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Hartford Civic Center – Facility Analysis 10 June 2, 2006 Architecture & Facility Women’s restroom outside Section 114/115 is clean and well maintained: The number of restrooms, water closets and urinals does not currently meet today’s standards for public assembly facilities or guests expectations. As the table illustrates, the Hartford Civic Center has 54 fewer water closets for women and 45 less urinals than what exists in newer generations of facilities of similar size. Significant renovation to the concourse would be required to achieve parity with current generation facilities. Further study would be required to determine costs which we believe would be significant and probably prohibitive. PREMIUM SPACES Suites The quality, level and condition of the suites is consistent with industry standards for comparable facilities. While some carpet and seating upholstery is beginning to show signs of wear, their condition does not yet warrant upgrade or replacement. Director’s Club The Director’s Club is clearly the jewel of the facility. Its condition and level of maintenance is equal to or better than that of the suites. One concern for this space, should any upgrading/renovation work be done here, is the lack of ADA compliant wheelchair-accessible seating. Accommodations will need to be made for the minimum number of accessible seating should any work in this area be considered. Director’s Club: Coliseum Club The Coliseum Club appears to be the most utilized premium space in the building. Its condition and level of finish is consistent with the other premium areas. Due to more extensive use, the seating in the front of the club is showing more wear than seats in the suites or Director’s Club. The finish on the wooden cup holders and flip-up trays is beginning to deteriorate and the upholstery is showing signs of wear, though probably not yet to the point of needing to be replaced. One improvement that should be considered is the lowering of the rails in front of the club seating. Current code should allow for a minimum height of 26” in lieu of the current height of approximately 36”. This improvement would enhance the site lines and improve the fan experience. Coliseum Club seating: Women Men Capacity W C Lav W C Urinal Lav Hartford CC 16,500 50 42 29 64 44 Average (14 arenas) 16,850 140 47 39 109 40 Coliseum Club bar:

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Page 1: Coliseum Club seating: Coliseum Club bar - HartfordInfo · 2008-02-11 · The expectation of the vast majority of consumers today is to view fresh food being prepared in an open area

Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

10

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Arc

hit

ectu

re&

Facil

ity

Wom

en’s

res

troom

outs

ide

Sec

tion 1

14/1

15 i

s cl

ean a

nd w

ell

main

tain

ed:

The

num

ber

of

rest

room

s, w

ate

r cl

ose

ts a

nd u

rinals

does

not

curr

entl

y m

eet

today’

s st

andard

s fo

r publi

c

ass

embly

faci

liti

es o

r gues

ts e

xpec

tati

ons.

As

the

table

ill

ust

rate

s, t

he

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r has

54

few

er w

ate

r cl

ose

ts f

or

wom

en a

nd 4

5 l

ess

uri

nals

than

what

exis

ts i

n n

ewer

gen

erati

ons

of

faci

liti

es o

f si

mil

ar

size

.

Sig

nif

icant

renova

tion t

o t

he

conco

urs

e w

ould

be

requir

ed t

o

ach

ieve

pari

ty w

ith c

urr

ent

gen

erati

on f

aci

liti

es.

Furt

her

study

would

be

requir

ed t

o d

eter

min

e co

sts

whic

h w

e bel

ieve

would

be

signif

icant

and p

robably

pro

hib

itiv

e.

PR

EM

IUM

SP

AC

ES

Suit

es

The

quali

ty,

leve

l and c

ondit

ion o

f th

e su

ites

is

consi

sten

t w

ith i

ndust

ry s

tandard

s fo

r co

mpara

ble

faci

liti

es.

Whil

e so

me

carp

et a

nd s

eati

ng

uphols

tery

is

beg

innin

g t

o

show

sig

ns

of

wea

r, t

hei

r co

ndit

ion d

oes

not

yet

warr

ant

upgra

de

or

repla

cem

ent.

Dir

ecto

r’s

Clu

b

The

Dir

ecto

r’s

Clu

b i

s cl

earl

y th

e je

wel

of

the

faci

lity

.

Its

condit

ion a

nd l

evel

of

main

tenance

is

equal

to o

r bet

ter

than t

hat

of

the

suit

es.

One

conce

rn f

or

this

space

, sh

ould

any

upgra

din

g/r

enova

tion w

ork

be

done

her

e, i

s th

e la

ck o

f

AD

A c

om

pli

ant

whee

lchair

-acc

essi

ble

sea

ting.

Acc

om

modati

ons

wil

l nee

d t

o b

e m

ade

for

the

min

imum

num

ber

of

acc

essi

ble

sea

ting s

hould

any

work

in t

his

are

a b

e

consi

der

ed.

Dir

ecto

r’s

Clu

b:

Coli

seum

Clu

b

The

Coli

seum

Clu

b a

ppea

rs t

o b

e th

e m

ost

uti

lize

d

pre

miu

m s

pace

in t

he

buil

din

g.

Its

condit

ion a

nd l

evel

of

finis

h i

s co

nsi

sten

t w

ith t

he

oth

er p

rem

ium

are

as.

D

ue

to

more

exte

nsi

ve u

se,

the

seati

ng i

n t

he

front

of

the

club i

s

show

ing m

ore

wea

r th

an s

eats

in t

he

suit

es o

r D

irec

tor’

s

Clu

b.

The

finis

h o

n t

he

wooden

cup h

old

ers

and f

lip-u

p t

rays

is b

egin

nin

g t

o d

eter

iora

te a

nd t

he

uphols

tery

is

show

ing

signs

of

wea

r, t

hough p

robably

not

yet

to t

he

poin

t of

nee

din

g t

o b

e re

pla

ced.

One

impro

vem

ent

that

should

be

consi

der

ed i

s th

e

low

erin

g o

f th

e ra

ils

in f

ront

of

the

club s

eati

ng.

Curr

ent

code

should

all

ow

for

a m

inim

um

hei

ght

of

26

” i

n l

ieu o

f th

e

curr

ent

hei

ght

of

appro

xim

ate

ly 3

6”

. T

his

im

pro

vem

ent

would

enhance

the

site

lin

es a

nd i

mpro

ve t

he

fan e

xper

ience

.

Coli

seum

Clu

b s

eati

ng:

Wo

men

Men

Ca

pac

ity

W C

L

av

W C

U

rin

al

La

v

Hart

ford

CC

16,500

50

42

29

64

44

Ave

rag

e (

14

a

ren

as

)16,850

140

47

39

109

40

Coli

seum

Clu

b b

ar:

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Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

11

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Arc

hit

ectu

re&

Facil

ity

South

wes

t co

rner

of

the

buil

din

g u

sed a

s a s

mokin

g s

ecti

on.

Ther

e is

signif

icant

wea

r and d

elam

inati

on o

f th

e co

ncr

ete

step

s and p

ads:

C

ATW

AL

KS

The

condit

ion o

f th

e ca

twalk

s w

as

gen

erall

y obse

rved

to b

e good.

Carp

et h

as

bee

n l

aid

to c

ove

r th

e gra

te f

loori

ng,

an o

bvi

ous

att

empt

to a

ccom

modate

use

of

the

are

a b

y

peo

ple

oth

er t

han t

he

faci

lity

’s o

per

ati

ons

and e

ngin

eeri

ng

crew

s.

The

catw

alk

s w

ere

gen

erall

y obse

rved

to b

e fr

ee o

f

deb

ris

and e

quip

men

t.

We

did

, how

ever

, obse

rve

a s

potl

ight

pla

tform

that

had p

oor

acc

ess

capabil

ity

that

would

pro

bably

const

itute

an O

SH

A v

iola

tion.

Spotl

ights

wer

e

als

o o

bse

rved

not

to b

e sa

feti

ed t

o t

he

pla

tform

s w

hic

h m

ay

const

itute

anoth

er O

SH

A v

iola

tion.

All

sport

s li

ghti

ng

fixtu

res

on t

he

catw

alk

wer

e obse

rved

to s

afe

tied

to t

he

rail

ing o

f th

e ca

twalk

.

Spotl

ight

pla

tform

at

SW

corn

er –

2x8

inch

board

use

d t

o a

cces

s

pla

tform

fro

m t

he

catw

alk

:

SE

ATS

& S

EA

TIN

G A

RE

A

All

of

the

seats

in t

he

seati

ng a

rea h

ave

bee

n r

epla

ced

wit

hin

the

last

ten

yea

rs.

The

seats

and a

isle

ways

are

in

very

good c

ondit

ion a

nd h

ave

bee

n w

ell

main

tain

ed.

The

alu

min

um

ret

ract

able

ris

ers

for

the

seati

ng a

rea

wer

e bei

ng u

sed a

nd w

ere

set

up d

uri

ng o

ur

tour

for

the

ice

show

. The

dec

ks

are

in g

ood c

ondit

ion a

nd t

he

pie

ces

we

obse

rved

bei

ng o

per

ate

d w

ere

in g

ood c

ondit

ion a

nd s

eem

ed

to o

per

ate

sm

ooth

ly.

EX

TE

RIO

R C

ON

DIT

ION

The

condit

ion o

f th

e ex

teri

or

is g

ener

all

y w

ell

main

tain

ed,

but

ther

e w

ere

are

as

wher

e th

ere

was

signif

icant

del

am

inati

on o

f co

ncr

ete

step

s and p

ads,

espec

iall

y at

the

des

ignate

d s

mokin

g a

rea.

The

main

entr

ance

to t

he

faci

lity

alo

ng T

rum

bull

Str

eet

is a

cces

sible

and c

learl

y m

ark

ed b

y th

e pre

sence

of

the

LE

D m

arq

uee

.

Nort

hw

est

entr

ance

of

the

faci

lity

wher

e th

e st

eps

have

bee

n r

e-

concr

eted

in t

he

past

yea

r.

The

met

al

panel

ing o

n t

he

back

side

is s

till

left

ove

r fr

om

ori

gin

al

const

ruct

ion.

The

faci

lity

managem

ent

has

talk

ed a

bout

re-d

oin

g t

his

back

sid

e to

make

it m

ore

appea

ling:

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Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

12

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Food

Serv

ice

FO

OD

SE

RV

ICE

: O

VE

RV

IEW

GE

NE

RA

L F

IND

ING

S

PO

INT O

F S

AL

E E

QU

IPM

EN

T

OF

FIC

ES

KIT

CH

EN

S

CO

NC

ES

SIO

NS

PO

RTA

BL

E C

ON

CE

SS

ION

STA

ND

S

PR

EM

IUM

FO

OD

SE

RV

ICE

S

FO

OD

SE

RV

ICE

: O

VE

RV

IEW

Thes

e obse

rvati

ons

wer

e gath

ered

duri

ng t

wo d

ays

of

touri

ng t

he

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r, o

n A

pri

l 2

0 a

nd 2

1,

20

06

. W

e to

ure

d t

he

HC

C w

ith f

aci

lity

sta

ff a

nd p

erfo

rmed

a s

urv

ey o

f th

e co

ndit

ions

of

fixed

conce

ssio

n s

tands

and

kit

chen

are

as.

