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SECTION 16820
SOUND REINFORCEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1 GENERAL............................................................................................................ 1
1.04 REFERENCES..................................................................................................... 2
1.05 DEFINITIONS....................................................................................................... 2
1.06 SUBMITTALS....................................................................................................... 2
3.02 INSTALLATION.................................................................................................. 16
PART 1 GENERAL
A. This Section specifies the manufacture, testing and installation of sound systems to
be provided and the technical standards necessary to fulfill the requirements of the
Royal Commission.
B. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, tools and equipment required to
complete the Work.
C. Where works interface with Saudi Telecommunication Company (STC) and Ministry
of Public Work and Housing (MPW), the equipment/materials and installation shall
comply with STC and MPW standards latest revision, and shall be reviewed and
approved by the both STC and MPW.
A. This Section includes typical sound system in public buildings, assembly hall and
mosques. It also includes the music system, paging system, intercom, loudspeakers
and microphones.
1.04 REFERENCES
A. The referred codes and standards are intended to provide an acceptable level of
quality for materials and products. In case of conflict between these standards and
the text of this Specification, the Specification text shall govern.
B. The latest revision of the referred codes and standards shall be used wherever
applicable. In case of conflict, the Contractor shall propose equipment conforming to
one group of codes and standards.
1.05 DEFINITIONS
1.06 SUBMITTALS
A. The Contractor shall submit to the Royal Commission, under the provisions of
SECTION 01330, the following items for review and approval before commencing
Work:
B. After installation and commissioning of the equipment, the Contractor shall submit
the following:
2. All test results and commissioning reports to show all tests specified have
been performed and all requirements have been met.
A. The Contractor shall be responsible for the quality of work and shall develop and
propose programs and methods of construction and testing such as to achieve the
specified quality to the approval of the Royal Commission in accordance with
SECTION 01450.
3. Contractor
B. In the absence of any of the above, best accepted industry practice shall be
employed throughout.
A. All the equipment/materials installed indoor shall be suitable for continuous operation
under the following service conditions:
a) A maximum of 40°C.
b) A minimum of 0°C.
a) A maximum of 50°C.
b) A minimum of 0°C.
C. Speakers intended for outdoor use shall be fully weather proof and corrosion
resistant. Whilst the equipment (with the exception of the outdoor speakers) will
normally operate in an air conditioned environment, it shall be capable of operating
for a minimum of 2 hours without benefit of air conditioning. No fans shall be used for
equipment cooling as a standard application.
A. All the equipment/material shall be tested at factory. The Contractor shall notify the
Royal Commission in writing not less than 30 days prior to the scheduled starting
date of the factory tests.
B. The Royal Commission reserves the right of deputing their representative for
witnessing the factory test.
C. Upon completion of factory test, and before shipment of the equipment/material, the
Contractor shall submit 5 certified copies of test reports not later than 10 days after
the completion of all factory tests for review/approval of the Royal Commission.
1.11 COORDINATION
A. The Contractor shall be held responsible for the proper coordination of all phases of
the work under this Contract.
B. It shall be the responsibility of the Contractor to coordinate the work and equipment
as specified herein with work to be performed and equipment to be furnished under
other Sections of the specifications in order to assure a complete and satisfactory
installation.
A. The Contractor shall deliver, handle and store equipment and material units in
accordance with SECTIONS 01650 and 01660, as well as the following
requirements:
PART 2 PRODUCTS
2.01 GENERAL
A. All goods and products covered by these Specifications shall be procured, when
available, from an in-Kingdom manufacturer. Procurement of all goods and products
manufactured out-of-Kingdom must be approved by the Royal Commission.
B. All materials for subterranean use shall suffer no deterioration from corrosive
elements found in the ground. Those materials used above ground shall suffer no
deterioration from constant exposure to direct sunlight.
C. All sound system equipment switches shall be labeled in Arabic and English. Any
warning and/or instruction labels for maintenance and service personnel on the
sound system equipment shall be also in Arabic and English.
D. The public address system for offices shall be designed for transmission of general
announcements, emergency alarms and music.
E. The system may consist of a single integrated amplifier with microphone and
loudspeakers using 100 V technology, or multi-microphone stations with separate
mixer preamplifier, main amplifiers, octave equalizers and independently controlled
loudspeaker lines depending upon the size of the installation.
F. Public address systems for Mosques shall be designed for voice only.
G. The Contractor shall supply all necessary cabling, shielded cabling and other
miscellaneous items to provide a complete working system. All cables shall be
correctly dressed and terminated.
A. The equipment shall be designed to prevent ingress of all vermin and accidental
contact with live parts.
B. All racks, frames and circuit boards should be clearly labeled in English and Arabic to
show their function. In the case of circuit boards, the labels, wherever possible, shall
be fixed to the front of the circuit boards and should be clearly visible when the
boards are installed in the racks.
