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Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

10

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Arc

hit

ectu

re&

Facil

ity

Wom

en’s

res

troom

outs

ide

Sec

tion 1

14/1

15 i

s cl

ean a

nd w

ell

main

tain

ed:

The

num

ber

of

rest

room

s, w

ate

r cl

ose

ts a

nd u

rinals

does

not

curr

entl

y m

eet

today’

s st

andard

s fo

r publi

c

ass

embly

faci

liti

es o

r gues

ts e

xpec

tati

ons.

As

the

table

ill

ust

rate

s, t

he

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r has

54

few

er w

ate

r cl

ose

ts f

or

wom

en a

nd 4

5 l

ess

uri

nals

than

what

exis

ts i

n n

ewer

gen

erati

ons

of

faci

liti

es o

f si

mil

ar

size

.

Sig

nif

icant

renova

tion t

o t

he

conco

urs

e w

ould

be

requir

ed t

o

ach

ieve

pari

ty w

ith c

urr

ent

gen

erati

on f

aci

liti

es.

Furt

her

study

would

be

requir

ed t

o d

eter

min

e co

sts

whic

h w

e bel

ieve

would

be

signif

icant

and p

robably

pro

hib

itiv

e.

PR

EM

IUM

SP

AC

ES

Suit

es

The

quali

ty,

leve

l and c

ondit

ion o

f th

e su

ites

is

consi

sten

t w

ith i

ndust

ry s

tandard

s fo

r co

mpara

ble

faci

liti

es.

Whil

e so

me

carp

et a

nd s

eati

ng

uphols

tery

is

beg

innin

g t

o

show

sig

ns

of

wea

r, t

hei

r co

ndit

ion d

oes

not

yet

warr

ant

upgra

de

or

repla

cem

ent.

Dir

ecto

r’s

Clu

b

The

Dir

ecto

r’s

Clu

b i

s cl

earl

y th

e je

wel

of

the

faci

lity

.

Its

condit

ion a

nd l

evel

of

main

tenance

is

equal

to o

r bet

ter

than t

hat

of

the

suit

es.

One

conce

rn f

or

this

space

, sh

ould

any

upgra

din

g/r

enova

tion w

ork

be

done

her

e, i

s th

e la

ck o

f

AD

A c

om

pli

ant

whee

lchair

-acc

essi

ble

sea

ting.

Acc

om

modati

ons

wil

l nee

d t

o b

e m

ade

for

the

min

imum

num

ber

of

acc

essi

ble

sea

ting s

hould

any

work

in t

his

are

a b

e

consi

der

ed.

Dir

ecto

r’s

Clu

b:

Coli

seum

Clu

b

The

Coli

seum

Clu

b a

ppea

rs t

o b

e th

e m

ost

uti

lize

d

pre

miu

m s

pace

in t

he

buil

din

g.

Its

condit

ion a

nd l

evel

of

finis

h i

s co

nsi

sten

t w

ith t

he

oth

er p

rem

ium

are

as.

D

ue

to

more

exte

nsi

ve u

se,

the

seati

ng i

n t

he

front

of

the

club i

s

show

ing m

ore

wea

r th

an s

eats

in t

he

suit

es o

r D

irec

tor’

s

Clu

b.

The

finis

h o

n t

he

wooden

cup h

old

ers

and f

lip-u

p t

rays

is b

egin

nin

g t

o d

eter

iora

te a

nd t

he

uphols

tery

is

show

ing

signs

of

wea

r, t

hough p

robably

not

yet

to t

he

poin

t of

nee

din

g t

o b

e re

pla

ced.

One

impro

vem

ent

that

should

be

consi

der

ed i

s th

e

low

erin

g o

f th

e ra

ils

in f

ront

of

the

club s

eati

ng.

Curr

ent

code

should

all

ow

for

a m

inim

um

hei

ght

of

26

” i

n l

ieu o

f th

e

curr

ent

hei

ght

of

appro

xim

ate

ly 3

6”

. T

his

im

pro

vem

ent

would

enhance

the

site

lin

es a

nd i

mpro

ve t

he

fan e

xper

ience

.

Coli

seum

Clu

b s

eati

ng:

Wo

men

Men

Ca

pac

ity

W C

L

av

W C

U

rin

al

La

v

Hart

ford

CC

16,500

50

42

29

64

44

Ave

rag

e (

14

a

ren

as

)16,850

140

47

39

109

40

Coli

seum

Clu

b b

ar:

Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

11

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Arc

hit

ectu

re&

Facil

ity

South

wes

t co

rner

of

the

buil

din

g u

sed a

s a s

mokin

g s

ecti

on.

Ther

e is

signif

icant

wea

r and d

elam

inati

on o

f th

e co

ncr

ete

step

s and p

ads:

C

ATW

AL

KS

The

condit

ion o

f th

e ca

twalk

s w

as

gen

erall

y obse

rved

to b

e good.

Carp

et h

as

bee

n l

aid

to c

ove

r th

e gra

te f

loori

ng,

an o

bvi

ous

att

empt

to a

ccom

modate

use

of

the

are

a b

y

peo

ple

oth

er t

han t

he

faci

lity

’s o

per

ati

ons

and e

ngin

eeri

ng

crew

s.

The

catw

alk

s w

ere

gen

erall

y obse

rved

to b

e fr

ee o

f

deb

ris

and e

quip

men

t.

We

did

, how

ever

, obse

rve

a s

potl

ight

pla

tform

that

had p

oor

acc

ess

capabil

ity

that

would

pro

bably

const

itute

an O

SH

A v

iola

tion.

Spotl

ights

wer

e

als

o o

bse

rved

not

to b

e sa

feti

ed t

o t

he

pla

tform

s w

hic

h m

ay

const

itute

anoth

er O

SH

A v

iola

tion.

All

sport

s li

ghti

ng

fixtu

res

on t

he

catw

alk

wer

e obse

rved

to s

afe

tied

to t

he

rail

ing o

f th

e ca

twalk

.

Spotl

ight

pla

tform

at

SW

corn

er –

2x8

inch

board

use

d t

o a

cces

s

pla

tform

fro

m t

he

catw

alk

:

SE

ATS

& S

EA

TIN

G A

RE

A

All

of

the

seats

in t

he

seati

ng a

rea h

ave

bee

n r

epla

ced

wit

hin

the

last

ten

yea

rs.

The

seats

and a

isle

ways

are

in

very

good c

ondit

ion a

nd h

ave

bee

n w

ell

main

tain

ed.

The

alu

min

um

ret

ract

able

ris

ers

for

the

seati

ng a

rea

wer

e bei

ng u

sed a

nd w

ere

set

up d

uri

ng o

ur

tour

for

the

ice

show

. The

dec

ks

are

in g

ood c

ondit

ion a

nd t

he

pie

ces

we

obse

rved

bei

ng o

per

ate

d w

ere

in g

ood c

ondit

ion a

nd s

eem

ed

to o

per

ate

sm

ooth

ly.

EX

TE

RIO

R C

ON

DIT

ION

The

condit

ion o

f th

e ex

teri

or

is g

ener

all

y w

ell

main

tain

ed,

but

ther

e w

ere

are

as

wher

e th

ere

was

signif

icant

del

am

inati

on o

f co

ncr

ete

step

s and p

ads,

espec

iall

y at

the

des

ignate

d s

mokin

g a

rea.

The

main

entr

ance

to t

he

faci

lity

alo

ng T

rum

bull

Str

eet

is a

cces

sible

and c

learl

y m

ark

ed b

y th

e pre

sence

of

the

LE

D m

arq

uee

.

Nort

hw

est

entr

ance

of

the

faci

lity

wher

e th

e st

eps

have

bee

n r

e-

concr

eted

in t

he

past

yea

r.

The

met

al

panel

ing o

n t

he

back

side

is s

till

left

ove

r fr

om

ori

gin

al

const

ruct

ion.

The

faci

lity

managem

ent

has

talk

ed a

bout

re-d

oin

g t

his

back

sid

e to

make

it m

ore

appea

ling:

Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

12

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Food

Serv

ice

FO

OD

SE

RV

ICE

: O

VE

RV

IEW

GE

NE

RA

L F

IND

ING

S

PO

INT O

F S

AL

E E

QU

IPM

EN

T

OF

FIC

ES

KIT

CH

EN

S

CO

NC

ES

SIO

NS

PO

RTA

BL

E C

ON

CE

SS

ION

STA

ND

S

PR

EM

IUM

FO

OD

SE

RV

ICE

S

FO

OD

SE

RV

ICE

: O

VE

RV

IEW

Thes

e obse

rvati

ons

wer

e gath

ered

duri

ng t

wo d

ays

of

touri

ng t

he

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r, o

n A

pri

l 2

0 a

nd 2

1,

20

06

. W

e to

ure

d t

he

HC

C w

ith f

aci

lity

sta

ff a

nd p

erfo

rmed

a s

urv

ey o

f th

e co

ndit

ions

of

fixed

conce

ssio

n s

tands

and

kit

chen

are

as.

GE

NE

RA

L F

IND

ING

S

In g

ener

al,

we

found t

he

foodse

rvic

e eq

uip

men

t and

faci

liti

es t

o b

e old

but

in g

ood o

per

ati

ng c

ondit

ion,

wel

l

main

tain

ed a

nd o

per

ati

ng u

nder

a h

igh s

tandard

of

sanit

ary

condit

ion.

D

ue

to t

he

space

lim

itati

ons

and o

rigin

al

des

ign

of

the

per

manen

t co

nce

ssio

n s

tands,

the

food o

ffer

ing i

s ve

ry

lim

ited

and n

ot

to t

he

standard

s th

at

are

curr

entl

y obse

rved

in t

oday’

s m

unic

ipal

faci

liti

es.

Curr

entl

y, t

her

e is

only

one

stand w

ith g

rill

s and f

ryer

s w

hic

h l

imit

s th

e fa

cili

ty

pro

duci

ng f

resh

and h

igher

rev

enue

pro

duct

. O

n t

he

oth

er

hand,

it a

ppea

rs t

hat

conve

rtin

g s

o t

hat

50

% o

f th

e st

ands

can g

rill

and f

ry f

ood m

ay

not

be

a s

ound i

nve

stm

ent

due

to

the

cost

of

renova

tion.

Sig

nif

icant

cost

s ass

oci

ate

d w

ith

expansi

on a

nd v

enti

ng s

yste

ms

may

not

pro

vide

the

retu

rn

on i

nve

stm

ent.

Curr

ent

Per

manen

t P

OS

Rati

os:

As

the

table

above

ill

ust

rate

s, t

he

Civ

ic C

ente

r does

not

mee

t cu

rren

t st

andard

s fo

r num

ber

s and d

istr

ibuti

on o

f

poin

ts o

f sa

le f

or

conce

ssio

n s

tands.

