Department of Veterans Affairs
Program Guide PG-18-14
Office of Facilities Management
December 2004
GL
Glass (Glazing)
GWB
Gypsum Wallboard Systems
HW
Hardware Set (Finish or Builders Hardware)
LM
Latex Mastic Flooring
MAT
Material
MC
Multi-Color Coating
NF
Natural Finish
NO
Number
P
Paint (Exterior, Interior, Transparent Finishes)
PC
Precast (Architectural Precast Concrete Pavers)
PCP
Portland Cement Plaster
PFW
Polypropylene Fabric Wallcovering
PL
Plaster
PUT
Polyurethane
QT
Quarry Tile
RAF
Resilient Athletic Flooring
RB
Resilient Base (Rubber, Vinyl)
RF
Raised Rubber Flooring
SC
High Build Glazed Coating (Special Coating)
SP
Special Faced
SPEC
Special (Architect's Choice)
ST
Stone (Cast)
RSF
Resilient Sheet Flooring
TT
Terrazzo Tile (Plastic Matrix)
VCT
Resilient Tile Flooring (Vinyl Composition Tile)
VP
Veneer Plaster
W
Wallcovering (Vinyl Coated Fabric)
WB
Wall Border
WD
Wood
WSF
Welded Seam Sheet Flooring
B. OTHER REQUIREMENTS
1. SAFETY GLASS: Refer to Architectural Design Manual PG-18-10 and Standard
Details PG-18-4.
a. There are three (3) types of safety glass required in Interior Spaces, and
they are:
(1) Wire Glass ("W") in steel frames shall be used in the following areas:
a) Observation Windows in fire rated partitions and smoke partitions.
b) Vision panels in fire rated doors and smoke doors.
(2) Laminated Glass ("A") shall be used as vision panels in doors and
observations windows in the following areas:
a) Mental Health Unit
b) Alcohol and Drug Nursing Units
c) Isolation Rooms in M. S. and N. Nursing Units
(3) Tempered Glass ("T") shall be used in all other Observations Windows
and Doors with vision panels, including side lights.
b. In non-sprinklered buildings requiring fire rated corridors, all glazing
between rooms and corridors shall be wire glass in steel frames.
2. PARTITION REQUIREMENTS
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