GE

NE

RA

L F

IND

ING

S

In g

ener

al,

we

found t

he

foodse

rvic

e eq

uip

men

t and

faci

liti

es t

o b

e old

but

in g

ood o

per

ati

ng c

ondit

ion,

wel

l

main

tain

ed a

nd o

per

ati

ng u

nder

a h

igh s

tandard

of

sanit

ary

condit

ion.

D

ue

to t

he

space

lim

itati

ons

and o

rigin

al

des

ign

of

the

per

manen

t co

nce

ssio

n s

tands,

the

food o

ffer

ing i

s ve

ry

lim

ited

and n

ot

to t

he

standard

s th

at

are

curr

entl

y obse

rved

in t

oday’

s m

unic

ipal

faci

liti

es.

Curr

entl

y, t

her

e is

only

one

stand w

ith g

rill

s and f

ryer

s w

hic

h l

imit

s th

e fa

cili

ty

pro

duci

ng f

resh

and h

igher

rev

enue

pro

duct

. O

n t

he

oth

er

hand,

it a

ppea

rs t

hat

conve

rtin

g s

o t

hat

50

% o

f th

e st

ands

can g

rill

and f

ry f

ood m

ay

not

be

a s

ound i

nve

stm

ent

due

to

the

cost

of

renova

tion.

Sig

nif

icant

cost

s ass

oci

ate

d w

ith

expansi

on a

nd v

enti

ng s

yste

ms

may

not

pro

vide

the

retu

rn

on i

nve

stm

ent.

Curr

ent

Per

manen

t P

OS

Rati

os:

As

the

table

above

ill

ust

rate

s, t

he

Civ

ic C

ente

r does

not

mee

t cu

rren

t st

andard

s fo

r num

ber

s and d

istr

ibuti

on o

f

poin

ts o

f sa

le f

or

conce

ssio

n s

tands.

A

lthough a

ttem

pts

have

bee

n m

ade

to i

ncr

ease

poin

ts o

f sa

le w

ith p

ort

able

s, t

he

shee

r la

ck o

f co

nco

urs

e w

idth

makes

it

virt

uall

y im

poss

ible

to a

dd a

n a

deq

uate

num

ber

of

poin

ts o

f sa

le f

or

a p

osi

tive

cust

om

er e

xper

ience

.

PO

INT O

F S

AL

E E

QU

IPM

EN

T

The

curr

ent

Poin

t of

Sale

sys

tem

was

inst

all

ed i

n

19

99

and i

s a D

i/A

n m

odel

.

The

syst

em d

oes

not

curr

entl

y

acc

ept

cred

it c

ard

s and s

hould

be

upgra

ded

so c

ard

s co

uld

be

acc

epte

d a

t all

sale

s are

as,

as

cust

om

ers

expec

t th

at

of

all

ret

ail

ers,

eve

n a

t sm

all

er f

ast

food c

hain

s. V

isa a

nd

Mast

erC

ard

stu

die

s sh

ow

that

cred

it c

ard

tra

nsa

ctio

ns

are

15

% t

o 2

5%

gre

ate

r th

an c

ash

tra

nsa

ctio

ns,

so a

ddin

g

cred

it c

ard

capabil

itie

s ca

n i

ncr

ease

sale

s. I

n o

bse

rvin

g t

he

long l

ines

at

the

Cen

ter’

s A

TM

mach

ines

, it

is

obvi

ous

that

cust

om

ers

do n

ot

carr

y en

ough c

ash

, and m

akin

g i

t

inco

nve

nie

nt

to u

se t

hei

r cr

edit

and d

ebit

card

s only

im

ped

es

sale

s and l

esse

ns

the

fan e

xper

ience

.

Di/A

n P

OS

ter

min

al in

Bri

gham

’s I

ce C

rèm

e st

and:

Conco

urs

eH

art

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

rN

ew C

onst

ruct

ion

Indust

ry S

tandard

Low

er1 P

OS

per

209 S

eats

1 P

OS

per

125 -

150 S

eats

Clu

b/S

uit

eN

/A1 P

OS

per

100 S

eats

Upper

1 P

OS

per

453 S

eats

1 P

OS

per

175 -

200 S

eats

Ave

rage

1 P

OS

per

331 S

eats

1 P

OS

per

150 S

eats

Cre

dit

card

tra

nsa

ctio

ns,

if

engin

eere

d c

orr

ectl

y w

ith

Eth

ernet

or

wir

eles

s bro

adband, w

ill

als

o b

e quic

ker

than a

cash

tra

nsa

ctio

n,

since

ther

e is

no c

hange

and m

ost

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Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

13

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Food

Serv

ice

mer

chants

do n

ot

requir

e a s

ignatu

re f

or

purc

hase

s under

a

spec

ifie

d a

mount.

The

late

st d

evel

opm

ents

in P

OS

tec

hnolo

gy

is t

he

conta

ct-l

ess

transa

ctio

n,

wher

e a c

ust

om

er j

ust

wave

s th

eir

cred

it c

ard

in f

ront

of

a r

eader

and t

he

transa

ctio

n i

s

com

ple

te,

usi

ng R

FID

rea

der

s and a

ctiv

ate

d c

ard

s.

Lik

ewis

e, m

any

faci

liti

es w

ant

to i

mple

men

t cu

stom

er

loya

lty

or

freq

uen

t purc

hase

pro

gra

ms,

as

wel

l as

cust

om

er

dis

count

pro

gra

ms,

whic

h c

an a

ll b

e buil

t in

to a

moder

n

PO

S s

yste

m.

The

four

per

manen

t m

erch

andis

e booth

s cu

rren

tly

are

equip

ped

wit

h c

redit

card

mach

ines

.

OF

FIC

ES

The

managem

ent

staff

indic

ate

d t

he

foodse

rvic

e

off

ices

wer

e su

ffic

ient

in s

ize.

KIT

CH

EN

S

The

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r has

one

kit

chen

on t

he

suit

e

leve

l fo

r fo

od p

repara

tion f

or

suit

es a

nd c

lubs.

The

kit

chen

was

obse

rved

to b

e cl

ean a

nd o

f su

ffic

ient

size

to h

andle

the

dem

and f

or

the

above

men

tioned

space

s.

The

kit

chen

als

o i

s

the

pla

ce w

her

e ca

teri

ng i

s pre

pare

d a

nd d

istr

ibute

d f

or

the

exhib

it s

pace

on t

he

serv

ice

leve

l.

Kit

chen

on s

uit

e le

vel

has

enough s

pace

to a

ccom

modate

larg

e sc

ale

cookin

g f

or

pre

miu

m a

reas

and c

ate

ring a

ctiv

itie

s:

Pantr

y on t

he

suit

e le

vel

use

d t

o s

ervi

ce t

he

suit

es i

s in

good c

ondit

ion:

The

kit

chen

has

suff

icie

nt

stora

ge

and t

he

rem

ote

conden

sers

for

coole

rs a

nd f

reez

ers

work

wel

l and r

educe

hea

t and n

ois

e in

side

the

kit

chen

. M

anagem

ent

indic

ate

d

that

the

curr

ent

equip

men

t is

funct

ionin

g w

ell

and b

eing

repair

ed o

r re

pla

ced w

hen

nec

essa

ry.

CO

NC

ES

SIO

NS

The

curr

ent

conce

ssio

n f

ood o

ffer

ed b

y th

e C

ivic

Cen

ter

is n

ot

consi

sten

t w

ith t

oday’

s st

andard

s in

publi

c

ass

embly

faci

liti

es.

Due

to t

he

phys

ical

const

rain

ts r

elati

ng

to t

he

size

of

the

stands

and t

he

lack

of

gri

lls

and f

ryer

s,

oper

ato

rs a

re h

inder

ed f

rom

bei

ng a

ble

to p

rovi

de

fans

wit

h

a d

iver

se m

enu.

Only

one

stand c

urr

entl

y all

ow

s fo

r th

e

cookin

g o

f fo

od p

roduct

in t

he

stand,

whil

e th

e oth

er s

tands

are

only

able

to r

ecei

ve p

repare

d f

ood p

roduct

and,

ther

efore

, m

ust

sto

re i

t in

warm

ers.

The

expec

tati

on o

f th

e

vast

majo

rity

of

consu

mer

s to

day

is t

o v

iew

fre

sh f

ood b

eing

pre

pare

d i

n a

n o

pen

are

a w

hic

h d

oes

all

ow

for

the

oper

ato

r

to c

harg

e m

ore

and i

n r

eturn

incr

ease

rev

enue.

The

am

ount

of

rem

odel

ing a

nd c

onst

ruct

ion

that

it w

ould

take

to b

ring

the

conce

ssio

n s

tands

up t

o t

oday’

s st

andard

s m

ay

in f

act

be

so l

arg

e th

at

any

retu

rn o

n i

nve

stm

ent

may

take

10

to 1

5

years

to r

eali

ze.

PO

RTA

BL

E C

ON

CE

SS

ION

STA

ND

S

The

port

able

conce

ssio

n s

tands

on t

he

main

and u

pper

conco

urs

e are

gen

erall

y in

good c

ondit

ion w

ith t

he

gra

phic

s

view

ed t

o b

e co

nci

se a

nd e

ye c

atc

hin

g.

The

majo

r is

sue

is

the

lack

of

queu

ing l

ine

space

, w

hic

h i

s tr

ue

for

the

fixed

stands

as

wel

l.

Ther

e is

curr

entl

y no c

ours

e of

act

ion t

hat

can t

aken

by

faci

lity

managem

ent

that

can r

emed

y th

e

situ

ati

on.

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ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

14

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Food

Serv

ice

Ice

crèm

e port

able

outs

ide

sect

ion 1

13

/11

4 i

s in

good c

ondit

ion a

nd

pro

per

ly p

lace

d o

n t

he

conco

urs

e:

PR

EM

IUM

FO

OD

SE

RV

ICE

S

The

pre

miu

m f

ood a

reas

and s

ervi

ces

wer

e vi

ewed

as

stre

ngth

s of

the

food a

nd b

ever

age

oper

ati

on a

t th

e H

art

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r.

The

Nex

tel

Clu

b a

nd t

he

Dir

ecto

r’s

Clu

b w

ere

as

good a

s w

hat

one

mig

ht

see

in a

faci

lity

25

yea

rs

younger

. T

he

kit

chen

is

appro

pri

ate

ly s

ized

to s

ervi

ce 4

0+

suit

es a

nd a

res

taura

nt.