A

lthough a

ttem

pts

have

bee

n m

ade

to i

ncr

ease

poin

ts o

f sa

le w

ith p

ort

able

s, t

he

shee

r la

ck o

f co

nco

urs

e w

idth

makes

it

virt

uall

y im

poss

ible

to a

dd a

n a

deq

uate

num

ber

of

poin

ts o

f sa

le f

or

a p

osi

tive

cust

om

er e

xper

ience

.

PO

INT O

F S

AL

E E

QU

IPM

EN

T

The

curr

ent

Poin

t of

Sale

sys

tem

was

inst

all

ed i

n

19

99

and i

s a D

i/A

n m

odel

.

The

syst

em d

oes

not

curr

entl

y

acc

ept

cred

it c

ard

s and s

hould

be

upgra

ded

so c

ard

s co

uld

be

acc

epte

d a

t all

sale

s are

as,

as

cust

om

ers

expec

t th

at

of

all

ret

ail

ers,

eve

n a

t sm

all

er f

ast

food c

hain

s. V

isa a

nd

Mast

erC

ard

stu

die

s sh

ow

that

cred

it c

ard

tra

nsa

ctio

ns

are

15

% t

o 2

5%

gre

ate

r th

an c

ash

tra

nsa

ctio

ns,

so a

ddin

g

cred

it c

ard

capabil

itie

s ca

n i

ncr

ease

sale

s. I

n o

bse

rvin

g t

he

long l

ines

at

the

Cen

ter’

s A

TM

mach

ines

, it

is

obvi

ous

that

cust

om

ers

do n

ot

carr

y en

ough c

ash

, and m

akin

g i

t

inco

nve

nie

nt

to u

se t

hei

r cr

edit

and d

ebit

card

s only

im

ped

es

sale

s and l

esse

ns

the

fan e

xper

ience

.

Di/A

n P

OS

ter

min

al in

Bri

gham

’s I

ce C

rèm

e st

and:

Conco

urs

eH

art

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

rN

ew C

onst

ruct

ion

Indust

ry S

tandard

Low

er1 P

OS

per

209 S

eats

1 P

OS

per

125 -

150 S

eats

Clu

b/S

uit

eN

/A1 P

OS

per

100 S

eats

Upper

1 P

OS

per

453 S

eats

1 P

OS

per

175 -

200 S

eats

Ave

rage

1 P

OS

per

331 S

eats

1 P

OS

per

150 S

eats

Cre

dit

card

tra

nsa

ctio

ns,

if

engin

eere

d c

orr

ectl

y w

ith

Eth

ernet

or

wir

eles

s bro

adband, w

ill

als

o b

e quic

ker

than a

cash

tra

nsa

ctio

n,

since

ther

e is

no c

hange

and m

ost

Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

13

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Food

Serv

ice

mer

chants

do n

ot

requir

e a s

ignatu

re f

or

purc

hase

s under

a

spec

ifie

d a

mount.

The

late

st d

evel

opm

ents

in P

OS

tec

hnolo

gy

is t

he

conta

ct-l

ess

transa

ctio

n,

wher

e a c

ust

om

er j

ust

wave

s th

eir

cred

it c

ard

in f

ront

of

a r

eader

and t

he

transa

ctio

n i

s

com

ple

te,

usi

ng R

FID

rea

der

s and a

ctiv

ate

d c

ard

s.

Lik

ewis

e, m

any

faci

liti

es w

ant

to i

mple

men

t cu

stom

er

loya

lty

or

freq

uen

t purc

hase

pro

gra

ms,

as

wel

l as

cust

om

er

dis

count

pro

gra

ms,

whic

h c

an a

ll b

e buil

t in

to a

moder

n

PO

S s

yste

m.

The

four

per

manen

t m

erch

andis

e booth

s cu

rren

tly

are

equip

ped

wit

h c

redit

card

mach

ines

.

OF

FIC

ES

The

managem

ent

staff

indic

ate

d t

he

foodse

rvic

e

off

ices

wer

e su

ffic

ient

in s

ize.

KIT

CH

EN

S

The

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r has

one

kit

chen

on t

he

suit

e

leve

l fo

r fo

od p

repara

tion f

or

suit

es a

nd c

lubs.

The

kit

chen

was

obse

rved

to b

e cl

ean a

nd o

f su

ffic

ient

size

to h

andle

the

dem

and f

or

the

above

men

tioned

space

s.

The

kit

chen

als

o i

s

the

pla

ce w

her

e ca

teri

ng i

s pre

pare

d a

nd d

istr

ibute

d f

or

the

exhib

it s

pace

on t

he

serv

ice

leve

l.

Kit

chen

on s

uit

e le

vel

has

enough s

pace

to a

ccom

modate

larg

e sc

ale

cookin

g f

or

pre

miu

m a

reas

and c

ate

ring a

ctiv

itie

s:

Pantr

y on t

he

suit

e le

vel

use

d t

o s

ervi

ce t

he

suit

es i

s in

good c

ondit

ion:

The

kit

chen

has

suff

icie

nt

stora

ge

and t

he

rem

ote

conden

sers

for

coole

rs a

nd f

reez

ers

work

wel

l and r

educe

hea

t and n

ois

e in

side

the

kit

chen

. M

anagem

ent

indic

ate

d

that

the

curr

ent

equip

men

t is

funct

ionin

g w

ell

and b

eing

repair

ed o

r re

pla

ced w

hen

nec

essa

ry.

CO

NC

ES

SIO

NS

The

curr

ent

conce

ssio

n f

ood o

ffer

ed b

y th

e C

ivic

Cen

ter

is n

ot

consi

sten

t w

ith t

oday’

s st

andard

s in

publi

c

ass

embly

faci

liti

es.

Due

to t

he

phys

ical

const

rain

ts r

elati

ng

to t

he

size

of

the

stands

and t

he

lack

of

gri

lls

and f

ryer

s,

oper

ato

rs a

re h

inder

ed f

rom

bei

ng a

ble

to p

rovi

de

fans

wit

h

a d

iver

se m

enu.

Only

one

stand c

urr

entl

y all

ow

s fo

r th

e

cookin

g o

f fo

od p

roduct

in t

he

stand,

whil

e th

e oth

er s

tands

are

only

able

to r

ecei

ve p

repare

d f

ood p

roduct

and,

ther

efore

, m

ust

sto

re i

t in

warm

ers.

The

expec

tati

on o

f th

e

vast

majo

rity

of

consu

mer

s to

day

is t

o v

iew

fre

sh f

ood b

eing

pre

pare

d i

n a

n o

pen

are

a w

hic

h d

oes

all

ow

for

the

oper

ato

r

to c

harg

e m

ore

and i

n r

eturn

incr

ease

rev

enue.

The

am

ount

of

rem

odel

ing a

nd c

onst

ruct

ion

that

it w

ould

take

to b

ring

the

conce

ssio

n s

tands

up t

o t

oday’

s st

andard

s m

ay

in f

act

be

so l

arg

e th

at

any

retu

rn o

n i

nve

stm

ent

may

take

10

to 1

5

years

to r

eali

ze.

PO

RTA

BL

E C

ON

CE

SS

ION

STA

ND

S

The

port

able

conce

ssio

n s

tands

on t

he

main

and u

pper

conco

urs

e are

gen

erall

y in

good c

ondit

ion w

ith t

he

gra

phic

s

view

ed t

o b

e co

nci

se a

nd e

ye c

atc

hin

g.

The

majo

r is

sue

is

the

lack

of

queu

ing l

ine

space

, w

hic

h i

s tr

ue

for

the

fixed

stands

as

wel

l.

Ther

e is

curr

entl

y no c

ours

e of

act

ion t

hat

can t

aken

by

faci

lity

managem

ent

that

can r

emed

y th

e

situ

ati

on.

Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

14

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Food

Serv

ice

Ice

crèm

e port

able

outs

ide

sect

ion 1

13

/11

4 i

s in

good c

ondit

ion a

nd

pro

per

ly p

lace

d o

n t

he

conco

urs

e:

PR

EM

IUM

FO

OD

SE

RV

ICE

S

The

pre

miu

m f

ood a

reas

and s

ervi

ces

wer

e vi

ewed

as

stre

ngth

s of

the

food a

nd b

ever

age

oper

ati

on a

t th

e H

art

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r.

The

Nex

tel

Clu

b a

nd t

he

Dir

ecto

r’s

Clu

b w

ere

as

good a

s w

hat

one

mig

ht

see

in a

faci

lity

25

yea

rs

younger

. T

he

kit

chen

is

appro

pri

ate

ly s

ized

to s

ervi

ce 4

0+

suit

es a

nd a

res

taura

nt.

Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

15

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Majo

rS

yst

em

s

MA

JO

R S

YS

TE

MS

: O

VE

RV

IEW

OP

ER

ATIO

NS

/ M

AIN

TE

NA

NC

E S

TA

FF

HV

AC

Air

Handli

ng U

nit

s

Buil

din

g A

uto

mati

on S

yste

m

Cen

tral

Pla

nt

/ P

um

p R

oom

EL

EC

TR

ICA

L

P

rim

ary

Sys

tem

s

S

econdary

Sys

tem

s

E

mer

gen

cy E

lect

rica

lP

ow

er

Vari

able

Fre

quen

cy D

rive

Unit

s

PL

UM

BIN

G

O

verv

iew

De-

Ioniz

er /

Ice

Makin

g W

ate

r S

yste

m

Ice

Flo

or

/ H

ock

ey R

ink S

yste

m

FIR

E P

RO

TE

CTIO

N S

YS

TE

MS

Fir

e E

xti

nguis

her

s and C

abin

ets

S

pri

nkle

r S

yste

ms

EL

EV

ATO

RS

/ E

SC

AL

ATO

RS

CA

TW

AL

K &

CA

TW

AL

K A

RE

A

O

verv

iew

S

potl

ights

RO

OF

& R

OO

F S

YS

TE

MS

TE

CH

NO

LO

GY

Tel

ephone

Sys

tem

S

ound S

yste

m

MA

JO

R S

YS

TE

MS

: O

VE

RV

IEW

This

docu

men

t is

the

resu

lt o

f an o

n-s

ite

fiel

d

inve

stig

ati

on t

hat

cate

gori

zes

the

majo

r sy

stem

s of

the

faci

lity

and t

he

condit

ion o

f th

e eq

uip

men

t in

side

the

buil

din

g incl

udin

g H

VA

C, M

echanic

al E

lect

rica

l &

Plu

mbin

g (

ME

P),

Ice

Makin

g S

yste

ms

and A

nci

llary

equip

men

t use

d f

or

vari

ous

show

s and e

nte

rtain

men

t

purp

ose

s at

the

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r. T

his

docu

men

t does

not

incl

ude

an e

ngin

eeri

ng e

valu

ati

on;

how

ever

, th

ere

are

seve

ral

reco

mm

endati

ons

thro

ughout

this

docu

men

t fo

r

syst

em a

lter

nati

ves

that

could

lea

d t

o a

more

eff

icie

nt

oper

ati

on o

f th

e fa

cili

ty.

