Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: December 16, 2024
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: Anne Kulikowski, Director, Administrative Services Department
FROM: Sara Flynn-Kramer, Manager, Capital Projects Division
CONTACT: Sara Flynn-Kramer
PHONE: 407-836-0048
DIVISION: Capital Projects Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval of Change Order No 7, Contract Y21-7033 Courthouse 13th Floor Courtrooms Buildout, with S A Casey Construction Inc in the amount of $492,673.69, for a revised lump sum contract amount of $4,814,131.63. District 5. (Capital Projects Division)
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PROJECT: Courthouse 13th Floor Courtrooms Buildout
PURPOSE: To provide funding for additional construction services to complete the capital improvements.
BUDGET: Accounting Line Number: 1023-043-2077-6210
JUSTIFICATION/DISCUSSION:
The buildout of the 13th Floor shell space provides three highly anticipated courtrooms and two hearing rooms. During construction it was discovered that due to the location of the cables in the post-tensioned concrete floors, we were unable to core drill and recess the electrical floor boxes as planned. The locations of these floor boxes from the plans were very specific and could not be relocated to work with the precise layout of courtrooms to the Court's satisfaction. The Chief Judge requested that these floors be raised to allow better usage of the courtroom furniture and technology allowing them to have unrestricted flexibility in the courtroom configurations. In particular, there could not be a limitation on the location of the podiums. Options such as wireless or battery powered technology for the podiums could not be used due to the Court's concerns about reliability. The resolution to address the Court's concerns was to provide an approximately 2" raised floor which would accommodate the electrical floor boxes and the associated subfloor wiring which created a continuous flooring surface without interruption. This work requi...
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