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Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

15

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Majo

rS

yst

em

s

MA

JO

R S

YS

TE

MS

: O

VE

RV

IEW

OP

ER

ATIO

NS

/ M

AIN

TE

NA

NC

E S

TA

FF

HV

AC

Air

Handli

ng U

nit

s

Buil

din

g A

uto

mati

on S

yste

m

Cen

tral

Pla

nt

/ P

um

p R

oom

EL

EC

TR

ICA

L

P

rim

ary

Sys

tem

s

S

econdary

Sys

tem

s

E

mer

gen

cy E

lect

rica

lP

ow

er

Vari

able

Fre

quen

cy D

rive

Unit

s

PL

UM

BIN

G

O

verv

iew

De-

Ioniz

er /

Ice

Makin

g W

ate

r S

yste

m

Ice

Flo

or

/ H

ock

ey R

ink S

yste

m

FIR

E P

RO

TE

CTIO

N S

YS

TE

MS

Fir

e E

xti

nguis

her

s and C

abin

ets

S

pri

nkle

r S

yste

ms

EL

EV

ATO

RS

/ E

SC

AL

ATO

RS

CA

TW

AL

K &

CA

TW

AL

K A

RE

A

O

verv

iew

S

potl

ights

RO

OF

& R

OO

F S

YS

TE

MS

TE

CH

NO

LO

GY

Tel

ephone

Sys

tem

S

ound S

yste

m

MA

JO

R S

YS

TE

MS

: O

VE

RV

IEW

This

docu

men

t is

the

resu

lt o

f an o

n-s

ite

fiel

d

inve

stig

ati

on t

hat

cate

gori

zes

the

majo

r sy

stem

s of

the

faci

lity

and t

he

condit

ion o

f th

e eq

uip

men

t in

side

the

buil

din

g incl

udin

g H

VA

C, M

echanic

al E

lect

rica

l &

Plu

mbin

g (

ME

P),

Ice

Makin

g S

yste

ms

and A

nci

llary

equip

men

t use

d f

or

vari

ous

show

s and e

nte

rtain

men

t

purp

ose

s at

the

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r. T

his

docu

men

t does

not

incl

ude

an e

ngin

eeri

ng e

valu

ati

on;

how

ever

, th

ere

are

seve

ral

reco

mm

endati

ons

thro

ughout

this

docu

men

t fo

r

syst

em a

lter

nati

ves

that

could

lea

d t

o a

more

eff

icie

nt

oper

ati

on o

f th

e fa

cili

ty.

OP

ER

ATIO

NS

/ M

AIN

TE

NA

NC

E S

TA

FF

The

main

tenance

sta

ff s

hould

be

com

men

ded

for

thei

r

effo

rts

for

main

tain

ing a

ll o

f th

e m

echanic

al

syst

ems

insi

de

the

faci

lity

. It

is

imm

edia

tely

obvi

ous

that

the

staff

is

conce

rned

about

the

equip

men

t in

the

faci

lity

, as

wel

l as

the

outw

ard

appea

rance

s in

the

publi

c are

as

and t

he

serv

ice

leve

ls o

f th

e fa

cili

ty.

The

ove

rall

appea

rance

of

the

insi

de

of

the

enti

re f

aci

lity

is

wel

l kep

t and f

ree

of

deb

ris

and t

her

e

appea

rs t

o b

e a r

egula

r pro

gra

m t

o m

ain

tain

the

pain

ted

are

as

of

the

faci

lity

.

The

janit

ori

al

staff

is

managed

in-h

ouse

thro

ugh t

he

Oper

ati

ons

Dep

art

men

t and s

eem

s to

be

main

tain

ing t

he

buil

din

g p

roper

ly.

Duri

ng t

he

walk

-thro

ugh,

no b

ad o

dors

wer

e noti

ced i

n t

he

serv

ice

are

a.

The

publi

c are

as

incl

udin

g

the

lobby

floors

, se

ati

ng a

rea,

rest

room

s and c

once

ssio

n

are

as

wer

e cl

ean a

nd m

ost

ly f

ree

of

deb

ris

or

loose

tra

sh.

The

dum

pst

er i

n t

he

serv

ice

are

a i

s th

e only

are

a w

her

e a

bad o

dor

was

noti

ced;

how

ever

, th

e ja

nit

ori

al

staff

and t

he

main

tenance

sta

ff s

eem

ed t

o h

ave

som

e m

easu

res

in p

lace

to

hel

p c

onta

in t

he

are

a a

round t

he

dum

pst

er a

nd k

eep t

he

odor

to a

min

imum

.

Duri

ng o

ur

walk

-thro

ugh a

nd o

bse

rvati

ons

of

the

mec

hanic

al

equip

men

t th

roughout

the

faci

lity

, m

ost

of

the

equip

men

t w

as

noti

ceably

din

gy

and h

ad a

n a

ged

look.

This

“din

gy”

look i

s due

to t

he

act

ual

age

of

the

equip

men

t, a

resu

lt o

f hum

an c

onta

ct o

ver

the

past

thir

ty-o

ne

years

of

oper

ati

on a

nd f

rom

norm

al

main

tenance

pro

cedure

s. I

t

should

be

note

d t

hat

most

of

the

mec

hanic

al

equip

men

t has

bee

n w

ell

main

tain

ed i

n t

he

past

but

is n

ow

show

ing s

igns

of

det

erio

rati

on d

ue

to i

ts a

ge

and w

ill

nee

d t

o b

e co

mple

tely

repla

ced i

n t

he

nea

r fu

ture

. This

iss

ue

and o

ther

iss

ues

conce

rnin

g o

utd

ate

d a

nd w

orn

out

equip

men

t w

ill

be

addre

ssed

in m

ore

det

ail

in t

he

HV

AC

sec

tions

of

this

rep

ort

HV

AC

Air

Handli

ng U

nit

s

Ther

e are

ove

r tw

enty

sep

ara

te a

ir h

andli

ng u

nit

s fo

r

the

are

na,

ass

oci

ate

d c

onco

urs

es a

nd m

eeti

ng a

reas.

Thes

e

unit

s use

chil

led w

ate

r fo

r co

oli

ng a

nd s

team

/ h

ot

wate

r fo

r

hea

ting.

Ther

e is

als

o n

um

erous

DX

typ

e F

reon u

nit

s th

at

cool

are

as

in t

he

serv

ice

leve

l and p

rim

ari

ly t

he

dre

ssin

g

room

s. All

of

the

DX

unit

s w

e obse

rved

wer

e in

good

condit

ion a

nd m

ost

wer

e oper

ati

ng.

The

unit

s w

ere

obvi

ousl

y

wel

l m

ain

tain

ed a

nd w

ere

very

cle

an.

The

conden

sing u

nit

s

wer

e re

lati

vely

fre

e of

dir

t and d

ust

buil

d-u

p o

n t

he

conden

ser

fins

and n

one

wer

e m

akin

g a

ny

unusu

al

nois

es o

r

com

pre

ssor

stra

inin

g s

ounds.

Gen

erall

y, m

ost

of

the

unit

s w

ere

in f

air

condit

ion.

As

men

tioned

earl

ier,

the

main

tenance

sta

ff h

as

done

a g

reat

job m

ain

tain

ing t

hes

e unit

s; h

ow

ever

, due

to t

he

age

of

thes

e

unit

s, i

t w

ill

be

nec

essa

ry t

o b

egin

pla

nnin

g s

om

e ty

pe

of

retr

ofi

t fo

r new

unit

s in

the

futu

re.

Most

of

the

unit

s

obse

rved

appea

red t

o b

e w

ork

ing p

roper

ly a

nd w

e w

ere

advi

sed b

y th

e st

aff

that

all

are

use

d r

egula

rly

for

hea

ting

and c

ooli

ng.

Duri

ng o

ur

obse

rvati

ons

we

did

not

find m

any

dir

ty

filt

ers

and t

her

e w

ere

repla

cem

ent

filt

ers

in m

ost

sto

rage

room

s in

dic

ati

ng a

good f

ilte

r m

ain

tenance

pro

gra

m.

The

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ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

16

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Majo

rS

yst

em

s

main

tenance

sta

ff w

as

act

ivel

y w

ork

ing i

n t

wo o

f th

e air

handli

ng u

nit

s as

we

toure

d t

he

faci

lity

and t

her

e w

ere

thre

e

unit

s sc

hed

ule

d f

or

clea

nin

g a

nd f

ilte

r re

pla

cem

ent

duri

ng

the

nex

t w

eek.

As

wit

h m

ost

ven

ues

in t

his

age

range

ther

e are

num

erous

pro

ble

ms

in t

he

mec

hanic

al

and p

lum

bin

g

syst

ems.

Sev

eral

seri

ous

pro

ble

ms

are

cooli

ng c

oil

det

erio

rati

on,

pip

e and b

ato

n i

nsu

lati

on i

n a

nd o

uts

ide

the

unit

s, c

ontr

ol

/ sh

ut

off

valv

e det

erio

rati

on a

nd c

orr

oded

stee

l pip

ing.

On a

lmost

all

unit

s w

e obse

rved

pip

ing i

nsu

lati

on

det

erio

rati

on a

nd i

nsu

lati

on t

hat

has

bee

n r

emove

d f

or

main

tenance

and r

epair

purp

ose

s. T

her

e w

ere

seve

ral

unit

s

that

had s

atu

rate

d i

nsu

lati

on w

ith s

om

e ty

pe

of

liquid

, m

ost

of

whic

h s

eem

ed t

o b

e co

nden

sati

on f

rom

CW

pip

es a

nd

poss

ibly

conce

ssio

n s

tand l

eakage.

The

staff

info

rmed

us

that

the

coil

s are

als

o s

team

cle

aned

on a

yea

rly

basi

s.

Many

of

the

AH

U’s

coil

s on b

oth

the

cooli

ng s

ides

and t

he

hea

ting s

ides

wer

e dam

aged

due

to “

mash

ed c

oil

s”,

this

usu

all

y re

sult

s fr

om

norm

al

main

tenance

and t

hes

e co

ils

can

be

repair

ed t

o s

om

e ex

tent.

AH

U #

s S

3,

S4

and S

5 a

re u

nit

s th

at

have

exposu

re

to t

he

outs

ide

air

use

d t

o p

ress

uri

ze t

he

buil

din

g;

they

conta

in r

epair

ed c

oil

s w

hic

h w

ere

pre

viousl

y dam

aged

by

free

zing t

emper

atu

res.

The

main

tenance

sta

ff w

as

able

to

repair

the

coil

s by

sim

ply

plu

ggin

g i

t w

ith c

opper

and s

old

er.

AH

U #

S3

cannot

be

use

d f

or

cooli

ng a

ny

longer

due

to

exte

nsi

ve f

reez

e dam

age

to t

he

cooli

ng c

oil

s; t

he

unit

is

now

use

d f

or

hea

t only

.

Many

of

the

air

handli

ng u

nit

s obse

rved

have

bro

ken

acc

ess

door

latc

hes

and h

inges

or

wer

e si

mply

not

close

d.

Als

o,

many

of

the

lights

in t

he

AH

U’s

wer

e not

oper

ati

ng

pro

per

ly.

