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SYSTEM SAFETY, SECURITY AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
JUNE 21, 2018
Subject
SUBJECT: FIRE ALARM CONTROL PANEL UPGRADE
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
APPROVE an increase to the Life-of-Project (LOP) budget for the Fire Alarm Control Panel Upgrade project (CP 204128) by $1,400,000 increasing the LOP budget from $3,600,000 to $5,000,000.
Issue
ISSUE
In May 2011, the Board approved the Fire Alarm Control Panel Upgrade with an LOP budget of $3,600,000 as part of the adopted FY12 annual budget. At the time of the project scope development, the LOP budget was based on the best available estimate of the cost for upgrading the fire alarm control systems at Metro rail facilities. Since then, there have been changes to the local, state, and federal fire life safety regulations and codes that have increased the project costs.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
The current scope of the project entails adding central supervisory workstations at the Rail Operation Control Center (ROC) as well as replacing all existing fire alarm control panel devices and suppression systems with upgraded components at facility locations along the Metro Blue and Green Lines. Each fire alarm control panel is reporting to the ROC through a connection to the Rail Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System. In the event of a fire, an alarm detection is transmitted to the ROC for proper response and notification of emergency responders.
In 2012, the project began with initial engineering design for upgrading the fire alarm control panels at rail facilities. As design specifications were being developed, new changes in state and local fire code(s) mandated that upgrades to control panels include the installation of strobe lights at locations that do not have strobes and only audible evacuation alarms. In 2015, fire alarm monitoring through the installation of central supervisory workstations were added to the project to comply with addi...
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