• Project scope - Interior gut conversion of a 2-story plus basement 1890 Chicago Row House and
   1890 2-story Coach House with a new 3-story building addition connecting the two existing
   buildings and a new rooftop deck located at the rear section of the building. Converting the building
   from a single family residential building to an office building. The building includes a one car heated
   private garage. The building includes five floor elevations plus the rooftop deck elevation. The
   Project design was complicated due to site constraints, very narrow 20 foot wide property and very
   narrow interior building finished width of 18 feet which required applying for five Alternative Code
   Approval Requests (ACARs) from the City of Chicago Department of Buildings (DOB) in order to
   convert the building to office occupancy. Furthermore, due to site constraints and existing
   conditions the project design included addressing multiple technically infeasible design matters with
   respect to accessibility.
• Project site - 20 foot wide by 98 foot deep located (sandwiched wall-to-wall) between two (2) high
   rise buildings.
• Interior building alterations & improvements included the following - Gutting (except for the floor
   framing and roof framing) the existing buildings. Removing the wood framed basement floor with
   crawl space below the basement floor in the row house. Substantial structural upgrades to the
   buildings to support the new office use structural loads including adding new concrete pier footings
   & foundations, steel columns & steel beams to support the first floor, second floor and roof of the
   row house, replacing the complete rear wall of row house and doubling-up structural wood framing.
   New 4 inch water service. New sewer service. New plumbing, electrical and HVAC throughout. New
   400 amp electrical service. New supervised fire sprinkling system throughout. New fire alarm
   system.
• Exterior building alterations & improvements included the following - Replacing / re-building the
   row house parapet walls. Extending the height of the parapet walls at the coach house for the new
   rooftop deck guards. New cement stucco system at the front façade replacing the very deteriorated
   existing stucco. Replacing with new the very deteriorated wood front door with side lites and
   transom window. Replacing the basement front door and side lites. Replacing all of the building
   windows. Adding new steel ornamental guards at the buildings front windows. Adding new steel
   ornamental guards & handrails at the existing building exterior front entry stair.
• Site improvements included the following - Removing and replacing the existing concrete
   retaining wall and steel fence / guard located adjacent to the front property line / sunken front yard
   area. New concrete stair and handrail located at the sunken front yard. New exterior steel stair
   and associated concrete foundations located at the sunken backyard.
• Architectural services performed by Panter Associates included the following:
   ◦ Project Design - Schematic Design and Design Development and preparing associated drawings.
   ◦ Construction Documents - Preparing Construction Documents. Retaining and coordinating the
     services of structural and mechanical, electrical & plumbing (MEP) engineering consultants.
   ◦ Alternative Code Review Approval (ACAR) services - Described below.
   ◦ Building permit expediting four (4) building permits including - An interior demolition permit for
     the row house applied for through the DOB Self-Certification permit program, an interior
     demolition permit for the coach house applied for through the DOB Self-Certification permit
     program, a foundation building permit applied for through DOB Standard Plan Review permit
     program and a full building permit applied for through DOB Standard Plan Review permit program.
   ◦ Alley access ordinance - Expediting an alley access ordinance for the one car garage.
   ◦ City of Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) Office of Underground Coordination (OUC) -
     Meeting and coordinating with CDOT OUC specific to CDOT OUC requirements for removal of the
     existing retaining wall located in the public way, on City of Chicago property.
   ◦ Bidding & negotiation - Provided bidding & negotiation services for the interior demolition project
     and foundation project. Provided partial bidding & negotiation services for the work under the full
     building permit.
   ◦ Construction administration - Provided construction administration services for the interior
     demolition project and foundation project. Provided partial and limited construction administration
     at the commencement of the work under the full building permit.
• Alternative Code Approval Requests (ACARs) - The Project design was complicated due to site
   constraints and very narrow interior building finished width of 18 feet which required applying for
   five Alternative Code Approval Requests (ACARs) from the City of Chicago Department of Buildings
   (DOB) in order to convert the building to office occupancy. As conditions for approving the ACARs
   DOB required that the building include a supervised fire sprinkling system throughout, a fire alarm
   system throughout, smoke detectors located in common areas, a new building addition with an
   enclosed steel non-combustible stairway and that the new unenclosed stairway located in the row
   house section of the building be non-combustible steel construction. The ACAR approval process
   required that Steve Panter meet several times with DOB Deputy & Assistant Building
   Commissioners and senior personnel.
• Technically infeasible design matters - The technically infeasible design matters with respect to
   accessibility design required that Steve Panter meet several times with City of Chicago Mayors
   Office For People With Disabilities (MOPD) senior personnel as well as separate meetings with
   DOB Deputy & Assistant Building Commissioners and senior personnel.
• Panter Associates is disappointed with, but not limited to, the following project construction
   changes (not approved by Panter Associates) from what was designed by Panter Associates and
   included on the Project Drawings -
   ◦ Stair guard design - The style of the guards and handrails which were installed are modern and do
     not match the building Victorian row house architecture. The project drawings included guard
     design typical of Victorian row house architecture.
   ◦ Guard / fence design - The style of the guards which were installed are modern and do not match
     the building Victorian row house architecture.
   ◦ Ornamental guards - The ornamental steel / iron guards at the front windows shown and
     specified on the Project drawings were not installed. Panter Associates is very disappointed that
     project construction does not include the ornamental metal guards. See project drawing sheet
     A2.0 Front Elevation.
   ◦ Front windows - The windows which were installed are not double hung (or single hung) and
     therefore do not match the original building windows / fenestration. The bottom awning section
     of the windows which were installed is not at all typical of a Victorian row house. See project
     drawing sheet A2.0 Front Elevation.

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