Foundation and Site preparation:  Poured-in-place engineered concrete footings, 24” x 24” x 12” deep, steel reinforced, with concrete CMU and treated wood shims supporting 12” steel I-beam to provide a crawl space, vented with commercial grade 12” x 12” metal vents. Tires and axles are removed from the jobsite on sale projects. Axles are left in the crawl space on lease projects. Hitches are left in the crawl space on all projects.

Customer is to provide a level (within 8 inches), compacted (2500 psf) dirt foundation pad with good drainage and is to stake the location and the building corners. Customer is to provide an all weather road to the jobsite and access from all sides of the foundation pad.

No allowance for the cost of landscaping, dirt work, grass replacement or repair of wheel ruts or repair of other damage caused during the delivery of the unit is included in this scope of work. If concealed conditions are found below the ground that affects the cost of the work, the customer is responsible for this cost.

The customer is solely responsible for placement of the building on the site and any expenses arising out of the misplacement of the building and/or problems with easements, fire districts etc.

Floor Construction:  Steel 12” I-beams supporting 2” x 8” floor joists (2" x 10" on 18' wide units) with a double subfloor (¾”” plywood and ¼” fiber-cement hardi-backer). Moisture and rodent resistant bottom board. Finished floor to be approximately 30 inches above grade.

Framing:  2” x 4” walls, wood rafters or trusses and wood engineered matebeams. Exterior grade sheathing on roof and exterior walls.  All interior walls installed to the rafters and insulated. Support columns will be concealed in walls wherever possible.

Insulation:  R-11 floor, R-11 exterior and interior walls, R-19 roof.

Exterior Finishes:  Hardipanel fiber-cement siding, (stucco finish) soffits, skirting, and mansard. Fiber-cement trim around windows, doors, corners and mansard. Single ply membrane roofing over densdeck. Commercial grade (5”) guttering and downspouts with concrete splash blocks. Mansard roof provided on full perimeter with 4-6 inch roof overhang and painted hardipanel soffits.

Commercial grade bronzed glass main entry doors (recessed). Commercial steel exit doors (recessed) with steel frame, vision panel, closer, push/pull hardware and pull. Best (or equal) construction cores on all exterior doors for customer installation of final key system. Commercial grade 36” x 52” dual insulated glass windows, bronze finish, vertical sliders with one inch metal miniblinds.

Colored stucco (customer color choice) to be site-installed over siding and skirting to provide seamless appearance at skirting line. Trim is painted to match.

Interior Finishes:  Lay-in ceiling at 8’8” interior height, commercial grade 26 ounce carpet with unitary backing, 1/8” commercial grade vinyl tile in restrooms, breakrooms, and mechanical areas. Four inch vinyl base (1/8”) in all areas. 5/8” Fire-X, Vinyl covered sheetrock (Hampton Grey) on all interior walls, FRP wainscot in restroom walls (full perimeter), restroom door signs, door closers and push/pull hardware on restrooms, solid core pre-finished interior doors in metal frames with passage hardware. Vision panels supplied on all classroom and conference room interior doors. Door stops provided for all interior doors.

Casework:  Pre-finished oak (or equal) with plastic laminate finish, doors, shelves, drawers, large stainless steel sink, upper and lower cabinets, microwave wall plug.

Plumbing:  Copper supply, handicap restrooms, metal modesty partitions, electric hot water heater, exterior faucet (frost proof), and PVC Schedule 40 DMV. Metal frame mirrors. Stainless steel trash/towel dispenser in all large classroom building restrooms. Toilet paper dispensers provided in all toilet stalls. All commercial grade fixtures. Laundry tubs with shelf above. Point-of-use water heaters may be substituted in some locations. The sewer and water drops provided at the factory will need to be harnessed under the building to the building perimeter. This work is to be performed by the customer’s plumbing contractor 

Electrical:  115/230 volt, single phase panel box (with locking covers on classroom areas) on each unit, stubbed down, raceway in metal conduit, fluorescent lighting (four-tube fixtures) with T-8 energy saving bulbs, exterior plug, emergency lighting, exit lites, exterior lighting (soffits installed with light sensor), empty junction boxes (with blank covers) for telephone and data wiring (by others) with ¾” conduit stubbed up above ceiling.

Fire and Life Safety:  Smoke detectors (battery operated) are provided along with a 5# pound ABC fire extinguisher in a recessed fire cabinet at each exit door. Any other fire alarm or sprinkler systems required will be customer expense.

HVAC:  Wall mount units (color grey or tan/putty) with electric heat strips, fiberglass ducting, ducted return air, plenum walls, adjustable supply air registers in office areas, programmable thermostats, and snake pits for condensation lines. Balancing of the HVAC system is by customer, if applicable.

Steps, Ramps and Landings:  Treated wood with screw and lag bolt fasteners. Support posts to be installed in concrete. Unless otherwise stated, one handicap ramp is included in building cost. Decks for single exterior doors are 5’ x 5’. Decks for double doors are 6’ x 10’.

Site Utilities:  Customer to provide all site utilities and connection to the building(s) of all utilities during construction. Electrical connection to be completed by customer during the setup to allow for testing of mechanical functions. Customer to provide and install any required transformer, main electrical distribution panels, and fire alarm or sprinkler systems that may be required.

Permits:  Customer to provide and be responsible for all building permits and associated costs and calls for any inspections that may be required. Licenses, impact fees, utility fees, state and local taxes and any and all permit costs that may be imposed are the expense of the customer. The permitting process can be very complicated in some cities such as Dallas . A site plan will need to be provided to the city by the customer along with details of site utilities. These plans will be combined with engineered plans provided by Nortex and used for the basis of the building permit application. Expect the permit process to take at least 2-3 weeks in large cities. Engineered plans take about 7-10 days after approval of the construction plans by customer. Manufacturing can not take place until a building permit is issued by the city that has jurisdiction, without a full release by customer.

Dumpster/Toilet:  Customer to provide dumpster for trash haul-off and restroom facilities for setup crew and subcontractors.

Cleaning:  Building will be broom swept upon completion of setup and carpet will be vacuumed. All other cleaning is by customer, unless otherwise stated.

Temporary Power:  Customer to provide temporary power during setup for hand tools etc.  

Door adjustments/site settlement:  Customer to make any door adjustments that need to be made 30 days or more after setup. Any site settlement that occurs will require releveling of the building and the customer is responsible for this additional cost and any other costs associated with the site settlement, if applicable. Nortex is not responsible for any kind of site movement, settlement of the building or the cost of repairs related to these incidences.

Codes:  The proposed buildings will comply with the following list of codes.  Changes required by local codes or due to proximity to existing buildings have not been considered.

International Building Code (IBC) 2000                       

International Fuel Gas Code 2000

International Plumbing Code (IPC) 2000                      

National Electrical Code (NEC) 1999

International Mechanical Code (IMP) 2000     

Texas Industrialized Code

Texas Accessibility Standard (TAS) 1994

International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) 2000

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