C. Any and all boards containing static sensitive components are to carry a label clearly
visible on the front of the board identifying this fact.
D. A copy of the circuit board label should be attached to the rack to indicate the
position of the circuit board in the rack. Rack or circuit board labels shall either be
screwed of firmly stuck to the equipment.
E. Each component on every circuit board shall be clearly and indelibly labeled with the
appropriate code to enable technicians working on the equipment to refer to related
operation and maintenance manuals and diagrams.
F. Whenever possible, the components should be solid state type. All components
4. The various inputs from the sound signal sources shall be combined and
conditioned through a pre-amplifier. This sound shall be interrupted during
speech announcements.
6. The Contractor shall supply equipment providing a facility for broadcasting fire
alarm signals and similar warnings to all areas through the system from the
main control station.
3. The various inputs from the sound signal sources shall be combined and
conditioned through a pre-amplifier.
1. System shall consist of a power amplifier, stand and desk type microphones
and speakers of a suitable type and location as specified on the Contract
Drawings.
2. The power amplifiers shall supply outputs for main and auxiliary speakers to
be remotely switchable to minaret speakers and prayer hall and court yard
speakers.
3. To avoid damage to the amplifier circuit components, the switching action shall
ensure that the new configuration is connected before the old one is
disconnected.
4. The prayer hall loudspeakers shall be driven with sufficient power to provide a
signal level of 80 dB ± 5 dB at 1.25 m above floor level throughout the hall.
The court yard loudspeakers shall also be driven with sufficient power to
provide a signal level of 85 dB ± 5 dB at 1.25 m above floor level throughout
the court yard.
b) One microphone and floor stand at the Mihrab for use in a standing
position.
6. Prayer calls over the main minaret speakers shall be possible from the
microphones in the main prayer area.
7. All microphones to be fitted with on/off switches and fitted with switches to
remotely control the configuration of the system loud speakers.
8. A three position switch, with illuminated indicators, will be required with the
functions detailed below:
a) Switch Position 1
1) The minaret speakers only are connected to the amplifier output.
b) Switch Position 2
1) The building internal speakers and court yard speakers are
connected to the amplifier output.
c) Switch Position 3
1) The minaret, internal and court yard speakers are connected to
the amplifier to the amplifier output.
9. “Speaker Select” switch shall only be active when the microphone switch is
“ON.” The microphone should be switched to the “OFF” position after use.
10. The three microphones are to be combined through a passive combiner and
the composite signal will be fed to one input channel on the amplifier. All input
leads to the pre-amplifier (when used) shall be shielded and grounded.
11. The cable lengths within the main prayer hall shall be such that the internal
high and low level microphones at the Mihrab can be positioned on any of the
first three prayer lines.
12. The Contractor shall supply and fit microphones sockets and sockets for the
speaker control cable for the prayer hall microphones on the wall immediately
adjacent to the amplifier cabinet. All microphone sockets shall present a
correctly terminated condition when not in use.
13. The Contractor shall supply a microphone socket, speaker control cable socket
and associated cables to allow Ramadan prayers to be conducted in the court
yard. The microphone socket shall present a correctly terminated condition
when not in use.
14. Level controls, when required, for the speakers within the main prayer hall and
the court yard shall be contained within the same enclosure as the amplifier
together with the passive combiner.
15. The power source for all the amplifiers is to be 127 V AC, 60 Hz. An
illuminated AC power switch is to be provided for power control of the amplifier
on the door of the cabinet.
16. The equipment cabinet shall be lockable and should be as close as practically
possible to the Menbar.
17. All equipment shall be connected to the amplifier chassis ground point and this
shall be single-point grounded to the building ground.
E. Music System
1. The music system shall consist of a power amplifier and AM/FM radio tuner
with cassette tape player, a record player, a microphone and wall-mounted
speaker assemblies.
2. All sound equipment shall be suitable for rack mounting. The rack shall be floor
mounted and grounded where shown on the Contract Drawings.
F. Paging System
1. The paging system shall consist of a power amplifier suitable for desk
mounting, a desk type microphone and speakers of directional horn type,
located as shown on the Contract Drawings.
remote locations.
3. The system shall permit the automatic isolation of the remaining remote
microphone locations as soon as one of the microphone stations is activated.
2.04 MATERIALS
1. Main Amplifiers
2. Control Preamplifiers
b) There shall be at least one spare input in addition to the inputs required
by the Contract Drawings.
d) The output from the pre-amplifier shall be at a level compatible with the
input requirements of the main power amplifier.
c) The amplifier shall be equipped with tone control facilities to tailor the
audio response to suit the input signals and the required performance
detailed in this Specification.
a) This unit shall generate various signals e.g. fire alarm, air raid warning,
air raid imminent and all clear etc. according to requirements of the Civil
Defense Bureau.
5. Loudspeakers
b) Wall Speakers
1) These speakers shall be provided with a resonating board and an
aluminum grille for universal application for flush or surface
mounted enclosures.
