PROJECT STANDARD SPECIFICATION

SECTION 15490 - SWIMMING POOL

PART 1 - GENERAL

RELATED DOCUMENTS

Drawings and special provisions of the contract, including general and supplementary conditions
and Division 1 Specification sections apply to this section.

SCOPE OF WORK

This section includes swimming pool installations and various re-circulation, drainage and supply
piping systems within and outside the building. Piping materials and equipment specified in
this section include:

1. Pipes and fittings.

2. Special duty valves.
3. Swimming pool specialties (chlorination system).
4. Filters.
5. Special pumps and pool accessories.
6. Pool fittings.
7. Pool water conditioning equipment.
8. Tests.

SUBMITTALS

Product data for each filter, pumps, nozzles, drains, piping specially and chiller and heater. Include
rated capacities of selected models, furnished specialties and accessories, and installation
instructions.

Shop drawings detailing dimensions, required clearances for pool distribution piping systems in
accordance with Division 15 Section "Basic-Mechanical Requirements".

Maintenance data for pool filters, pumps, nozzles, drains, piping specialties and special conditioning
for inclusion in operating and maintenance manual specified in the General Requirements and
Division 15 Section "Basic Mechanical Requirements".

Test reports specified in Psart 3 below.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

Guarantee: Provide written guarantee that when pool equipment is operated in accordance with
manufacturer's instructions, swimming pool water will be crystal clear, sparkling bright, free
from suspended matter and completely sterilised at all times.

Water to be Clear: When pool is in use, water is to be sufficiently clear to permit a 150 mm diameter
black disc on a white background placed on bottom of pool to be clearly visible from side
walls of pool at all distances up to 10 m measured from a line drawn across the disc.

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Water to be Sterile: When pool is in use not more than 15% of samples of water taken covering any
considerable period are to contain more than 200 bacteria per millilitre or are to show positive
test in any of five 10 ml samples of water. Primary fermentation tubes showing gas should
be confirmed.

Free residual chlorine in water at all times is to be not less than 0.7 ppm and not more than 1.5 ppm.

PH of water at all times is to be not less than 7.2 and not more than 7.8.

Water Quality: Make chemical and bacterial analysis in accordance with procedures recommended
in the standard methods of the examination of water, sewage and industrial wastes of the
American Public Health Association insofar as these methods are applicable to fountain pool
water.

Performance Tests: Carry out tests as necessary and as directed to demonstrate that equipment meets
design requirements as noted on the Drawings and in the Specification.

Qualified engineer or technician from equipment manufacturer is to supervise installation, start-up

equipment, make necessary adjustments, calibrations and tests in accordance with
manufacturer's instructions and instruct and train the personnel.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

DESIGN PREMISE

Turnover Rate: One complete change over every 6 hrs.

Number of Filters: 3 (One standby).

Filtration Flow Rate: 10 l/s per sq.m of filter area.

Backwash flow rate: As recommended by filter manufacturer but not to exceed 10 l/s per sq.m of
filter area.

Filter Operating Pressure: 310 kPa.

Filter Hydrostatic Test Pressure: 775 kPa.

GUARANTEE

Provide written guarantee that when pool equipment is operated in accordance with manufacturer's
instructions, pool water will be crystal clear, sparkling bright, free from suspended matter and
completely sterilised at all times.

PIPES

Underground Piping Around Pool: Pressure PVC pipe and fittings up to external face of plant room
walls.

Pipes downstream heater to pool supply outlet to be CPVC or Polypropylene.

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Chlorinator Booster Pump and Water Sample Piping: CPVC or Polypropylene.

Chemical Feed Piping: CPVC or Polypropylene.

Chlorine Gas Piping: Special tubing supplied by chlorination equipment manufacturer.

Pipe connections through walls of plant room to be with no-leak flanges.

SAND FILTER

Filters Type: High flow rate, sand filter, pressure type, designed for specified filtration rate and
operating pressure and hydrostatically tested at factory to specified test pressure. Quality of
filtrate to be guaranteed to be in the 2 micron range.

Operation: Filters to be designed with efficient influent and under drain systems to ensure uniform
water flow through filtering and backwash operations and to prevent migration, mounding or
channeling of filter bed. Minimum freeboard of 300 mm to be provided between top of filter
bed and influent water distribution system. Influent and under drain systems to be corrosion
resistant materials.

