Start by settling which of the section’s product families the roof plan actually shows, then confirm that the plan, skylight schedule, and sections give each unit’s size, grid, color, and light transmission, which the issued Section 08 60 45 leaves to the drawings or to blanks, and that the roof details show the curbs, flashing, and support framing that its notes say the drawings carry. Then check that one set of wind, snow, and blast loads governs, with metric values corrected, that fall-through protection, fire classification, and thermal ratings match the roof and energy analysis, and that the framing material, finish, submittals, and warranty fit the products kept.
Assemble the review package
Gather the roof plan with every skylight, roof window, and translucent panel area tagged, the skylight schedule or panel elevations with sizes, grid, color, glazing, and operation, the curb, flashing, and roof edge details, the roof framing plan and structural general notes with wind, snow, and drift loads, the antiterrorism and blast criteria, the roof access, fall protection, and guardrail drawings, the code analysis with roof classification, fire separation, and interior finish requirements, the reflected ceiling plans and sections below each opening, the energy compliance documents with fenestration U-factor and SHGC, the corrosion environment or ESC for the site, and the issued Section 08 60 45 with Sections 08 81 00, 07 60 00, the roofing section, and 01 33 00. Follow one skylight from the roof deck opening through its curb, frame, glazing, and flashing before assuming the others match.
WBDG publishes UFGS 08 60 45: Skylights and Translucent Panels as a public guide-specification reference (accessed November 11, 2026). Use your project’s issued specification and amendments for the actual comparison; the guide specification does not automatically govern your project. The checklist below is an original suggested review workflow, not a reproduction of the UFGS requirements.
Eight checks to run against the issued set
Use one record per location or system. The CSV contains the same eight prompts plus fields for source revisions, observed evidence, the review owner, the decision, and closure references.
| Check | Sources to compare | Question to resolve |
|---|---|---|
| Which product families the project keeps | Title and article heading brackets (skylights, translucent panels, or both) + Summary bracket (roof windows; flat glass, domed, pyramidal, or vaulted unit skylights; metal or wood framed skylights; light-transmitting plastics required) + 2.1 panel material bracket (glass-fiber polyester or cellular polycarbonate) and note (consider the differences before selecting) + Glass Glazed Skylights and Roof Windows, Plastic Glazed Unit Skylights, and Framed Skylights articles + roof plan and skylight schedule | Has the specifier deleted every product family the roof plan does not show, and where glass-glazed skylights or roof windows are drawn, has the Summary been edited, since it requires light-transmitting plastics and the opening note limits the section to glass-fiber and polycarbonate panels while the glass-glazed article specifies glass, and is one panel material chosen for translucent panel areas rather than both left in the bracket? |
| Sizes, grid, color, and light transmission | Article 2.1 (size and color as indicated; panel weight) + Panel Fabrication blanks (light transmission, color, assembled thickness, grid size) + Systems item b (exterior and interior face colors) + Framed Skylights span bracket + Pyramid and Vault configuration paragraphs + roof plan, skylight schedule, panel elevations, and reflected ceiling plans | Does the schedule or the panel elevations give the size, grid pattern, face colors, and light transmission for every unit or panel area, are the Panel Fabrication blanks filled in to match, do the framed skylight spans on the plan fall within the span the bracket sets, and do the daylighting and glare assumptions on the lighting or energy drawings use the same light transmission the section will require? |
| Design loads, framing, curbs, and units | Systems item e (manufacturer responsible for deflection) and item l (wind and snow blanks) + Glass Glazed Skylights and Roof Windows (downward and uplift pressure ranges) + Dome (snow load bracket) + Vault (fixed snow, live, and wind loads; rafter spacing) + Pyramid (horizontal thrust on the curb) + Framed Skylights (deflection bracket; live and wind load blanks; engineer’s calculations) + structural general notes, roof framing, and curb details | Since loads are set in up to five places, do the Systems blanks, the dome, vault, and framed skylight values, and the roof window ranges all match the wind, snow, and drift loads on the structural drawings, has the specifier corrected the metric pressures, which are written in MPa where the inch-pound values correspond to kPa, and do the curb and roof framing details account for the pyramid thrust and the opening framing the units sit on? |
