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Questions and Answers

1.) Is abatement work required?

Proposals should not reflect costs for abatement work at this time.

2.) How should additional 2"x8" rafters be secured?

Use of appropriate conventional steel hangers would be acceptable to the Government.

3.) What is time rating for exterior fire doors?

Forty five minutes.

Division 1 - General Requirements

1) Due to the bathrooms being ADA compliant, how do you want us to build the shower stalls for handicap accessibility? Per the new plan view(s), there does not seem to be enough room.

Do not need to be Compliant, see section 2.2.15

2) Will the hallways need to be widened to 5’-0” for ADA compliancy?

No, see plan sheet 2 of 6.

3) Do you want new walls built from wood or steel studs?

Wood, see section 2.2.2.

4) Is the “File Room” (called out in the scope of work under 2.4.4 – page 11) suppose to represent/describe the “Map Room” as shown on the drawings?

Yes.

5) What is the symbol (scope of work) suppose to be at the upper right corner in the lunch room per the drawings (sheet 2 of 6)? What are the grab bars for?

This is the fireplace hearth as indicated in section 2.4.2g. This item should have been in section 2.4.3 Lunch Room.

Division 2 – Site Work

1) Do you know section of the asphalt pavement where we are to remove the existing 6” sanitary sewer clay pipe?

There is no asphalt pavement at location of removal, see section 2.4.8.

Division 8 – Doors and Windows

1) Do you want kickplates at the bathroom doors?

No, see section 2.2.8.

2) Is there any electrified hardware required on the new doors?

No, see section 2.2.7 & 2.2.8.

3) Does the new door D1 at the utility room require a metal louver for ventilation?

No, see section 2.2.7.

4) Are the exterior doors hollow metal with metal frames?

Yes.

Division 9 – Finishes

1) What is the finish on the wet walls in the bathrooms (tile, frp, etc.)?

Sheetrock in accordance with section 2.1 & 2.2.3

2) Is the flooring in the utility room concrete finish? Will it get any floor base?

Existing floor is concrete. No work to be performed on floors in the utility room

3) Are the ceilings in the bathrooms and kitchen hardlid? If so, do you want ceiling access panels installed?

No, see section 2.2.5.

4) What is floor base in the hallway, lunch, conference, and map room (rubber, wood, etc.)?

See section 2.2.1 & 2.2.9.

Division 11 – Equipment

1) Is the kitchen equipment going to be furnished by owner?

No, see section 2.2.14 & 7.2.

2) If the answer to #1 is no, will the stove be electrical only (meaning no gas)?

Yes, electrical only. See section 2.2.14.

Division 15 – Mechanical

1) Do we reuse the existing water heater?

Yes.

2) In the new conference room, you indicate building an enclosure for the existing server. Do you want this room ventilated by the HVAC system and the door to have a metal louver on it?

(Nothing shown on sheet 5 of 6 for this room) This door shall be provided, see section 2.4.2e.

3) There are existing sinks in the proposed new conference room. Are the existing waste lines to be capped only, or removed from under slab?

Floor drains in conference room shall be covered prior to leveling floor. There are no existing sinks in the conference room.

4) Is the existing underground water line running to the existing water heater run where the new concrete pad is to get installed for the new heat pump? Do you require the water line to be relocated?

No work on existing water line going to the water heater.

Division 16 - Electrical

1) Who is doing the life safety?

Contractor is responsible for safety, see section 1.8.

2) Where is the existing switchgear and electrical panel located? Need to determine length of new feeders for relocated electrical panel.

Electrical panel is not to be relocated, see plan sheet 4 of 6.

3) Is the telephone board to be located in the new server enclosure?

There is no telephone board to be installed. All communications hardware is existing and to be kept in place.