Filter Shell and Heads: High grade tank steel, welded internally and externally and of adequate
thickness for specified operating and test pressure.

Face piping and valves to be provided and arranged for <j> operations of filtering, backwash and
rinse. Face piping to be flanged, black steel or ductile iron pipes. Valves to be either flanged
cast iron gate valves with bronze trim or butterfly valves of wafer type. Valves to be same
size as face piping.

Automatic flow controllers to be provided to limit filtering, backwash and rinse flow rates to
maximum values recommended by the manufacturer.

Accessories: Filters to be complete with the following accessories and appurtenances:

1. Standard size manhole on top dished head with boiler type cover.
2. Four jack type supports individually adjustable for filter level adjustment and of
adequate strength to carry filter and contents.
3. Automatic air release valve on top dished head.
4. Gage panel of cast bronze with two 100 mm minimum diameter dial pressure gages
connected with copper tubes to filter inlet and outlet connections.
5. Filter drain valve.
6. Substantial lifting lugs.

Paint: Supply filters painted inside and outside with two coats of chemical resistant epoxy paint.

Filter media to be as recommended and as provided by the filter manufacturer specifically for the
filters. Components to be shipped separately in clearly marked bags.

Filter Media: Provide clear instructions for field application of filter media in filters.

Filter media to be graded rock and gravel to fine sand from bottom up, in layers of thickness to
manufacturer's recommendations.

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Rock on Gravel: Clean, hard, round stones with average specific gravity of not less than 2.5, free
from shale, mica, clay, sandstone, sand, loam or other impurities. Gravel is not to have more
than 2% by weight of thin, flat or elongated pieces.

Sand: Hard, durable grains of round or subangular silica sand, free from clay, loam, dirt and organic
matter. Not more than 1% to be flat or micaceous particles. Sand is to meet screen
requirements given in the following table and have effective size of 0.35 to 0.45 mm and
uniformity coefficient of 1.45 to 1.69.

Sand Screen Requirements

Sieve No. % Retained on % Passing Through

U.S. Tyler Successive Screens Successive Screens
16 14 0-6 94 - 100
20 20 3 - 23 71 - 97
30 28 24 - 40 31 - 73
40 36 43 - 25 6 - 25
50 43 22 - 6 0-3

CHLORINATION SYSTEM

System is to provide continuous, automatic and accurate control of residual chlorine in pool water
by constantly testing a water sample and automatically adjusting chlorine dosing apparatus to
maintain desired residual chlorine in water.

Components: Chlorine residual analyzer, chlorine residual controller, chlorine residual recorder,
hypochlorite booster pumps with 200 liters GRP drum, tubing and accessories.

Operation to be as follows: chlorine is to be added to water stream going to pool, water sample is to
be continuously analyzed and taken from location downstream from point where chlorine is
added, amount of residual chlorine in continuous sample is to be measured in chlorine residual
analyzer which is to send a signal, proportional to amount of residual chlorine in water, to the
controller and through the controller to the recorder, controller is to compare value of actual
chlorine residual with desired chlorine residual (Set Point) and send appropriate signals to
chlorine feed rate pump to increase or reduce chlorine feed rate to bring residual chlorine in
water back to desired level.

Chlorine residual analyzer to be wall mounted, with gravity feed type flow control system for
maintaining constant sample flow through cell and synchronous motor driven rotating striker
and PVC cleaning balls in sample cell to keep electrodes at constant state of cleanliness. It is
to have acetate reagent buffer solution system with constant head reagent feed system with
control valve to meter reagent into sample cell.

Chlorine residual analyzer is to work on the principle of the amperometric type cell and designed to
measure free chlorine residual over a range of 0 to 2 ppm. It is to use gold and copper
electrodes and have automatic temperature compensation such that variation of sample
temperature will not affect cell output. It is to be drift free and type not requiring recalibration.

Chlorine residual controller to be wall mounted and to have, in addition to set point adjustment, an
adjustment for setting frequency of corrective action when difference exists between set point
and measured residual chlorine and an adjustment for duration of time that control valve will
open or close at constant rate during each corrective cycle. It is to have means for opening or
closing feed rate control valve manually and visual indication of valve position.

