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Ramsey Fire Station No 2 Replacement Study <br />Feasibility Study <br />Ramsey, Minnesota <br />BKV Group 1272.05 <br />Preliminary Audit of Existing Conditions <br />BKV <br />There are three options in regards to the fire department's use of the existing city hall/fire station building. <br />4. The first option is to utilize existing spaces used by the fire department and vacate city hall portion (use for <br />storage, training, etc.). the goal is keep the building in operation for another 5-10 years until a new fire <br />station is built. The repair, updating, and replacement of building components would be required. <br />5. The second option is to demolish the city hall portion of the building. Rerouting/relocating existing systems, <br />and providing new systems would be required to serve the remaining fire station program spaces. <br />6. The third option is to completely demolish the existing building, A new fire station would be built on an <br />adjacent site. <br />The existing conditions were reviewed for preliminary work scope related to Options I and II. Work scope identified <br />for Option 1 relates primarily to building stabilization for a five year occupancy design period, while Option 11 work <br />scope includes modifications related to partial demolition of building while maintaining utility connections and <br />mechanical and electrical system functionaility. <br />Option I -Utilize Existing Spaces/Abandon City Hall Portion <br />Architectural Report <br />There is an economy in utilizing the existing spaces. If the action plan involves "abandoning" the existing City Hall <br />portion of the facility, though somewhat unattractive it would be, that the city implement the following safety <br />measures: <br />1. Remove all shrubbery from around the building — out 20'-0". <br />2. Install plywood over all glass windows & glass entries. <br />3. Install an 8'-0" high security fence around the perimeter of the building, 20'-0" to 30'-"back from the <br />building. <br />4. Install Metal Halide Security lighting on 30"0" high utility poles around the perimeter, on night timers. <br />With this approach, the following maintenance work is suggested: <br />I. Raise the grade in the rock mulched areas on the west side of the fire bays. An appropriate approach <br />would be to use gravel to fill these beds, (holding the gravel down I" at the back of the curb, and <br />ramping up at least 4" to the exterior brick. A layer of 60 — 120 mil butyl rubber pond liner or similar <br />WP membrane, (silicone it to the cleaned and dry wall & back of curb) should then be installed. Finally, <br />new mulch should be used as cover. <br />2. Reset the two concrete splash blocks along the elevation noted above in item # 1, to drain to the <br />pavement. <br />3. Leave the cracks in the masonry (for now), truck -point later if interior leaks develop, or brick faces start <br />to pop off, or bricks become dislodged in the wall. <br />4. Have the west wall and a portion of the south west wall cleaned to remove efflorescence and mold & <br />algae growth. <br />5. Paint exterior of HM doors at apparatus bays. <br />6. Paint exterior of Apparatus bay OH doors. <br />7. Caulk hole in brick masonry where radio antenna lead penetrates the exterior building envelope. <br />8. Re -paint bollards <br />9. Replace the damaged door bottom sweep on the SW man door of the Apparatus bay. <br />10. Remove and re -caulk control joints at perimeter of Apparatus Bay brick veneer. <br />1 1. Repair roof leak at apparatus bay. -�.: i:. <br />Architectural Space Program Report <br />Comm. No. 1573.02 Date <br />