(ST. LUKE’S INTEGRATED HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE – ENTIRE 4TH STORY – ST. LUKE’S PLAZA IV) (5-8-20 PLAN MODIFICATION TO REMOVE TWO CONFERENCE ROOMS AND REPLACE THEM WITH OPEN OFFICE USE. THE TOTAL OCCUPANT LOAD OF THE 4TH STORY IS REDUCED BY 12 BUT SINCE THE REDUCTION IS INCONSEQUENTIAL, NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE PERMIT. IN ADDITION, SOME LIGHT FIXTURES WILL BE CHANGED BUT ANY CHANGE IN THE TOTAL WATTAGE USED FOR LIGHTING WAS CONSIDERED NEGLIGIBLE.) The fire sprinkler system is used for high rise and for code trade-offs. To remodel the entire 33,286 square foot 4th story (about 31,976 square feet with shafts not included) of an existing 7 story high rise building to be used as an administrative office space. Work is to include interior nonbearing walls, two upgraded multi-user toilet rooms accessible to the disabled, two single-user toilet rooms accessible to the disabled, suspended acoustical ceilings, gypsum board ceilings and soffits, new 90 minute fire doors in the existing 2-hr stairway enclosures, upgraded elevator lobby, new smoke-fire dampers where HVAC ducts and transfer openings penetrate shafts and where ducts penetrate the elevator vestibule, interior doors, interior windows, millwork, core drilled 2-hr floor for electrical outlet floor boxes, and finishes. The existing 1-hr corridor will be downgraded to a non-rated corridor. Quick-response fire sprinkler heads will be installed throughout the 4th story to substitute for 1-hr corridors and to reduce exit door separation. The work is required to comply with the approved drawings, with the plan review report, and with all applicable codes and ordinances. The fire sprinkler system is required to comply with NFPA 13 (including replacing all heads with quick-response fire sprinklers) 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 modification or installation work on such systems. **CJW**