AGENCY REQUEST FOR
BUILDING COMMISSION ACTION
February 2007
Agency:
Department of Corrections
Locations: Southern Oaks Girls School
Union Grove, Wisconsin
Request
Request authority to construct facility maintenance and repair projects at various correctional
facilities at an estimated total project cost of $2,525,100 General Fund Supported BorrowingFacilities Maintenance and Repair and authority to permit the Division of State Facilities (DSF)
to adjust individual project budgets.
Project
No.
Institution
Project Title
Facilities Maintenance and Repair:
07A2U SOGS
Heating & Ventilation Improvements
Project
Budget
$256,800
Southern Oaks Girls School Heating and Ventilation Improvements (Project No.
07A2U). Request authority to construct a Heating and Ventilation Improvement project at
Southern Oaks Girls School (SOGS) at a total project cost of $256,800 GFSB-Facilities
Maintenance and Repair. This project will make heating and ventilation improvements to
Buildings 12 and 13 at SOGS on the grounds of Southern Wisconsin Center. The project will
install hot water radiant heat piping on the underside of the first floor slab at the perimeter
resident rooms. Existing pneumatic zone controls for hot water booster coils will be replaced
with digital controls. Air supply grilles in a number of resident rooms will be lowered.
Perimeter heat will be added to a Computer Lab space. The basement/crawlspace will receive
dehumidifiers piped to drain to the plumbing system as well as new area wells with fans for
ventilation. Sump pumps and pit modifications will be added to the electrical pit serving the
building.
Buildings 12 and 13 are historic buildings constructed in 1928 and are connected into a single
building with 31,453 gross square feet in area. They were remodeled in 1994 for the
Department of Corrections Southern Oaks Girls School Program. Due to the historic nature of
the building, the walls and building perimeter are largely uninsulated. Wall and floor
temperatures in the perimeter resident rooms ranged between 48 degrees to 55 degrees with an
outside air temperature of 25 degrees. While average air temperatures in the rooms meet the
code minimum 68 degrees, the temperature at resident beds and desks placed along outside
walls does not. This project will add radiant heat to the floors along the perimeter to raise the
temperature of the floor slab. In addition the supply grilles were installed near the ceiling
adjacent to the return grilles. This project will lower the supply grilles in the most problematic
resident rooms to near the floor to better distribute heat from the existing air system. Existing
pneumatic zone controls for resident rooms drift out of calibration and are located throughout
the basement/crawlspace and are not readily resettable between the winter and summer
seasons. The basement/crawlspace has dirt and gravel floors and has a history of water, high
humidity and mold growth. The electrical service entrance pit floods under heavy rain
conditions resulting in water flooding in the electrical equipment room.
Construction
Design (8%)
Management (4%)
Contingency (12%)
Total
$206,300
16,500
9,200
24,800
$256,800
Project Approval
A/E Selection
Design Report
Receive Bids
Construction Start
Construction Completion
Previous Building Commission Action
None
Agency Contact
Deb Aschauer, (262) 878-6506, Deborah.Aschauer@wisconsin.gov
Feb. 2007
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