OP

ER

ATIO

NS

/ M

AIN

TE

NA

NC

E S

TA

FF

The

main

tenance

sta

ff s

hould

be

com

men

ded

for

thei

r

effo

rts

for

main

tain

ing a

ll o

f th

e m

echanic

al

syst

ems

insi

de

the

faci

lity

. It

is

imm

edia

tely

obvi

ous

that

the

staff

is

conce

rned

about

the

equip

men

t in

the

faci

lity

, as

wel

l as

the

outw

ard

appea

rance

s in

the

publi

c are

as

and t

he

serv

ice

leve

ls o

f th

e fa

cili

ty.

The

ove

rall

appea

rance

of

the

insi

de

of

the

enti

re f

aci

lity

is

wel

l kep

t and f

ree

of

deb

ris

and t

her

e

appea

rs t

o b

e a r

egula

r pro

gra

m t

o m

ain

tain

the

pain

ted

are

as

of

the

faci

lity

.

The

janit

ori

al

staff

is

managed

in-h

ouse

thro

ugh t

he

Oper

ati

ons

Dep

art

men

t and s

eem

s to

be

main

tain

ing t

he

buil

din

g p

roper

ly.

Duri

ng t

he

walk

-thro

ugh,

no b

ad o

dors

wer

e noti

ced i

n t

he

serv

ice

are

a.

The

publi

c are

as

incl

udin

g

the

lobby

floors

, se

ati

ng a

rea,

rest

room

s and c

once

ssio

n

are

as

wer

e cl

ean a

nd m

ost

ly f

ree

of

deb

ris

or

loose

tra

sh.

The

dum

pst

er i

n t

he

serv

ice

are

a i

s th

e only

are

a w

her

e a

bad o

dor

was

noti

ced;

how

ever

, th

e ja

nit

ori

al

staff

and t

he

main

tenance

sta

ff s

eem

ed t

o h

ave

som

e m

easu

res

in p

lace

to

hel

p c

onta

in t

he

are

a a

round t

he

dum

pst

er a

nd k

eep t

he

odor

to a

min

imum

.

Duri

ng o

ur

walk

-thro

ugh a

nd o

bse

rvati

ons

of

the

mec

hanic

al

equip

men

t th

roughout

the

faci

lity

, m

ost

of

the

equip

men

t w

as

noti

ceably

din

gy

and h

ad a

n a

ged

look.

This

“din

gy”

look i

s due

to t

he

act

ual

age

of

the

equip

men

t, a

resu

lt o

f hum

an c

onta

ct o

ver

the

past

thir

ty-o

ne

years

of

oper

ati

on a

nd f

rom

norm

al

main

tenance

pro

cedure

s. I

t

should

be

note

d t

hat

most

of

the

mec

hanic

al

equip

men

t has

bee

n w

ell

main

tain

ed i

n t

he

past

but

is n

ow

show

ing s

igns

of

det

erio

rati

on d

ue

to i

ts a

ge

and w

ill

nee

d t

o b

e co

mple

tely

repla

ced i

n t

he

nea

r fu

ture

. This

iss

ue

and o

ther

iss

ues

conce

rnin

g o

utd

ate

d a

nd w

orn

out

equip

men

t w

ill

be

addre

ssed

in m

ore

det

ail

in t

he

HV

AC

sec

tions

of

this

rep

ort

HV

AC

Air

Handli

ng U

nit

s

Ther

e are

ove

r tw

enty

sep

ara

te a

ir h

andli

ng u

nit

s fo

r

the

are

na,

ass

oci

ate

d c

onco

urs

es a

nd m

eeti

ng a

reas.

Thes

e

unit

s use

chil

led w

ate

r fo

r co

oli

ng a

nd s

team

/ h

ot

wate

r fo

r

hea

ting.

Ther

e is

als

o n

um

erous

DX

typ

e F

reon u

nit

s th

at

cool

are

as

in t

he

serv

ice

leve

l and p

rim

ari

ly t

he

dre

ssin

g

room

s. All

of

the

DX

unit

s w

e obse

rved

wer

e in

good

condit

ion a

nd m

ost

wer

e oper

ati

ng.

The

unit

s w

ere

obvi

ousl

y

wel

l m

ain

tain

ed a

nd w

ere

very

cle

an.

The

conden

sing u

nit

s

wer

e re

lati

vely

fre

e of

dir

t and d

ust

buil

d-u

p o

n t

he

conden

ser

fins

and n

one

wer

e m

akin

g a

ny

unusu

al

nois

es o

r

com

pre

ssor

stra

inin

g s

ounds.

Gen

erall

y, m

ost

of

the

unit

s w

ere

in f

air

condit

ion.

As

men

tioned

earl

ier,

the

main

tenance

sta

ff h

as

done

a g

reat

job m

ain

tain

ing t

hes

e unit

s; h

ow

ever

, due

to t

he

age

of

thes

e

unit

s, i

t w

ill

be

nec

essa

ry t

o b

egin

pla

nnin

g s

om

e ty

pe

of

retr

ofi

t fo

r new

unit

s in

the

futu

re.

Most

of

the

unit

s

obse

rved

appea

red t

o b

e w

ork

ing p

roper

ly a

nd w

e w

ere

advi

sed b

y th

e st

aff

that

all

are

use

d r

egula

rly

for

hea

ting

and c

ooli

ng.

Duri

ng o

ur

obse

rvati

ons

we

did

not

find m

any

dir

ty

filt

ers

and t

her

e w

ere

repla

cem

ent

filt

ers

in m

ost

sto

rage

room

s in

dic

ati

ng a

good f

ilte

r m

ain

tenance

pro

gra

m.

The

Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

16

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Majo

rS

yst

em

s

main

tenance

sta

ff w

as

act

ivel

y w

ork

ing i

n t

wo o

f th

e air

handli

ng u

nit

s as

we

toure

d t

he

faci

lity

and t

her

e w

ere

thre

e

unit

s sc

hed

ule

d f

or

clea

nin

g a

nd f

ilte

r re

pla

cem

ent

duri

ng

the

nex

t w

eek.

As

wit

h m

ost

ven

ues

in t

his

age

range

ther

e are

num

erous

pro

ble

ms

in t

he

mec

hanic

al

and p

lum

bin

g

syst

ems.

Sev

eral

seri

ous

pro

ble

ms

are

cooli

ng c

oil

det

erio

rati

on,

pip

e and b

ato

n i

nsu

lati

on i

n a

nd o

uts

ide

the

unit

s, c

ontr

ol

/ sh

ut

off

valv

e det

erio

rati

on a

nd c

orr

oded

stee

l pip

ing.

On a

lmost

all

unit

s w

e obse

rved

pip

ing i

nsu

lati

on

det

erio

rati

on a

nd i

nsu

lati

on t

hat

has

bee

n r

emove

d f

or

main

tenance

and r

epair

purp

ose

s. T

her

e w

ere

seve

ral

unit

s

that

had s

atu

rate

d i

nsu

lati

on w

ith s

om

e ty

pe

of

liquid

, m

ost

of

whic

h s

eem

ed t

o b

e co

nden

sati

on f

rom

CW

pip

es a

nd

poss

ibly

conce

ssio

n s

tand l

eakage.

The

staff

info

rmed

us

that

the

coil

s are

als

o s

team

cle

aned

on a

yea

rly

basi

s.

Many

of

the

AH

U’s

coil

s on b

oth

the

cooli

ng s

ides

and t

he

hea

ting s

ides

wer

e dam

aged

due

to “

mash

ed c

oil

s”,

this

usu

all

y re

sult

s fr

om

norm

al

main

tenance

and t

hes

e co

ils

can

be

repair

ed t

o s

om

e ex

tent.

AH

U #

s S

3,

S4

and S

5 a

re u

nit

s th

at

have

exposu

re

to t

he

outs

ide

air

use

d t

o p

ress

uri

ze t

he

buil

din

g;

they

conta

in r

epair

ed c

oil

s w

hic

h w

ere

pre

viousl

y dam

aged

by

free

zing t

emper

atu

res.

The

main

tenance

sta

ff w

as

able

to

repair

the

coil

s by

sim

ply

plu

ggin

g i

t w

ith c

opper

and s

old

er.

AH

U #

S3

cannot

be

use

d f

or

cooli

ng a

ny

longer

due

to

exte

nsi

ve f

reez

e dam

age

to t

he

cooli

ng c

oil

s; t

he

unit

is

now

use

d f

or

hea

t only

.

Many

of

the

air

handli

ng u

nit

s obse

rved

have

bro

ken

acc

ess

door

latc

hes

and h

inges

or

wer

e si

mply

not

close

d.

Als

o,

many

of

the

lights

in t

he

AH

U’s

wer

e not

oper

ati

ng

pro

per

ly.

The

bro

ken

door

latc

hes

can c

ause

mass

ive

air

leaks

dep

endin

g o

n w

hic

h s

ide

of

the

AH

U i

t is

loca

ted.

It

was

als

o o

bse

rved

that

ther

e w

ere

no d

oor

seals

on m

any

of

the

unit

s to

sto

p t

he

flow

of

unw

ante

d /

nontr

eate

d a

ir f

rom

ente

ring t

he

faci

lity

. T

he

outd

oor

louve

rs a

ppea

red n

ot

to b

e

funct

ionin

g,

leavi

ng e

quip

men

t ex

pose

d t

o t

he

low

tem

per

atu

res

duri

ng w

inte

r m

onth

s and h

ot

tem

per

atu

res

duri

ng t

he

sum

mer

month

s ca

usi

ng h

igher

uti

lity

cost

s.

Buil

din

g A

uto

mati

on S

yste

m

The

faci

lity

has

added

a C

arr

ier

Com

fort

Work

s

buil

din

g a

uto

mati

on s

yste

m.

This

sys

tem

is

not

a t

rue

Ener

gy

Managem

ent

Sys

tem

, but

the

syst

em a

llow

s th

e

oper

ato

r to

monit

or

all

of

the

main

air

handli

ng u

nit

s and

set

tem

per

atu

re p

ara

met

ers

as

wel

l as

on /

off

capabil

itie

s.

