(rshsdepot) Cartersville, GA

["James Dent" <james.dent_@_itochu.com>]

-From the Cartersville, GA Daily Tribune...

City OKs bid for depot renovation
Tim Allen
Staff Writer
Published April 07, 2001 10:05 PM CDT

The Cartersville City Council approved a bid to begin renovating the CSX
Railroad Depot, but at least one councilman had concerns about safety.

Revised plans for the depot, which allow the project to stay within budget,
call for the elimination of a fire sprinkler system. That concerned
Councilman Scott Panter at Thursday night's meeting.

However, Cartersville building inspector David Dye said he did research on
the building and said the depot didn't have to have the sprinkler system
because of its fire rate exit code.

"What that basically means is because the Sheet Rock is rated one hour fire
safe, it will prevent a fire from spreading all over the building for one
hour's time," Dye said.

He said the building will still have a fire alarm and smoke detectors. The
building is also located about a block from Cartersville Fire Station No. 1.

Cutting out the sprinkler system saved $15,000 from the bid, which helped in
bringing the cost down from $740,000 to $580,000.

The council gave the go ahead to Mechanical Electrical Associates, which
submitted the low bid, to complete the work.

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