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Chlorine residual controller is to work on the principle of matching electric currents.

Chlorine residual controller is to have the following face instruments:

7. Power on-off switch.

8. Power on indicator light.
9. Automatic/manual selector switch.
10. Fuse.

Chlorine residual controller: wall mounted, solid state type, requiring no ink and incorporating 30-
day strip chart, indicator strip for 0 to 2 ppm range and front clear glass cover. It is to have
adjustable high and low alarm contacts to actuate remote visual and audible alarms and be
complete with spare charts for two years' operation.

Chlorine Feed Rate Control Pump: Electric motor driven, proportional type.

POOL FITTINGS

Generally: Pool fittings to be heavy cast bronze, heavily chrome plated with polished finish to
withstand corrosion and action of chlorine.

Inlet Fittings: Round adjustable louver type with outer face fixable in any position for regulating
flow of water into pool, with 40 mm IPS female threaded connection.

Vacuum Fittings: Round type with face plug removable by hand for insertion of vacuum hose of
pool cleaner, with 50 mm IPS female threaded pipe connection on one end and 50 mm IPS
female threaded hose connection on other end.

No-leak Flanges: Heavy cast bronze pipe spool with centre flange and gussets, with IPS female
threaded pipe connections at both ends and fitted to inlet fittings and vacuum fittings within
concrete wall of pool.

Gutter Drains: 90 degree angle type, 140 mm long x 50 mm wide on both faces, with 50 mm IPS
female threaded pipe connection at 45 degree angle and with removable angle grate with 6
mm slotted openings in horizontal and vertical faces secured to drain body with four nickel
plated bronze screws.

Main drains: 60 mm square grate and frame to cover sumps. Grate is to fit frame closely and be flush
at surface.

Cup anchors for attaching life line or racing lane ropes are to be embedded, flush type, with integral
no-leak flange, gussets, anchor and bronze eyebolt 9.5 mm minimum diameter.

Wedge anchors for securing ladders and life guard chairs are to be embedded, flush type, with
integral anchor flange and webs, cast bronze inwardly tapering body with removable bronze
locking wedge and stainless steel draw bolt and washer and suitable for use with 48 mm OD
tube or 40 mm IPS pipe.

Escutcheons used with each wedge anchor are to be specifically designed for use with wedge anchor.
They are to be cast bronze with polished chrome finish and fitted with locking screws.

POOL SIDE ACCESSORIES

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Life Guard Chairs: Heavy, molded fiberglass mounted on sturdy foot board with 180 degree swivel
arrangement, complete with steel tubing and rails coated with rubber base paint.

Outdoor Pool Cover: 13 x 25 m mesh cover of durable polypropylene reinforced with heavy plastic
webbing, complete with pop-up inserts to be installed on pool deck to anchor cover, with
special spring loaded hooks on all edges of cover.

Rope Hooks: Solid cast bronze integral hook and body, with highly polished heavy chrome plating,
complete with two stainless steel set screws for securing 20 mm diameter rope.

POOL CLEANING EQUIPMENT

Supply equipment loose and hand to the Employer in original containers after tested and proved as
working satisfactorily.

Vacuum Cleaner: Solid cast bronze with corrosion resistant finish, 450 mm working width, curved
head and adjustable wheels, suitable for use with 50 mm vacuum hose and with 15 m of 50
mm white, corrugated, floating, flexible plastic hose with formed polyethylene ends and 4.8
m long x 32 mm diameter anodized aluminum telescopic handle complete with bolts and wing
nuts.

Vacuum Cleaner: Hose to wall fitting to connect vacuum hose to vacuum fitting is to be solid
aluminum with 50 mm IPS male thread one end and 50 mm hose sleeve other end.

Algae Brushes: 150 mm long x 76 mm wide, consisting of two dense rows of 25 mm long stainless
steel wire bristles permanently set in strong synthetic molded back. Rear bristles to be at right
angles to back and front bristles inclined forward. Die-cast aluminum handle holder with two
punched holes is to be securely attached to back.

Wall Brushes: 450 mm long with curved ends, consisting of four dense rows of 29 mm long nylon
bristles permanently set in strong moulded synthetic back reinforced with extruded aluminum
section. Die-cast aluminum handle holder with two punched holes is to be securely attached
to back.