2) The speaker shall be a high performance type and shall be
provided with an autotransformer with taps for 1/4, 1/2 or 1/1 of
output capacity.
3) The unit shall incorporate a volume control. Frequency response
shall be ± 2 dB from 60 Hz to 16 kHz.
c) Ceiling Speakers
1) These speakers, including their accessories, shall be designed for
recess installation in various suspended ceiling types.
2) The grille shall be aluminum. The speaker itself shall be the same
type as wall mounted loudspeakers.
d) Column Speakers
1) These speakers shall be for interior, or in weatherproof design, for
exterior installation. The enclosure shall be of aluminum and shall
be for wall or pole mounting, with suitable accessories.
2) A transformer with taps for 1/4, 1/2 or 1/1 capacity shall be built in.
Frequency response shall be at least ± 2 dB from 150 Hz to
15 kHz.
e) Horn Speakers
6. Microphones
a) Microphones shall be selected for the special usage. They shall have a
super reinform characteristic, and shall be equipped with an adjustment
device for 5 step tone characteristic, and a presence switch.
7. Passive Combiner
8. Headsets
a) The AM/FM radio tuner shall be in one compact unit and shall be
completely solid state and tune the FM broadcast band from 88 to
108 MHz and 540 kHz to 1.62 MHz (medium wave) when receiving AM.
b) Front panel controls shall include a tuning control and local monitor level
control.
B. Intercom System
b) Master stations shall be able to originate calls to, and receive calls from,
any other master stations and designated substations.
c) The group call capability shall allow master stations to call designated
groups of master stations or substations.
4. Master Station
a) The master station shall be desk type and shall be capable of calling
any station in the system and receiving calls from all stations.
5. Telephone handset
C. Music System
2. The pre-amplifier have separate inputs for CD player, cassette deck, radio
tuner, Video and auxiliaries.
3. Signal to noise levels shall be better than 65 dB and the frequency response
within ± 1 dB from 10 Hz to 25 kHz. Total harmonic distortion better than 0.1%.
4. The music and audio systems in lecture halls and theatres shall be optimized
so that all areas shall have similar sound levels and clarity.
PART 3 EXECUTION
3.01 GENERAL
A. The Contractor is responsible for coordinating the installation and activation of the
distribution system to ensure that a complete and fully operational public address,
paging, intercom and music systems are available for immediate use once a facility is
complete.
C. All equipment used to transport and place the cable shall be subject to the Royal
Commission approval.
D. The Contractor shall be responsible for providing operating and supervisory personal
with adequate knowledge and experience. All work shall be done in a workmanlike
manner by competent personnel under the supervision of personnel who have prior
experience in the placing of wires and cables including fiber optic cables.
E. A set of working drawings shall also be at the site at all times during the works. All
work shall be subject to acceptance by the Royal Commission. Deviations from the
Contract Drawings and specifications shall not be permitted, except upon prior written
permission of the Royal Commission.
3.02 INSTALLATION
C. All systems installation and activation work shall be performed according to the latest
manufacturing technology and the Royal Commission rules and regulation.
D. Cables shall be installed in uPVC conduit or shall be direct buried, cables exposed to
sunrays are not allowed.
E. Wiring system shall be installed only when the raceways system has been
completed. The inside of all conduits shall be thoroughly clean of any dirt, moisture or
other foreign material before pulling wire and cable.
F. No splices or joints shall be used in low voltage feeders or branch circuits except at
accessible splices or junction boxes or outlet boxes.
G. Routing of cable and raceway shall be as per Contract Drawings, termination of cable
shall be according to the manufacturer recommendations and as indicated on the
Contract Drawings.
I. Install cable identification tag on each cable at panel board gutters indicating the
branch circuit, feeder number, panel board number or as indicated on the Contract
Drawings, and these tags shall be installed in easily visible and readable from front
access.
A. General
1. The Contractor shall carry out all site tests in accordance with approved test
procedures to ensure that the equipment and related accessories comply with
this Specification and operational requirements. All tests are subject to
witnessing by the Royal Commission representative.
2. At least 4 weeks prior to schedule tests, the Contractor shall submit to the
Royal Commission an outline of the plan and procedures to be used in
performing the site inspection and site tests. This shall include a brief
description of the test equipment, reference drawings, proposed tests and
procedure, test sheets, calculations, reference drawings and
minimum/maximum test and performance values in conformance with the
specification and acceptability of the equipment and acceptability of the
installation.
4. Upon completion of all testing, the Contractor shall submit 5 copies of certified
reports attesting that each test has been performed in accordance with the
approved test procedures. The report for each test shall include the name of
the person in-charge of the test and the date of performance. All factory and
field test reports shall be included in Operation and Maintenance Manual.
5. Care shall be taken that the test apparatus does not damage the equipment or
other related accessories during the testing.
END OF SECTION