4 BUILDING INTERIOR
4.1 DOORS
4.1.1 GENERAL
Schedule, for sizes, types and symbols of doors. Provide solid core wood or
hollow metal interior doors. Wood is preferred, except for locations where
metal is required for functional reasons.
4.1.1.2 Provide metal door frames.
4.1.1.3 For automatic-door requirements, see Paragraph 3.4.
4.1.2 CORRIDOR-TO-CORRIDOR DOORS
All corridor-to-corridor doors shall have 0.06 sq. m (100 sq. in.) glass
vision panels and shall swing in opposite directions from each other.
4.1.3 FIRE-PARTITION AND SMOKE-BARRIER DOORS
4.1.3.1 Doors in fire partitions and smoke barriers shall have fire rated
glazing vision panels and be held open with electromagnetic holders, except
doors which should remain closed for functional reasons.
4.1.3.2 Do not use wood labeled fire doors in areas where they may be
subjected to heavy traffic or hard use, such as by carts, trucks, kitchen
equipment, etc., nor for pairs of opposite-swinging doors. In these
locations, use hollow metal labeled doors.
4.2 SHADES, BLINDS, DRAPERIES, AND CURTAINS
4.2.1 LIGHTPROOF SHADES
Provide lightproof shades to prevent outside light from infiltrating into the
room on windows in electron microscopy rooms and fluorescent microscopy
rooms. (See Master Specification Section 12514).
4.2.2 OPAQUE SHADES
Provide opaque (room-darkening) shades on windows of radiographic and
fluoroscopic rooms, special procedures rooms, cardiac catheterization rooms,
eye-clinic rooms, and rooms containing image intensifiers.
4.2.3 OTHER SHADES AND WINDOW TREATMENTS
Other shades, blinds, draperies, and curtains are not part of the
construction contract, except for integral venetian blinds. (See Paragraph
3.5.3 above.)
4.2.4 WINDOW HEADS
The construction of window heads shall include a wood plate, board, or trim
piece above the head designed to accommodate the attachment of window
treatments that may be installed by the medical center after completion of
the building construction.
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