UMBI
(a former warehouse) is a six storied plus basement
and penthouse fire resistive structure. This
building formerly was owned and operated as a
warehouse by the Hutzler Brothers Company, a
local chain of department stores. The facility
houses research laboratories, cold rooms, conference
rooms, offices and related spaces. The basement
and penthouse contain the buildings mechanical
and electrical equipment. a separate room on
the southwest corner of the roof houses the facilities
emergency electric generator. An atrium from
the forth level through the penthouse to the
roof is present. There are two remote enclosed
fire constructed rated stairways leading to the
public way. animal holdings quarters are located
on the first level, south side of the building.
The structure is totally
protected with a "looped" wet pipe
sprinkler system. Perimeter sidewall sprinkler
heads have been installed within the top of the
atrium and at each floor level perimeter of the
atrium. Each floor and the atrium loop is a separate
sprinkler zone. A dry pipe system protects the
loading dock located on the southwest side of
the facility. A 750 gpm fire pump located in
the basement provides the required pressure for
the entire building. Class I standpipes with
2 1/2 inch fire department hose valves are located
at each floor landing within the two stairways
and elsewhere within the building. Each
floor is a separate sprinkler zone consisting
of water floor/alarm, valve tamper device and
inspectors test unit. A fire department
Siamese and fire pump test header is located
on the Northwest (Lombard Street) exterior of the building.
Knox FDC caps have been installed on the fire department
connection to prevent vandalism.
Portable fire extinguisher's are located
throughout the facility.
The facility is equipped
with an "addressable" fire alarm system
consisting of manual pull stations, audible and
visible warning devices, smoke, heat, detectors
and beam detectors (located at the top of the
atrium) which transmits an alarm to the Pine
Street Police Station. the type and location
of the audible and visible devices meet applicable
ADA requirements. Some of the audible devices
in the building have been deactivated because
there are too many and the noise level is too
high.
The atrium is equipped
with a smoke removal system interconnected into
the buildings fire alarm and HVAC systems.
A courtyard and parking
area has been located on the west side of the
facility. An appropriate number of handicapped
parking spaces has been reserved.
Access for persons with
disabilities is via elevator.
A Knox Box has been installed next
to the fire alarm annunciator with keys for elevators, mechanical areas,
electric areas and fire alarm panels to be used by the
fire department as needed.
A key for the Knox FDC caps is
also located in the Knox Box.
This building is multi-classified
as Business and Industrial occupancy.
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