CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ELEVATOR INCIDENT
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Training
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ATTENTION: ATINTL
FROM: John F. Blake
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT: Chamber of Commerce Elevator Incident
REFERENCE:
Memo dtd.15 Mar 78 to DDA fm
Subj: Elevator Accident, 14
MOM
and Recommended Safety Measures
(OL 8 1141)
1. I have read, with interest your account of the
unfortunate incident that occurred on 14 March 1978 at
the Chamber of Commerce (CoC) Building. This memorandum
is to inform you that action is being taken to lessen the
impact should a power failure strike the CoC Building
again. The following comments are keyed to the suggestions
in paragraph 6 of the referent:
a. New battery-powered lights have been
installed. The Office of Logistics is initiating
action to have these lights supplemented with
lights powered by the emergency generator at CoC
Building.
b. The Office of Logistics, in coordination
with the Office of Communications,will arrange
for rewiring of existing circuits so that the
guard/elevator phones will work during a power
outage,
c. The elevator ceiling apparently became
a hazard when an occupant attempted to move a
panel in an effort to get air into the car.
Since there is yet another ceiling above the
false ceiling, any relief obtained by such
action would probably have been psychological.
However, since the false ceiling does obscure
the hatch, the General Services Administration
will be requested to negotiate its removal with
the building owner.
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d., e., f., g. Unless the elevator is prop-
erly-secured, opening the doors from the inside is
an extremely dangerous procedure that could result
in even greater safety problems. It is thus felt
that only trained elevator personnel should attempt
to evacuate stalled elevators. Having lights and
communication available should reduce the possibility
of panic because it does take some time for trained
personnel to arrive after notification.
2. This Agency will work through the General Services
Administration to ensure that the owner of CoC provides a
safe environment for our personnel. Your interest on this
very serious matter is greatly appreciated.
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d., e., f., g. Unless the eleva
erly secured, opening the doors from
an extremely dangerous procedure th
in even greater safety problems.
that only trained elevator person
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to evacuate stalled elevators.
communication available should r
of panic because it does take s
personnel to arrive after noti
or is prop-
the inside is
could result
is thus felt
should attempt
ving lights and
duce the possibility
e time for trained
ication.
2. This Agency will work t ough the General Services
Administration to ensure that t] owner of CoC provides a
safe environment for our perso el. Your interest on this
very serious matter is greatly appreciated.
Distribution:
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.. DDA "'iect
I.- OL Officia
James H. c Yinald
/irector of Logistics
4. APR.1978
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15 MAR 19i3
MiMORANDl1M FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
VIA: Director of Training
SUBJECT: Elevator Accident, 14 March 1978, and
Recommended Safety Measures
STATINTL
1. In the following paragraphs I have set clown, as
requested, a report on an accident which occured in a stalled
elevator in the Chamber of Commerce Building on 14 March 1978.
As a result of this experience I have also offered seven
recommendations for improving the safety of these elevators
in case of future emergencies. It should be noted that had
all or even some of these recommended measures been in
effect on 14 March, there would have been no accident and
no injury. Furthermore, had anyone in authority in the
building known enough about the elevator system to tell the
trapped passengers how to open the elevator doors, the passengers
could have been released within a few minutes after the power
failed. Even more serious, however, is the fact that, in the
absence of corrective measures such as those recommended below,
there is the potential for a needless and fatal tragedy iii
the event of a fire and power loss to the elevators.
2. The Accident: At about 1:05 p.m. on 14 March 1978,
a power failure trapped about six Agency employees in the
southwest elevator in the Chamber of Commerce Building at
4600 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia. There was no
emergency lighting in the elevator and the elevator telephone
was inoperative. After about twenty-five minutes in the dark
and increasingly close elevator, several of the passengers
lifted the false ceiling panels in the elevator in an effort
to obtain more air and to lower the rising temperature. This
action appeared to help and ten minutes or so later a second
attempt was made to obtain more air in the same way. Shortly
after this second effort there was a loud crash as a heavy
object struck the elevator floor. A little while later one of
the female passengers said that her foot had been struck and
was bleeding from a severe cut. Two of the passengers had
the injured woman sit on the elevator floor and applied
pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding. Persons outside
the elevator were told of the injury and asked to call. the
fire department.
