The Code

It should be noted that, for interpretation purposes, the French text shall prevail over the English, the latter being a translation of the French original. 

GUIDE PRESCRIBING THE SCOPE OF WORK OF THE « INTERIOR SYSTEMS» SPECIALTY

This guide must be used in accordance with the guidelines.

The tender must relate to architectural, interior design and structural tendering documents

1. IS. 1 - Supply and installation :
    
   1. Marking of interior system work;
       
   2. Bearing and non-bearing metal studs;
       
   3. Metal studs for parapets;
       
   4. Metal girts and sub-girts such as metal furring, horizontal bars and Z-bars, U-bars, L-bars or others, supporting the interior systems;
       
   5. Backing (wood, steel or other);
       
   6. Pre-fabricated acoustic panels installed on walls and ceilings, except if under the woodworking, carpentry or millwork sections;
       
   7. Soundproofing panels, such as «Sonopan»; 
       
   8. Gypsum or lightweight interior cement boards, treatment of joints and plaster work ready for finishing;
       
   9. Lightweight exterior cement boards and Gyplap, DensGlass Gold panels and other similar sheating panels found on units listed in IS 1.2, IS 1.3 and IS 1.4;
       
   10. Panels without laminated air/vapour barrier membrane insulation;
        
   11. Frame of suspended ceiling (for gypsum, acoustic tiles, caissons, etc.);
        
   12. Ceilings, such as slat ceilings, stretch fabric ceilings and acoustic tile ceilings;
        
   13. Patch and repair of interior systems, as quantified or if included in the above-mentioned tendering documents;
        
   14. Plastering, including of heritage structures;
        
   15. Mouldings and columns, precast or not, with plaster covering;
        
   16. Rigid interior insulation covered with gypsum or cement board with integrated “Insulock” or other support;
        
   17. Soundproofing wool batt;
        
   18. Thermal wool and semi-rigid batt in metal studs, including those in ceilings, beams and columns;
        
   19. Vapour barrier in the wall and ceiling on the interior side of the metal frame;
        
   20. Sheet or roll lead in the walls and ceilings for acoustic or medical (radiology) purposes, etc.;
        
   21. All sealing for interior systems work, including those for the structural frame.
        
2. IS. 2 – Installation only :
    
   1. Steel frames welded and secured to metal studs, including their handling from the installation floor.
       
3. IS. 3 - Work specifically excluded :
    
   1. Sprayed and/or injected thermal or acoustic insulation, such as mineral fibre, fibreglass and cellulose fibre;
       
   2. Steel frames assembled at the worksite;
       
   3. Temporary partition walls to be removed at the end of the project;
       
   4. Lightweight concrete board with acrylic coating, which is included under the acrylic coating section of the specifications;
       
   5. Fire-retardant sealers of other specialties; 
       
   6. Backing on the outside of the building envelope (walls, parapets and roofs);
       
   7. Backing on the openings of the building envelope;
       
   8. Plywood finish on the surface of interior system panels;
       
   9. Backing on wood studs.

Updated: December 3^rd, 2018

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