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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 15, 2009 <br />Action Agen a , <br />Item No. `t- ~ <br />SUBJECT: Justice Center Facility Project Change Order and Revised Capital Project <br />Ordinances <br />DEPARTMENT: Asset Management & PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Purchasing Services (AMPS), <br />Financial Services <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposed Change Order <br />Capital Project Ordinances for: <br />Justice Center Facility <br />Emergency Services Relocation at <br />Meadowlands <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones, AMPS, 245-2652 <br />Jeff Thompson, AMPS, 245-2658 <br />Gary Humphreys, Financial Services, <br />245-2453 <br />Paul Laughton, Financial Services, 245- <br />2152 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approving 1) a change order for the Justice Center Facility capital <br />project in order to comply with life safety code issues, and 2) capital project ordinances for the <br />Justice Center Facility and Emergency Services Relocation at Meadowlands projects. <br />BACKGROUND: The renovation phase of the Justice Center Facility project started in January <br />2009 and was scheduled for completion in June 2009. The completion was delayed while <br />several options were explored to provide code worthy fire protection assemblies in the <br />renovated areas. This extra effort was necessitated by a more destructive asbestos abatement <br />procedure than was originally anticipated. <br />The original design for the renovation phase included several key tenets: 1) to utilize geothermal <br />technology in the HVAC system for both existing and new space at the New Courthouse; 2) to <br />resist the employment of sprinklers in the renovation area in order to preserve accidental water <br />damage of the Mural Courtroom artwork; and 3) to update the electrical and lighting systems of <br />the existing facility. No other major renovations were called for in design. <br />The demolition and asbestos abatement occured in early 2009 to complete the electrical work <br />and the installation of geothermal HVAC in the renovated area. Until the employees were <br />moved from the existing building to the new addition, the extent of abatement that would be <br />necessary could not be determined. In the final analysis, the removal of asbestos around <br />radiators and existing HVAC ductwork required significant intrusion into the plaster areas of the <br />existing Courthouse, which in turn compromised the fire rating assembly. <br />The build team, consisting of the designer (Corley Redfoot Zack Architects), Orange County <br />Building Inspections, Hillsborough and Orange County Fire Marshals, and County Staff, worked <br />closely through three iterations of re-design and cost evaluation over several months to arrive at <br />the most efficient and lowest cost solution. The proposed design focuses on a building sprinkler <br />