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SEP 71993 August 18, 1993 Mr. H.T. "Sonny" Dean Department of General Services INDIAN RIVER COUNTY 1840 25th Street . Vero Beach, Florida 32960 Re: Indian River County Judicial Complex Change Order No.4 PGAL Project No. 91012-A-000 Dear Sonny: BOOK Architecture Interior Architecture PIGAA L Engineerhkk Phunting In response to your request for additional information related to Change Order No. 4, I have prepared the following. This response is for Item #3 of this change which relates to changes directed by the Building Department and the Fire Marshall and Item #4 which was the rerouting of the 24 inch storm sewer. A major impact on the review of this project was the adoption of new budding codes by the City of Vero Beach on August 17, 1992 with our project being submitted for Permitting in September 1992. Prior to that date NFPA 1985 edition was used in lieu of the 1991 edition and the Standard Building Code 1988 edition was used in lieu of the. 1991. Our design team was not advised of any anticipated change. _ Roughly half of the change in Item #3 relates to the addition of the six pairs of fire doors and the associated wall, ceiling and hardware changes around the atrium. These were required by the Building Department and the Fire Marshall after their final review Of the documents. Our design team with the Building Department, during discussions in November of 1991, had reached agreement on the method of calculation for number of occupants in the building and our design was changed at that time from four exit stairs to two. Further review was done by the Fire Marshall's office in the summer of 1992 of this design with no comment of any potential problem related to stairs. Upon submittal for permit, both departments determined that a different method of calculating occupancy was necessary causing the requirement for an additional exit stair. This was accomplished by enclosing the atrium for utilization of that stair. Other changes requested by this group were the mechanical and electrical items and fire protection changes. These related to: • Relocation of two fire hose cabinets and addition of one hose cabinet. • Additional exit signs requested by the Fire Marshall which are beneficial but in our engineer's opinion were not_ required. • Exterior fire alarm audio/visual devices required by Fire Marshall which are beneficial but in our engineer's opinion were not required. • Smoke detectors added in the atrium after discussion with Fire Marshall. • Upgrade of fire alarm audiovisual devices for compliance with the requirements of ADA since products meeting the new code were not available to be included in the. bid documents. Item #4, rerouting of the 24 inch storm sewer, was a result of some interference with building footings and the determination that, in the long term, it would be beneficial to route the storm drainage around the comer of the building instead of through the sallyport. 56