The

bro

ken

door

latc

hes

can c

ause

mass

ive

air

leaks

dep

endin

g o

n w

hic

h s

ide

of

the

AH

U i

t is

loca

ted.

It

was

als

o o

bse

rved

that

ther

e w

ere

no d

oor

seals

on m

any

of

the

unit

s to

sto

p t

he

flow

of

unw

ante

d /

nontr

eate

d a

ir f

rom

ente

ring t

he

faci

lity

. T

he

outd

oor

louve

rs a

ppea

red n

ot

to b

e

funct

ionin

g,

leavi

ng e

quip

men

t ex

pose

d t

o t

he

low

tem

per

atu

res

duri

ng w

inte

r m

onth

s and h

ot

tem

per

atu

res

duri

ng t

he

sum

mer

month

s ca

usi

ng h

igher

uti

lity

cost

s.

Buil

din

g A

uto

mati

on S

yste

m

The

faci

lity

has

added

a C

arr

ier

Com

fort

Work

s

buil

din

g a

uto

mati

on s

yste

m.

This

sys

tem

is

not

a t

rue

Ener

gy

Managem

ent

Sys

tem

, but

the

syst

em a

llow

s th

e

oper

ato

r to

monit

or

all

of

the

main

air

handli

ng u

nit

s and

set

tem

per

atu

re p

ara

met

ers

as

wel

l as

on /

off

capabil

itie

s.

The

syst

em i

s als

o t

ied i

nto

the

Ice

Pla

nt

and i

ts a

ssoci

ate

d

syst

ems

such

as

Gly

col

tem

per

atu

re &

sla

b t

emper

atu

re.

Ele

ctri

cal

usa

ge

can b

e m

onit

ore

d b

y th

e st

aff

but

only

on a

lim

ited

basi

s. D

ail

y el

ectr

ical

usa

ge

readin

gs

are

manuall

y re

cord

ed a

t th

e buil

din

g K

WH

met

er i

n t

he

mail

elec

tric

al

room

.

This

sys

tem

is

curr

entl

y bei

ng u

tili

zed b

y th

e st

aff

but

it h

as

lim

itati

ons,

such

as

true

veri

fica

tion m

onit

ori

ng.

Exam

ple

s w

ould

be

turn

ing o

n a

n A

HU

and t

he

com

pute

r

giv

es y

ou t

he

indic

ati

on t

he

unit

is

runnin

g;

how

ever

, th

e

unit

did

not

turn

on a

nd t

he

oper

ato

r ca

nnot

veri

fy p

roper

oper

ati

ons

of

the

unit

unti

l a v

isual

chec

k i

s co

mple

ted.

This

would

als

o b

e tr

ue

wit

h t

he

contr

oll

ing o

f te

mper

atu

re.

The

unit

is

connec

ted t

o a

larm

s in

the

secu

rity

off

ice

should

any

type

of

emer

gen

cy a

rise

duri

ng o

ff h

ours

. The

ice

pla

nt

ala

rms

are

als

o t

ied i

nto

the

syst

em i

n c

ase

of

an

emer

gen

cy.

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ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

17

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Majo

rS

yst

em

s

Cen

tral

Pla

nt

/ P

um

p R

oom

The

centr

al

pla

nt

in t

his

faci

lity

is

main

tain

ed b

y th

e

in-h

ouse

main

tenance

per

sonnel

and d

oes

not

conta

in

chil

lers

for

pro

duct

ion o

f ch

ille

d w

ate

r nor

boil

ers

for

hot

wate

r or

stea

m p

roduct

ion.

All

of

the

chil

led w

ate

r, s

team

and h

ot

wate

r are

purc

hase

d f

rom

an o

ff-s

ite

pla

nt

and

pip

ed i

nto

the

faci

lity

.

The

centr

al

pla

nt

conta

ins

two p

um

ps

for

the

chil

led

wate

r ci

rcula

tion t

hro

ughout

the

faci

lity

. The

stea

m c

om

es

into

the

faci

lity

at

hig

h p

ress

ure

and t

hen

the

stea

m p

ress

ure

is r

educe

d o

r “

step

ped

dow

n”

bef

ore

bei

ng r

egula

ted a

t

dif

fere

nt

loca

tions.

Acc

ord

ing t

o t

he

staff

, th

e pri

mary

stea

m r

egula

tor

was

rece

ntl

y re

pla

ced.

The

centr

al

pla

nt

room

and i

ts e

quip

men

t have

bee

n

wel

l m

ain

tain

ed a

nd w

e noti

ced t

hat

seve

ral

pie

ces

of

equip

men

t su

ch a

s sm

all

pum

ps

and r

egula

ting v

alv

es h

ave

bee

n r

epla

ced.

How

ever

, as

the

pic

ture

bel

ow

ill

ust

rate

s, t

he

equip

men

t and i

ts s

upport

sys

tem

is

old

and s

how

ing s

igns

of

det

erio

rati

on s

uch

as

num

erous

leaks,

evi

den

ced b

y th

e

buck

ets

catc

hin

g w

ate

r le

aks

from

ove

rhea

d p

ipes

and

pre

vious

leaks

aro

und t

he

chil

led w

ate

r pum

p p

ads.

EL

EC

TR

ICA

L

Pri

mary

Sys

tem

s

Pri

mary

Ele

ctri

cal

serv

ice

for

the

faci

lity

is

pro

vided

by

thre

e se

para

te p

ad m

ounte

d u

tili

ty t

ransf

orm

ers

loca

ted

insi

de

the

faci

lity

. Thes

e tr

ansf

orm

ers

are

ow

ned

and

oper

ate

d b

y th

e lo

cal

uti

lity

com

pany.

The

transf

orm

ers

are

ori

gin

al

equip

men

t and s

eem

to b

e oper

ati

ng p

roper

ly a

nd

are

rate

d f

or

3,0

00

am

ps

each

@ 4

80

Volt

s. T

her

e w

as

no

evid

ence

of

PC

B t

esti

ng a

nd t

he

oper

ati

ons

staff

did

not

know

if

a l

oad t

est

had e

ver

bee

n p

erfo

rmed

.

Due

to t

he

age

of

thes

e tr

ansf

orm

ers,

it

is

reco

mm

ended

that

pro

per

docu

men

tati

on b

e obta

ined

fro

m

the

uti

lity

com

pany

to d

eter

min

e if

the

equip

men

t m

eets

loca

l and f

eder

al

standard

s. I

t is

als

o r

ecom

men

ded

that

a

wri

tten

conti

ngen

cy p

lan b

e in

stit

ute

d t

o i

nsu

re a

repla

cem

ent

transf

orm

er c

an b

e obta

ined

in a

tim

ely

manner

should

a f

ail

ure

be

enco

unte

red.

Sec

ondary

Sys

tem

s

Most

of

the

elec

tric

al

room

s co

nsi

st o

f 2

77

/ 4

80

volt

lighti

ng p

anel

s and d

ry t

ype

transf

orm

ers

serv

ing 1

20

/20

8

volt

bra

nch

cir

cuit

panel

s. I

t appea

red t

hat

most

of

the

27

7/4

80

Volt

panel

s and d

ry t

ype

transf

orm

ers

wer

e fe

d

from

the

bus

duct

s; h

ow

ever

, no e

lect

rica

l pri

nts

wer

e

revi

ewed

to c

onfi

rm t

his

ass

essm

ent

Most

of

the

elec

tric

al

room

s appea

red c

lean b

ut

som

e

room

s had a

buil

d-u

p o

f dust

and w

ere

curr

entl

y bei

ng u

sed

for

stora

ge

of

even

t eq

uip

men

t and v

ari

ous

item

s.

All

of

the

seco

ndary

ele

ctri

cal

equip

men

t in

the

faci

lity

, ex

cludin

g t

he

dry

tra

nsf

orm

ers,

was

manufa

cture

d

by

Fed

eral

Paci

fic

Ele

ctri

cal(F

PE

). F

PE

has

bee

n o

ut

of

busi

nes

s fo

r m

ore

than t

wen

ty y

ears

, th

us

crea

ting a

pro

ble

m w

ith r

epla

cem

ent

part

s. T

he

small

er b

reaker

s and

low

am

per

age

part

s are

usu

all

y ava

ilable

and n

ot

too

dif

ficu

lt t

o o

bta

in t

hro

ugh l

oca

l el

ectr

ical

dis

trib

uto

rs.

Most

of

the

hig

h a

mper

age

part

s, h

ow

ever

, are

ver

y dif

ficu

lt t

o

secu

re i

n a

tim

ely

manner

.

Should

part

of

a l

ow

volt

age

or

hig

h v

olt

age

elec

tric

al

box b

e part

iall

y des

troye

d d

ue

to a

fail

ure

, th

e en

tire

panel

box o

r fe

eder

box w

ill

have

to b

e re

pla

ced.

The

low

am

per

age

elec

tric

al

panel

s sh

ould

not

pose

much

of

a

pro

ble

m;

how

ever

, th

e hig

h a

mper

age

dis

trib

uti

on a

nd

feed

er p

anel

s co

uld

cause

the

faci

lity

to b

e sh

ut

dow

n f

or

seve

ral

days

or

poss

ibly

wee

ks

dep

endin

g o

n s

ever

ity

and

loca

tion o

f th

e pro

ble

m.

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ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

18

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Majo

rS

yst

em

s

Note

the

stora

ge

of

even

t eq

uip

men

t and t

he

dust

/ g

rease

res

idue

com

ing o

ut

of

the

vents

in t

his

panel

:

Em

ergen

cy E

lect

rica

l P

ow

er

Cate

rpil

lar

Engin

e

50

0

KV

A G

ener

ato

r

The

emer

gen

cy g

ener

ato

r is

ori

gin

al

equip

men

t and

seem

s to

be

in g

ood w

ork

ing o

rder

. The

main

tenance

sta

ff

exer

cise

s th

e unit

once

a w

eek a

s ev

iden

ced i

n t

he

logs

pla

ced n

ear

the

gen

erato

r. A

ccord

ing t

o t

he

staff

, th

e

gen

erato

r ru

ns

wel

l and h

as

no a

ppare

nt

pro

ble

ms.

H.O

. P

enn &

Com

pany

is h

ired

to m

ain

tain

, re

pair

and t

est

the

enti

re u

nit

once

a y

ear.

It

appea

rs t

hat

ther

e

have

bee

n s

ever

al

modif

icati

ons

to t

he

unit

such

as

a

seco

ndary

fuel

fil

ter

syst

em a

nd f

uel

dis

trib

uti

on h

ose

s.

The

gen

erato

r is

air

coole

d,

thus

causi

ng a

hea

ting

pro

ble

m i

nsi

de

the

room

housi

ng t

he

gen

erato

r. T

her

e are

two l

arg

e ve

nti

lato

r unit

s th

at

rem

ove

the

hot

air

pro

duce

d

by

the

hea

t fr

om

the

engin

e. T

hes

e tw

o u

nit

s are

auto

mati

call

y en

gaged

as

soon a

s th

e en

gin

e st

art

s.