OL 8 1141
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3. About ten or fifteen minutes later and some fifty
or fifty-five minutes after tl)e power failure the Arlington
Fire Department rescue squad arrived and gave the elevator
passengers instructions which enabled them to open the
elevator doors from the inside.
4. The injured woman, who was later identified as
was taken to the Arlington Hospital Emergency
room by the rescue squad. After X-rays (negative) and
suturing she was released at about. 4:15 p.m. and taken to
her apartment.
5. After the elevator doors were opened it was determined
that the object which had struck foot was one of
the elevator ceiling light panels. STATINTL
6. Suggestions for Improving Elevator Safety:
(a) Emergency battery-powered lighting should be
installed in the elevators.
(b) The elevator telephone should be repaired and/or
wired so that it will operate during a power failure.
(c) The elevator ceiling panel hazard should be
corrected.
(d) If the "Firemans Emergency hey" located on the
ground floor is of any use in opening stalled elevators,
a copy of it should be at the 2nd floor Guard Station
for use by the FPS guards.
(e) Instructons on how to open the elevator doors
from the inside should be posted inside the elevator,
perhaps attached to the telephone where they can be
found and read in case of a power failure or other
malfunctioning of the elevator.
(f) The FPS Guards, employee stairway wardens, and
OTR administrative personnel serving in the Chamber
of Commerce Building should be instructed in the method
of opening the elevator doors from the inside so that
in case of emergency they could advise trapped passengers
how to release themselves immediately in case of emergency.
(g) Agency personnel using the Chamber of Commerce
elevators should be advised immediately of the procedure
for opening the elevator doors in an emergency. I
understand that there is some objection to making this
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information available to everyone on the chance that someone
might become injured during an unsupervised opening of the
elevator doors. A far greate' risk, however, is the present
danger of persons being trapped in an elevator during
a fire and power failure and not being released in time.
After recommendations (a) through (f) above have been put
into effect, consideration could be given to no longer
informing building occupants of the specific method of
opening the doors; the lighting and instructions in the
elevator would probably then be adequate protection.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
FROM: James H. McDonald
Director of Logistics
SUBJECT: Chamber of Commerce Elevator Incident
1. The Office of Logistics has investigated the
14 March 1978 elevator incident of the Chamber of Commerce
(CoC) Building. The Safety Branch, OS, investigated the
accident and a copy of their report is attached.
2. The CoC Building superintendent stated that the
elevators were inspected by Arlington County in February 1978.
On 14 March, the battery-powered emergency lights in elevator
No. 1 did not work. The car was in total darkness. On
17 March, the elevators were inspected by Agency personnel.
It was found that there are battery-powered emergency lights
in all four elevator cars; however, only the light in one
car worked. There is no press-to-test feature on these lights.
There are ventilating fans in each elevator; however, since
the power was off they did not work. Furthermore, the building
superintendent stated that the fans were turned off because the
building occupants had previously complained that the elevator cars
were too cold. There is an intercom-type phone in each elevator.
These phones are connected to a special phone at the guard's
desk on the second floor, but do not work when the power is
off. The apparent purpose of these phones is to provide com-
munications to the elevator cars should there be a mechanical
malfunction of the elevator system.
3. There is a 30 kW emergency generator at the CoC
Building. This generator is owned by the landlord and is
maintained and operated by the building superintendent.
The unit functioned properly during the outage. The unit
supplied power to stairwell lights and the security alarm
console on the second floor.
4. Local building codes (Arlington and Fairfax
Counties) only require sufficient emergency lighting (either
generator- or battery-powered) to "evacuate the building".
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There is no specific requirement for emergency lighting to
operate for specific durations of time. GSA policy follows
the requirements of the American Standard Safety Code for
Elevators (commonly called the National Elevator Code). This
code requires an emergency source of lighting in an elevator,
which will provide 0.2 foot candles (FC) of illumination for
4 hours. A level of 0.2 FC is equivalent to a moonlit night.
