Pumps. This section covers the design, manufacture, testing, delivery, unloading, and erection of fuel oil pumps, water pumps, sump pumps and other miscellaneous pumps required for the project. The pumps shall be furnished complete with motors, couplings, guards and baseplates. Equipment, material, design, fabrication, inspection and testing shall comply with applicable industry codes, standards and specifications including, but not limited to, ASME, ANSI, AWS, NEMA, NEC, HI, and OSHA. Pumps and equipment shall be selected and designed, including heads, capacities and margins, based on the Contractor's piping arrangement, system requirements and type of fluid being handled. The materials of construction of the pumps shall be compatible with the fluid pumped. The Contractor shall be fully responsible for the applicability, quality and compatibility of these materials. The selection of the pumps shall be subject to Owner's approval. Similar parts of duplicate pumps shall be completely interchangeable. Equipment and piping arrangement, and nozzle orientation, shall be selected for ease of maintenance and to minimize the dismantling or removal of piping and electrical connections for maintenance. Shafts shall be accurately ground and polished throughout their entire lengths and furnished with shaft sleeves. They shall be designed so that the critical speed will not occur within a safe margin of operating speed of the pump. Casings and nozzles shall be designed to withstand a minimum of 1 1/2 times the pump shutoff pressure. Wear rings for casing and impellers shall be replaceable. In general pumps shall have mechanical seals. Where packing is utilized the stuffing boxes shall be integral with pump casing and furnished with lantern rings and leakoff piping. Pumps shall be subject to shop inspection and manufacturer's standard shop tests. The pumps, motors, baseplates shall be thoroughly cleaned, primed and finish coated with manufacturer's standard procedures and paint. Aluminum, galvanized steel and stainless steel surfaces shall not be painted. Equipment shall be furnished with permanently mounted non-corroding metallic name plates.
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Sources: Engineering, Procurement and Construction Agreement (Tenaska Georgia Partners Lp), Engineering, Procurement and Construction Agreement (Tenaska Georgia Partners Lp)