The

syst

em i

s als

o t

ied i

nto

the

Ice

Pla

nt

and i

ts a

ssoci

ate

d

syst

ems

such

as

Gly

col

tem

per

atu

re &

sla

b t

emper

atu

re.

Ele

ctri

cal

usa

ge

can b

e m

onit

ore

d b

y th

e st

aff

but

only

on a

lim

ited

basi

s. D

ail

y el

ectr

ical

usa

ge

readin

gs

are

manuall

y re

cord

ed a

t th

e buil

din

g K

WH

met

er i

n t

he

mail

elec

tric

al

room

.

This

sys

tem

is

curr

entl

y bei

ng u

tili

zed b

y th

e st

aff

but

it h

as

lim

itati

ons,

such

as

true

veri

fica

tion m

onit

ori

ng.

Exam

ple

s w

ould

be

turn

ing o

n a

n A

HU

and t

he

com

pute

r

giv

es y

ou t

he

indic

ati

on t

he

unit

is

runnin

g;

how

ever

, th

e

unit

did

not

turn

on a

nd t

he

oper

ato

r ca

nnot

veri

fy p

roper

oper

ati

ons

of

the

unit

unti

l a v

isual

chec

k i

s co

mple

ted.

This

would

als

o b

e tr

ue

wit

h t

he

contr

oll

ing o

f te

mper

atu

re.

The

unit

is

connec

ted t

o a

larm

s in

the

secu

rity

off

ice

should

any

type

of

emer

gen

cy a

rise

duri

ng o

ff h

ours

. The

ice

pla

nt

ala

rms

are

als

o t

ied i

nto

the

syst

em i

n c

ase

of

an

emer

gen

cy.

Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

17

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Majo

rS

yst

em

s

Cen

tral

Pla

nt

/ P

um

p R

oom

The

centr

al

pla

nt

in t

his

faci

lity

is

main

tain

ed b

y th

e

in-h

ouse

main

tenance

per

sonnel

and d

oes

not

conta

in

chil

lers

for

pro

duct

ion o

f ch

ille

d w

ate

r nor

boil

ers

for

hot

wate

r or

stea

m p

roduct

ion.

All

of

the

chil

led w

ate

r, s

team

and h

ot

wate

r are

purc

hase

d f

rom

an o

ff-s

ite

pla

nt

and

pip

ed i

nto

the

faci

lity

.

The

centr

al

pla

nt

conta

ins

two p

um

ps

for

the

chil

led

wate

r ci

rcula

tion t

hro

ughout

the

faci

lity

. The

stea

m c

om

es

into

the

faci

lity

at

hig

h p

ress

ure

and t

hen

the

stea

m p

ress

ure

is r

educe

d o

r “

step

ped

dow

n”

bef

ore

bei

ng r

egula

ted a

t

dif

fere

nt

loca

tions.

Acc

ord

ing t

o t

he

staff

, th

e pri

mary

stea

m r

egula

tor

was

rece

ntl

y re

pla

ced.

The

centr

al

pla

nt

room

and i

ts e

quip

men

t have

bee

n

wel

l m

ain

tain

ed a

nd w

e noti

ced t

hat

seve

ral

pie

ces

of

equip

men

t su

ch a

s sm

all

pum

ps

and r

egula

ting v

alv

es h

ave

bee

n r

epla

ced.

How

ever

, as

the

pic

ture

bel

ow

ill

ust

rate

s, t

he

equip

men

t and i

ts s

upport

sys

tem

is

old

and s

how

ing s

igns

of

det

erio

rati

on s

uch

as

num

erous

leaks,

evi

den

ced b

y th

e

buck

ets

catc

hin

g w

ate

r le

aks

from

ove

rhea

d p

ipes

and

pre

vious

leaks

aro

und t

he

chil

led w

ate

r pum

p p

ads.

EL

EC

TR

ICA

L

Pri

mary

Sys

tem

s

Pri

mary

Ele

ctri

cal

serv

ice

for

the

faci

lity

is

pro

vided

by

thre

e se

para

te p

ad m

ounte

d u

tili

ty t

ransf

orm

ers

loca

ted

insi

de

the

faci

lity

. Thes

e tr

ansf

orm

ers

are

ow

ned

and

oper

ate

d b

y th

e lo

cal

uti

lity

com

pany.

The

transf

orm

ers

are

ori

gin

al

equip

men

t and s

eem

to b

e oper

ati

ng p

roper

ly a

nd

are

rate

d f

or

3,0

00

am

ps

each

@ 4

80

Volt

s. T

her

e w

as

no

evid

ence

of

PC

B t

esti

ng a

nd t

he

oper

ati

ons

staff

did

not

know

if

a l

oad t

est

had e

ver

bee

n p

erfo

rmed

.

Due

to t

he

age

of

thes

e tr

ansf

orm

ers,

it

is

reco

mm

ended

that

pro

per

docu

men

tati

on b

e obta

ined

fro

m

the

uti

lity

com

pany

to d

eter

min

e if

the

equip

men

t m

eets

loca

l and f

eder

al

standard

s. I

t is

als

o r

ecom

men

ded

that

a

wri

tten

conti

ngen

cy p

lan b

e in

stit

ute

d t

o i

nsu

re a

repla

cem

ent

transf

orm

er c

an b

e obta

ined

in a

tim

ely

manner

should

a f

ail

ure

be

enco

unte

red.

Sec

ondary

Sys

tem

s

Most

of

the

elec

tric

al

room

s co

nsi

st o

f 2

77

/ 4

80

volt

lighti

ng p

anel

s and d

ry t

ype

transf

orm

ers

serv

ing 1

20

/20

8

volt

bra

nch

cir

cuit

panel

s. I

t appea

red t

hat

most

of

the

27

7/4

80

Volt

panel

s and d

ry t

ype

transf

orm

ers

wer

e fe

d

from

the

bus

duct

s; h

ow

ever

, no e

lect

rica

l pri

nts

wer

e

revi

ewed

to c

onfi

rm t

his

ass

essm

ent

Most

of

the

elec

tric

al

room

s appea

red c

lean b

ut

som

e

room

s had a

buil

d-u

p o

f dust

and w

ere

curr

entl

y bei

ng u

sed

for

stora

ge

of

even

t eq

uip

men

t and v

ari

ous

item

s.

All

of

the

seco

ndary

ele

ctri

cal

equip

men

t in

the

faci

lity

, ex

cludin

g t

he

dry

tra

nsf

orm

ers,

was

manufa

cture

d

by

Fed

eral

Paci

fic

Ele

ctri

cal(F

PE

). F

PE

has

bee

n o

ut

of

busi

nes

s fo

r m

ore

than t

wen

ty y

ears

, th

us

crea

ting a

pro

ble

m w

ith r

epla

cem

ent

part

s. T

he

small

er b

reaker

s and

low

am

per

age

part

s are

usu

all

y ava

ilable

and n

ot

too

dif

ficu

lt t

o o

bta

in t

hro

ugh l

oca

l el

ectr

ical

dis

trib

uto

rs.

Most

of

the

hig

h a

mper

age

part

s, h

ow

ever

, are

ver

y dif

ficu

lt t

o

secu

re i

n a

tim

ely

manner

.

Should

part

of

a l

ow

volt

age

or

hig

h v

olt

age

elec

tric

al

box b

e part

iall

y des

troye

d d

ue

to a

fail

ure

, th

e en

tire

panel

box o

r fe

eder

box w

ill

have

to b

e re

pla

ced.

The

low

am

per

age

elec

tric

al

panel

s sh

ould

not

pose

much

of

a

pro

ble

m;

how

ever

, th

e hig

h a

mper

age

dis

trib

uti

on a

nd

feed

er p

anel

s co

uld

cause

the

faci

lity

to b

e sh

ut

dow

n f

or

seve

ral

days

or

poss

ibly

wee

ks

dep

endin

g o

n s

ever

ity

and

loca

tion o

f th

e pro

ble

m.

Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

18

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Majo

rS

yst

em

s

Note

the

stora

ge

of

even

t eq

uip

men

t and t

he

dust

/ g

rease

res

idue

com

ing o

ut

of

the

vents

in t

his

panel

:

Em

ergen

cy E

lect

rica

l P

ow

er

Cate

rpil

lar

Engin

e

50

0

KV

A G

ener

ato

r

The

emer

gen

cy g

ener

ato

r is

ori

gin

al

equip

men

t and

seem

s to

be

in g

ood w

ork

ing o

rder

. The

main

tenance

sta

ff

exer

cise

s th

e unit

once

a w

eek a

s ev

iden

ced i

n t

he

logs

pla

ced n

ear

the

gen

erato

r. A

ccord

ing t

o t

he

staff

, th

e

gen

erato

r ru

ns

wel

l and h

as

no a

ppare

nt

pro

ble

ms.

H.O

. P

enn &

Com

pany

is h

ired

to m

ain

tain

, re

pair

and t

est

the

enti

re u

nit

once

a y

ear.

It

appea

rs t

hat

ther

e

have

bee

n s

ever

al

modif

icati

ons

to t

he

unit

such

as

a

seco

ndary

fuel

fil

ter

syst

em a

nd f

uel

dis

trib

uti

on h

ose

s.

The

gen

erato

r is

air

coole

d,

thus

causi

ng a

hea

ting

pro

ble

m i

nsi

de

the

room

housi

ng t

he

gen

erato

r. T

her

e are

two l

arg

e ve

nti

lato

r unit

s th

at

rem

ove

the

hot

air

pro

duce

d

by

the

hea

t fr

om

the

engin

e. T

hes

e tw

o u

nit

s are

auto

mati

call

y en

gaged

as

soon a

s th

e en

gin

e st

art

s.

Adja

cent

to t

he

gen

erato

r sy

stem

is

a 4

00

-gall

on

die

sel

fuel

tank t

o f

eed t

he

gen

erato

r fu

el.

Acc

ord

ing t

o t

he

staff

, a l

arg

er t

ank l

oca

ted

outs

ide

the

gen

erato

r ro

om

was

rece

ntl

y re

move

d d

ue

to s

pace

const

rain

ts.

Em

ergen

cy G

ener

ato

r:

Fuel

Sto

rage

Tank:

Vari

able

Fre

quen

cy D

rive

Unit

s

Most

of

the

larg

e and m

ediu

m s

ized

moto

rs o

n t

he

majo

r sy

stem

s in

the

faci

lity

have

a V

FD

inst

all

ed.

Thes

e

unit

s are

of

gre

at

ass

ista

nce

to r

educe

the

elec

tric

al

ener

gy

bei

ng u

sed t

o p

roduce

pro

per

envi

ronm

enta

l co

ndit

ions

for

low

load d

emand e

vents

and o

ff e

vent

days

. M

any

of

the

air

handle

rs a

nd a

ssoci

ate

d p

um

ps

have

thes

e unit

s in

stall

ed.