Adja

cent

to t

he

gen

erato

r sy

stem

is

a 4

00

-gall

on

die

sel

fuel

tank t

o f

eed t

he

gen

erato

r fu

el.

Acc

ord

ing t

o t

he

staff

, a l

arg

er t

ank l

oca

ted

outs

ide

the

gen

erato

r ro

om

was

rece

ntl

y re

move

d d

ue

to s

pace

const

rain

ts.

Em

ergen

cy G

ener

ato

r:

Fuel

Sto

rage

Tank:

Vari

able

Fre

quen

cy D

rive

Unit

s

Most

of

the

larg

e and m

ediu

m s

ized

moto

rs o

n t

he

majo

r sy

stem

s in

the

faci

lity

have

a V

FD

inst

all

ed.

Thes

e

unit

s are

of

gre

at

ass

ista

nce

to r

educe

the

elec

tric

al

ener

gy

bei

ng u

sed t

o p

roduce

pro

per

envi

ronm

enta

l co

ndit

ions

for

low

load d

emand e

vents

and o

ff e

vent

days

. M

any

of

the

air

handle

rs a

nd a

ssoci

ate

d p

um

ps

have

thes

e unit

s in

stall

ed.

In a

ddit

ion t

o t

he

AH

U’s

havi

ng a

VF

D,

the

ice

floor

gly

col

circ

ula

ting pum

ps

and t

he

main

chil

led w

ate

r

circ

ula

ting p

um

ps

als

o h

ave

a V

FD

inst

all

ed.

PL

UM

BIN

G

Ove

rvie

w

The

rest

room

s in

the

lobby,

ser

vice

lev

el a

nd t

he

suit

es

wer

e gen

erall

y in

good c

ondit

ion.

The

“fl

ush

ing s

yste

ms”

we

obse

rved

wer

e oper

ate

d b

y a m

anual

syst

em u

tili

zing a

vacu

um

bre

aker

and a

ll o

f th

ese

fixtu

res

seem

to b

e in

good

work

ing o

rder

.

Oth

er a

reas

obse

rved

wer

e th

e ic

e m

akin

g /

snow

pit

are

a a

nd v

ari

ous

part

s of

the

serv

ice

leve

l w

her

e ja

nit

ori

al

per

sonnel

wer

e w

ork

ing.

Most

of

the

pota

ble

wate

r pip

ing

was

not

acc

essi

ble

; how

ever

, so

me

of

the

pip

e obse

rved

wer

e

of

the

stee

l galv

aniz

ed t

ype

and w

ere

gen

erati

ng s

uff

icie

nt

wate

r pre

ssure

in t

he

serv

ice

leve

ls.

The

wate

r cl

ose

ts i

n t

he

publi

c are

as

seem

ed t

o o

per

ati

ng p

roper

ly a

lso.

The

hig

her

leve

ls o

f th

e buil

din

g s

eem

ed t

o h

ave

les

s pre

ssure

and t

he

buil

din

g s

taff

confi

rmed

that

low

wate

r pre

ssure

duri

ng h

igh

usa

ge

per

iods

in t

hes

e are

as

bec

om

es a

pro

ble

m.

The

low

er

wate

r pre

ssure

in t

he

upper

are

as

indic

ate

s re

stri

ctio

ns

in

the

pip

ing d

ue

to c

orr

osi

on a

nd s

cale

and i

s not

unco

mm

on

in b

uil

din

gs

of

this

age.

This

als

o i

ndic

ate

s poss

ible

futu

re

pip

e fa

ilure

and a

ll o

f th

e pip

ing s

hould

be

insp

ecte

d b

y a

quali

fied

plu

mber

that

has

exper

ience

wit

h t

his

typ

e of

pro

ble

m.

Ple

ase

see

the

reco

mm

endati

ons

sect

ion f

or

poss

ible

short

ter

m s

olu

tions.

De-

Ioniz

er /

Ice

Makin

g W

ate

r S

yste

m

A J

et I

ce w

ate

r tr

eatm

ent

syst

em i

s bei

ng u

sed t

o

clea

n a

nd c

ondit

ion t

he

wate

r fo

r th

e hock

ey f

loor.

Thes

e

syst

ems

have

bee

n u

sed w

ith g

ood r

esult

s and p

roduce

a

hard

shee

t of

ice.

The

syst

em u

sed h

ere

seem

s to

be

in n

eed

of

gen

eral

main

tenance

and c

leanin

g.

We

have

bee

n a

dvi

sed

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ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

19

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Majo

rS

yst

em

s

the

syst

em i

s w

ork

ing p

roper

ly b

ut

did

not

test

any

of

the

ice

makin

g w

ate

r.

The

cove

rs o

n t

he

auto

mati

c m

ixer

s w

ere

mis

sing a

nd t

he

inte

rnal

pip

ing w

as

expose

d.

Both

tanks

of

aci

d a

nd c

aust

ic s

oda a

re s

tore

d i

n f

ront

of

the

unit

and

could

cause

pro

ble

ms

should

ther

e be

a l

eak a

nd

main

tenance

per

sonnel

nee

d t

o m

ake

emer

gen

cy r

epair

s

quic

kly

.

Ice

Flo

or

/ H

ock

ey R

ink S

yste

m

The

chil

lers

and a

ll i

ce m

akin

g s

yste

ms

wer

e bei

ng

use

d a

nd t

her

e se

emed

to b

e no a

ppare

nt

pro

ble

ms

wit

h a

ny

of

the

equip

men

t.

The

dash

er w

all

and P

lexig

las

wer

e in

good c

ondit

ion

and t

he

staff

advi

sed u

s th

e dash

er w

all

had b

een r

epla

ced

thre

e or

four

years

earl

ier.

The

gla

ss w

as

in g

ood c

ondit

ion

but

nee

ded

cle

anin

g w

hic

h i

s alw

ays

the

case

aft

er a

full

seaso

n. The

ice

floor

is c

oole

d a

nd m

ain

tain

ed b

y tw

o C

arr

ier

skid

mounte

d “

Scr

ew T

ype”

chil

ler

pack

ages

. The

two

pum

ps

that

circ

ula

te t

he

cooli

ng m

ediu

m E

thyl

ene

Gly

col

thro

ughout

the

ice

floor

seem

ed t

o b

e oper

ati

ng p

roper

ly.

The

two p

um

ps

have

Vari

able

Fre

quen

cy D

rive

s co

nnec

ted t

o

them

for

elec

tric

al

effi

cien

cy,

and t

he

chil

ler

pack

ages

are

connec

ted t

o t

he

buil

din

g c

ontr

ols

sys

tem

and a

larm

s are

mounte

d i

nsi

de

the

secu

rity

off

ice

in c

ase

of

an e

mer

gen

cy

The

faci

lity

is

usi

ng t

wo i

ce f

loor

re-s

urf

ace

rs t

hat

are

manufa

cture

d b

y O

lym

pia

. O

ne

of

the

unit

s is

old

er t

han t

he

oth

er a

nd w

as

in n

eed o

f cl

eanin

g a

nd m

ain

tenance

. The

new

er u

nit

see

med

to b

e in

good o

per

ati

ng c

ondit

ion a

nd w

e

wer

e able

to o

bse

rve

the

unit

in o

per

ati

on a

fter

the

pra

ctic

e

concl

uded

.

FIR

E P

RO

TE

CTIO

N S

YS

TE

MS

Fir

e E

xti

nguis

her

s and C

abin

ets

All

of

the

fire

hose

cabin

ets

and d

ry t

ype

chem

ical

fire

exti

nguis

her

s in

the

faci

lity

have

bee

n p

roper

ly t

este

d a

nd

tagged

acc

ord

ingly

by

a l

icen

sed i

nsp

ecti

on c

om

pany.

All

of

the

fire

hose

cabin

ets

wer

e cl

ean a

nd f

ree

of

deb

ris

and n

one

appea

red t

o h

ave

any

type

of

leakin

g w

hic

h i

ndic

ate

s a g

ood

main

tenance

pro

gra

m.

Ther

e w

ere,

how

ever

, so

me

hand-h

eld

chem

ical

exti

nguis

her

s th

at

wer

e not

pro

per

ly h

ung o

n t

he

wall

and h

ad n

o m

ark

ing i

ndic

ati

ng t

hei

r lo

cati

on.

Spri

nkle

r S

yste

ms

All

of

the

fire

pro

tect

ion s

yste

ms

seem

ed t

o b

e

main

tain

ed t

o a

hig

h s

tandard

and t

he

dry

sys

tem

was

obse

rved

to b

e alm

ost

new

. Ther

e w

ere

four

separa

te

loca

tions

we

obse

rved

, th

ough n

one

of

the

syst

ems

we

obse

rved

had a

ny

type

of

insp

ecti

on t

ags

indic

ati

ng t

esti

ng

date

s or

any

type

of

flow

cer

tifi

cati

on a

ssoci

ate

d w

ith a

ny

of

the

unit

s.

Ther

e w

ere

als

o n

um

erous

pie

ces

of

equip

men

t

store

d i

n s

om

e of

thes

e are

as

leavi

ng l

ittl

e acc

ess

to t

he

unit

s or

contr

oll

ers

in c

ase

of

an e

mer

gen

cy.

Acc

ord

ing t

o

the

staff

, pla

ns

wer

e in

pla

ce t

o s

tart

a b

id p

roce

ss t

o h

ave

this

work

com

ple

ted b

y a l

icen

sed t

esti

ng c

om

pany.

The

main

wate

r back

flow

-pre

vente

r had b

een r

ecen

tly

repair

ed

and h

as

a c

urr

ent

cert

ific

ati

on t

ag a

ttach

ed.

EL

EV

ATO

RS

/ E

SC

AL

ATO

RS

The

elev

ato

rs a

nd e

scala

tors

obse

rved

are

oper

ate

d

and c

ontr

oll

ed b

y re

lay

type

syst

ems.

The

elev

ato

rs a

nd

esca

lato

rs s

eem

ed t

o b

e of

ori

gin

al

equip

men

t and w

ere

obse

rved

whil

e oper

ati

ng.

Consi

der

ing t

he

age

of

the

equip

men

t, t

her

e w

as

noth

ing n

ote

d o

ut

of

the

ord

inary

conce

rnin

g t

he

elev

ato

rs o

ther

than n

orm

al

wea

r and t

ear

and t

he

age

of

the

enti

re s

yste

ms.

The

esca

lato

rs a

re s

how

ing s

igns

of

det

erio

rati

on d

ue

to u

sage

and a

ge,

esp

ecia

lly

the

esca

lato

rs n

ear

the

entr

ance

to t

he

main

off

ice.

They

wer

e obse

rved

to b

e lo

ose

and

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ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

20

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Majo

rS

yst

em

s

makin

g n

ois

es n

ear

the

top o

f th

e la

ndin

gs.

