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5CNH ARCHITECTS <br />exeCutive summary <br />Option A1: Remodel & Building Expansion on Existing Public Works Site (Site A) <br />Remodeling and expansion of the existing public works building is the first option reviewed <br />and provides the main advantages of reuse of the existing building structure. There is also the <br />advantage of a somewhat larger overall site. However due to the extensive code, accessibility <br />and safety issues, the building’s interior would need to be mostly rebuilt to address these minimum <br />requirements. There would also need to be exterior upgrades of the existing structure such as <br />reroofing the building to replace the currently failing roof. For either option on Site A, the project <br />also includes the requirement to bring municipal water and sanitary service to the site to provide <br />mandatory fire suppression and treatment of vehicle floor drain sanitary flows. This option also <br />impacts the public works department’s operations, related to working around the remodeling and <br />addition process. Based on the detailed preliminary cost estimates done by the cost consultant, <br />this option’s cost falls in the middle of the three options reviewed. However, when the increased <br />maintenance costs of the remodeled portion of the building is factored in; this option is likely the <br />costliest over the next decades. <br />Option A2: New Facility on Existing Public Works Site (Site A) <br />The approach on this option is the demolition of the existing public works facility and construction <br />of an all-new facility on Site A on Main Street. This option has several advantages including the <br />flexibility to place the new facility on the site to maximize the use, providing a more compact <br />building and better screening of the outdoor storage and salt building area. This option also <br />allows the continued use of the newer, of the two existing cold storage garages for the next 10 to <br />20 years until its life-expectancy is reached and Phase 2 is completed. The other main benefit <br />of a new facility is the elimination of the increased maintenance and replacement requirements <br />inherent in remodeling the existing building under Option A1. Similar to the first option however, <br />this option would require the extension of municipal water and sanitary service to the site to <br />provide mandatory fire suppression and treatment of vehicle floor drain sanitary flows. Operations <br />of the Public Works Department would also be significantly impacted between the demolition <br />and new construction of the facility, although the construction timeline would be reduced by <br />not working around ongoing operations. Finally, this option has the highest initial cost of all the <br />options considered, but would be less than Option A1 over the next few decades when increased <br />maintenance costs of the remodeled building is factored in. <br />Option B1: New Facility at Birch Street & Centerville Road adjacent to Fire Station #2 (Site B) <br />This option represents a new facility at the south Site B location where preparations for future <br />city facilities were provided in the Fire Station #2 project. The advantages of this site include <br />existing municipal utilities stubbed into the site, a location closer to the future population density <br />projections, and the smallest most efficient building footprint of the three options. Other benefits <br />of building on this site is the ability to not impact the operations of the Public Works Department <br />during the construction process as they will be able to work from the existing facility until the new <br />building opens. Also, by not building on Site A, there is not the loss of the one ballfield and hockey <br />rink, maintaining more park and recreation usage within the city. Replacement costs for these <br />recreational areas were not included in the study. Under this option, the existing salt storage <br />building, material storage bins, as well as the existing cold storage buildings would remain on the <br />north Site A location, at least through Phase 2 construction, providing the benefit of more available <br />storage space in the short term. However, there will be a mixed impact of having public works <br />elements on two sites. Option B1 has the lowest initial cost as well as the lowest life-cycle cost of <br />the three options analyzed. <br />Option A1 <br />Option A2 <br />Option B1