| Blast, impact, and fall-through | Summary and 2.1 note (systems meet UFC 4-010-01) + Systems item l (frame and anchor blast loads and frame deflection) + Systems item h (exterior face impact bracket, UL 972) + Systems item i (fall-through by ASTM E661 or E695 so no screens or railings are needed; cites 29 CFR 1910.23, titled Ladders in the References article) + antiterrorism plan, roof access and fall protection drawings, and guardrail or screen details | Do the blast loads in the section match the antiterrorism criteria for the building, or have they been edited where the building is not inhabited or the skylights face no standoff concern, is the impact bracket chosen to suit the roof traffic, and since the fall-through item cites a regulation the References article titles Ladders, has the specifier named the walking-working surfaces provision intended, and do the drawings omit screens and guardrails only where the tested fall-through performance is relied on? |
| Fire classification and the roof covering listing | 2.1 note (panel fire ratings consistent with the building’s construction) + 2.1 roof covering listing certificate (ASTM E108 and the IBC where a classified roof is part of the project) + Non Combustible Grid Core (fire endurance without collapse or exterior flaming) + polycarbonate items f to j (interior flame spread class bracket, smoke density, CC1 classification, self-ignition, exterior fire classification bracket) + code analysis, roof classification, and fire separation distances | Does the roof classification in the code analysis match the exterior fire class the section asks for, are the flame spread class and the light-transmitting plastic classification consistent with the occupancy and the code’s limits on plastic skylights and roof panels by area and separation, which the drawings must satisfy, and does the submittal list ask for the roof covering listing certificate 2.1 requires, since it has no item of its own? |
| Thermal, condensation, air, and water | Thermal Performance note (low U-factor and SHGC; Energy Star for residential only; UFC 1-200-02 and UFC 3-101-01) and article (NFRC whole-unit SHGC and U-factor blanks; residential alternative written as “thermal properties of windows”) + Condensation Index Rating note and blank (THERM) + Systems items c, d, f, and g (air infiltration brackets, water penetration, weepage, movement) + energy compliance documents and fenestration schedule | Are the SHGC, U-factor, and condensation index blanks filled with the values the energy analysis uses for skylights, rather than window values, is the residential Energy Star alternative deleted on nonresidential buildings, as the note directs, and where it is kept, has the specifier confirmed that criteria written for windows apply to the skylights, and do the curb and flashing details let the weepage the section requires drain to the exterior? |
| Framing material, finish, gaskets, and flashing | Systems note (roof details on the drawings; the skylight becomes part of the roofing system) + Systems items a and m (integral perimeter framing; extruded aluminum and stainless or plated steel fasteners) and finish note and item j (organic or anodic finish by humidity and ESC) + Fixed Skylight (wood frame with metal cladding) + Dome (manufacturer’s self-flashing, curbs, nailer, insulation) + Vault (outside curbs; EPDM gaskets) + polycarbonate item b (dry-glazed mullions without sealant or gaskets) + Flexible Sealing Tape + Examination (isolate dissimilar metals) + curb, flashing, and roof edge details | Where a wood-framed skylight is kept, has item m been edited, since it requires aluminum framing for the systems, is the finish chosen by the site’s humidity and ESC as the note describes, which governs where a polycarbonate panel system is kept under the vault heading, the dry-glazed mullions without gaskets or the EPDM gaskets and sealing tape, and do the curb and flashing details show who furnishes the curb, the nailer, and the insulation and how the roofing laps onto them? |
| Submittals, mock-up, warranty, and erection | Submittals (shop drawings; product data; recycled content; Energy Star label; warranty; test reports; systems certificate; qualifications) + Quality Assurance (manufacturer and installer experience brackets; mock-up with labels; glass under Section 08 81 00) + Warranty (term bracket; item d measured over a longer period; single-source warranty for panels and framing) + Framed Skylights (copy of the engineer’s calculations) + Delivery (warning decals) + Erection (shop drawing content; protection removal; no snow rakes) + Section 01 33 00 | Does the warranty term chosen cover the period over which item d measures light transmission and color change, or has item d been edited to the term, is a submittal item added for the framed skylight calculations and the roof covering listing, which the text requires but the list omits, is the mock-up kept only where the type of skylight warrants it, and does the operations and maintenance information carry the section’s warning against snow rakes and sitting or stepping on the units? |
