptacle or appliance; 4. Glass Unit Masonry, including blocks and bricks; 5. Natural Stone Assemblies, including marble, granite, slate, travertine, and limestone cladding panels and stone veneers, attached to structural substrates utilizing mechanically fastened anchors, or with ties and mortar; 6. Manufactured Unit Masonry, including calcium silicate and cast bricks, blocks or stone and another manufactured unit masonry, not described above; 7. Thin Veneer Assemblies, cement adhered using mesh or lath, and scratch coat installation systems, and including attachment girts and cementitious sheathing panels forming a part of thin veneer assemblies; 8. Building envelope components including weather, air and vapor membranes, and rigid or semi-rigid board insulation integral to masonry wythes, veneers, facings and cladding including; a. Cavity wall flexible sheet or liquid applied weather, air or vapor membranes, behind masonry and when masonry is the last component being installed, including connection to work of the preceding trade where required. If connection is required by any trade following the masonry installation, then the masonry contractor provides a minimum of 200 mm of compatible overlap material beyond the exterior point of the masonry system; b. Cavity wall insulation including adhesives, anchors, and other fastenings and attachments, behind masonry, when masonry is the last component being installed; c. Loose fill or foam insulation forming a part of masonry assemblies. 9. Masonry laid with mortar containing bonding agents regardless of being pre-laid or otherwise: a. Mortar; b. Concrete and grout fill in masonry only. 10. Flashings: a. Built-in metal flashing - supplied by others; b. Non-rigid and fabric flashing when built into masonry. 11. Caulking (other than firestopping): a. Masonry to masonry and; b. Caulking of joints in masonry or masonry to other materials, including caulking when it forms part of the expansion or control joint, when masonry is the last work being installed. 12. Accessories for masonry or similar type blocks, which are integral to the masonry assembly including: a. Anchors and ties; b. Z-girts, rigid or semi-rigid board insulation and cement board integral to thin veneer assemblies; c. Weep holes and venting devices; d. Wire reinforcing to mortar joints up to 9-gauge (3.8 mm) wire ties or similar type ties; e. Reinforcing steel placed only in masonry - supplied by others to the job site, clearly tagged and identified as to end use, See Reinforcing Steel (Concrete Reinforcing) – Supply, Included; f. Tying reinforcing into cages for masonry when shown on drawings as supplied by Reinforcing Steel (Concrete Reinforcing) –Supply Included, see Reinforcing Steel (Concrete Reinforcing) - Installation, Excluded; g. Precast concrete band courses, copings, sills and heads which are an integral part of masonry cladding, including board insulation and weather, air or vapor membranes behind these items; h. Damp proofing membrane in masonry.

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13. Installation of miscellaneous metals (supplied by Others) in masonry, see Miscellaneous Steel (Metal Fabrications), Included; 14. Clay flue lining; 15. Clay tiles; 16. Cleaning of masonry; 17. Clear penetrating waterproofing or graffiti resistant coatings applied to exterior masonry only, see Painting, Excluded, see

Special Wall Coatings, Included; 18. Cutting required for other trades in new work only; 19. Removal of existing masonry when the materials are being re-used, recovered or retained as specified; 20. Parging of cavity masonry walls only when specified; 21. Samples/mock-up’s only when specified in the tender documents; 22. Testing of materials of this trade only when specified in the tender documents; 23. Receiving, unloading and handling of all materials supplied by others for work of this trade; 24. Scaffolding/man lifts when required to perform work by this trade scope; 25. Material handling, including unloading and hoisting; 26. Trade specific lighting to perform tasks; 27. Trade cleanup - cleanup for work carried out by this trade; 28. General Cleanup – provide 1 in 10 workers for 4 hours weekly to assist in general jobsite cleanup; 29. Warranty or Guaranty; 30. Quality assurance and quality control testing of materials and procedures as detailed in the Contract Documents; 31. Submittals and Operation and Maintenance documentation as detailed in the Contract Documents; 32. Cash allowances that apply to this trade scope when a specific dollar amount is listed in this trade’s specification section; 33. Protection of other trades’ work from damage when performing this trades scope of work; 34. Building Information Modeling (BIM) as it applies to this trade scope.

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EXCLUDED

1. Refractory brick forming an integral part of an industrial furnace, boiler, retort or incinerator; 2. Potable water for mixing of mortar; 3. Temporary wind-bracing; 4. Temporary support and shoring for lintels; 5. Temporary heat for mortar shack; 6. Anchor slot; 7. Demolition of masonry assemblies not being re-used or salvaged, see Included; 8. Supply of reinforcing steel for masonry cages, see Reinforcing Steel (Concrete Reinforcing) – Supply, Included; 9. Installation of door and window frames, supplied by others, see Metal Doors and Frames, Included; 10. Installation of preformed metal deck fillers used as part of a listed firestop system and to maintain fire and smoke barriers to walls and partitions as specified, see Firestopping; 11. Steel stud reinforcement due to masonry loading; 12. Exterior plywood, gypsum or other exterior sheathing; 13. Permanent lateral support devices on top of masonry walls; 14. Welding; 15. Firestopping; 16. Waterproof coatings and other coating materials, specified under Painting or Special Wall Coatings Trade Definitions; 17. Inspection; 18. Owners third party testing to audit this trade’s compliance with the quality assurance and control testing of materials and procedures as detailed in the Contract Documents; 19. Common scaffold or platform when required to perform work by multiple trades; 20. Temporary heat, general lighting, power, sanitation and water for general construction; 21. Hoarding; 22. Final Cleaning before turnover; 23. Security costs. When Security is required for trades to complete their work these services and costs for same will be provided by the General Contractor; 24. Supply and maintenance of garbage and recycling bins for construction waste; 25. Removal of construction waste from job site; 26. General site security.