Raleigh County Commission Building Detail Report

 

Component

Current Status

Recommendations

Cost

General Exterior

The Commissioners’ building is a two-story building with a basement, (P50).  It is approximately 5,000 square feet.  The foundation is concrete and there is evidence of settlement.  The exterior walls are brick with paint on the exterior.  There is evidence of water damage to the exterior walls.  There is damage to concrete at doors, (P54, P60, P61, P62, P66, P67).

 

 

 

Exterior Walls

The exterior walls are constructed of brick.  There is exterior water damage to the building.  There are cracks in the exterior walls of the building, (P64, P65). 

Perform engineering study on cracks to the exterior walls of the building.

 

Repaint the building.

$10,000

 

 

$ 5,000

 

Roof

The building has a flat roof, which was replaced in 2001.

 

 

 

Windows and Doors

The windows are wood and aluminum.  They are single pane and appear to be in good condition.  The doors are aluminum and steel with glass.  There are locks and dead bolts on the doors and panic hardware on exit doors, (P65).

 

 

 

Fire Safety

The building has a sprinkler system, emergency lighting and exit lights.  There is also a fire alarm system.  There are two means of egress from every floor except the basement.  There are two exits from each room that holds 50 or more people.  There are stairways that are not enclosed by fire rated doors, (P49, P77, P78).  There is panic hardware on all exit doors.

 

Install strobes.

 

Install fire rated doors to enclose the stairways.

$  2,000

 

$  3,000

Structure

 

There is no noticeable interior structural damage to the floor or walls of the building. 

 

 

 

Security

The building is not equipped with a security system.  There is a metal detector at the front entrance to the building.  The building is not equipped with a closed circuit television system.

 

Install a security system for the building.

 

$  5,000

 

 

ADA

A handicap parking space is shared with the courthouse.  There is no proper signage throughout the building.  The doors in the public access areas do not have lever handles.  The restroom does not meet ADA requirements, (P45, P46).

Install proper signage through out building

 

Install lever handles on public access doors.

 

Renovate bathrooms to meet ADA requirements.

 

$    100

 

$  1,500

 

$10,000

Electrical

The electrical service for the Commissioners building enters from overhead.  The building’s electrical service appears to be in good condition.  The wiring and panels are labeled and in conduit.  The lighting is fluorescent.  The stairways did not have proper lighting, (P41, P42, P43, P47, P55, P68).

 

Install additional lighting in the stairways of the building.

$  4,000

 

Mechanical

The building has a gas-fired boiler that is in poor condition.  There are condensing units outside of the building.

 

Install central HVAC system to provide the building with heating and air conditioning.

$25,000

Work Safety

There is asbestos possibly present in the building.  There are no other work safety problems noted.

 

Complete asbestos study of the building

$  3,000

Space requirements

There appeared to adequate office and storage space in this building the offices it housed.

 

 

 

Subtotal

 

 

$68,600

Soft Costs

Professional fees, permits, surveys and studies

20%

13,720

Total

 

 

$82,320

 

 

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