Architectural The building has aluminum clad wood awning windows in combination with aluminum fixed glass units. They appear to be exterior glazed with insulated glazing. See photo 2. Platteville Middle School was originally built in 1957. The original building was remodeled in 1997 along with a major addition which added the commons area, the IMC and several new classrooms. The Technology classroom, Art room and the Vocals room were all remodeled in 1991. The current band room was remodeled in 2000. The school is located at 40 E. Madison Street. It has approximately 112,347 square feet and sets on 11.9 acres of land. There is an outdoor play area to the northwest corner of the building and two large parking lots to the south and southwest. Bus drop off is along 2 nd Street with students entering the eastern entry near the gymnasium, thru doors E2. See photo 1 Photo 2-Awning Type Aluminum Windows The main entry doors, S3 are located to the south of the building, facing the parent drop off area. See photo 3. There is also a pair of doors, S4 facing south from the east corridor. See photo 4. Both sets of exterior doors are painted hollow metal and are showing some signs of rust and should be repaired and painted or replaced as a priority 3 renovation. See photo 5. Photo 1-Student Entry Along 2nd Street. The main school district offices are located within the middle school. They currently occupy rooms 132 thru 135. The middle school main office is located along the south side of the building between entry doors S2 and S3. The occupants of the school office must rely on security cameras to see the student entry at doors E2 and the parent drop off doors, S3. The main school office area seemed difficult to find when we entered the building through S3 doors. The relationship between the main entry and the school offices should be reviewed for better options and security reasons. This should be reviewed as a priority 1 renovation. Photo 3-Main entry is located along the right side of the student drop off area. Existing Facilities Survey Page 45
Photo 4-Doors S4 Photo 7-Exterior play area to northwest of the existing building. There are several areas where the caulking in the masonry joints needs to be replaced. These are primarily where the new additions were built next to the existing building. This work should be done as priority 2 repair work. See photos 8, 9 and 10. Photo 5-Hollow metal doors are showing signs of rust and should be repaired and painted or replaced. The outdoor play are to the northwest appears to be in good shape. See photos 6 and 7. Photo 8-Exterior caulking needs to be replaced. Photo 6-Current outdoor play area to the northwest of the building. Photo 9-Exterior flashing/caulking needing repair. Page 46 Existing Facilities Survey
Photo 10-Exterior caulking needs to be replaced. The existing roof was snow covered during our visit so no inspection was performed. The student entry, at doors E2 have an aluminum framed vestibule which provides an air lock to the interior of the building. The landing distance between the top riser of the terrazzo steps and the actual aluminum doors does not appear to meet the current code for stair landing widths and should be investigated and corrected as a priority 1 renovation. See photo 11. Photo 12-There are areas where the existing VCT flooring is damaged due to movement in the concrete slab. During our walkthrough we noticed that several of the existing toilet rooms do not meet the current ADA/ANSI 117.1 code for accessibility. These restrooms should be renovated to meet the current codes as priority 1 renovations. See photos 13, 14 and 15. Photo 13-The current toilet partitions do not provide the proper clearances to meet ANSI 117.1 requirements. Photo 11-Aluminum framed vestibule at entry doors E2. There are several areas where the existing VCT flooring is showing damage due to movement in the concrete slab below. These areas should be repaired as priority 3 repairs. See photo 12. Photo 14-Existing toilet partitions do not meet current ANSI requirements. Existing Facilities Survey Page 47
There are several areas where the ceiling tiles are showing signs of humid damage and should be replaced as a priority 3 renovation. See photo 18. Photo 15-ANSI 117.1 requires proper clearances on the latch sides of doors leading to and from corridors. The entry doors to and from some of the restrooms do not meet this requirement. There are several locations where the existing wood doors and frames have been damaged. These should be repaired or replaced as priority 3 repairs. See photos 16 and 17. Photo 18-There are several areas where the existing ceiling tile is sagging & shows damage. The wood floor and ceramic tile walls in the gymnasium have visible signs of wear, movement and damage. The flooring and tile should be repaired or replaced and as a priority 3 renovation. See photos 19 and 20. Photo 16-Existing wood doors have been damaged & need to be repaired or replaced. Photo 19-Wood flooring & wall damage needs to be repaired or replaced. Photo 17-Existing wood doors and frames have been damaged & should be replaced or repaired. Page 48 Existing Facilities Survey