Thes

e nois

es

may

be

an i

ndic

ato

r of

loose

or

worn

out

roll

er b

eari

ngs

and

guid

es i

n t

he

step

s and t

he

support

rail

ings.

Montg

om

ery

Ele

vato

r &

Oti

s S

yste

ms

is c

urr

entl

y

contr

act

ed t

o m

ain

tain

the

elev

ato

rs a

nd e

scala

tors

. Ther

e

are

num

erous

elev

ato

r part

s and e

scala

tor

part

s in

many

of

the

elev

ato

r m

echanic

al

are

as

indic

ati

ng t

hat

the

syst

ems

are

bei

ng r

epair

ed a

nd m

ain

tain

ed o

n a

reg

ula

r basi

s.

A c

om

ple

te m

echanic

al

surv

ey c

onduct

ed b

y an

indep

enden

t co

ntr

act

or

is a

dvi

sed d

ue

to t

he

age

& c

ondit

ion

of

thes

e sy

stem

s. I

t w

ould

not

be

unusu

al

for

com

ple

te

repla

cem

ent

in t

he

nea

r fu

ture

due

to t

he

age.

Oth

er

pro

ble

ms

can a

rise

when

new

com

ponen

ts a

re i

nco

rpora

ted

wit

h o

lder

com

ponen

ts c

ausi

ng c

onfl

icts

wit

h e

lect

ronic

and

mec

hanic

al part

s and s

yste

ms

resu

ltin

g in a

shut

dow

n.

CA

TW

AL

K &

CA

TW

AL

K A

RE

A

Ove

rvie

w

The

catw

alk

are

a w

as

clea

n a

nd o

bvi

ousl

y a p

rogra

m

was

in p

lace

to m

ain

tain

the

are

as

in a

nd a

round t

he

catw

alk

. Ther

e w

ere

som

e m

isce

llaneo

us

cable

s and w

irin

g

on t

he

catw

alk

flo

or

but

this

would

be

consi

der

ed t

o b

e

consi

sten

t w

ith t

he

curr

ent

condit

ion o

f a f

aci

lity

of

this

typ

e

and a

ge. M

etal

Hali

de

lighti

ng m

anufa

cture

d b

y M

usc

o

Lig

hti

ng w

as

inst

all

ed f

or

are

na l

ighti

ng.

Ther

e are

no

bla

ckout

shutt

ers

or

inst

ant

re-s

trik

e bulb

s in

stall

ed o

n t

his

syst

em.

The

lights

and a

ssoci

ate

d f

ixtu

res

are

pro

per

ly

inst

all

ed a

nd s

afe

tied

to t

he

catw

alk

rail

ing t

o p

reve

nt

acc

iden

tal

fall

ing.

Mounte

d o

n t

he

ceil

ing o

f th

e ro

of

stru

cture

is

the

cente

r hung s

core

board

/ v

ideo

and i

ts w

inch

sys

tem

. The

score

board

is

a f

our-

sided

sys

tem

manufa

cture

d b

y

Daktr

onic

s and i

s oper

ate

d b

y a c

ontr

ol

syst

em i

n t

he

lobby.

The

contr

ol

syst

em f

or

the

video

pro

duct

ion i

s als

o h

ouse

d i

n

the

lobby

and c

an a

ccom

modate

alm

ost

any

type

of

video

pro

duct

ion.

Ther

e are

als

o p

atc

h p

anel

s and f

eeder

s fo

r

video

fee

ds

from

pro

duct

ion t

ruck

s outs

ide

the

faci

lity

.

Fall

pro

tect

ion c

able

s have

bee

n i

nst

all

ed w

ithin

the

catw

alk

sys

tem

. A

ccord

ing t

o t

he

staff

, th

e sy

stem

is

chec

ked

annuall

y and h

ad b

een i

nsp

ecte

d i

n M

arc

h o

f 2

00

6.

The

syst

em i

s cl

ean a

nd l

ooks

wel

l m

ain

tain

ed.

Acc

ord

ing t

o t

he

staff

, th

e sc

ore

board

sys

tem

and

win

ch a

re i

nsp

ecte

d a

nnuall

y by

a c

erti

fied

com

pany.

Eve

n

though t

he

score

board

sys

tem

was

not

oper

ati

ng a

t th

e ti

me

of

our

tour,

buil

din

g p

erso

nnel

indic

ate

d t

hat

the

syst

em w

as

oper

ati

ng p

roper

ly.

Spotl

ights

Ther

e are

num

erous

are

as

on t

he

catw

alk

and

adja

cent

are

as

that

support

the

spotl

ights

for

ente

rtain

men

t

purp

ose

s. T

he

Super

trooper

spotl

ights

are

manufa

cture

d b

y

Str

ong I

ndust

ries

and p

ow

ered

by

a X

enon e

lect

ronic

lighti

ng s

yste

m.

Most

of

the

spotl

ights

wer

e obse

rved

to b

e

in g

ood c

ondit

ion.

All

of

the

spotl

ight

pla

tform

s w

e obse

rved

wer

e

danger

ous

and n

one

of

the

spotl

ights

wer

e sa

feti

ed t

o t

he

catw

alk

. The

pla

tform

s w

ere

dir

ty a

nd t

her

e w

ere

larg

e

am

ounts

of

garb

age

acc

um

ula

ted a

round a

nd i

nsi

de

many

of

thes

e pla

tform

s. S

om

e pla

tform

s had l

ittl

e ra

ilin

g,

thus

makin

g t

he

pote

nti

al

for

fall

ing o

bje

cts,

equip

men

t or

oper

ato

rs a

thre

at,

esp

ecia

lly

as

som

e of

the

oper

ato

rs m

ust

trave

rse

are

as

ove

r th

e audie

nce

to g

et t

o t

he

pla

tform

.

Ther

e w

as

als

o n

o e

viden

ce t

hat

spotl

ight

oper

ato

rs a

re

usi

ng a

safe

ty h

arn

ess

nor

was

ther

e any

evid

ence

that

any

type

of

fall

pro

tect

ion i

s bei

ng u

sed i

n t

hes

e are

as.

Som

e of

the

spotl

ight

pla

tform

s had a

rena c

hair

s fo

r th

e oper

ato

rs t

o

sit

in d

uri

ng s

how

s, t

hough n

one

of

the

chair

s w

ere

safe

tied

.

RO

OF

& R

OO

F S

YS

TE

MS

A v

isual

insp

ecti

on o

f th

e ro

of

was

conduct

ed a

nd

ther

e w

ere

no e

viden

t pro

ble

ms

note

d w

ith t

he

roofi

ng

syst

em.

The

roof

was

clea

n o

f deb

ris

and s

om

e of

the

exhaust

fans

wer

e tu

rned

on a

nd o

per

ati

ng p

roper

ly.

Ther

e w

as

som

e m

inor

patc

hin

g b

ut

noth

ing o

ut

of

the

ord

inary

.

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ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

21

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Majo

rS

yst

em

s

TE

CH

NO

LO

GY

Tel

ephone

Sys

tem

The

tele

phone

syst

em i

s of

the

analo

g t

ype.

Ther

e is

one

fiber

opti

c ca

ble

sys

tem

inse

rted

into

the

main

tel

ephone

room

, but

it i

s not

uti

lize

d a

t th

is t

ime.

All

of

the

off

ices

and

oth

er s

yste

ms

that

requir

e te

lephone

serv

ice

use

the

analo

g

syst

em.

Sin

ce t

he

fiber

opti

c ca

bli

ng i

s in

sert

ed i

nto

the

faci

lity

, th

ere

may

be

a c

hance

to u

tili

ze i

t sh

ould

upgra

des

requir

e a f

iber

opti

c sy

stem

.

Sound S

yste

m

The

sound s

yste

m f

or

the

are

na i

s co

ntr

oll

ed i

n t

he

catw

alk

. The

syst

em i

s sp

read t

hro

ughout

the

are

na i

n a

seri

es o

f sp

eaker

clu

ster

s hung f

rom

the

ceil

ing t

russ

es a

nd

som

e of

the

support

bea

ms.

Ther

e are

als

o n

um

erous

spea

ker

s in

the

publi

c are

as

tied

to t

he

syst

em f

or

announce

men

ts a

nd e

vent

act

ivit

y. A

ccord

ing t

o t

he

staff

,

the

syst

em w

ork

s pro

per

ly a

nd t

he

are

na h

as

a f

ull

tim

e

sound e

ngin

eer.

The

are

na s

taff

dem

onst

rate

d a

pre

-

reco

rded

em

ergen

cy m

essa

ge

and t

he

syst

em w

ork

ed v

ery

wel

l. T

her

e are

als

o n

um

erous

connec

tions

in m

eeti

ng a

reas

and t

he

faci

lity

has

seve

ral

indep

enden

t sm

all

port

able

syst

ems

for

small

er e

vents

. Ther

e are

als

o c

ontr

oll

ers

on

wall

s in

the

mee

ting a

reas

for

sound a

nd l

ighti

ng c

ontr

ol.

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Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

22

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Even

tO

pera

tion

s

EV

EN

T O

PE

RA

TIO

NS

: O

VE

RV

IEW

LO

AD

ING

DO

CK

& B

AC

KS

TA

GE

SP

AC

ES

BO

X O

FF

ICE

CO

NC

OU

RS

E C

ON

GE

STIO

N /

RE

STR

OO

MS

EV

EN

T O

PE

RA

TIO

NS

: O

VE

RV

IEW

The

foll

ow

ing o

bse

rvati

ons

wer

e m

ade

as

a r

esult

of

a

faci

lity

walk

-thro

ugh a

t th

e H

art

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r and w

hil

e

att

endin

g C

ham

pio

ns

on I

ce a

nd t

he

Bil

ly J

oel

conce

rt a

t th

e

faci

lity

on A

pri

l 2

0 a

nd 2

1.

LO

AD

ING

DO

CK

& B

AC

KS

TA

GE

SP

AC

ES

Due

to t

he

lack

of

ove

rall

space

and f

unct

ional

even

t-

rela

ted f

aci

liti

es l

oca

ted o

n t

he

even

t le

vel,

as

wel

l as

the

lack

of

a d

edic

ate

d l

oadin

g d

ock

and m

ars

hall

ing s

pace

,

even

t oper

ati

ons

at

the

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r are

conduct

ed

at

a s

ignif

icant

dis

adva

nta

ge.

As

show

req

uir

emen

ts a

nd

tech

nic

al

requir

emen

ts c

onti

nue

to i

ncr

ease

, th

e C

ente

r w

ill

find i

t in

crea

singly

dif

ficu

lt t

o m

eet

pro

mote

r and p

roduce

r

expec

tati

ons.

Roll

up d

oor

from

loadin

g d

ock

to m

ars

hall

ing a

rea.

