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DISCUSSED HOW THEY WOULD GO ABOUT HANDLING THIS PROJECT - CONDUCTING <br />SURVEYS, DETERMINING WHAT IS SALVAGEABLE AND WHAT MUST BE REPLACED, <br />ANALYZING THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BUILDING, ETC. HE SPOKE <br />OF 'LIFE CYCLE It COSTING. MR. MOUSER STATED THAT THEY DO HAVE OPEN MINDS, <br />AND HE BELIEVES THEY CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING SUITED TO THE COUNTY'S <br />PARTICULAR PROBLEMS. <br />MR. INGRAHAM REVIEWED FURTHER OTHER PROJECTS THEY HAVE HANDLED, <br />NOTING THAT THEY HAVE DONE A STUDY OF AIR CONDITIONING FOR EVERY SCHOOL <br />IN BREVARD COUNTY AND HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE MODERNIZATION OF THE <br />VETERANIS HOSPITAL IN LAKE CITY, SHANDS TEACHING HOSPITAL IN GAINESVILLE, <br />AND WUESTHOFF HOSPITAL IN COCOA. MR. INGRAHAM FELT THIS TYPE OF JOB <br />REQUIRES VERY CLOSE CONTACT AND POINTED OUT THAT HE IS A.RESIDENT OF <br />VERO BEACH AND VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN DOING THE JOB. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED THEIR OPINION OF THE STRUCTURAL <br />HEALTH OF THE FACILITY AND THE ROOF. <br />MR, THOMPSON STATED THAT THEY DID NOT SEE ANY STRUCTURAL <br />PROBLEMS THAT WERE VISIBLE, BUT SPOKE OF WASTED SPACE AND ACOUSTICAL <br />PROBLEMS RELATED TO TILE. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO <br />LOOK AT THE ROOF AND NOTED THAT THIS WILL TAKE A VERY THOROUGH FIELD <br />STUDY, WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE ANALYZED. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY <br />HAVE CONVERTED A HOSPITAL INTO AN OFFICE COMPLEX IN THE CANAL ZONE AND <br />ASKED IF THEY HAD DONE ANY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. <br />MR. INGRAHAM STATED THAT THEY HAVE DESIGNED OFFICES, BUT NOT <br />IN HOSPITALS. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY THEN INQUIRED ABOUT A TIME FRAME TO GET A <br />STUDY READY, AND MR. THOMPSON FELT ABOUT FOUR WEEKS. HE CONTINUED THAT <br />THEIR PART WOULD BE TO ASSIST THE BOARD DETERMINE WHERE THE DEPARTMENTS <br />GO. HE NOTED THAT THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY DONE SOME STUDIES ON THE <br />SPACE NEEDED BY THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, AND WITH THIS TYPE INFORMATION, <br />4 <br />THEY CAN DO A PRELIMINARY STUDY AS TO WHERE THEY CAN BE LOCATED, BUT <br />AT THE SAME TIME WOULD HAVE TO CONDUCT A FACILITY SURVEY. MEMBERS OF <br />THE FIRM GENERALLY FELT IT WOULD TAKE TWO MONTHS OR MORE TO DO ALL THE <br />PLANNING. <br />11 <br />W •. <br />