In a

ddit

ion t

o t

he

AH

U’s

havi

ng a

VF

D,

the

ice

floor

gly

col

circ

ula

ting pum

ps

and t

he

main

chil

led w

ate

r

circ

ula

ting p

um

ps

als

o h

ave

a V

FD

inst

all

ed.

PL

UM

BIN

G

Ove

rvie

w

The

rest

room

s in

the

lobby,

ser

vice

lev

el a

nd t

he

suit

es

wer

e gen

erall

y in

good c

ondit

ion.

The

“fl

ush

ing s

yste

ms”

we

obse

rved

wer

e oper

ate

d b

y a m

anual

syst

em u

tili

zing a

vacu

um

bre

aker

and a

ll o

f th

ese

fixtu

res

seem

to b

e in

good

work

ing o

rder

.

Oth

er a

reas

obse

rved

wer

e th

e ic

e m

akin

g /

snow

pit

are

a a

nd v

ari

ous

part

s of

the

serv

ice

leve

l w

her

e ja

nit

ori

al

per

sonnel

wer

e w

ork

ing.

Most

of

the

pota

ble

wate

r pip

ing

was

not

acc

essi

ble

; how

ever

, so

me

of

the

pip

e obse

rved

wer

e

of

the

stee

l galv

aniz

ed t

ype

and w

ere

gen

erati

ng s

uff

icie

nt

wate

r pre

ssure

in t

he

serv

ice

leve

ls.

The

wate

r cl

ose

ts i

n t

he

publi

c are

as

seem

ed t

o o

per

ati

ng p

roper

ly a

lso.

The

hig

her

leve

ls o

f th

e buil

din

g s

eem

ed t

o h

ave

les

s pre

ssure

and t

he

buil

din

g s

taff

confi

rmed

that

low

wate

r pre

ssure

duri

ng h

igh

usa

ge

per

iods

in t

hes

e are

as

bec

om

es a

pro

ble

m.

The

low

er

wate

r pre

ssure

in t

he

upper

are

as

indic

ate

s re

stri

ctio

ns

in

the

pip

ing d

ue

to c

orr

osi

on a

nd s

cale

and i

s not

unco

mm

on

in b

uil

din

gs

of

this

age.

This

als

o i

ndic

ate

s poss

ible

futu

re

pip

e fa

ilure

and a

ll o

f th

e pip

ing s

hould

be

insp

ecte

d b

y a

quali

fied

plu

mber

that

has

exper

ience

wit

h t

his

typ

e of

pro

ble

m.

Ple

ase

see

the

reco

mm

endati

ons

sect

ion f

or

poss

ible

short

ter

m s

olu

tions.

De-

Ioniz

er /

Ice

Makin

g W

ate

r S

yste

m

A J

et I

ce w

ate

r tr

eatm

ent

syst

em i

s bei

ng u

sed t

o

clea

n a

nd c

ondit

ion t

he

wate

r fo

r th

e hock

ey f

loor.

Thes

e

syst

ems

have

bee

n u

sed w

ith g

ood r

esult

s and p

roduce

a

hard

shee

t of

ice.

The

syst

em u

sed h

ere

seem

s to

be

in n

eed

of

gen

eral

main

tenance

and c

leanin

g.

We

have

bee

n a

dvi

sed

Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

19

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Majo

rS

yst

em

s

the

syst

em i

s w

ork

ing p

roper

ly b

ut

did

not

test

any

of

the

ice

makin

g w

ate

r.

The

cove

rs o

n t

he

auto

mati

c m

ixer

s w

ere

mis

sing a

nd t

he

inte

rnal

pip

ing w

as

expose

d.

Both

tanks

of

aci

d a

nd c

aust

ic s

oda a

re s

tore

d i

n f

ront

of

the

unit

and

could

cause

pro

ble

ms

should

ther

e be

a l

eak a

nd

main

tenance

per

sonnel

nee

d t

o m

ake

emer

gen

cy r

epair

s

quic

kly

.

Ice

Flo

or

/ H

ock

ey R

ink S

yste

m

The

chil

lers

and a

ll i

ce m

akin

g s

yste

ms

wer

e bei

ng

use

d a

nd t

her

e se

emed

to b

e no a

ppare

nt

pro

ble

ms

wit

h a

ny

of

the

equip

men

t.

The

dash

er w

all

and P

lexig

las

wer

e in

good c

ondit

ion

and t

he

staff

advi

sed u

s th

e dash

er w

all

had b

een r

epla

ced

thre

e or

four

years

earl

ier.

The

gla

ss w

as

in g

ood c

ondit

ion

but

nee

ded

cle

anin

g w

hic

h i

s alw

ays

the

case

aft

er a

full

seaso

n. The

ice

floor

is c

oole

d a

nd m

ain

tain

ed b

y tw

o C

arr

ier

skid

mounte

d “

Scr

ew T

ype”

chil

ler

pack

ages

. The

two

pum

ps

that

circ

ula

te t

he

cooli

ng m

ediu

m E

thyl

ene

Gly

col

thro

ughout

the

ice

floor

seem

ed t

o b

e oper

ati

ng p

roper

ly.

The

two p

um

ps

have

Vari

able

Fre

quen

cy D

rive

s co

nnec

ted t

o

them

for

elec

tric

al

effi

cien

cy,

and t

he

chil

ler

pack

ages

are

connec

ted t

o t

he

buil

din

g c

ontr

ols

sys

tem

and a

larm

s are

mounte

d i

nsi

de

the

secu

rity

off

ice

in c

ase

of

an e

mer

gen

cy

The

faci

lity

is

usi

ng t

wo i

ce f

loor

re-s

urf

ace

rs t

hat

are

manufa

cture

d b

y O

lym

pia

. O

ne

of

the

unit

s is

old

er t

han t

he

oth

er a

nd w

as

in n

eed o

f cl

eanin

g a

nd m

ain

tenance

. The

new

er u

nit

see

med

to b

e in

good o

per

ati

ng c

ondit

ion a

nd w

e

wer

e able

to o

bse

rve

the

unit

in o

per

ati

on a

fter

the

pra

ctic

e

concl

uded

.

FIR

E P

RO

TE

CTIO

N S

YS

TE

MS

Fir

e E

xti

nguis

her

s and C

abin

ets

All

of

the

fire

hose

cabin

ets

and d

ry t

ype

chem

ical

fire

exti

nguis

her

s in

the

faci

lity

have

bee

n p

roper

ly t

este

d a

nd

tagged

acc

ord

ingly

by

a l

icen

sed i

nsp

ecti

on c

om

pany.

All

of

the

fire

hose

cabin

ets

wer

e cl

ean a

nd f

ree

of

deb

ris

and n

one

appea

red t

o h

ave

any

type

of

leakin

g w

hic

h i

ndic

ate

s a g

ood

main

tenance

pro

gra

m.

Ther

e w

ere,

how

ever

, so

me

hand-h

eld

chem

ical

exti

nguis

her

s th

at

wer

e not

pro

per

ly h

ung o

n t

he

wall

and h

ad n

o m

ark

ing i

ndic

ati

ng t

hei

r lo

cati

on.

Spri

nkle

r S

yste

ms

All

of

the

fire

pro

tect

ion s

yste

ms

seem

ed t

o b

e

main

tain

ed t

o a

hig

h s

tandard

and t

he

dry

sys

tem

was

obse

rved

to b

e alm

ost

new

. Ther

e w

ere

four

separa

te

loca

tions

we

obse

rved

, th

ough n

one

of

the

syst

ems

we

obse

rved

had a

ny

type

of

insp

ecti

on t

ags

indic

ati

ng t

esti

ng

date

s or

any

type

of

flow

cer

tifi

cati

on a

ssoci

ate

d w

ith a

ny

of

the

unit

s.

Ther

e w

ere

als

o n

um

erous

pie

ces

of

equip

men

t

store

d i

n s

om

e of

thes

e are

as

leavi

ng l

ittl

e acc

ess

to t

he

unit

s or

contr

oll

ers

in c

ase

of

an e

mer

gen

cy.

Acc

ord

ing t

o

the

staff

, pla

ns

wer

e in

pla

ce t

o s

tart

a b

id p

roce

ss t

o h

ave

this

work

com

ple

ted b

y a l

icen

sed t

esti

ng c

om

pany.

The

main

wate

r back

flow

-pre

vente

r had b

een r

ecen

tly

repair

ed

and h

as

a c

urr

ent

cert

ific

ati

on t

ag a

ttach

ed.

EL

EV

ATO

RS

/ E

SC

AL

ATO

RS

The

elev

ato

rs a

nd e

scala

tors

obse

rved

are

oper

ate

d

and c

ontr

oll

ed b

y re

lay

type

syst

ems.

The

elev

ato

rs a

nd

esca

lato

rs s

eem

ed t

o b

e of

ori

gin

al

equip

men

t and w

ere

obse

rved

whil

e oper

ati

ng.

Consi

der

ing t

he

age

of

the

equip

men

t, t

her

e w

as

noth

ing n

ote

d o

ut

of

the

ord

inary

conce

rnin

g t

he

elev

ato

rs o

ther

than n

orm

al

wea

r and t

ear

and t

he

age

of

the

enti

re s

yste

ms.

The

esca

lato

rs a

re s

how

ing s

igns

of

det

erio

rati

on d

ue

to u

sage

and a

ge,

esp

ecia

lly

the

esca

lato

rs n

ear

the

entr

ance

to t

he

main

off

ice.

They

wer

e obse

rved

to b

e lo

ose

and

Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

20

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Majo

rS

yst

em

s

makin

g n

ois

es n

ear

the

top o

f th

e la

ndin

gs.

Thes

e nois

es

may

be

an i

ndic

ato

r of

loose

or

worn

out

roll

er b

eari

ngs

and

guid

es i

n t

he

step

s and t

he

support

rail

ings.

Montg

om

ery

Ele

vato

r &

Oti

s S

yste

ms

is c

urr

entl

y

contr

act

ed t

o m

ain

tain

the

elev

ato

rs a

nd e

scala

tors

. Ther

e

are

num

erous

elev

ato

r part

s and e

scala

tor

part

s in

many

of

the

elev

ato

r m

echanic

al

are

as

indic

ati

ng t

hat

the

syst

ems

are

bei

ng r

epair

ed a

nd m

ain

tain

ed o

n a

reg

ula

r basi

s.

A c

om

ple

te m

echanic

al

surv

ey c

onduct

ed b

y an

indep

enden

t co

ntr

act

or

is a

dvi

sed d

ue

to t

he

age

& c

ondit

ion

of

thes

e sy

stem

s. I

t w

ould

not

be

unusu

al

for

com

ple

te

repla

cem

ent

in t

he

nea

r fu

ture

due

to t

he

age.

