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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section
1.0 GENERAL......................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 SCOPE OF SPECIFICATION ........................................................................................................ 4
1.2 SPECIFICATION INCLUDES........................................................................................................ 4
1.3 RELATED SPECIFICATIONS....................................................................................................... 4
1.4 REFERENCES................................................................................................................................... 4
1.5 DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................... 6
1.6 SUBMITTALS ................................................................................................................................... 6
1.7 QUALITY CONTROL ..................................................................................................................... 7
1.8 HEALTH AND SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS............................................................................ 7
1.9 SERVICE CONDITIONS................................................................................................................. 7
1.10 FACTORY TESTING....................................................................................................................... 8
1.11 COORDINATION ............................................................................................................................. 8
1.12 DELIVERY, HANDLING AND STORAGE ................................................................................. 9
2.0 PRODUCTS ...................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.1 GENERAL.......................................................................................................................................... 9
2.2 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ................................................................................................10
2.3 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION ..............................................................................................................10
2.4 MATERIALS ...................................................................................................................................13
3.0 EXECUTION ..................................................................................................................................................19
3.1 GENERAL........................................................................................................................................19
3.2 INSTALLATION.............................................................................................................................20
3.3 TESTING AND COMMISSIONING............................................................................................20
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1.0 GENERAL
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 specification includes typical sound systems in public buildings, assembly halls,
and mosques. It also includes music systems, paging systems, intercoms,
loudspeakers, and microphones.
1.4 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.
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IEC 60728 : Cabled distribution systems for television and sound signals
BS 5839 Part 8 : Code of Practice for the Design, Installation and Servicing of
Voice Alarm Systems
BS 6259 : Code of Practice for the Design, Planning, Installation, Testing and
Maintenance of Sound Systems
1.5 DEFINITIONS
1.6 SUBMITTALS
A. The Contractor shall submit to MARAFIQ 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 showing 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, methods of construction, and testing such that the specified
quality meets the approval of MARAFIQ and its specifications.
3. Contractor
B. In the absence of any of the above, best accepted industry practice shall be employed
throughout.
A. All the equipment/material shall be tested at factory. The Contractor shall notify
MARAFIQ in writing not less than 30 days prior to the scheduled starting date of the
factory tests.
B. MARAFIQ 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 the review and approval of MARAFIQ.
1.11 COORDINATION
A. The Contractor shall be held responsible for the proper coordination of all phases of
the work under this Contract.
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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 requirements of the MARAFIQ 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 MARAFIQ specifications, as well as the following requirements:
1. Ensure equipment and materials are delivered to site originally packed, securely
wrapped, and labeled by manufacturer in unopened containers. Protection of
materials during delivery shall be as directed by the manufacturer.
2.1 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 MARAFIQ.
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 also be 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 microphones 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.
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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
should be mounted on printed circuit boards.
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 in contract documentation.
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.
a. One microphone and stand within the Menbar, if present, adjustable to face
height.
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’s loud speakers.
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8. A three position switch, with illuminated indicators, will be required with the
functions detailed below:
a. Switch Position 1
b. Switch Position 2
The building internal speakers and court yard speakers are connected to
the amplifier output.
c. Switch Position 3
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.
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17. All equipment shall be connected to the amplifier chassis ground point and this
shall be single-point grounded to the building ground.
1. Friday mosques shall be equipped with all the equipment as specified above.
2. Additionally, Friday mosques shall incorporate a simultaneous translation
system. This shall consist of a separate microphone, low powered amplifier 50
headset outlets and 50 headsets as specified by MARAFIQ and detailed in
contract documentation.
3. These shall permit a one-channel simultaneous translation system to enable the
service content to be translated in a different language and distributed via the
microphone to the wall mounted headsets.
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 in contract documentation.
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
in contract documentation.
3. The system shall permit the automatic isolation of the remaining remote
microphone locations as soon as one of the microphone stations is activated.
2.4 MATERIALS
1. Main Amplifiers
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2. Control Preamplifiers
a. This unit shall generate various signals, i.e. fire alarm, air raid warning, air
raid imminent, and all clear, etc. according to requirements of the Civil
Defense Bureau.
b. External warnings may be initiated from Civil Defense Bureau installations
through dedicated CIT links.
c. Automatic release through systems such as fire alarm and burglar detection
and manual release must be possible.
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5. Loudspeakers
6. Ceiling Speakers
7. Column Speakers
8. Horn Speakers
9. 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 characteristics, and a presence switch.
b. The frequency response shall be between 30 Hz and 20 kHz and the
feedback damping shall be approximately 20 dB at 130°.
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c. Connection cables and supports shall be provided to suit the special usage.
d. All microphones shall be provided with desk mount or floor mount as
suitable for application.
11. 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.
c. Output shall be compatible with the associated preamplifier.
d. The sensitivity shall be 2 mV or better for 20 dB quieting. Image rejection
shall be grater than 75 dB.
B. Intercom System
a. Door answering systems shall consist of one or more entrance stations and
one or more apartment stations. The system may also include an electric
door opening system.
b. Door intercom systems can be a press-to-talk system allowing speech
between the door station and any house or apartment main station, or a
duplex system allowing both speech between the door station and a house
station and communication between house stations.
c. Voice Only Door Station
i. The door station box shall be made of galvanized sheet steel and shall
be provided with rubber gasket to assure weatherproof attachment of
the cover plate.
ii. The metal front plate shall include illuminated nameplates and
pushbuttons, an indicating lamp for “ready to communicate” and a
push-button for switching on the entrance illumination.
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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.
b. The master station shall have the following minimum features:
i. On-off switch for turning the system on and off.
ii. LED light to show whether the system is on of off. This will appear on
the master and slave stations.
iii. Two volume controls to separately regulate the listening and talking
volume.
iv. The master station shall operate from 127 V, single phase, 60 Hz power
supply.
v. Telephone type handset for communication.
vi. Ability to call one handset at a time and selectively a number of
handsets.
vii. Ability to talk to one speaker at a time and simultaneously to any
number of speakers.
viii. The master station shall have a visual and audio indicator to show when
any telephone handset is calling.
ix. Input jacks shall be provided, which will accept inputs from a cassette
tape player and FM-AM radio.
x. The intercom master station shall accept inputs from the programmer of
the master clock system.
xi. The amplifier of the system shall be integrally housed in the master
station console.
5. Telephone handset
a. Telephone handsets shall be wall mounted and be capable of accepting calls
from the master stations and making calls to the master station.
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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.
3.0 EXECUTION
3.1 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 MARAFIQ
approval.
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 MARAFIQ. Deviations from the Contract
Drawings and specifications shall not be permitted, except upon prior written
permission of MARAFIQ.
3.2 INSTALLATION
C. All systems installation and activation work shall be performed according to the
latest manufacturing technology and MARAFIQ rules and regulation.
D. Cables shall be installed in PVC 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.
I. Install cable identification tag on each cable at panel board gutters indicating the
branch circuit, feeder number, panel board number or as indicated in contract
documentation, 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
MARAFIQ representative.
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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.