Specifications include, but are not limited to: providing professional services for Commissioning of Project No. DOT-089, the District 6 Office in Bartow County, Cartersville, Georgia (“Project”). The proposed Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) District 6 Administration Building is to be located at 210 Great Valley Parkway, in the city of Cartersville, Georgia located in Bartow County. The new facility will serve as an administration building with training and support areas for approximately 70 district engineers and staff of the GDOT. Located in Northwest Georgia, GEMA, FEMA and local law enforcement agencies may utilize this location to stage for snow and ice storm events. The new one story building is approximately 30,000 SF in area and is a steel frame structure. The new facility will contain, but is not limited to, offices for the District Engineer, general and administrative spaces, offices for the Pre-Construction and Construction Departments, Maintenance, Contract and Traffic Departments, and Utilities. The facility will also contain rest rooms, a break room, storage rooms and spaces for copiers and printing. Support rooms such as mechanical, electrical rooms will be provided. The exterior walls are masonry with light gauge metal structural stud backup and CMU backup around the perimeter of the training/assembly rooms. The primary exterior finish is brick veneer. The exterior walls with have continuous insulation meeting the current energy code requirements. The floor is concrete slab on grade and the foundation is cast-in-place concrete on cast-in-place strip footings. The roof construction will be light gauge metal trusses supporting galvanized metal deck, rigid insulation meeting the current energy code requirements and prefinished metal standing seam roof. The interior walls are predominately gypsum board with metal studs. CMU will be used around the training room/assembly rooms. The interior finishes will be selected to offer high durability and low maintenance. The mechanical will be an efficient and energy saving VRF system with individual ventilation for the interior spaces. The electrical systems and interior distribution will be designed to give maximum consideration to flexibility, reliability and energy conservation and will include telecommunication/data, security and fire alarm systems. The facility will contain fire suppression system. The design of the structure complies with the international building code 2012 and all the Georgia state amendments and be designed in accordance with the ADA for handicap accessibility throughout the facility. The specific systems that shall be commissioned include: Mechanical Systems • Thermometers and gauges • Vibration isolation • Air terminal unit systems, VAV, PIU, AHU, etc. • Dampers • Air distribution systems • Exhaust air systems and building pressurization controls • Test and balance verification • Refrigeration equipment and controls HVAC Controls Systems • Component FPT and calibration • Air terminal units (non-lab) • Sequence controls to include: • AHU, 100% OSA • Exhaust air fans • Air terminal units, VAV/CV • Cabinet unit heaters • Water heaters • Graphic display • Trend logs • Status review screens, checks and alarming • Network communication Plumbing Systems • Domestic hot water systems • Trap primers Electrical Systems • Lighting controls (scheduled activators and occupancy sensors, etc) • Generators • ATS auto transfer switches Renewable Energy Systems • Heat recovery systems • Controls and thermostats Etc.