Photo 20-Wood flooring in the gymnasium needs to be repaired or replaced. Photo 22-The terrazzo steps and flooring in the east gymnasium entry are in need of repair. There are several areas within the older section of the building where walls and doors have been damaged. These repairs could be done as priority 3 repairs. See photo 21. Photo 23, The east entry terrazzo flooring should be repaired. Photo 21-There are numerous areas in the older section of the building that are in need of wall and door repairs. The lockers in the older section of the building could be replaced or repaired and painted as an upgrade to this area. This work should be considered as a priority 3 renovation. See photo 24. The terrazzo flooring and steps in the east entry to the gymnasium area are showing signs of damage and cracking. This repair work should be considered as a priority 3 repair. See photos 22 and 23. Photo 24-The existing lockers in the older portion of the building have some minor damage. Existing Facilities Survey Page 49
The existing band room appears to have damaged ceiling tiles, below average lighting levels and a general need for repairs, painting and increased storage. This work should be considered as a priority 3 renovation. See photos 25, 26 and 27. Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Systems Heating: The facility s unit ventilators, terminal equipment and reheat are served by a primary-secondary pumping system and three Patterson-Kelley hot water boilers installed in 1998. Expected Useful Life (based on ASHRAE published data): Boilers: 25-30 years Terminal Equipment: 20-25 years Unit ventilators: 15-20 years Pumps: 15-20 years Photo 25-Band Room The pumps, terminal equipment and associated piping and accessories are at or nearing the end of their useful life and should be considered for replacement. The boilers appear to be in good working condition and have approximately 10 years remaining in their useful life. Photo 26-Band Room Photo 28-Existing Boilers Cooling is provided by packaged DX rooftop units. Refer to Ventilation/Overhead Air section for additional information. Photo 27-Band Room A majority of the building s ventilation and overhead air is provided through packaged DX rooftop air handling units. A majority of the units were installed in 1998 except the Trane unit serving the band area and the Carrier unit serving D Section. Air is distributed to reheat coils and then distributed to spaces. The gym is served by two heating only indoor air handling units, only one of which is functional. Page 50 Existing Facilities Survey
Expected Useful Life (based on ASHRAE published data): Packaged rooftop air handling units: 10-15 years Indoor air handling units: 20-25 years Unit ventilators: 15-20 years The air-handling units are approaching the end of their useful life and should be considered for replacement. Plumbing System There are two gas fired water heaters located in the main mechanical room to serve the building and two gas fired water heaters located near the kitchen to serve the kitchen, all were installed in 1998. All water to the building is softened. The water softener was installed in 1998 along with the remainder of the plumbing equipment. Plumbing fixtures throughout the building are original. Expected Useful Life (based on ASHRAE published data): Water Heater: 10-15 years Water Softener: 10-15 years The water softener and water heaters are in good working condition but are nearing the end of their useful lives and should be considered for replacement. The plumbing fixtures installed as part of the original building appear to be at the end of their useful life. Photo 29-Existing Building & Kitchen Water Heaters Photo 30-Existing Building & Kitchen Water Heaters Fire Protection System None existing. If renovations are pursued, the addition of fire protection should be considered. Electrical Systems General lighting in the building consists of fluorescent 2x4 acrylic troffers and surface direct fixtures in corridors, office spaces and classrooms, fluorescent in utility spaces, and miscellaneous specialty/decorative lighting in some spaces. Some of the specialty lighting and stage lighting is incandescent. It appears that most classrooms and offices have multi-level switching installed. All fixtures are in working condition, but a few older fixtures are nearing the end of their useful life. Light levels throughout the building appear to meet IES recommendations for this type of building. Lighting control consists of wall switches and occupancy sensors in a few areas such as the library, corridors and stairways. Although the corridors have automatic control via occupancy sensors, current energy code has requirements for turning lights off automatically in most office and classroom spaces that are not met in this building. The angled corridors north of the IMC do not have proper exit sign coverage. The elevator machine room does not have an emergency light fixture provided; this is a safety concern. Outdoor lighting consists of building mounted and pole mounted light fixtures controlled via photocell and time clock. Existing Facilities Survey Page 51
