[Cascadia Healthcare Skilled Nursing Facility]
The fire sprinkler scope of work consists of protecting one level, three building nursing home. The buildings are connected with breezeways and are therefore being considered one building. There is above and below protection. The system is gridded. Standard sprinklers and concealed space sprinklers are being utilized. The 6” underground supplies a 3” backflow preventer and riser.

The underground piping is under permit FIR16-00665

[BLD16-01757] – Fire sprinkler system used for building area increase and for occupancy. To construct (3) three, one story buildings connected by pedestrian walkways. The total floor area is about 55,643 square feet (20,739 square feet Building 200, 17,172 square feet Building 100, and 17,732 square feet Building 300). Work is to include concrete footings, concrete foundations, concrete slabs on grade, wood stud exterior bearing and shear walls, wood stud interior bearing and shear walls, engineered wood roof trusses, continuous rigid insulation installed on top of the roof decks, a cantilevered roof at a passenger loading zone, exterior wall finishes, suspended acoustical ceilings, interior doors, millwork, interior finishes, smoke partition corridors, 1-hr. smoke barrier walls, 60 minute accordion-type fire doors, 60 patient sleeping rooms accessible to the disabled, accessible restrooms, a commercial kitchen, exterior doors, and exterior windows. The commercial kitchen includes a grease hood (Type I) and duct system, a make-up air unit to serve the grease hood, a dishwasher hood (Type II) and duct system, and a 1,500-gallon grease interceptor. An emergency generator will serve these buildings and will be installed within an exterior CMU enclosure open to the sky. Special Inspections are required for soils, concrete, post-installed anchors, and welding. The design for the metal awnings and the roof trusses are deferred submittal items. The work is required to comply with the approved drawings, with the plan review report, with the structural design, and with all applicable codes and ordinances. The fire sprinkler system is required to comply with NFPA 13 and the fire alarm system is required to comply with NFPA 72 as regulated by the Fire Department. Separate fire sprinkler permits and fire alarm permits shall be obtained prior to beginning any installation work on such systems. **CJW**