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Author Message Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1350 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 11:09 am:    I'm working on a Ronald McDonald house; I usually work on laboratories and hospitals. So, you can imagine that I don't have much information on La-Z- Boys and loveseats! Does anyone have a spec section that can be adapted for residential furniture? I plan to use a schedule approach, but are there any standards? Flammability? Anything from HUD? Or anyone else, for that matter, that would apply to furniture? Sheldon Wolfe Senior Member Username: sheldon_wolfe Post Number: 522 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 11:56 am:    Stay away from architect-designed furniture. Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI, CDT Senior Member Username: rliebing Post Number: 1282 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 01:11 pm:    Doesn't Arcom/MasterSpecs have a residential furnishings section in their interiors libraries? Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1351 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 01:16 pm:    If they do, we don't have it. Right now, I'm adapting a Banquette Seating section I wrote a few months ago for a university dining center. It'll work, but I would like some sort of standards. Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI, CDT Senior Member Username: rliebing Post Number: 1283 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 01:17 pm:    Lynn, flash thought in old head-- are you really outside the Wisconsin [or wherever] building code? This sounds like transient housing [people housed who are not familar with the surroundings, etc.] which puts the project in full building code purview, in regard to flammability, etc. Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1352 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 01:45 pm:    Good point! James M. Sandoz, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: jsandoz Post Number: 101 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 09:50 am:    Lynn, my firm is also a health care (a lot of pediatric) and medical research design firm. Inside the hospital furniture like this is usually found in areas designated for the families of patients including lounges and sleeping rooms. These items are usually procured by purchase order and our interior designers assist the owners with the documentation. The head of our interiors group recommends looking at this site for information regarding furniture specifications: http://www.bifma.org/standards/ Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1353 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 10:03 am:    James, That's perfect. Thank you very much! I'm not sure how the items will be procured, and right now they simply exist in a project data base from which I work. Thanks again and Merry Christmas!