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HISTORY The remodel of the Old Heat Building to become a Community Education Center was the design brief. This center would facilitate programs that are supported by university programs. Some of the programs considered were: Old Heat was constructed in 1946 to serve Central Washington University (CWU) as a coal fire steam plant. The concrete and masonry superstructure has a brick • A Center for excellence in Science and Math Education veneer exterior and tall, steel framed industrial windows. Inside the structure is • US First Robotic Competitions a high-volume, three-story interior space with cat walks, a circular iron staircase • Safety and Health Management Certificate Programs and the original coal chute are still present in the building. The four large coal • Craft Beer Certificate Program boilers have been removed. • Wine Business Certificate Program • The building would house the Auxiliary Services Department and classroom The south side of the structure is a single-story addition that was home to a spaces in the single-story south portion of the building and the CWU machine shop and furniture shop. Offices on the Southeast side of the structure Welcome Center in the large North Portion of the structure. were used for technological support. The work was divided into three phases. This work was carried out from 2016 In 1971 Old Heat was taken offline when the construction of a centralized utilities through 2017. plant was completed. No changes to the structure had been made since its construction. The building was used for storage between 1971 and 2017. Phase I was bid on 9/22/2016. Lydig Construction was awarded the bid. This scope of work took care of the hazardous material remediation. The initial bid A capital improvement grant was requested from the Washington State amount was $527,000 and final cost with change orders was $570,940. Legislature in the 2015-2017Capital Budget Request for CWU for$4.9M. CWU was successful in obtaining the request and received $4.9M in July 2015. Phase II was bid on 1/10/2017. The initial contract amount was $3,386,000, Additional funding would come from the university budget. The combined funds awarded to Lydig construction. This scope of work performed seismic structural totaled $6,149,067.00. work, new windows and insulation were installed in the south single-story section of the structure. The mechanical and electrical rooms throughout the building It was recognized during work CWU performed in 2016 that the building's were outfitted with new electrical and HVAC equipment. The final cost with location adjacent to neighborhoods and downtown could help create a synergy change orders was $3,585,215. between the university and community. During the legislative ask in 2015 one of the strong benefits of the project was interface between the community and the Phase III was a bid package to complete the fit out of the building as per the university. The Washington State Legislature liked that aspect of the project. design. It was bid on September 12, 2017, and only one bid was received. The bid was over budget by$1 M plus at$5,880,583. CWU looked for ways to reduce Integrus Architecture was hired to perform a phase 1 evaluation of Old Heat. the cost of the project by changing the scope of work. In the end the project was Integrus and their team of consultants were brought onto the project to perform put on hold. There were competing projects at the time at CWU, and housing structural, civil, electrical and plumbing, low voltage, and abatement designs and was a top priority as the occupancy rate for rentals was 99% in 2017. assessments of the building. This scoping work was completed in June 2016. After the phase III bid was analyzed, it was determined a $300,000 savings was achievable with more detailed information in the bid package and redesign of some features that required work in tight places to build to specification. 24 1 Old Heat CERB Feasibility Study