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HomeMy WebLinkAboutB04-0033 letterCorrection List for Phased Occupancy of the Vail Mountain Lodge Date: 12/15/2004 Revised drawings reviewed 1/05/2005 Project: Vail Mountain Lodge Permit # B04-0033 Location: 252 E. Meadow Dr. Vail, Co. Contractor: Shaw Construction Listed below are corrections required to be addressed in plan and written format for the submitted phased occupancy plan of the Vail Mountain Lodge. All items typed in bold are responses based on revised drawings submitted by Shaw Gonstruction on 12/22/2004 and reviewed by the Town of Vail on 1/5/2005. Sheet A2.1 1) Work is proposed to continue on the building exterior. All exterior work shall be complete prior to any occupancy approval. Excluded form this requirement is the east elevation located next to the Terra Bistro restaurant. Responses are accepted. 2) Show how work being proposed on east elevation is to be accomplished without interfering with the means of egress system for the restaurant. Is propane fuel and heating being used here? If so, show quantities of propane tanks, location of heaters, how propane will secured, delivered and stored. Also show how materials are to be delivered to this area without affecting the Town of Vail's Right-of Way. Responses are accepted. 3) South elevation. All exterior work shall be complete in this area. Show exit discharge that is free and clear and maintained free of ice and snow to the pubfic way. Atl scaffolding, construction materials, trash and debris shall be removed and exit discharge estabtished prior to occupancy approval. Provide letter of agreement from the management staff that the exit discharge will be maintained at all times. Some type of exit lighting is also required in this location. All exterior work is proposed to be complete. Exit discharge is shown on revised drawings. A letter of agreement from Vail Mountain Lodge Management staff is still required and has not been received to date. Sheet A2.2 1) Work is proposed to continue on the building exterior. Building exterior shall be complete prior to occupancy approval. It appears that high work is also proposed. This work shall be complete prior to occupancy approval. Response is accepted. All exterior work is proposed to be completed. �. _` . Sheet Li.i 1) South elevation. Show exit discharge for south elevation to the public way. Response accepted. Exit discharge shown on revised drawings. 2) West elevation. Exit discharge located at west elevation appears to be less than 5' in width. This exit discharge serves separate buildings. (Vail Mountain Lodge & Mountain Haus). Exit discharge shall be a minimum of 8' in width to serve occupant loads from both buildings and provide enough clearance for maintenance. Provide agreement from management staff that this exit discharge will be maintained at all times. Response accepted. Revised plan shows construction fence on west elevation to be removed and all exterior work complete in this area. A letter of agreement from Vail Mountain Lodge Management staff is still required and has not been received to date. 3) East elevation. Exit discharge to the east does not have clear access to the public way. As shown, the exit discharge is interrupted by construction activity and construction fencing. Construction fencing shall be located on the Vail Mountain Lodge property. It appears the proposed construction fence is located beyond the property line. Response accepted. Sheet A0.2 1) Show in clarity, complete path of egress through the building including path of travel and where all areas have access to two means of egress. Include the exit discharge to the public way. Response accepted. 2) Access to exit discharge not shown for two means of egress for level 155. Response accepted. 3) General comment. All exit components shall be shown. Include exit illumination, exit identification and maintained free of construction elements during interior construction. Show this in plan view and written format. Response accepted. Sheet A0.3 1) Show in clarity, complete path of egress through the building including path of travel and where all areas have access to two means of egress. Include the exit discharge to the public way. Response accepted. 2) Access to exit discharge from second exit not shown. Please note that this correction has been noted on previous field inspections. This item shall be addressed immediately or loss occupancy on this level (spa/health club) may occur. Response accepted 3) Construction access is proposed from west stair tower. What is the plan here? Show how the exit enclosure will be maintained free and clear of construction activity while building is occupied by the general public. The recent past has shown that the control of these spaces is beyond the capacity of the General Contractor. Provide in clarity, a written agreement of how this is proposed to be achieved once occupancy has been granted. Response accepted. Any deviation or violation shall be grounds to either revoke occupancy or stop all construction activity Sheet A0.4 1) Show in clarity, complete path of egress through the building including path of travel and where all areas have access to two means of egress. Response accepted. 2) Construction access is proposed from west stair tower. What is the plan here? Show how the exit enclosure will be maintained free and clear of construction activity while building is occupied by the general public. The recent past has shown that the control of these spaces is beyond the capacity of the General Contractor. Provide in clarity, a written agreement of how this is proposed to be achieved once occupancy has been granted. Response accepted. Any deviation or violation shall be grounds to revoke occupancy or stop all construction activity. 