Oth

er

pro

ble

ms

can a

rise

when

new

com

ponen

ts a

re i

nco

rpora

ted

wit

h o

lder

com

ponen

ts c

ausi

ng c

onfl

icts

wit

h e

lect

ronic

and

mec

hanic

al part

s and s

yste

ms

resu

ltin

g in a

shut

dow

n.

CA

TW

AL

K &

CA

TW

AL

K A

RE

A

Ove

rvie

w

The

catw

alk

are

a w

as

clea

n a

nd o

bvi

ousl

y a p

rogra

m

was

in p

lace

to m

ain

tain

the

are

as

in a

nd a

round t

he

catw

alk

. Ther

e w

ere

som

e m

isce

llaneo

us

cable

s and w

irin

g

on t

he

catw

alk

flo

or

but

this

would

be

consi

der

ed t

o b

e

consi

sten

t w

ith t

he

curr

ent

condit

ion o

f a f

aci

lity

of

this

typ

e

and a

ge. M

etal

Hali

de

lighti

ng m

anufa

cture

d b

y M

usc

o

Lig

hti

ng w

as

inst

all

ed f

or

are

na l

ighti

ng.

Ther

e are

no

bla

ckout

shutt

ers

or

inst

ant

re-s

trik

e bulb

s in

stall

ed o

n t

his

syst

em.

The

lights

and a

ssoci

ate

d f

ixtu

res

are

pro

per

ly

inst

all

ed a

nd s

afe

tied

to t

he

catw

alk

rail

ing t

o p

reve

nt

acc

iden

tal

fall

ing.

Mounte

d o

n t

he

ceil

ing o

f th

e ro

of

stru

cture

is

the

cente

r hung s

core

board

/ v

ideo

and i

ts w

inch

sys

tem

. The

score

board

is

a f

our-

sided

sys

tem

manufa

cture

d b

y

Daktr

onic

s and i

s oper

ate

d b

y a c

ontr

ol

syst

em i

n t

he

lobby.

The

contr

ol

syst

em f

or

the

video

pro

duct

ion i

s als

o h

ouse

d i

n

the

lobby

and c

an a

ccom

modate

alm

ost

any

type

of

video

pro

duct

ion.

Ther

e are

als

o p

atc

h p

anel

s and f

eeder

s fo

r

video

fee

ds

from

pro

duct

ion t

ruck

s outs

ide

the

faci

lity

.

Fall

pro

tect

ion c

able

s have

bee

n i

nst

all

ed w

ithin

the

catw

alk

sys

tem

. A

ccord

ing t

o t

he

staff

, th

e sy

stem

is

chec

ked

annuall

y and h

ad b

een i

nsp

ecte

d i

n M

arc

h o

f 2

00

6.

The

syst

em i

s cl

ean a

nd l

ooks

wel

l m

ain

tain

ed.

Acc

ord

ing t

o t

he

staff

, th

e sc

ore

board

sys

tem

and

win

ch a

re i

nsp

ecte

d a

nnuall

y by

a c

erti

fied

com

pany.

Eve

n

though t

he

score

board

sys

tem

was

not

oper

ati

ng a

t th

e ti

me

of

our

tour,

buil

din

g p

erso

nnel

indic

ate

d t

hat

the

syst

em w

as

oper

ati

ng p

roper

ly.

Spotl

ights

Ther

e are

num

erous

are

as

on t

he

catw

alk

and

adja

cent

are

as

that

support

the

spotl

ights

for

ente

rtain

men

t

purp

ose

s. T

he

Super

trooper

spotl

ights

are

manufa

cture

d b

y

Str

ong I

ndust

ries

and p

ow

ered

by

a X

enon e

lect

ronic

lighti

ng s

yste

m.

Most

of

the

spotl

ights

wer

e obse

rved

to b

e

in g

ood c

ondit

ion.

All

of

the

spotl

ight

pla

tform

s w

e obse

rved

wer

e

danger

ous

and n

one

of

the

spotl

ights

wer

e sa

feti

ed t

o t

he

catw

alk

. The

pla

tform

s w

ere

dir

ty a

nd t

her

e w

ere

larg

e

am

ounts

of

garb

age

acc

um

ula

ted a

round a

nd i

nsi

de

many

of

thes

e pla

tform

s. S

om

e pla

tform

s had l

ittl

e ra

ilin

g,

thus

makin

g t

he

pote

nti

al

for

fall

ing o

bje

cts,

equip

men

t or

oper

ato

rs a

thre

at,

esp

ecia

lly

as

som

e of

the

oper

ato

rs m

ust

trave

rse

are

as

ove

r th

e audie

nce

to g

et t

o t

he

pla

tform

.

Ther

e w

as

als

o n

o e

viden

ce t

hat

spotl

ight

oper

ato

rs a

re

usi

ng a

safe

ty h

arn

ess

nor

was

ther

e any

evid

ence

that

any

type

of

fall

pro

tect

ion i

s bei

ng u

sed i

n t

hes

e are

as.

Som

e of

the

spotl

ight

pla

tform

s had a

rena c

hair

s fo

r th

e oper

ato

rs t

o

sit

in d

uri

ng s

how

s, t

hough n

one

of

the

chair

s w

ere

safe

tied

.

RO

OF

& R

OO

F S

YS

TE

MS

A v

isual

insp

ecti

on o

f th

e ro

of

was

conduct

ed a

nd

ther

e w

ere

no e

viden

t pro

ble

ms

note

d w

ith t

he

roofi

ng

syst

em.

The

roof

was

clea

n o

f deb

ris

and s

om

e of

the

exhaust

fans

wer

e tu

rned

on a

nd o

per

ati

ng p

roper

ly.

Ther

e w

as

som

e m

inor

patc

hin

g b

ut

noth

ing o

ut

of

the

ord

inary

.

Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

21

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Majo

rS

yst

em

s

TE

CH

NO

LO

GY

Tel

ephone

Sys

tem

The

tele

phone

syst

em i

s of

the

analo

g t

ype.

Ther

e is

one

fiber

opti

c ca

ble

sys

tem

inse

rted

into

the

main

tel

ephone

room

, but

it i

s not

uti

lize

d a

t th

is t

ime.

All

of

the

off

ices

and

oth

er s

yste

ms

that

requir

e te

lephone

serv

ice

use

the

analo

g

syst

em.

Sin

ce t

he

fiber

opti

c ca

bli

ng i

s in

sert

ed i

nto

the

faci

lity

, th

ere

may

be

a c

hance

to u

tili

ze i

t sh

ould

upgra

des

requir

e a f

iber

opti

c sy

stem

.

Sound S

yste

m

The

sound s

yste

m f

or

the

are

na i

s co

ntr

oll

ed i

n t

he

catw

alk

. The

syst

em i

s sp

read t

hro

ughout

the

are

na i

n a

seri

es o

f sp

eaker

clu

ster

s hung f

rom

the

ceil

ing t

russ

es a

nd

som

e of

the

support

bea

ms.

Ther

e are

als

o n

um

erous

spea

ker

s in

the

publi

c are

as

tied

to t

he

syst

em f

or

announce

men

ts a

nd e

vent

act

ivit

y. A

ccord

ing t

o t

he

staff

,

the

syst

em w

ork

s pro

per

ly a

nd t

he

are

na h

as

a f

ull

tim

e

sound e

ngin

eer.

The

are

na s

taff

dem

onst

rate

d a

pre

-

reco

rded

em

ergen

cy m

essa

ge

and t

he

syst

em w

ork

ed v

ery

wel

l. T

her

e are

als

o n

um

erous

connec

tions

in m

eeti

ng a

reas

and t

he

faci

lity

has

seve

ral

indep

enden

t sm

all

port

able

syst

ems

for

small

er e

vents

. Ther

e are

als

o c

ontr

oll

ers

on

wall

s in

the

mee

ting a

reas

for

sound a

nd l

ighti

ng c

ontr

ol.

Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

22

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Even

tO

pera

tion

s

EV

EN

T O

PE

RA

TIO

NS

: O

VE

RV

IEW

LO

AD

ING

DO

CK

& B

AC

KS

TA

GE

SP

AC

ES

BO

X O

FF

ICE

CO

NC

OU

RS

E C

ON

GE

STIO

N /

RE

STR

OO

MS

EV

EN

T O

PE

RA

TIO

NS

: O

VE

RV

IEW

The

foll

ow

ing o

bse

rvati

ons

wer

e m

ade

as

a r

esult

of

a

faci

lity

walk

-thro

ugh a

t th

e H

art

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r and w

hil

e

att

endin

g C

ham

pio

ns

on I

ce a

nd t

he

Bil

ly J

oel

conce

rt a

t th

e

faci

lity

on A

pri

l 2

0 a

nd 2

1.

LO

AD

ING

DO

CK

& B

AC

KS

TA

GE

SP

AC

ES

Due

to t

he

lack

of

ove

rall

space

and f

unct

ional

even

t-

rela

ted f

aci

liti

es l

oca

ted o

n t

he

even

t le

vel,

as

wel

l as

the

lack

of

a d

edic

ate

d l

oadin

g d

ock

and m

ars

hall

ing s

pace

,

even

t oper

ati

ons

at

the

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r are

conduct

ed

at

a s

ignif

icant

dis

adva

nta

ge.

As

show

req

uir

emen

ts a

nd

tech

nic

al

requir

emen

ts c

onti

nue

to i

ncr

ease

, th

e C

ente

r w

ill

find i

t in

crea

singly

dif

ficu

lt t

o m

eet

pro

mote

r and p

roduce

r

expec

tati

ons.

Roll

up d

oor

from

loadin

g d

ock

to m

ars

hall

ing a

rea.

Pro

duct

ion

truck

s m

ust

be

loaded

and u

nlo

aded

wit

h r

am

ps,

whic

h i

ncr

ease

s la

bor

cost

s and t

ime

for

loadin

g a

nd u

nlo

adin

g e

quip

men

t:

BO

X O

FF

ICE

The

box o

ffic

e are

a a

t th

e m

ain

entr

ance

off

Tru

mbull

Str

eet

is s

uff

icie

nt

to h

andle

cro

wds

purc

hasi

ng t

icket

s or

pic

kin

g u

p w

ill

call

. T

he

are

a/l

obby

pro

vides

a s

uff

icie

nt

space

for

a l

arg

e cr

ow

d t

o g

ath

er i

n c

ase

s of

incl

emen

t

wea

ther

.