Pro

duct

ion

truck

s m

ust

be

loaded

and u

nlo

aded

wit

h r

am

ps,

whic

h i

ncr

ease

s la

bor

cost

s and t

ime

for

loadin

g a

nd u

nlo

adin

g e

quip

men

t:

BO

X O

FF

ICE

The

box o

ffic

e are

a a

t th

e m

ain

entr

ance

off

Tru

mbull

Str

eet

is s

uff

icie

nt

to h

andle

cro

wds

purc

hasi

ng t

icket

s or

pic

kin

g u

p w

ill

call

. T

he

are

a/l

obby

pro

vides

a s

uff

icie

nt

space

for

a l

arg

e cr

ow

d t

o g

ath

er i

n c

ase

s of

incl

emen

t

wea

ther

.

Tic

ket

win

dow

s in

main

entr

y lo

bby:

CO

NC

OU

RS

E C

ON

GE

STIO

N /

RE

STR

OO

MS

Long l

ines

at

the

rest

room

s and c

once

ssio

n s

tands

wer

e obse

rved

thro

ughout

the

nig

ht

at

the

Bil

ly J

oel

conce

rt.

The

one

publi

c co

nco

urs

e is

not

suff

icie

nt

to a

ccom

modate

ped

estr

ian f

low

of

a c

row

d o

f 1

5,0

00

. P

ubli

c re

stro

om

s,

whose

num

ber

s w

ere

des

igned

to a

ccom

modate

10

,00

0,

are

woef

ull

y def

icie

nt

in s

ervi

cing a

cro

wd o

f 1

5,0

00

. A

renova

tion o

f th

e fa

cili

ty t

o m

eet

curr

ent

code

and d

esig

n

standard

s fo

r publi

c ass

embly

faci

liti

es f

or

publi

c re

stro

om

s

may

be

pro

hib

itiv

e.

The

renova

tion w

ould

conse

quen

tly

requir

e upgra

des

to a

ll f

aci

lity

’s s

pace

s to

AD

A c

om

pli

ance

.

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ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

23

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Even

tO

pera

tion

s

One

line

for

a W

om

en’s

res

troom

. This

was

typic

al

of

most

res

troom

s

at

the

HC

C:

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Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

en

ter

– F

acil

ity A

naly

sis

1

Ap

ril

5,

20

07

A

dd

en

dum

to M

ajo

r S

yst

em

s

AD

DE

ND

UM

TO

MA

JO

R S

YS

TE

MS

: O

VE

RV

IEW

OP

ER

ATIO

NS

/ M

AIN

TE

NA

NC

E S

TA

FF

HV

AC

A

ir H

andli

ng U

nit

s

B

uil

din

g A

uto

mati

on S

yste

m

C

entr

al

Pla

nt

/ P

um

p R

oom

EL

EC

TR

ICA

L

P

rim

ary

Sys

tem

s

S

econdary

Sys

tem

s

E

mer

gen

cy E

lect

rica

l P

ow

er

V

ari

able

Fre

quen

cy D

rive

Unit

s

PL

UM

BIN

G

D

e-Io

niz

er /

Ice

Makin

g W

ate

r S

yste

m

Ic

e F

loor

/ H

ock

ey R

ink S

yste

m

FIR

E P

RO

TE

CTIO

N S

YS

TE

MS

F

ire

Exti

nguis

her

s and C

abin

ets

S

pri

nkle

r S

yste

ms

EL

EV

ATO

RS

/ E

SC

AL

ATO

RS

CA

TW

AL

K &

CA

TW

AL

K A

RE

A

SP

OTL

IGH

TS

RO

OF

& R

OO

F S

YS

TE

MS

TE

CH

NO

LO

GY

Tel

ephone

Sys

tem

S

ound S

yste

m

SU

MM

AR

Y

AD

DE

ND

UM

TO

MA

JO

R S

YS

TE

MS

: O

VE

RV

IEW

A

ppro

xim

ate

ly o

ne

year

ago t

he

Majo

r S

yste

ms

of

the

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r under

wen

t an e

valu

ati

on a

nd v

isual

insp

ecti

on o

f th

e m

echanic

al

syst

ems

and s

ub-s

yste

ms.

The

faci

lity

analy

sis

was

pre

pare

d f

or

the

Connec

ticu

t

Dev

elopm

ent

Auth

ori

ty a

nd a

copy

is e

ncl

ose

d w

ith t

his

report

.

In

Feb

ruary

20

07

, H

OK

Sport

was

contr

act

ed b

y th

e

Cit

y of

Hart

ford

to p

erfo

rm a

stu

dy

of

a n

ew c

ivic

cen

ter

to

incl

ude

an u

pdate

of

our

pre

vious

docu

men

t and d

eter

min

e

changes

that

have

taken

pla

ce s

ince

our

last

rev

iew

. The

foll

ow

-up v

isit

was

sched

ule

d a

nd t

ook p

lace

wit

h p

revi

ousl

y

invo

lved

HO

K s

taff

. T

he

foll

ow

ing c

hanges

, or

lack

ther

eof,

are

note

d a

nd p

rese

nte

d b

elow

. P

lease

note

that

the

form

at

was

not

changed

fro

m t

he

ori

gin

al

report

so t

hat

dir

ect

com

pari

sons

could

be

made

to t

he

past

yea

r.

OP

ER

ATIO

NS

/ M

AIN

TE

NA

NC

E S

TA

FF

The

main

tenance

sta

ff w

as

com

men

ded

for

thei

r

effo

rts

for

main

tain

ing a

ll o

f th

e m

echanic

al

syst

ems

insi

de

the

faci

lity

in t

he

pre

vious

report

. A

gain

, th

ey h

ave

work

ed

to d

o t

her

e bes

t w

ith t

he

reso

urc

es a

nd m

anpow

er t

hey

have

.

Many

of

the

syst

ems

are

at

or

nea

r th

eir

use

ful

life

expec

tancy

. T

he

lim

ited

capit

al

fundin

g a

nd r

esourc

es h

ave

made

repla

cing e

quip

men

t dif

ficu

lt f

or

the

staff

. A

s

equip

men

t has

fail

ed,

repair

s have

bee

n a

nd a

re c

onti

nuin

g

to b

e m

ade.

HV

AC

Air

Handli

ng U

nit

s

Our

inve

stig

ati

on i

ncl

uded

most

of

the

air

handli

ng

room

s and w

e obse

rved

most

of

the

faci

lity

’s a

ir h

andli

ng

unit

s.

Gen

erall

y, t

he

unit

s co

nti

nue

to b

e in

fair

condit

ion.

Tw

o u

nit

s w

ere

found t

o b

e in

poor

condit

ion d

ue

to f

roze

n

coil

s duri

ng t

his

win

ter

seaso

n.

The

bro

ken

coil

s have

bee

n

capped

off

to s

top t

he

leaks;

how

ever

, th

is i

s a r

e-occ

urr

ing

pro

ble

m t

hat

wil

l not

stop u

nle

ss s

teps

are

taken

to r

epair

the

cold

air

lea

ks

aro

und t

he

unit

s.

The

unit

s w

ere

taken

out

of

serv

ice

and n

ot

oper

ati

onal.

It

was

als

o n

ote

d t

hat

som

e new

wate

r sh

ut

off

valv

es h

ave

bee

n i

nst

all

ed i

n s

om

e

of

the

AH

U’s

supply

lin

es.

Som

e of

the

rust

ed/c

orr

oded

pip

ing a

round t

he

new

shut

off

valv

es h

ave

bee

n c

leaned

and

new

pie

ces

of

insu

lati

on h

ave

bee

n i

nst

all

ed.

As

men

tioned

in t

he

firs

t re

port

, m

any

of

the

air

handli

ng u

nit

s obse

rved

have

bro

ken

acc

ess

door

latc

hes

and

hin

ges

or

wer

e si

mply

not

close

d,

and m

any

of

the

lights

in

the

AH

U’s

wer

e not

oper

ati

ng p

roper

ly.

The

bro

ken

door

latc

hes

cause

mass

ive

air

lea

ks

dep

endin

g o

n w

hic

h s

ide

of

the

AH

U i

t is

loca

ted.

We

noti

ced n

one

of

thes

e have

bee

n

repair

ed s

ince

our

last

vis

it.

Ove

rall

, th

e co

ndit

ions

of

the

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r

air

handli

ng u

nit

s have

det

erio

rate

d s

ince

our

last

vis

it.

Buil

din

g A

uto

mati

on S

yste

m

N

o c

hanges

wer

e note

d w

ith t

his

sys

tem

. A

ccord

ing t

o

the

staff

, th

e sy

stem

is

work

ing a

s w

as

the

case

last

yea

r.

The

syst

em i

s a C

arr

ier

Com

fort

Work

s buil

din

g a

uto

mati

on

syst

em.

Sta

ff s

tate

d t

hat

no u

pdate

s have

bee

n m

ade

to t

his

syst

em s

ince

our

last

vis

it.

Upgra

des

should

be

consi

der

ed

to t

he

buil

din

g a

uto

mati

on s

yste

m a

s no s

oft

ware

upgra

des

or

train

ing h

as

bee

n m

ade

in t

he

last

yea

r.

A f

ull

y

oper

ati

onal

buil

din

g a

uto

mati

on s

yste

m w

ith w

ell

train

ed

staff

would

im

pro

ve e

ffic

iency

of

exis

ting s

yste

ms.

Cen

tral

Pla

nt

/ P

um

p R

oom

The

centr

al

pla

nt

was

oper

ati

onal

as

we

toure

d.

Oth

er

than a

few

new

pneu

mati

c va

lves

in t

he

chil

led w

ate

r

syst

em,

noth

ing w

as

note

d t

hat

would

indic

ate

a c

hange

in

the

oper

ati

ons

of

this

faci

lity

. S

ever

al

wate

r pip

e unio

ns

wer

e le

akin

g a

nd w

ere

sched

ule

d f

or

futu

re r

epla

cem

ent.

The

main

air

com

pre

ssors

for

the

pneu

mati

c sy

stem

s

wer

e bei

ng r

epair

ed a

nd a

new

air

sto

rage

tank w

as

bei

ng

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Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

en

ter

– F

acil

ity A

naly

sis

2

Ap

ril

5,

20

07

A

dd

en

dum

to M

ajo

r S

yst

em

s

inst

all

ed a

t th

e ti

me

of

our

visi

t.

This

was

bei

ng r

epair

ed

due

to a

tota

l fa

ilure

of

one

com

pre

ssor

and a

rust

ed o

ut

tank s

ince

our

last

vis

it.

The

chil

led w

ate

r and h

ot

wate

r pip

ing i

nsu

lati

on h

as

det

erio

rate

d f

rom

last

yea

r. T

his

is

a r

esult

of

bei

ng

dis

turb

ed b

y m

ajo

r m

ain

tenance

to t

he

unit

s and

det

erio

rati

on a

ttri

bute

d t

o a

ge

of

the

mate

rial.

