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Home My WebLink AboutHEWLETT-PACKARD OFFICE EXPANSION - I-L SITE PLAN REVIEW - 54-88F - CORRESPONDENCE - MEETING COMMUNICATIONH+L ARCHITECTURE LTD. AIA January 16, 1996 Mr. Mike Gebo Ms- Sharon Getz Fort Collins Building Department P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 Mr- Roger Frasco Poudre Fire Authority 102 Remington Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 Re: Hewlett-Packard Building 5 Preliminary Building Department and Fire Department Review Meeting Dear Mike, Sharon, and Roger: DAYLA. LARSON, FAIA GEORGE J. HALLER, AIA JEFFREY AMBROSE, AIA ROB DAVIDSON, AIA J. MICHAEL JACOBY, AIA RICHARD WOLFE, AIA PATRICIA YOUNG Thank you for taking the time to meet with us on Friday, 12 January concerning the Building 5 expansion for Hewlett-Packard. As we discussed in the meeting, we will be using the 1991 Uniform Building Code with the Fort Collins Amendments, Ordinance No. 21, 1994, received at the meeting for the design, review, and construction of the new Building 5. Please let me know if you have any comments or concerns on any of the items discussed in our meeting or stated in the enclosed meeting minutes. Again thank you for your time and participation in this meeting. Very truly yours, H+L Architecture LTD Mark S. Williams, AIA cc: Tom Peterson - Blackfox Don Rosier - CRA Ted Shepard - Ft. Collins Planning Dept. Maryanne Dinkey - H-P FC Mike Bello - H-P FC John Hankey - H-P Corporate Real Estate Jeff Ambrose - H+L MSW/sz g:1hpU-gebo.wp1 1621 18TH STREET SUITE 110 DENVER, COLORADO 80202 (303) 295-1792 FAX (303) 292-6437 • MEETING MINUTES H+L ARCHITECTURE LTD. HEWLETT-PACKARD FORT COLLINS - BUILDING NO. 5 1621 18TH STREET, SUITE 110 PRELIMINARY BUILDING DEPT. AND FIRE DEPT. REVIEW MEETING DENVER, CO 80202 JANUARY 12, 1996 PAGE 1 PREPARED BY: Mark Williams - H+L Architecture Ltd. MEETING LOCATION: City of Fort Collins Building Department MEETING DATE: January 12, 1996 ATTENDING: Mike Gebo Ft. Collins Building Dept. Sharon Getz Ft. Collins Building Dept. Roger Frasco Poudre Fire Authority Mark Williams H+L Architecture Don Rosier Cator-Ruma & Associates Tom Peterson Blackfox Russ Butler EDAW Dan Herlihey RBD DISTRIBUTION: Attendees, John Hankey (H-P Corp. Real Estate), Maryanne Dinkey (H-P FC), Mike Bello (H-P FC), Ted Shepard (FC Planning Dept.), Jeff Ambrose (H+L) DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1. Building 5 will be a B2 Occupancy, Type I-F.R. construction throughout. Unprotected non -bearing exterior wall construction is allowed by the 1991 U.B.C. with a 20 foot yard and is further modified by the amendments to be a minimum of 10 foot yard. The existing cafeteria is an A2.1 Occupancy. The building is fully sprinklered and is of Type II-N construction. The cafeteria is separated from Building 6 by a 4-hour building separation wall. The yard requirement for the cafeteria is 20 feet and the yard requirement for the Building 6 is 60 feet. The new Building 5 construction's south facade is 68 feet north of the north face of the existing cafeteria, and approximately 180 feet north of Building 6. This yard arrangement presented satisfies the requirements to allow unprotected non -bearing exterior walls and unprotected openings on both buildings. 2. There was discussion of the possibility of separating the two portions of the new Building 5 into two different construction types in accordance with section 503 (a) to allow the two-story building to be built as a Type II-N with unlimited square footage in accordance with section 506 (b). This cannot be accomplished because the connection of the two buildings precludes a 60 foot yard on all sides of the two- story portion of the building. Because of the quantity of square footage cf the hvc-story building, it would need to fall under the exact criteria of section 506 (b) to be constructed as a non- rated building. Since this is impossible, the entire facility will be build as a Type I, F.R. as previously discussed. The Poudre Fire Authority requires a paved access to within 15 feet of the edge of both buildings and prefers the access be 32 feet wide. The 24-foot wide front entry plaza was reviewed and accepted by Poudre Fire Authority as sufficient access to both the two-story and the three-story portion of the building. The 24-foot width was considered acceptable since the plaza widens somewhat near the building. The paving will be designed to support a 2-axle, dual rear wheel, 35- ton aerial truck. 4. The Siamese connection will be placed on the northeast corner of the east building. Locations for two new hydrants, one each at the northwest corner of the northwest building and the northeast corner of the southeast building, was acceptable to the Poudre Fire Authority. The completion of the fire protection loop through the courtyard was acceptable as discussed. • MEETING MINUTES H+L ARCHITECTURE LTD. HEWLETT-PACKARD FORT COLLINS - BUILDING NO. 5 1621 18TH STREET, SUITE 110 PRELIMINARY BUILDING DEPT. AND FIRE DEPT. REVIEW MEETING DENVER, CO 80202 JANUARY 12, 1996 PAGE 2 6. The current design for Fire Department access to the courtyard and the existing cafeteria and Building 6 was acceptable. 7. The Poudre Fire Authority requested that the design team and Hewlett-Packard discuss options for redundancy of the fire protection system. The existing underground fire protection water tank capacity was deemed more than adequate for this expansion; however, there was a request to investigate methods of providing redundancy in the system. The completion of the loop provides the required redundancy of the distribution system. Methods of providing backup for the pumps or a way the system could be connected to the city system will be investigated. END OF MEETING MINUTES Meeting attendees are requested to carefully review the above minutes and forward any comments and/or corrections to H+L Architecture for incorporation into the record. (g:\hp\mm-bdept.wp)