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CONSTRUCTION PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE, HERCULES KONTOULAS, <br />INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE CONCURRED WITH MR., KIRSCH BECAUSE BEFORE <br />BIDDING TOOK PLACE, HE HAD THE CEILINGS IN THE CORRIDORS TORN DOWN <br />AND THIS CONDITION WAS EXPOSED. HE DID NOTE THAT THERE COULD BE SOME <br />QUESTION, BECAUSE THE PLASTERED CEILING AREAS WERE NOT TORN OUT. <br />MR. SNODGRASS OF REINHOLD CONSTRUCTION POINTED OUT THAT <br />THERE IS A VERY SPECIFIC SYMBOL ON THE PLAN WHICH STANDS FOR NEW DRY- <br />WALL PETITION FLOOR TO ROOF WITH ONE-HOUR FIRE RATING. HE NOTED THAT <br />MR. KIRSCH APPARENTLY IS SAYING THE CONTRACTOR SHOULD HAVE ASSUMED THAT <br />SYMBOL WAS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE WALLS HE NOW IS INCLUDING AS FIREWALLS. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS ASKED WHETHER MR. SNODGRASS AS A CONTRACTOR <br />OR MR. KIRSCH AS AN ARCHITECT WOULD, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF DRAFTING <br />PRACTICE, ASSUME THAT THE FIRE WALL SYMBOL APPLIES ONLY A CERTAIN <br />DISTANCE AND GOES NO FURTHER, <br />MR. KIRSCH STATED THAT IF HE, AS A CONTRACTOR KNOWING THE <br />CODE, SAW THIS AND HAD A QUESTION, HE WOULD FOLLOW THE CODE AND ADDRESS <br />THE QUESTION TO THE ARCHITECT. <br />MR. SNODGRASS EMPHASIZED THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE <br />TO PROVIDE WHAT IS ON THE DRAWINGS AND THAT IS WHAT THEY BID AND CON- <br />TRACTED FOR. HE STATED THE FIRE WALLS THEY BID ARE VERY CLEARLY SET <br />OUT, AND THE CONTRACTOR HAD NO H44Y OF KNOWING ABOUT ANY OTHER FIRE WALLS, <br />ARGUMENT CONTINUED IN THIS VEIN, AND THE BOARD INDICATED THAT <br />THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THEY WOULD ASSUME A RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTOR <br />WOULD BE AWARE OF. THEY DOUBTED THAT HE WOULD EXPECT WE WOULD WANT <br />TO BE PROVIDED WITH HALF A FIRE WALL IN A ROOM AND FELT IF THERE WAS <br />ANY QUESTION, THE CONTRACTOR SHOULD HAVE ASKED, <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS TO WHEN THE FIRE WALL PROBLEM FIRST <br />SURFACED, AND .JOSEPH "BUDDY" FOXWORTH, THE CONTRACTORS SUPERINTENDENT, <br />STATED THAT THIS FIRE WALL THING HAS BEEN COMING UP SINCE DAY ONE; THAT <br />HE, HIMSELF, POINTED OUT THAT THE FIRE WALL SYSTEM WAS NO GOOD AND <br />WOULD NOT WORK, AND EVERYONE IGNORED IT. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED WHY REINHOLD EVEN BID THE JOB IF <br />THEY KNEW FROM itDAYONE" THAT THE FIRE WALL WAS NO GOOD, AND MR. <br />49 <br />BQQK 46 PAGE 49 <br />.•;_.sr�:. ,..-�,--'��.�i--�s-�a^ s a.., Tem'�r'T�'.e�-..n::aFsa.�s�..�'�T����uv..�-' ,'.'-',ua6..�wT_'^�'.xaTT :--^�,ic.t�,. :.� ,�._7., n.:u��v c,�.,..�' . "-'p. .-�,��,� .., rti_..s�a y._ircR .n _. <br />m <br />