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SECTION 16110 RACEWAYS PARTI - GENERAL 1 . 01 SCOPE OF WORK A . Furnish and install complete raceway systems as shown on the Drawings and as specified herein. 1 .02 APPLICATIONS A. Except where otherwise shown on the Drawings , or hereinafter specified, all exposed raceways shall be rigid galvanized steel. Schedule 80 PVC may be used where exposed inside corrosive areas . Be Schedule 40 PVC shall be used underground, unless otherwise noted . Transitions to exposed, outdoor locations shall be made using rigid galvanized steel conduit starting with the last 90 degree elbow. C . All conduit of a given type shall be the product of one manufacturer . D. Combination expansion-deflection fittings shall be used where exposed or embedded conduits cross structure expansion joints . E. Liquidtight flexible metal conduit (between 18" and 36" in length) shall be used for all motor terminations and other equipment where vibration is present. All flexible conduits shall use a bonding wire unless a ground wire is included . F. Unless otherwise hereinafter specified or shown on the Drawings, all boxes shall be metal . This does not apply to buried work. PART 2 - PRODUCTS 2.01 RIGID CONDUIT A. Steel conduit shall be hot-dipped galvanized as manufactured by the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, Allied Tube and Conduit Corporation, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, or approved equal . Be PVC conduit shall be rigid polyvinyl chloride type as manufactured by Carlon, an Indian Head Company, Phillips Petroleum Company, Triangle Pipe and Tube Company, Inc., or approved equal . 2.02 LIQUIDTIGHT, FLEXIBLE METAL CONDUIT, COUPLINGS AND FITTINGS I - j A. Liquidtight, flexible metal conduit shall be Sealtite, Type UA, manufactured by the Anaconda Metal Hose Division, Anaconda American Brass Company, American Flexible Conduit Company, Inc. , Universal Metal Hose Company, or approved equal. 044572017 16110 - 1