3) General comment. All exit components shall be shown. Include exit illumination, exit identification and maintained free of construction elements during interior construction. Show this in plan view and written format. Response accepted. Sheet A0.5 1) Show in clarity, complete path of egress through the building including path of travel and where all areas have access to two means of egress. Response accepted. 2) General comment. All exit components shall be shown. Include exit illumination, exit identification and maintained free of construction elements during interior construction. Show this in plan view and written format. Response accepted. The plan review for this phased occupancy has been discontinued due to lack of clarity shown on plans or in written format. Please review the listed corrections and apply them to all areas of the revised plan. Provide additional information as to how construction activity will be performed and where materials will be staged. Be aware that the Public Works Department and the Planning Department Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO) approval shall be obtained prior to requesting an inspection approval from the Fire and Building Departments, Prior to requesting a TCO inspection from the Fire Department, all alarm certifications, � , . . Sheet A0.4 1) The only construction on this floor is in the unit on the west side of the building in unit 303. Access to this unit will be from the west stair only. The occupied units will follow the egress routes on the permit drawings. nut the corridor to the west and down the west stairs to the public right of way or out the east of the corridor into the main lobby and down the stairs to the public right of way. Sheet A0.5 1) Construction work on this floor will be accessed from the west stair well. Occupied units will use the stairs on the east and west sides of the building down to the public way. 2) All e�t signage and e�t illumination will be in-place and fully functional thru-out all occupied areas. Page 2 of 2 testing and sprinkler certification and testing must be complete. The Fire and Building Departments may coordinate their inspection at the same time. There are outstanding issues not resolved at this time. The planning department has not received an itemized list of all outstanding work or a bond for the incomplete work. Parking issues have not been resolved. Employee Housing Unit items have not been resolved. Public Works approval is required prior to a request for a Building TCO. Alarm and sprinkler final approvals are also required. Plan review performed by, Charlie Davis Chief Building Official Town of Vail � ZA.. r • GONS'FRUCTIQJ+fi Sheet A2.1 1) Except for the Terra Bistro Restaurant a11 major work will be done on the outside. There will be no propane full used for heating. The temp fence will be installed along Grid E. lwhich is south of the restaurant egress and will not interfere with the exit from the restaurant. 2) South elevation. All major exterior work will be complete in this area. All scaffold and construction debris will be removed. Exit discharge will be as shown on the permit set of plans with exit lighting and identification in place. Sheet A2.2 1) All major work is to be completed on the building e�erior. Sheet L1.1 1) E�t discharge will be from the men's locker room area onto the South Tenace para11e1 the south side of the building off of the South Terrace onto grade and continue to the southwest comer of Vail Mountain Lodge then north between Mountain Haus and the Vail Mountain Lodge. 2) The e�ut discharge on the west elevation will have a fence set to the east of the sidewalk. This will give both buildings full use of the sidewalk. 3) Per instructions from the Public Works Department the new terrace stairs out of the southeast town home shall be on hold. The e�t discharge out of the town home will be temporary stairs down to the public right of way. The construction fence loca.ted on the east side of the building will have a man gate for egress out of the town home that will be still under construction. The construction fence will be kept on Vail Mountain Lodge property and out of the town right of way. Sheet A0.2 1) Means of egress out of the men's hea.lth club will be out of the stairs along grid line 11 up to the south spa deck. See item 1 under Ll.l for e�t discharge in this area. The other means of egress from the men's health club is e�sting and use the main set of stairs between grids 6 and 7 on K and H. 2) All exit components shall be in place as shown on the permit set of construction documents. This will include all e�ut lighting and identification. Sheet A0.3 1) The west stair tower is to be used for an e�t and an access for construction workers to the floors above. To the fullest extent possible material will be pre stocked in the units that are under construction. Shaw has informed its sub-contractors that this stair tower is for use only on a needed basis to access the floors above and that it can and will be used by the general public. As well that it is mandatory that the e�t doors never be blocked open. To insure this Shaw will schedule a walk through by one of its superintendents or foreman this walk will be scheduled every 30 minutes.