SUNDRIES

Strainers on pump suctions to be straight, in-line, flanged type, designed for swimming pools, size
<j> mm, with cast iron body and stainless steel basket, suitable for working pressure of 200
kPa and with quick opening cover lid, positively sealing O-ring, yoke type cover clamp with
threaded tightening bolt and 40 mm IPS drain plug. Net screen area of strainer basket to be
not less than <j> cm².

Flow Meters: Orifice type with direct reading manometer having indicating fluid other than mercury,
complete with <j> mm orifice flanges, orifice plate, piping to orifice flanges and bypass
piping.

Flow meters to be as manufactured by Meriam model MS-37 or approved equal.

Backwash Sight Glass Indicators: Heavy cast bronze with clear plastic or Pyrex cylinder with bottom
50 mm male threaded connection for easy removal.

Venturi Tube: Heavy-Duty, close grain cast iron, with flanged ends, 40 mm diameter, 40 mm long,
with two 20 mm IPS tapped holes in side of body for pressure differential connections.

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Chemical Feeders: Heavy-duty cast iron, with quick opening cover, positively sealing O-ring, yoke
type cover clamp with hold down bolt, formed steel tightening bolts and two 15 mm IPS
tapped holes at top and bottom of one side for piping to venturi tube.

Test Kits: Obtain from equipment manufacturer those kits necessary for running tests to determine
conformance of equipment performance with the Specification.

Water quality test kit for checking pH and residual chlorine of pool water to be complete with two
9-colour standard chlorimeters, test solutions, operating instructions and carrying case. The
pH and chlorine residual are to be tested on different slides.

Water quality test kit to be as manufactured by Taylor model H professional test set or approved
equal.

Chemicals: Provide hypochlorite, soda ash granules and alum.

Heating Equipment: [Electric Heating]; [Solar Heating] complete with all piping, equipment and
accessories as recommended by system manufacturer.

PART 3 - EXECUTION

GENERALLY

Plumbing for workmanship common to this and other plumbing installations.

Qualified Engineer or Technician from equipment manufacturer is to supervise installation, start-up

equipment, make necessary adjustments, calibrations and tests in accordance with
manufacturer's instructions and instruct and train the Employer's personnel.

EMBEDDED POOL FITTINGS AND PIPING

Install pool fittings and piping embedded under pool and in concrete walls of pool and plant room
during concreting.

Concreting: A member of the setting crew is to be present during concreting to check grade and
alignment of embedded fittings and pipework and to correct any displacement before concrete
has hardened.

Lay embedded fittings and piping to proper elevation, line and grade and support and anchor during
concreting.

Coat and plug fittings and piping to prevent damage and ingress of concrete.

Earth metal fittings by connecting to pool reinforcing steel with copper wire welded to fitting and
reinforcement.

No-leak Flanges: Provide on pipe connections to inlet and drain fittings and vacuum fittings within
concrete pool wall.

Pipe connections through plant room walls to have no-leak flanges fitted centrally in wall.

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EQUIPMENT

Install in accordance with manufacturer's instructions.

Strainers: Provide on suction of each pump.

Flow Meters: Install on supply branch pipe to each filter from pump to indicate filtering and
backwash flow rates.

Backwash Sight Glass Indicators: Install on backwash pipe from each filter to provide visual check
of backwash flow.

Venturi Tube: Install on main supply pipe from pump to filters to create pressure differential to draw
chemical solution from chemical feeders into system upstream of filters.

Chemical Feeders: Pipe to venturi tube using 15 mm pipes with block valves on each feeder.

POOL SIDE ACCESSORIES

Earth metal accessories by connecting to pool reinforcing steel with copper wire welded to accessory
and reinforcement.

TESTS

Hydrostatically test pool piping as specified in Plumbing sections.

Water quality: Make chemical and bacterial analysis in accordance with procedures recommended
in the Standard Methods of the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes of the
American Public Health Association insofar as these methods are applicable to swimming
pool water.

Performance Tests: Carry out tests as necessary and as directed to demonstrate that equipment meets
design requirements as noted on the Drawings and in the Specification.

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