Expected Useful Life Remaining: Newer lighting: 10+ years Older lighting: 5+ years Exterior lighting: 5+ years Replace fixtures that are near the end of their useful life. Replace incandescent lighting with LED can lights and review stage lighting for possible alternative lamping. Add automatic lighting control via occupancy sensors to spaces required by energy code. moderate condition. The kitchen is well maintained and has the majority of the code requirements met, including a hood suppression system. However, the equipment under the hood is currently not served by shunt-trip breakers, which is a code violation. Many of the receptacles in areas where janitor mop basins are located are not GFCI protected, which is a code violation. One classroom appeared to previously have a kitchen with particular kitchen equipment that would require an exhaust hood with fire protection as mentioned above. Although the range is currently removed, the power receptacle remains, so a code official could interpret this as a kitchen, and therefore could require fire protection requirements to be met in this classroom. A simple solution would be to remove the receptacle and circuit entirely from the classroom. Expected Useful Life Remaining: Pit equipment: Past useful life. Original building panels: Past useful life. Other equipment: 25+ years Photo 31-Exterior Building Mounted HID Lamp Power Distribution: The building is fed with a 480V, 3 phase, 1200A electrical service from an outdoor utility owned transformer. The service is fed into an existing Square-D switchboard in the lower level boiler room. This gear is in good condition and has spare capacity. However, the current service entrance also back-feeds the original building service entrance in a room below the lower level boiler room accessible only by a ladder. The original service equipment located in this pit area is not in good condition and should be removed. It is recommended to remove all equipment from the pit for multiple reasons, accessibility, maintenance, and equipment past its useful life. The majority of the rest of the electrical equipment is neatly labeled and appears to be in good working condition with some spare breaker capacity for future panels. However, utility demand values should be studied prior to any upgrades or additions to the system. The majority of the electrical branch panels are still in good working condition with the exception of approximately 10 branch panels that are original to the building. These panels are damaged and will be difficult to get service parts for in the future. Electrical receptacles and connections appear to be in Keep existing electrical equipment in place until a complete renovation occurs. If a complete remodel is not in the near future, then an upgrade to the older buildingoriginal panels is recommended to replace outdated, difficult-to-service equipment. Replace receptacles near sinks with GFCI receptacles. Photo 32-Pit Electrical Equipment Page 52 Existing Facilities Survey
The building does not have emergency power. Emergency lighting is accomplished from emergency battery packs throughout the building. Most of these appear to be in good condition. Expected Useful Life: Battery wall pack lighting has a typical life-span of 5 to 7 years for a battery. The lighting heads will last longer as long as the batteries are replaced. Keep up maintenance of battery back-up lighting, add some battery ballasts to provide additional egress lighting as necessary to meet code requirements. It is not code required but a building of this size and use could be costeffective to have a generator. It is recommended to install an emergency generator, transfer switch, and branch panel to feed emergency lighting and the fire alarm panel, access control and security. The fire alarm system is served by a Simplex 4020 hornstrobe addressable system. The fire alarm system generally consists of some smoke detection, pull stations at exits, and notification throughout the building. Some of the fire alarm has been installed using surface mounted conduit due to remodeling. Approximately 15% of notification coverage is lacking to meet code requirements. Expected Useful Life Remaining: 20+ years Photo 34-Existing Fire alarm Annunciator Existing integrated Paging and Clock system is a Rauland multi-zone two-way paging and communication system with speakers and located throughout corridors and public areas, speakers and call stations in classrooms, and a control panel and microphone at the reception desk. Clocks are located throughout corridors and public areas, and in classrooms; some clocks are stand-alone clocks. Many of the stand-alone clocks are not equipped with any provision for automatic synchronization, either with each other or with an external master time signal (such as GPS). Other than the stand-alone clocks that have no provision for synchronization, the system seems to be in fair general condition and functioning as intended. Update all clocks to a district-wide synchronized clock system. Continue to maintain the fire alarm system regularly. When renovations occur, verify smoke detection and notification coverage meets current code standards and upgrade only as necessary. Add an LCD annunciator at the main fire department entrance point. Photo 33-Simplex 4020 Panel with Notification Extender Panels Existing Facilities Survey Page 53
Priority 1 Recommendations Recommended upgrades/replacements in the near future due to life safety, code compliance, or security. 1. Review main entry and the school offices for better options for security reasons. 2. Upgrade toilet rooms to meet the ANSI 117.1 requirements for ADA accessibility 3. Upgrade door hardware to meet current ADA and accessibility guidelines. 4. Correct width between the top riser of the terrazzo steps and the actual aluminum doors as it does not appear to meet the current code for stair landing widths at doors E2. Priority 2 Recommendations Recommended upgrades/replacements due to maintenance, energy, or end-of-life 12. Replace caulking in masonry joints between new addition and original building. 13. Replace 1998 or older DX rooftop units, boilers, pumps and corresponding piping and accessories. 14. Eliminate use of corridor as a return plenum by providing code compliant return and transfer ductwork. 15. Add emergency generator and power system. 16. Replace original building electrical panels. 5. Provide emergency gas shutoffs in boiler rooms. 6. Eliminate use of corridor as a return plenum by providing code compliant return and transfer ductwork. 7. Add shunt-trip breakers for kitchen equipment under the hood. 8. Provide GFCI receptacles within 6 of sinks and mop basins. 9. Add automatic shut-off via occupancy sensors. 10. Record video from video door entry stations via existing video surveillance system. 11. Review code required fire alarm notification locations and provide additional as needed. Page 54 Existing Facilities Survey
Priority 3 Recommendations Recommended infrastructure upgrades/replacements. 17. Repair or replace rusting hollow metal main entry doors S3 and S4. 18. Repair or replace damaged VCT flooring due to movement in the concrete slab below. 19. Repair or replace damaged wood doors and frames. 20. Repair or replace damaged ceiling tiles. connectivity and quad-shielded RG-6 coaxial cabling for CATV distribution (quad-shielded RG-11 coaxial cabling for runs over 180 ft.). Install rack-mounted RJ- 45 patch panels for UTP cabling terminations. 31. Update fiber optic computer network backbone cabling to OM4 50-micron multimode fiber optic cable and/or OS2 singlemode fiber optic cable. 32. Update all clocks to a district-wide synchronized clock system. 21. Repair or replace damaged ceramic tile walls in the gymnasium. 22. Repair or replace damaged wood flooring in the gymnasium. 23. Repair damaged walls and doors in the older section of the building. 24. Repair or replace damaged and cracking terrazzo flooring and steps in the east entry to the gymnasium. 25. Repair, replace or paint lockers in the older section of the building as an upgrade in that area. 26. Band Room: Repair or replace damaged ceiling tiles. Upgrade below average lighting levels. General need for repairs and painting. Additional storage needed. 27. Replace reheat coils with variable air volume boxes to conserve energy and comply with current energy codes. 28. Upgrade any remaining old halogen, incandescent and fluorescent lighting indoors and outdoors to high performance fluorescent and LED. 29. Create dedicated Technology rooms to house structured cabling terminations, telephone and computer network active electronics and equipment; video surveillance and access control cabling terminations and active electronics and equipment; and clock and overhead paging system cabling terminations and active electronics and equipment. 30. Update structured cabling to include Category 6 UTP cabling for VoIP telephone and computer network Existing Facilities Survey Page 55
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