EL

EC

TR

ICA

L

Pri

mary

Sys

tem

s

N

o c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

Sec

ondary

Sys

tem

s

Ther

e w

ere

num

erous

elec

tric

al

bre

aker

panel

s bei

ng

syst

emati

call

y re

pla

ced o

n t

he

serv

ice

and t

he

even

t le

vel.

All

of

the

new

panel

s w

ere

repla

cing t

he

old

FP

E s

yste

ms

that

wer

e ori

gin

al

equip

men

t. A

ll o

f th

e new

bre

aker

panel

s

we

obse

rved

wer

e lo

w v

olt

age

type

12

0 /

22

0 v

olt

s.

The

FP

E

equip

men

t has

not

bee

n m

anufa

cture

d o

r su

pport

ed i

n o

ver

twen

ty y

ears

. A

s th

is e

quip

men

t fa

ils,

it

must

be

repla

ced

by

com

ple

tely

new

non-c

om

pati

ble

equip

men

t.

In o

ther

word

s, c

om

ple

te r

epla

cem

ent

of

bre

aker

boxes

must

occ

ur

and t

he

old

part

s are

use

d a

s att

ic s

tock

of

the

old

er

equip

men

t.

This

is

a v

ery

expen

sive

way

to m

ain

tain

the

equip

men

t.

Em

ergen

cy E

lect

rica

l P

ow

er

Cate

rpil

lar

Engin

e

50

0

KV

A G

ener

ato

r.

This

gen

erato

r is

ori

gin

al

equip

men

t and i

s at

the

end

of

its

expec

ted u

sefu

l li

fe.

They

conti

nue

to m

ain

tain

the

equip

men

t and h

ave

it

on a

main

tenance

pro

gra

m w

ith a

n

appro

ved v

endor.

N

o c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

Vari

able

Fre

quen

cy D

rive

Unit

s

The

VF

D w

as

obse

rver

to b

e oper

ati

ng p

roper

ly a

nd

no c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

. T

he

only

iss

ue

note

d a

t our

last

visi

t w

as

that

the

fans

that

cool

the

unit

s nee

ded

to b

e

clea

ned

. K

eepin

g t

he

fans

clea

n w

ill

exte

nd t

he

life

of

thes

e

dri

ves

by

pro

tect

ing t

hem

fro

m o

verh

eati

ng.

PL

UM

BIN

G

W

ate

r pre

ssure

iss

ues

conti

nue

to p

lague

the

faci

lity

.

No c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d i

n e

quip

men

t, b

ut

the

staff

info

rmed

us

that

the

pro

ble

ms

of

low

wate

r pre

ssure

on

the

suit

e and c

onco

urs

e le

vel

is g

etti

ng w

ors

e.

The

reduct

ion i

n f

low

is

due

to t

he

age

of

the

pip

ing i

n t

he

faci

lity

and t

he

corr

osi

on b

uil

dup i

nsi

de

the

pip

ing.

This

pro

ble

m i

s co

mm

on f

or

a f

aci

lity

of

this

age.

N

o c

hanges

have

bee

n m

ade

since

our

last

vis

it t

o r

emed

y th

e fl

ow

pro

ble

m.

Corr

osi

on w

ithin

the

pip

ing w

ill

conti

nue

to

wors

en u

nti

l pip

ing i

s sy

stem

ati

call

y re

pla

ced.

Cata

stro

phic

fail

ure

or

blo

ckage

is p

oss

ible

wit

h t

he

agin

g o

f th

e pip

ing.

De-

Ioniz

er /

Ice

Makin

g W

ate

r S

yste

m

The

exis

ting w

ate

r tr

eatm

ent

syst

em n

o l

onger

work

s

and h

as

bee

n t

aken

out

of

serv

ice.

A

good w

ate

r tr

eatm

ent

pla

nt

is e

ssen

tial

to p

roduci

ng a

good c

onsi

sten

t sh

eet

of

ice.

Rep

lace

men

t of

this

unit

would

nee

d t

o b

e co

mple

te a

s no

part

of

the

old

sys

tem

is

salv

agea

ble

. A

new

Jet

Ice

sys

tem

would

cost

appro

xim

ate

ly $

35

,00

0.

Ice

Flo

or

/ H

ock

ey R

ink S

yste

m

N

o c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

Acc

ord

ing t

o

staff

, th

e sy

stem

is

work

ing w

ell.

FIR

E P

RO

TE

CTIO

N S

YS

TE

MS

Fir

e E

xti

nguis

her

s and C

abin

ets

No c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

All

of

the

insp

ecti

on t

ags

wer

e cu

rren

t and a

ll t

he

syst

ems

appea

red t

o

be

in g

ood w

ork

ing o

rder

.

Spri

nkle

r S

yste

ms

A n

ew d

ry s

pri

nkle

r sy

stem

was

inst

all

ed i

n t

he

serv

ice

are

a d

ue

to a

ruptu

re s

ince

our

last

vis

it.

No c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d e

xce

pt

for

the

new

dry

sys

tem

inst

all

ed i

n t

he

serv

ice

are

a.

All

insp

ecti

on t

ags

wer

e cu

rren

t

and t

he

equip

men

t appea

red t

o b

e in

good w

ork

ing o

rder

.

EL

EV

ATO

RS

/ E

SC

AL

ATO

RS

S

ince

our

visi

t la

st y

ear,

the

esca

lato

rs a

t th

e m

ain

entr

ance

wer

e fl

ooded

. N

one

of

the

unit

s w

ere

work

ing a

t

the

tim

e of

our

visi

t and t

her

e w

ere

no f

irm

pla

ns

for

repair

s

or

repla

cem

ent.

The

repair

s of

thes

e unit

s w

ill

be

expen

sive

and r

equir

e so

me

majo

r dow

nti

me.

The

esca

lato

rs l

eadin

g t

o t

he

serv

ice

floor

from

the

main

entr

ance

are

runnin

g;

how

eve

r, t

hes

e are

als

o i

n n

eed

of

majo

r re

pair

due

to w

ear.

A

ll e

scala

tors

wer

e obse

rved

to b

e in

poor

condit

ion s

ince

our

last

vis

it.

Majo

r re

pair

s

are

not

takin

g p

lace

due

to c

ost

. T

hes

e unit

s sh

ould

be

ass

esse

d f

or

repla

cem

ent.

E

leva

tors

wer

e obse

rved

to b

e fu

nct

ionin

g w

ith n

o

majo

r is

sues

.

CA

TW

AL

K &

CA

TW

AL

K A

RE

A

N

o c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

SP

OTL

IGH

TS

N

o c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

Ple

ase

see

the

20

06

rep

ort

for

pro

pose

d c

hanges

.

RO

OF

& R

OO

F S

YS

TE

MS

No i

nsp

ecti

on o

f th

e ro

of

syst

ems

was

per

form

ed d

ue

to w

eath

er c

ondit

ions.

Acc

ord

ing t

o t

he

staff

, th

e ro

of

is i

n

good c

ondit

ion a

nd n

o l

eaks

wer

e re

port

ed.

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Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

en

ter

– F

acil

ity A

naly

sis

3

Ap

ril

5,

20

07

A

dd

en

dum

to M

ajo

r S

yst

em

s

TE

CH

NO

LO

GY

Tel

ephone

Sys

tem

No c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

Sound S

yste

m

No c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

SU

MM

AR

Y

Main

tenance

sta

ff c

onti

nues

to m

ain

tain

agin

g

equip

men

t w

ith l

imit

ed r

esourc

es f

or

repla

cem

ent.

Undoubte

dly

, th

e ch

all

enges

faci

ng t

he

main

tenance

sta

ff

due

to t

he

age

of

the

buil

din

g a

nd i

ts s

yste

ms

are

form

idable

. The

mec

hanic

al

syst

ems

are

show

ing m

ore

wea

r

and a

re g

oin

g t

o r

equir

e m

uch

more

main

tenance

and/o

r

even

tual

repla

cem

ent.

M

any

of

the

majo

r sy

stem

s are

at

or

past

thei

r use

ful

life

expec

tancy

. S

yste

ms

such

as

chil

led

wate

r pip

ing a

nd s

hut

off

valv

es a

re f

ail

ing o

n a

reg

ula

r

basi

s.

Lea

kin

g o

f unio

ns

and v

alv

es w

ere

obse

rved

in t

he

centr

al

pla

nt/

pum

p r

oom

. O

ngoin

g r

epair

s and r

epla

cem

ent

are

bei

ng m

ade

on a

n a

s-nee

ded

basi

s or

upon c

om

ple

te

fail

ure

s. The

esca

lato

rs a

re s

how

ing m

ajo

r si

gns

of

wea

r and

wil

l re

quir

e si

gnif

icant

fundin

g g

oin

g f

orw

ard

. A

HU

’s a

re

susc

epti

ble

to s

ignif

icant

fail

ure

s due

to a

ge

and b

reakdow

ns

of

syst

ems

to p

rote

ct u

nit

s fr

om

fre

ezin

g w

inte

r air

infi

ltra

tion.

The

ove

rall

pip

ing i

n t

he

faci

lity

is

exper

ienci

ng f

low

reduct

ion d

ue

to i

nte

rnal

corr

osi

on.

This

pro

ble

m i

s ca

usi

ng

majo

r is

sues

in t

he

upper

lev

els

of

the

faci

lity

duri

ng e

vents

.

Pro

ble

ms

wit

h f

lush

valv

es a

re c

om

mon b

ecause

of

pre

ssure

reduct

ion.

Unfo

rtunate

ly,

this

pro

ble

m c

annot

be

rem

edie

d

wit

hout

syst

emati

c re

pla

cem

ent

of

pip

ing t

hro

ughout

the

faci

lity

.

A

lthough s

om

e re

com

men

dati

ons

off

ered

fro

m l

ast

year’

s re

port

are

pro

ceed

ing,

ther

e have

bee

n n

o n

oti

ceable

effo

rts

to a

ddre

ss t

he

larg

er i

ssues

for

long t

erm

oper

ati

on

of

this

faci

lity

. O

vera

ll c

ondit

ions

are

conti

nuin

g t

o

det

erio

rate

wit

h a

ge.

R

epla

cem

ent

of

agin

g e

quip

men

t w

ill

nee

d t

o c

onti

nue

as

outd

ate

d e

quip

men

t fa

ils.

R

epair

ing

equip

men

t m

ay

not

be

an o

pti

on f

or

many

pie

ces

of

equip

men

t. C

urr

ent

buil

din

g s

taff

is

now

rep

laci

ng m

ajo

r

com

ponen

ts o

n a

reg

ula

r basi

s.

C

ata

stro

phic

fail

ure

s sh

ould

be

expec

ted i

n t

he

majo

r

syst

ems

of

this

faci

lity

. A

ll e

quip

men

t is

at

the

end o

f it

s

expec

ted u

sable

lif

e.

Fail

ure

to r

epla

ce m

ajo

r sy

stem

s w

ill

resu

lt i

n s

ignif

icant

equip

men

t dow

n t

ime

and m

ay

impact

even

ts.