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_I <br />MAR 111991 Boa 46 FACE 48 <br />CHANGE ORDERS 18A, B, C, & D - RE FIRE FALLS, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING <br />MR. KIRSCH OF CONNELL METCALF & EDDY EXPLAINED THAT AT THE <br />TIME THEY LAID OUT PLANS FOR THE COUNTY, THEY MET WITH THE BUILDING <br />DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE MARSHALL AND WENT THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION <br />BUILDING. MANY OF THE WALLS DESIGNATED AS FIRE WALLS ALREADY ARE <br />EXISTING FIRE WALLS AND HAVE A TWO-HOUR FIRE RATING, WHICH IS HIGHER <br />THAN THE ONE-HOUR RATING WE NOW NEED. THESE WALLS WERE ACCEPTABLE TO <br />THE FIRE MARSHALL. WHEN THE CEILINGS WERE OPENED, IT WAS FOUND THAT <br />IN MANY CASES, THE EXISTING FIRE WALL DID NOT REACH ALL THE WAY UP TO <br />THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CEILING STRUCTURE. THIS IS REQUIRED BY CODE, <br />AND THESE ARE THE THE NEW WALLS THEY HAD TO PUT IN ON THE PLANS DESIG- <br />NATED AS ONE-HOUR FIRE WALLS; WHERE THERE WERE OPENINGS THAT HAD TO <br />BE CLOSED, IT WAS INDICATED TO PUT IN NEW FIRE WALLS. ISR. KIRSCH NOTED <br />THAT NO FIRE WALL CAN BE A PARTIAL FIRE WALL; THE WHOLE WALL HAS TO BE <br />A FIRE WALL. HE POINTED OUT THAT NO QUESTIONS WERE RAISED BY THE <br />CONTRACTOR ABOUT FIRE WALLS EITHER WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH THE BUILDING <br />TOGETHER OR AT THE PRE -CONSTRUCTION MEETING. THE FIRST TIME ANY <br />QUESTION CAME UP WAS IN NOVEMBER WHEN THEY WERE INFORMED BY THE CON- <br />TRACTOR THAT HE DID NOT FIGURE IN HIS BID PRICE THE EXTENSION OF THE <br />FIRE WALLS. THEY NOW HAVE RECEIVED NEW COSTING FOR THE FIRE WALLS - <br />$69,697 TO PROVIDE ONE-HOUR FIRE RATED WALLS UP TO THE UNDERSIDE OF <br />THE STRUCTURE; $33,870 RELATED TO REMOVAL AND RE -INSTALLATION OF ACOUS- <br />TICAL CEILINGS; $7,500 FOR ELECTRICAL RELOCATION; AND $2,000 FOR <br />TOUCH-UP WORK. MR. KIRSCH STATED THAT HE COULD NOT ACCEPT THOSE PRICES. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY AREAS THEIR PLANS COVERED, <br />THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTION OF WHAT THE CONTRACTOR UNDERSTOOD AND WHAT <br />HE RAN INTO. <br />QUESTIONS FOLLOWED AS TO WHETHER IT WAS ISR. KIRSCHES' POSITION <br />THAT THE PLANS CALLED FOR THE ADDITIONAL FIREWALLS. MR, KIRSCH SPREAD <br />OUT THE PLANS AND POINTED OUT THE EXISTING FIRE WALLS AND WHERE THEY <br />HAD TO BE EXTENDED AND FELT THE CONTRACTOR SHOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD. <br />y <br />