Tic

ket

win

dow

s in

main

entr

y lo

bby:

CO

NC

OU

RS

E C

ON

GE

STIO

N /

RE

STR

OO

MS

Long l

ines

at

the

rest

room

s and c

once

ssio

n s

tands

wer

e obse

rved

thro

ughout

the

nig

ht

at

the

Bil

ly J

oel

conce

rt.

The

one

publi

c co

nco

urs

e is

not

suff

icie

nt

to a

ccom

modate

ped

estr

ian f

low

of

a c

row

d o

f 1

5,0

00

. P

ubli

c re

stro

om

s,

whose

num

ber

s w

ere

des

igned

to a

ccom

modate

10

,00

0,

are

woef

ull

y def

icie

nt

in s

ervi

cing a

cro

wd o

f 1

5,0

00

. A

renova

tion o

f th

e fa

cili

ty t

o m

eet

curr

ent

code

and d

esig

n

standard

s fo

r publi

c ass

embly

faci

liti

es f

or

publi

c re

stro

om

s

may

be

pro

hib

itiv

e.

The

renova

tion w

ould

conse

quen

tly

requir

e upgra

des

to a

ll f

aci

lity

’s s

pace

s to

AD

A c

om

pli

ance

.

Hart

ford

Civ

icC

en

ter

–F

acil

ity

An

aly

sis

23

Ju

ne

2,

20

06

Even

tO

pera

tion

s

One

line

for

a W

om

en’s

res

troom

. This

was

typic

al

of

most

res

troom

s

at

the

HC

C:

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

en

ter

– F

acil

ity A

naly

sis

1

Ap

ril

5,

20

07

A

dd

en

dum

to M

ajo

r S

yst

em

s

AD

DE

ND

UM

TO

MA

JO

R S

YS

TE

MS

: O

VE

RV

IEW

OP

ER

ATIO

NS

/ M

AIN

TE

NA

NC

E S

TA

FF

HV

AC

A

ir H

andli

ng U

nit

s

B

uil

din

g A

uto

mati

on S

yste

m

C

entr

al

Pla

nt

/ P

um

p R

oom

EL

EC

TR

ICA

L

P

rim

ary

Sys

tem

s

S

econdary

Sys

tem

s

E

mer

gen

cy E

lect

rica

l P

ow

er

V

ari

able

Fre

quen

cy D

rive

Unit

s

PL

UM

BIN

G

D

e-Io

niz

er /

Ice

Makin

g W

ate

r S

yste

m

Ic

e F

loor

/ H

ock

ey R

ink S

yste

m

FIR

E P

RO

TE

CTIO

N S

YS

TE

MS

F

ire

Exti

nguis

her

s and C

abin

ets

S

pri

nkle

r S

yste

ms

EL

EV

ATO

RS

/ E

SC

AL

ATO

RS

CA

TW

AL

K &

CA

TW

AL

K A

RE

A

SP

OTL

IGH

TS

RO

OF

& R

OO

F S

YS

TE

MS

TE

CH

NO

LO

GY

Tel

ephone

Sys

tem

S

ound S

yste

m

SU

MM

AR

Y

AD

DE

ND

UM

TO

MA

JO

R S

YS

TE

MS

: O

VE

RV

IEW

A

ppro

xim

ate

ly o

ne

year

ago t

he

Majo

r S

yste

ms

of

the

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r under

wen

t an e

valu

ati

on a

nd v

isual

insp

ecti

on o

f th

e m

echanic

al

syst

ems

and s

ub-s

yste

ms.

The

faci

lity

analy

sis

was

pre

pare

d f

or

the

Connec

ticu

t

Dev

elopm

ent

Auth

ori

ty a

nd a

copy

is e

ncl

ose

d w

ith t

his

report

.

In

Feb

ruary

20

07

, H

OK

Sport

was

contr

act

ed b

y th

e

Cit

y of

Hart

ford

to p

erfo

rm a

stu

dy

of

a n

ew c

ivic

cen

ter

to

incl

ude

an u

pdate

of

our

pre

vious

docu

men

t and d

eter

min

e

changes

that

have

taken

pla

ce s

ince

our

last

rev

iew

. The

foll

ow

-up v

isit

was

sched

ule

d a

nd t

ook p

lace

wit

h p

revi

ousl

y

invo

lved

HO

K s

taff

. T

he

foll

ow

ing c

hanges

, or

lack

ther

eof,

are

note

d a

nd p

rese

nte

d b

elow

. P

lease

note

that

the

form

at

was

not

changed

fro

m t

he

ori

gin

al

report

so t

hat

dir

ect

com

pari

sons

could

be

made

to t

he

past

yea

r.

OP

ER

ATIO

NS

/ M

AIN

TE

NA

NC

E S

TA

FF

The

main

tenance

sta

ff w

as

com

men

ded

for

thei

r

effo

rts

for

main

tain

ing a

ll o

f th

e m

echanic

al

syst

ems

insi

de

the

faci

lity

in t

he

pre

vious

report

. A

gain

, th

ey h

ave

work

ed

to d

o t

her

e bes

t w

ith t

he

reso

urc

es a

nd m

anpow

er t

hey

have

.

Many

of

the

syst

ems

are

at

or

nea

r th

eir

use

ful

life

expec

tancy

. T

he

lim

ited

capit

al

fundin

g a

nd r

esourc

es h

ave

made

repla

cing e

quip

men

t dif

ficu

lt f

or

the

staff

. A

s

equip

men

t has

fail

ed,

repair

s have

bee

n a

nd a

re c

onti

nuin

g

to b

e m

ade.

HV

AC

Air

Handli

ng U

nit

s

Our

inve

stig

ati

on i

ncl

uded

most

of

the

air

handli

ng

room

s and w

e obse

rved

most

of

the

faci

lity

’s a

ir h

andli

ng

unit

s.

Gen

erall

y, t

he

unit

s co

nti

nue

to b

e in

fair

condit

ion.

Tw

o u

nit

s w

ere

found t

o b

e in

poor

condit

ion d

ue

to f

roze

n

coil

s duri

ng t

his

win

ter

seaso

n.

The

bro

ken

coil

s have

bee

n

capped

off

to s

top t

he

leaks;

how

ever

, th

is i

s a r

e-occ

urr

ing

pro

ble

m t

hat

wil

l not

stop u

nle

ss s

teps

are

taken

to r

epair

the

cold

air

lea

ks

aro

und t

he

unit

s.

The

unit

s w

ere

taken

out

of

serv

ice

and n

ot

oper

ati

onal.

It

was

als

o n

ote

d t

hat

som

e new

wate

r sh

ut

off

valv

es h

ave

bee

n i

nst

all

ed i

n s

om

e

of

the

AH

U’s

supply

lin

es.

Som

e of

the

rust

ed/c

orr

oded

pip

ing a

round t

he

new

shut

off

valv

es h

ave

bee

n c

leaned

and

new

pie

ces

of

insu

lati

on h

ave

bee

n i

nst

all

ed.

As

men

tioned

in t

he

firs

t re

port

, m

any

of

the

air

handli

ng u

nit

s obse

rved

have

bro

ken

acc

ess

door

latc

hes

and

hin

ges

or

wer

e si

mply

not

close

d,

and m

any

of

the

lights

in

the

AH

U’s

wer

e not

oper

ati

ng p

roper

ly.

The

bro

ken

door

latc

hes

cause

mass

ive

air

lea

ks

dep

endin

g o

n w

hic

h s

ide

of

the

AH

U i

t is

loca

ted.

We

noti

ced n

one

of

thes

e have

bee

n

repair

ed s

ince

our

last

vis

it.

Ove

rall

, th

e co

ndit

ions

of

the

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

ente

r

air

handli

ng u

nit

s have

det

erio

rate

d s

ince

our

last

vis

it.

Buil

din

g A

uto

mati

on S

yste

m

N

o c

hanges

wer

e note

d w

ith t

his

sys

tem

. A

ccord

ing t

o

the

staff

, th

e sy

stem

is

work

ing a

s w

as

the

case

last

yea

r.

The

syst

em i

s a C

arr

ier

Com

fort

Work

s buil

din

g a

uto

mati

on

syst

em.

Sta

ff s

tate

d t

hat

no u

pdate

s have

bee

n m

ade

to t

his

syst

em s

ince

our

last

vis

it.

Upgra

des

should

be

consi

der

ed

to t

he

buil

din

g a

uto

mati

on s

yste

m a

s no s

oft

ware

upgra

des

or

train

ing h

as

bee

n m

ade

in t

he

last

yea

r.

A f

ull

y

oper

ati

onal

buil

din

g a

uto

mati

on s

yste

m w

ith w

ell

train

ed

staff

would

im

pro

ve e

ffic

iency

of

exis

ting s

yste

ms.

Cen

tral

Pla

nt

/ P

um

p R

oom

The

centr

al

pla

nt

was

oper

ati

onal

as

we

toure

d.

Oth

er

than a

few

new

pneu

mati

c va

lves

in t

he

chil

led w

ate

r

syst

em,

noth

ing w

as

note

d t

hat

would

indic

ate

a c

hange

in

the

oper

ati

ons

of

this

faci

lity

. S

ever

al

wate

r pip

e unio

ns

wer

e le

akin

g a

nd w

ere

sched

ule

d f

or

futu

re r

epla

cem

ent.

The

main

air

com

pre

ssors

for

the

pneu

mati

c sy

stem

s

wer

e bei

ng r

epair

ed a

nd a

new

air

sto

rage

tank w

as

bei

ng

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

en

ter

– F

acil

ity A

naly

sis

2

Ap

ril

5,

20

07

A

dd

en

dum

to M

ajo

r S

yst

em

s

inst

all

ed a

t th

e ti

me

of

our

visi

t.

This

was

bei

ng r

epair

ed

due

to a

tota

l fa

ilure

of

one

com

pre

ssor

and a

rust

ed o

ut

tank s

ince

our

last

vis

it.

The

chil

led w

ate

r and h

ot

wate

r pip

ing i

nsu

lati

on h

as

det

erio

rate

d f

rom

last

yea

r. T

his

is

a r

esult

of

bei

ng

dis

turb

ed b

y m

ajo

r m

ain

tenance

to t

he

unit

s and

det

erio

rati

on a

ttri

bute

d t

o a

ge

of

the

mate

rial.

EL

EC

TR

ICA

L

Pri

mary

Sys

tem

s

N

o c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

Sec

ondary

Sys

tem

s

Ther

e w

ere

num

erous

elec

tric

al

bre

aker

panel

s bei

ng

syst

emati

call

y re

pla

ced o

n t

he

serv

ice

and t

he

even

t le

vel.

