CHAPTER I.

ARCHITECTURE WOODEN WORK

1. General

1.1 This Section includes architectural joinery or custom joinery works as indicated
in the drawings, similar exposed custom wood works, required hard wares,
necessary fixtures, anchors, adhesives and related accessories and installation of
finish hardware, light metal and miscellaneous metal which is shown on or
implied by the drawings and required for the work.
1.2 Product data, material sample and color if any should be approved from Engineer
prior to the construction at site.

2. Execution

2.1 Preparation:
a. Co-ordinate sizes and locations of framing, blocking, reinforcements, and other
related units of Work specified in other Sections to ensure that interior
architectural woodwork can be supported and installed as indicated.
b. Examine substrates, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements for
installation tolerances and other conditions affecting installation and performance
of work.
2.2 Execution
a. Install work plumb, level, true, and aligned with adjacent materials. Use
concealed shims where required for alignment.
b. Scribe and cut to fit adjoining work. Refinish and seal cuts as recommended by
manufacturer. Countersink nails, fill surface flush, and sand where face nailing is
unavoidable.
c. Paneling: Select and arrange panels for best match of adjacent panels where grain
character or color variations are noticeable. Install with uniform tight joints
between panels.
Attach panels to supports with manufacturer's recommended panel adhesive and
fasteners. Space fasteners as recommended by panel manufacturer.
Conceal fasteners to greatest practical extent.
Arrange panels with grooves and joints over supports, and fasten to supports with
nails of type and at spacing recommended by panel manufacturer. Use fasteners
with prefinished heads matching groove color.
d. Adjusting: Repair damaged or defective paneling where possible to eliminate
functional or visual defects. Where not possible to repair, replace paneling. Adjust
joinery for uniform appearance.

3. Cleaning and protection

3.1 Clean paneling on exposed and semi exposed surfaces. Touch up factory applied
finishes to restore damaged or soiled areas.
 3.2 Provide final protection and maintain conditions that ensure work is without
damage or deterioration at the time of Substantial Completion.

CHAPTER II. PORTLAND CEMENT PLASTER

1 General

1.1 This Section includes Portland cement plasters system and render plaster, and
maximum permissible gap between a 3 m straight edge and any point on the
surface shall be 3 mm.
1.2 Material, mix design and accessories if any should be approved from Engneer
ahead of construction at site.

2 Execution

2.1 Preparation:
Before applying plaster ensure that backgrounds are adequately true and level to
achieve specified tolerances, free from contamination and loose areas.
2.2 Accessories installation
Beads, Lath and Accessories should be installed firmly complying with the
standards or as indicated by Engineers.
Any accessories which are rusted, improperly set or otherwise defective should be
replaced.
2.3 Plaster application
a. Do not use excessive water in mixing and applying plaster materials.
b. Flat Surface Tolerances: Do not deviate more than plus or minus 3 mm in 3
m from a true plane in finished plaster surfaces.
c. Sequence plasters application with installation and protection of other work
so that neither will be damaged by installation of others.
d. Plaster flush with metal frames and other built-in metal items or accessories
that act as a plaster ground, unless otherwise indicated. Where interior plaster
is not terminated at metal frame by casing beads, cut base coat free from
metal frame before plaster sets and groove finish coat at junctures with metal.
e. Corners: Make internal corners and angles square; finish external corners
flush with corner beads on interior work, square and true with plaster faces on
exterior work.
f. Accuracy: Finish surface to a true plane to correct line and level, with all
angles and corners to a right angle unless otherwise specified and with walls
and reveals plumb and square.
g. Frames: Bring plaster out flush with wood and metal frames and grounds and
finish each coat with a small and neat V joint where plaster finishes against
frames.
h. Vertical Surfaces: plaster shall extend full height from floor to 10 cm above
the soffit of ceiling/structural soffit, for suspended ceiling: finish plaster flush
 with system bead or angle, or 75 mm above ceiling soffit where there is a
perimeter bead or angle.
i. Corners: Make internal corners and angles square; finish external corners
flush with corner beads on interior work, square and true with plaster faces on
exterior work.
j. Plaster base and finish coats should be Moist-cured as specified
k. Scratch Coat: Apply with sufficient force and cement slurry (1:1) to form a
good key, cure for 3 days and dry for at least 24 hours ahead of brown coat.
l. Brown Coat: Adjust suction by wetting immediately before applying finish
coat.
m. Skim/Finish Coats:
Apply the finish coat and finish with a steel trowel to a smooth, hard finish.
Cure with a light fog spray of water for 4 days, commencing 12 hours after
completion of application.
Protect against rapid drying until thoroughly cured.
Final coat should be left to dry for 30 days after curing period before
proceeding with paint application.
n. Render Finish Coat: Apply render plaster finish in accordance with
manufacturer’s recommendations
o. Treatment:
Make good defective or damaged plaster before starting decoration. Cut or
rake out defective work, moisten background and fill with finish coat mix and
finish to match adjacent work.
Repair, point, cut, and patch plaster around work abutting, setting into or
extending into plastered surfaces on completion of such work.
p. Exposed block work to receive paint finish shall be applied with cement
mortar slurry, rubbed over block work to fill joints.

3 Cleaning and protection

3.1 Remove temporary covering and other provisions made to minimize spattering of
plaster on other work. Promptly remove plaster from door frames, windows, and
other surfaces not to be plastered. Repair surfaces stained, marred or otherwise
damaged during plastering work. When plastering work is completed, remove
unused materials, containers, equipment, and plaster debris.
3.2 Provide final protection and maintain conditions, in a manner acceptable to
manufacturer and installer that ensure plaster work is without damage or
deterioration at the time of Substantial Completion.