Architecture Quality Assurance Checklist

Predesign

• Architectural Design Program documentation aligns with PMIS and Budget are incorporated.
• Required deliverables submitted
• Contextual Design demonstrated

Schematic Design

• Post-DAB recommendations are incorporated
• Required deliverables submitted
• Graphic code analysis with notes as determined by egress requirements

Design Development

• Compliance Drawings clearly indicate proposed impacts of recommended treatments
• Adaptive-Use floor plans clearly distinguish old from new.
• Sheet with Fire Safety Plan and code analysis notation (AIA format)
• NPS cover sheet is used, clearly indicating park boundaries, limits of proposed work, and any historic district boundaries
• Drawings comply with Director’s Order and Reference Manual 10A, DSC CAD Users Guide, and NPS/DSC Cad Drafting Standards.
• Outline Specifications clearly reflect overview of treatment and quality that is presented in the drawings
• Organization of discipline drawings such as civil, landscape architectural, architectural, followed by structural, then HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, and electrical complies with Director’s Order and Reference Manual 10A.
• Site property lines and existing conditions match with surveyor civil drawings.
• Building location meets all setback requirements, zoning codes, and deed restrictions.
• Elevation points match with site, civil, landscape, architectural and structural drawings.
• Demolition instructions are clear on what to remove and what to remain, and are coordinated with design documents.
• Architectural space requirements are commensurate with ductwork, conduit, piping, light fixtures, elevators, and other equipment.
• All plans, elevations and details are accessibility (ADA) compliant where required.
• Orientation of all site, floor, and ceiling plans is consistent.
• Large-scale plans and sections match small scale plans and sections.
• Locations of columns, bearing walls, grid lines and overall building dimensions match structural.
• Equipment room or areas are commensurate with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing.
• Modern structural, mechanical, and electrical components are hidden behind historic surfaces to the greatest extent possible.
• Locations of expansion joints on floors and elevations match the structural drawings.
• Required deliverables submitted

100% Draft Construction Documents or 100% Draft Design-Build Construction Document

• Building elevations match floor plans and have the same scale.
• Building sections match elevations, plans, and structural drawings.
• Building plan match lines are consistent on architectural, structural, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical drawings.
• Specifications follow NPS format and include contract price or bid schedule
• Appropriate treatment and “quality” of materials is represented in the Specifications
• Structural member locations are commensurate architecturally.
• Chases match on structural, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical drawings.
• Section and detail call-outs are proper and accurately cross-referenced. Location of details and call-outs on detail sheets, such as left to right, and top to bottom, is consistent.
• Reflected architectural ceiling plans match with structural, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, and electrical plans.
• Columns, beams, and slabs are shown and noted on elevations and sections.
• Door schedule information matches plans, elevations, fire rating, and specifications.
• Cabinets and millwork will fit in available space.
• Through-the-wall flashing and weep holes are provided where moisture may penetrate the outer material.
• Appropriate flashing materials and gauges are selected.
• Walls, ceilings, fire and smoke dampers are fire rated as required.
• Miscellaneous metals are detailed, noted, and coordinated with the Specifications.
• The limits, types, and details of insulation are coordinated with design documents.
• Thermal breaks included at fenestration; manufactured components and custom installations
• Thermal barriers included at rim joists, and at exposed foundations (between ground line and insulated exterior wall systems)
• Perimeter insulation is continuous along foundation extending to sub-grade
• The limits, types, and details of roofing are coordinated with design documents.
• All window walls, expansion joints, and weeps are provided as required.
• Dew point locations in walls, roofs, and terraces have been determined, and vapor retarders have been provided where required.
• Paint and material colors are in the finish schedule on the drawings or in the specifications where appropriate.
• Appropriate glazing materials such as tempered, laminated, etc., are indicated in drawings and specifications where required.
• Paint samples are taken from unweathered locations, and used to match modern paints to historic colors.
• Drain-back piping of fire sprinkler systems are coordinated with architectural spaces, structural members, mechanical drainage piping and ductwork, and electrical fixtures and equipment.
• Required deliverables submitted

Submit 100% Complete Construction Documents or 100% Complete Design-Build Construction Documents for Final Approval

• Required deliverables submitted
• All review comments from 100% Draft Review satisfactorily resolved