AWI Standards

a) Glass type, thickness, color, edge treatment and glazing requirements.

b) Door and drawer front Interface style.

c) Door and drawer front edge profile.

d) Toe kick finish.

e) Grain or pattern direction.

f) Interior clearance.

g) Seismic fabrication and/or installation.

h) Flame spread rating.

i) Moisture resistance.

j) Insulation from adjacent heating and cooling sources.

k) Hardware.

l) Laboratory features, such as:

• Pipe chase allowance and/or removable backs behind base cabinets.
• Removable top at countertop splash.
• Chemical resistant finish or surfaces.

a) Species or engineered material (e.g. reconstituted)

b) AWI Finishing System Number or Finishing Technology

c) Staining requirements for transparent finishes

d) Grain direction

e) Matching between doors, drawers, and adjacent panels (non-sequenced, sequenced, or blueprint)

a) Cut (plain, quartered, rift)

a) Method of slicing (plain, quartered, rift, or rotary).

b) Veneer matching requirements.

c) Veneer figure and other unique visual characteristics is not a function of a veneer species and/or its grade. If required, Design Professional/Specifier shall identify such veneer figure and visual characteristics in the contract documents.

d) If the Design Professional has pre-selected/identified specific veneer(s) for project, then the project specifications are to identify the veneer supplier and the flitch number(s).

a) Pattern and color

b) Pattern direction

c) Grade

d) Laminate finish

a) Defined as all exterior surfaces exposed to view, including:

• All surfaces visible when doors and drawers are closed, including knee spaces.
• Underside of cabinet bottoms over 1067 mm [42”] above the finished floor, including cabinet bottoms behind light valances and the bottom edge of light valances.
• Cabinet tops under 2032 mm [80”] above the finished floor, or if 2032 mm [80”] and over and visible from an upper building level or floor.
• Front edges of stretchers, ends, divisions, tops, and bottoms.
• Sloping tops of cabinets that are visible.

a) Defined as all interior surfaces exposed to view in open casework or behind transparent doors, including:

• Shelves, including edgebanding.
• Divisions (front edge is an exposed surface).
• Interior face of ends (sides), backs, and bottoms (including pull outs). Also included are the interior surfaces of cabinet top members 914 mm [36”] or more above the finished floor.
• Interior face of door and applied drawer fronts.

a) Defined as those interior surfaces only exposed to view when doors or drawers are opened, including:

• Tops and bottoms of shelves, including front edgebanding.
• Divisions (front edge is an exposed surface).
• Interior face of ends (sides), backs, and bottoms (including a bank of drawers). Also included are the interior surfaces of cabinet top members 914 mm [36”] or more above the finished floor.
• Drawer sides, sub fronts, backs, and bottoms.
• The underside of cabinet bottoms between 610 mm [24”] and 1067 mm
• [42”] above the finished floor.
• Security panels or drawer stretchers.

a) Defined as those exterior or interior surfaces that are covered or not normally exposed to view, including:

• Toe spaces.
• Sleepers, stretchers, and solid sub tops.
• The underside of cabinet bottoms less than 610 mm [24”] above the finished floor.
• The flat tops of cabinets 2032 mm [80”] or more above the finished floor, except if visible from an upper floor or building level.
• The three non-visible edges of adjustable shelves.
• The underside of knee spaces, aprons and drawer boxes that are less than 914 mm [36”] above the finished floor.
• The faces of cabinet ends of adjoining units that butt together.