All

of

the

new

panel

s w

ere

repla

cing t

he

old

FP

E s

yste

ms

that

wer

e ori

gin

al

equip

men

t. A

ll o

f th

e new

bre

aker

panel

s

we

obse

rved

wer

e lo

w v

olt

age

type

12

0 /

22

0 v

olt

s.

The

FP

E

equip

men

t has

not

bee

n m

anufa

cture

d o

r su

pport

ed i

n o

ver

twen

ty y

ears

. A

s th

is e

quip

men

t fa

ils,

it

must

be

repla

ced

by

com

ple

tely

new

non-c

om

pati

ble

equip

men

t.

In o

ther

word

s, c

om

ple

te r

epla

cem

ent

of

bre

aker

boxes

must

occ

ur

and t

he

old

part

s are

use

d a

s att

ic s

tock

of

the

old

er

equip

men

t.

This

is

a v

ery

expen

sive

way

to m

ain

tain

the

equip

men

t.

Em

ergen

cy E

lect

rica

l P

ow

er

Cate

rpil

lar

Engin

e

50

0

KV

A G

ener

ato

r.

This

gen

erato

r is

ori

gin

al

equip

men

t and i

s at

the

end

of

its

expec

ted u

sefu

l li

fe.

They

conti

nue

to m

ain

tain

the

equip

men

t and h

ave

it

on a

main

tenance

pro

gra

m w

ith a

n

appro

ved v

endor.

N

o c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

Vari

able

Fre

quen

cy D

rive

Unit

s

The

VF

D w

as

obse

rver

to b

e oper

ati

ng p

roper

ly a

nd

no c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

. T

he

only

iss

ue

note

d a

t our

last

visi

t w

as

that

the

fans

that

cool

the

unit

s nee

ded

to b

e

clea

ned

. K

eepin

g t

he

fans

clea

n w

ill

exte

nd t

he

life

of

thes

e

dri

ves

by

pro

tect

ing t

hem

fro

m o

verh

eati

ng.

PL

UM

BIN

G

W

ate

r pre

ssure

iss

ues

conti

nue

to p

lague

the

faci

lity

.

No c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d i

n e

quip

men

t, b

ut

the

staff

info

rmed

us

that

the

pro

ble

ms

of

low

wate

r pre

ssure

on

the

suit

e and c

onco

urs

e le

vel

is g

etti

ng w

ors

e.

The

reduct

ion i

n f

low

is

due

to t

he

age

of

the

pip

ing i

n t

he

faci

lity

and t

he

corr

osi

on b

uil

dup i

nsi

de

the

pip

ing.

This

pro

ble

m i

s co

mm

on f

or

a f

aci

lity

of

this

age.

N

o c

hanges

have

bee

n m

ade

since

our

last

vis

it t

o r

emed

y th

e fl

ow

pro

ble

m.

Corr

osi

on w

ithin

the

pip

ing w

ill

conti

nue

to

wors

en u

nti

l pip

ing i

s sy

stem

ati

call

y re

pla

ced.

Cata

stro

phic

fail

ure

or

blo

ckage

is p

oss

ible

wit

h t

he

agin

g o

f th

e pip

ing.

De-

Ioniz

er /

Ice

Makin

g W

ate

r S

yste

m

The

exis

ting w

ate

r tr

eatm

ent

syst

em n

o l

onger

work

s

and h

as

bee

n t

aken

out

of

serv

ice.

A

good w

ate

r tr

eatm

ent

pla

nt

is e

ssen

tial

to p

roduci

ng a

good c

onsi

sten

t sh

eet

of

ice.

Rep

lace

men

t of

this

unit

would

nee

d t

o b

e co

mple

te a

s no

part

of

the

old

sys

tem

is

salv

agea

ble

. A

new

Jet

Ice

sys

tem

would

cost

appro

xim

ate

ly $

35

,00

0.

Ice

Flo

or

/ H

ock

ey R

ink S

yste

m

N

o c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

Acc

ord

ing t

o

staff

, th

e sy

stem

is

work

ing w

ell.

FIR

E P

RO

TE

CTIO

N S

YS

TE

MS

Fir

e E

xti

nguis

her

s and C

abin

ets

No c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

All

of

the

insp

ecti

on t

ags

wer

e cu

rren

t and a

ll t

he

syst

ems

appea

red t

o

be

in g

ood w

ork

ing o

rder

.

Spri

nkle

r S

yste

ms

A n

ew d

ry s

pri

nkle

r sy

stem

was

inst

all

ed i

n t

he

serv

ice

are

a d

ue

to a

ruptu

re s

ince

our

last

vis

it.

No c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d e

xce

pt

for

the

new

dry

sys

tem

inst

all

ed i

n t

he

serv

ice

are

a.

All

insp

ecti

on t

ags

wer

e cu

rren

t

and t

he

equip

men

t appea

red t

o b

e in

good w

ork

ing o

rder

.

EL

EV

ATO

RS

/ E

SC

AL

ATO

RS

S

ince

our

visi

t la

st y

ear,

the

esca

lato

rs a

t th

e m

ain

entr

ance

wer

e fl

ooded

. N

one

of

the

unit

s w

ere

work

ing a

t

the

tim

e of

our

visi

t and t

her

e w

ere

no f

irm

pla

ns

for

repair

s

or

repla

cem

ent.

The

repair

s of

thes

e unit

s w

ill

be

expen

sive

and r

equir

e so

me

majo

r dow

nti

me.

The

esca

lato

rs l

eadin

g t

o t

he

serv

ice

floor

from

the

main

entr

ance

are

runnin

g;

how

eve

r, t

hes

e are

als

o i

n n

eed

of

majo

r re

pair

due

to w

ear.

A

ll e

scala

tors

wer

e obse

rved

to b

e in

poor

condit

ion s

ince

our

last

vis

it.

Majo

r re

pair

s

are

not

takin

g p

lace

due

to c

ost

. T

hes

e unit

s sh

ould

be

ass

esse

d f

or

repla

cem

ent.

E

leva

tors

wer

e obse

rved

to b

e fu

nct

ionin

g w

ith n

o

majo

r is

sues

.

CA

TW

AL

K &

CA

TW

AL

K A

RE

A

N

o c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

SP

OTL

IGH

TS

N

o c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

Ple

ase

see

the

20

06

rep

ort

for

pro

pose

d c

hanges

.

RO

OF

& R

OO

F S

YS

TE

MS

No i

nsp

ecti

on o

f th

e ro

of

syst

ems

was

per

form

ed d

ue

to w

eath

er c

ondit

ions.

Acc

ord

ing t

o t

he

staff

, th

e ro

of

is i

n

good c

ondit

ion a

nd n

o l

eaks

wer

e re

port

ed.

Hart

ford

Civ

ic C

en

ter

– F

acil

ity A

naly

sis

3

Ap

ril

5,

20

07

A

dd

en

dum

to M

ajo

r S

yst

em

s

TE

CH

NO

LO

GY

Tel

ephone

Sys

tem

No c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

Sound S

yste

m

No c

hanges

wer

e obse

rved

or

note

d.

SU

MM

AR

Y

Main

tenance

sta

ff c

onti

nues

to m

ain

tain

agin

g

equip

men

t w

ith l

imit

ed r

esourc

es f

or

repla

cem

ent.

Undoubte

dly

, th

e ch

all

enges

faci

ng t

he

main

tenance

sta

ff

due

to t

he

age

of

the

buil

din

g a

nd i

ts s

yste

ms

are

form

idable

. The

mec

hanic

al

syst

ems

are

show

ing m

ore

wea

r

and a

re g

oin

g t

o r

equir

e m

uch

more

main

tenance

and/o

r

even

tual

repla

cem

ent.

M

any

of

the

majo

r sy

stem

s are

at

or

past

thei

r use

ful

life

expec

tancy

. S

yste

ms

such

as

chil

led

wate

r pip

ing a

nd s

hut

off

valv

es a

re f

ail

ing o

n a

reg

ula

r

basi

s.

Lea

kin

g o

f unio

ns

and v

alv

es w

ere

obse

rved

in t

he

centr

al

pla

nt/

pum

p r

oom

. O

ngoin

g r

epair

s and r

epla

cem

ent

are

bei

ng m

ade

on a

n a

s-nee

ded

basi

s or

upon c

om

ple

te

fail

ure

s. The

esca

lato

rs a

re s

how

ing m

ajo

r si

gns

of

wea

r and

wil

l re

quir

e si

gnif

icant

fundin

g g

oin

g f

orw

ard

. A

HU

’s a

re

susc

epti

ble

to s

ignif

icant

fail

ure

s due

to a

ge

and b

reakdow

ns

of

syst

ems

to p

rote

ct u

nit

s fr

om

fre

ezin

g w

inte

r air

infi

ltra

tion.

The

ove

rall

pip

ing i

n t

he

faci

lity

is

exper

ienci

ng f

low

reduct

ion d

ue

to i

nte

rnal

corr

osi

on.

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pro

ble

m i

s ca

usi

ng

majo

r is

sues

in t

he

upper

lev

els

of

the

faci

lity

duri

ng e

vents

.

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ble

ms

wit

h f

lush

valv

es a

re c

om

mon b

ecause

of

pre

ssure

reduct

ion.

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rtunate

ly,

this

pro

ble

m c

annot

be

rem

edie

d

wit

hout

syst

emati

c re

pla

cem

ent

of

pip

ing t

hro

ughout

the

faci

lity

.

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lthough s

om

e re

com

men

dati

ons

off

ered

fro

m l

ast

year’

s re

port

are

pro

ceed

ing,

ther

e have

bee

n n

o n

oti

ceable

effo

rts

to a

ddre

ss t

he

larg

er i

ssues

for

long t

erm

oper

ati

on

of

this

faci

lity

. O

vera

ll c

ondit

ions

are

conti

nuin

g t

o

det

erio

rate

wit

h a

ge.

R

epla

cem

ent

of

agin

g e

quip

men

t w

ill

nee

d t

o c

onti

nue

as

outd

ate

d e

quip

men

t fa

ils.

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epair

ing

equip

men

t m

ay

not

be

an o

pti

on f

or

many

pie

ces

of

equip

men

t. C

urr

ent

buil

din

g s

taff

is

now

rep

laci

ng m

ajo

r

com

ponen

ts o

n a

reg

ula

r basi

s.

C

ata

stro

phic

fail

ure

s sh

ould

be

expec

ted i

n t

he

majo

r

syst

ems

of

this

faci

lity

. A

ll e

quip

men

t is

at

the

end o

f it

s

expec

ted u

sable

lif

e.

Fail

ure

to r

epla

ce m

ajo

r sy

stem

s w

ill

resu

lt i

n s

ignif

icant

equip

men

t dow

n t

ime

and m

ay

impact

even

ts.

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