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Major commercial project coordination

How a flashing scope is carried through a large commercial job: the submittals, RFIs, mockups and meetings, the owner and roof-edge standards behind them, a worked method for pieces, joints and schedule, and where coordination fails.

4 lessons · about 46 min · 13 diagrams · 0 videos

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  1. Lesson 1 · 10 min · 11 slides · 7 questions

    Major commercial project coordination: principles and terminology

    Who is on a major job, where flashing sits in the contract documents, and the submittals, register, RFIs, mockups and meetings that carry a flashing scope, with fall protection and the AFS submittal package.

    You will be able to: Name each document and meeting in the chain from specification to installation, say who sends and who answers it, and state what each one does not authorize.

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  2. Lesson 2 · 14 min · 12 slides · 11 questions

    Major commercial project coordination: materials, standards and design constraints

    What a flashing section asks for, one owner's lengths, joint spacing and wind forces, how ES-1 proves an edge system, what AFS's folder can make, Drexel's published coping limits and the roof-to-wall interface.

    You will be able to: Read a flashing section and the roof-edge standard chain, and list the owner, manufacturer and AFS limits that bind a fabricated scope, saying whose each value is.

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  3. Lesson 3 · 12 min · 12 slides · 8 questions

    Major commercial project coordination: methods and worked application

    A six-step method from reading the drawings to the submittal package, worked examples for pieces and expansion joints in a 62 ft run, writing an RFI, working a schedule backward, and sequencing and temporary protection.

    You will be able to: Take a roof-edge scope from drawing set to a submittal-ready package, recording assumptions, units and inspection points, and work the pieces, expansion joints and schedule of an example run.

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  4. Lesson 4 · 10 min · 11 slides · 7 questions

    Major commercial project coordination: defects, verification and case study

    Where coordination fails at the roof edge: building to the drawing instead of the wall, untested edge metal, height and sequence misses, mockups and changed submittals, added loads, and the checklist, case study and evidence log.

    You will be able to: Diagnose a coordination defect at the roof edge, list the corrective options, and document the evidence a reviewer needs, using sourced checks rather than assumptions.

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Practical task

Build a job packet for the roof-edge flashing scope of a major commercial building (your own project or a hypothetical one): list the documents and meetings the specification requires, work out the pieces and expansion joints for one run, write one RFI for a gap you find, and plan the checks before installation.

Hand in

  • A document and meeting list: the specification section, the submittals it asks for, any mockup, and the meetings, each named from the project's own documents rather than from this module
  • A marked-up detail of the roof-to-wall interface showing who builds each layer, the flashing height the project specifies and the drainage path
  • An assumptions sheet with units: run length, piece length used, splice lap, expansion joint limit and the metal, each labelled as from the drawings, the owner's specification, a manufacturer or AFS's published limits
  • The arithmetic for your run: pieces without and with a lap, and expansion joints for the metal, with the working shown
  • One RFI in the DASNY field order: the gap, the detail reference, field conditions, a suggested resolution and the stated schedule impact
  • A quality checklist and a defect analysis: which two coordination misses from Lesson 4 your scope is most exposed to, and the evidence you will keep

Rubric

CriterionMeets the standard when
Whose requirementEvery limit, lead time or meeting rule is labelled as the project's own, an owner's example, a manufacturer's or AFS's, and none is presented as a universal rule.
Documents and meetingsThe list names the specification section, submittals, any mockup and the meetings the project actually requires, with who sends and who reviews each.
ArithmeticPieces are rounded up from the run over the piece length, the lap is subtracted from every piece after the first, joints are segments minus one, and the working is shown.
RFIThe RFI states a question rather than a conclusion, proposes a resolution and states any schedule impact, and does not ask to approve a substitution.
Edge metal evidenceThe packet asks for the certificate or evaluation report for the exact edge system and does not estimate a rating.
Safety and recordThe packet notes end-of-day watertightness and fall protection at the edge, and lists the photos, RFI numbers and measurements kept as evidence.

Module quiz

10 questions drawn from a bank of 33; a new set each attempt. Pass mark 85%.

1. Which SPRI standard is the test standard for gutters?
2. According to the IIBEC article, where does the code require project design loads to be shown?
3. In the SUCF agenda, the pre-roofing conference is held at least how long before roofing starts?
4. What is the longest single piece AFS's folder makes?
5. How does AFS's wind tool show a manufacturer's published ES-1 ratings?
6. Under the UFGS, who prepares and maintains the submittal register as the work progresses?
7. Under the New York DASNY general requirements, who is the coordination article written to?
8. How does AFS treat cleat type and spacing before the project sets them?
9. In VA 07 60 00, gravel stops are fabricated in lengths of how many feet?
10. What is the largest wall width on Drexel's line card for Snap Coping-Max?