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EXHIBIT A <br />TESTING, ADJUSTING AND BALANCING <br />GENERAL <br />I.I SUMMARY <br />A. Work Included: Materials, equipment and labor required for testing, adjusting, and balancing <br />work required by this Section, including air, plumbing, and associated equipment and <br />apparatus. The work consists of setting speed and volume (flow) adjustments, recording data, <br />conducting tests, preparing and submitting reports, and recommending modifications to work <br />as required. <br />i .2 QUALITY ASSURANCE <br />A. Codes and Standards: <br />NEBB Compliance: Comply with NEBB's "Procedural Standards for Testing, <br />Adjusting, and Balancing of Environmental Systems" as applicable to mechanical air and <br />hydronic distribution systems, and associated equipment and apparatus; or comply <br />with AABCs Manual MN- I,"AABC National Standards," as applicabie to mechanical <br />air and hydronic distribution systems, and associated equipment and apparatus. <br />2. Industry Standards: Comply with ASHRAE recommendations pertaining to <br />measurements, instruments, and testing, adjusting and balancing, except as otherwise <br />indicated. <br />1.3 SUBMITTALS <br />A. Procedures: Submit cert~ed test reports, signed by Test and Balance (TAB) supervisor who <br />performed TAB work. <br />B. Report Forms: <br />8- I ~2 by I I-inch paper for looseleaf binding, with blanks for listing of the required test <br />ratings and for cert~cation of report. <br />2. Reports on forms similar in content to standard AABC or NEBB test forms. <br />Submit final test and balance report. Include Record Drawings with terminal codes for <br />cross-reference with the Submittal, such that terminals referenced in the Submittal are <br />easily located on the Drawings. <br />4. Include identification and types of instruments used, and their most recent calibration <br />date. <br />C. Maintenance Data: Include in maintenance manuals, copies of balancing report and <br />ident~cation of instruments. <br />