Worked example: a maintenance hangar with polycarbonate panels, a glass roof window, and loads in the wrong unit
Illustrative example: a vehicle maintenance building has a long run of translucent polycarbonate panels along its ridge and one glass-glazed roof window over a mezzanine office, with no guardrails or screens shown at either. The issued Section 08 60 45 keeps the Summary requirement for light-transmitting plastics, keeps both panel materials in the 2.1 bracket, leaves the Systems wind and snow blanks empty while the vault and dome paragraphs keep their own load values with metric pressures in MPa, and keeps the residential Energy Star alternative. The roof plan gives the panel run’s length but no grid or light transmission, the curb detail shows a curb with no indication of who furnishes it, and the code analysis lists a roof classification that the section’s exterior fire bracket leaves unselected.
Ask the specifier to delete the glass-fiber option and the unit skylight paragraphs not drawn, to edit the Summary so the glass-glazed roof window is allowed, to fill the Systems load blanks from the structural drawings and correct or delete the metric pressures elsewhere, to select the exterior fire class the code analysis needs, to delete the residential alternative, to name the fall-through provision intended in place of the ladder citation, and to add submittal items for the roof covering listing and any engineer’s calculations. Ask the architect to add the grid, color, and light transmission to the panel elevations, to confirm that the tested fall-through performance is relied on in place of screens or guardrails, and to state on the curb detail whether the curb is the manufacturer’s or built by the roofing contractor.
Avoid a false conflict
Section 08 60 45 covers roof-mounted skylights, roof windows, and translucent panel systems in glass-fiber, polycarbonate, plastic unit, glass-glazed, and site-framed forms. Vertical glass and glazing materials follow Section 08 81 00 and the glazing guide, curtain walls and glazed assemblies follow Section 08 44 00 and the curtain wall guide, aluminum and steel windows follow Sections 08 51 13 and 08 51 23, and the roofing, curbs, and flashing around each opening follow the roofing section and Section 07 60 00 with their guides, so check those before calling a requirement missing. Some of the section’s own wording needs resolving before it is compared with the drawings: its metric pressures are written in the wrong unit; the Summary requires plastics while one article specifies glass; the framing material item does not fit the wood-framed fixed skylight, which is also given an opening vent; the fall-through item cites a regulation the References article titles Ladders; the adhesive and listing paragraphs name code organizations the References article does not list; warranty item d runs longer than the warranty term; the calculations and listing certificate have no submittal item; the residential alternative is written for windows; and the gasket requirements disagree between the polycarbonate and vault paragraphs. Ask the specifier which wording the project intends before treating a difference as a design conflict.
When requirements disagree, follow the project’s document-control and clarification process. Do not assume that drawings always override specifications, or the reverse. Identify the exact sources and request an authorized decision.
Close the issue across the affected documents
Record the location or tag, drawing and specification references, issue dates, observed difference, and the decision needed. Assign an owner and keep the item open until the response identifies the governing requirement. Check the revised drawings and specification references together; a response email alone may leave the issued package inconsistent.
For the overall process, use the guide to drawing and specification conflicts. Mark an inapplicable checklist row with a reason, and distinguish a verified correction from a question that still needs design information.
Where Groundbook fits
Groundbook’s drawing and specification review helps investigate potential disagreements in the documents you supply. Include the relevant specification sections and drawing references, then verify the cited evidence with the responsible reviewers before acting on a finding.