NOTE: This guide specification covers the requirements for standard terrazzo bonded to concrete subfloor.

Comments and suggestions on this guide specification are welcome and should be directed to the technical proponent of the specification. A listing of technical proponents, including their organization designation and telephone number, is on the Internet.

Recommended changes to a UFGS should be submitted as a Criteria Change Request (CCR).

Use of electronic communication is encouraged.

Brackets are used in the text to indicate designer choices or locations where text must be supplied by the designer.

NOTE: Bonded terrazzo is normally 45 mm (1-3/4 inch) total thickness, consisting of 13 mm (1/2 inch) thick terrazzo topping over a 32 mm (1-1/4 inch) thick underbed.

Where structural movement which may injure the terrazzo is anticipated, installations should be by the sand cushion (floating) method. Where requirement exists for sand-cushion or other-type installation method, bases, precast work, or specialized work such as structural, abrasive, rustic, or venetian terrazzo, or terrazzo over permanent metal forms, the specification should be revised or a separate section should be prepared as appropriate.

Areas to receive terrazzo will be shown on the drawings. Color should be indicated by showing a selected plate number from the NTMA publication, "Terrazzo Design/Technical Data"

Example: NTMA Terrazzo Color Palette, plate No. S-301-4. Colors selected may be any combination of standard marble granules of domestic origin available in the local market.

NOTE: This paragraph is used to list the publications cited in the text of the guide specification. The publications are referred to in the text by basic designation only and listed in this paragraph by organization, designation, date, and title.

Use the Reference Wizard's Check Reference feature when you add a RID outside of the Section's Reference Article to automatically place the reference in the Reference Article. Also use the Reference Wizard's Check Reference feature to update the issue dates.

References not used in the text will automatically be deleted from this section of the project specification when you choose to reconcile references in the publish print process.

NOTE: Review submittal description (SD) definitions in Section 01 33 00 SUBMITTAL PROCEDURES and edit the following list to reflect only the submittals required for the project. Submittals should be kept to the minimum required for adequate quality control.

A “G” following a submittal item indicates that the submittal requires Government approval. Some submittals are already marked with a “G”. Only delete an existing “G” if the submittal item is not complex and can be reviewed through the Contractor’s Quality Control system. Only add a “G” if the submittal is sufficiently important or complex in context of the project.

For submittals requiring Government approval on Army projects, a code of up to three characters within the submittal tags may be used following the "G" designation to indicate the approving authority. Codes for Army projects using the Resident Management System (RMS) are: "AE" for Architect-Engineer; "DO" for District Office (Engineering Division or other organization in the District Office); "AO" for Area Office; "RO" for Resident Office; and "PO" for Project Office. Codes following the "G" typically are not used for Navy, Air Force, and NASA projects.

Choose the first bracketed item for Navy, Air Force and NASA projects, or choose the second bracketed item for Army projects.

NOTE: Manufacturer's literature should be reviewed when making selections for divider strips. When material and thickness of divider strips and color of plastic strips vary, depending on location in the project, material thickness and color should be shown on the drawings and specified.

NOTE: Manufacturer's literature should be reviewed when making selections for control joint strips.

NOTE: Include bracketed pH factor for WESTNAVFACENGCOM projects only.