5. From time-to-time questions are raised as to why
generators are not installed to run elevators during power
outages. The answer is two-fold. One, it is extremely
expensive and two, there is no legal requirement to do so.
Attached is a study conducted in 1972 addressing this problem.
The information contained in the study is still valid with
these exceptions:
a. Cost of emergency generators has gone
b. Agency no longer occupies the Magazine
Building.
c. The 45 kW generator at Key Building
has been replaced by a 75 kW unit.
6. On 17 March 1978, representatives of the ELCO
Elevator Company installed new battery-powered lights in
all elevators. This Office recommends the following addi-
tional action be taken with the concurrence of the building
owner:
a. Rewire some existing circuits served by
the 30 kW emergency generator so that approxi-
mately half of the elevator lights could be
powered by the generator to supplement the
battery-powered lights during a power outage.
b. Rewire circuits so that the guard/
elevator phones work during an outage.
c, Should capacity be available on the
generator after lights are rewired, supply power
to the ventilating fan in each car and have them
run continuously.
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The Headquarters Engineering Branch (HEB), RECD/OL, is pro-
ceeding to initiate action on the above items.
7. The Security Duty Office of the Headquarters Security
Branch, OS, was contacted regarding the role of the Federal
Protective Office (FPO) in regard to elevator emergencies. In
such emergencies the FPO will notify the building superintendent
and the elevator company involved. In an extreme emergency he
could request help from the local fire and rescue services.
8. With regard to suggestions, this Office
has the following comme
a. New battery lights are in place and
HEB is initiating action to have them supple'
mented with generator'.powered lights.
b. Concur with having telephone rewired.
c. This hazard only occurred when an
occupant dropped the false ceiling unit. Relief
obtained by moving the ceiling may have been
psychological since there is another ceiling above
it.
d., e,, f., g. These suggestions center
around the role of FPO and Agency personnel in
an elevator emergency. This Office is opposed to
having people trained to open elevators doors from
the inside. This is an extremely dangerous procedure
that could result in a greater safety problem. It is
felt that only elevator company personnel should
attempt to evacuate stalled elevators. Having lights
and communication available during these instances
would reduce the possibility of panic and allow suf-
ficient time for elevator personnel to respond.
9. We will advise your office of the progress made in
implementing the action outlined in paragraph 6. Attached hereto
is a proposed memorandum to for your consideration.
ames H. McDonald
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MEMORANDUM FOR :
SUBJECT : Emergency Elevator Service
REFERENCE : Memo dtd 27 Apr .72 to C/RECD/OL fm C/LSp/OL,
samO subject
1. Pursuant to your request in the referenced memorandum,
this office has conducted a study to provide emergency electrical
power for elevators in Agency--occupied, multistory buildings in
the WYa shiugton Metropolitan area.
2. Background i nfort-xation on policy and building code re-
quiremonts in the gren ter Washington area for emergency power
for elevators is as follows:
a. -G~ii_35-ii cv
(1) Government-owned buildings ?- Emergency
electrical power will be provided for one elevator
only for all buildings of eight floors or higher.
(This information was obtained from the Design and
Construction Division, GSA.)
(2) Government-leased buildings - There iH no
policy established. Because of very reliable power
available in the Washington Metropolitan area, building
ownors normally do not provide emn rgency power for
elevators. (This information was obtained from the
Design and Construction Division and the Space Manage-
ment Division, GSA.)
b. Local Building Codes. Local building codes in
the below listed areas do not require emergency power for
multistory buildings except for hospitals:
(1) Washington, D.C.
(2) Arlington County,
(3) Fairfax County:
3. A detailed analysis of each of the Agency-occupied
buildings listed below is attached herewith:
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Stories (Not for Elevators Owned
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Ames
Key
Magazino
(5) Chamhoi.? of
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(7)
. 4. A majority of Agency-occupied buildings have osnorgency
'generators (installed by the Agency) to provide emergency power
for itcros such as fire and security alarm systems, stairwell
lights, basement corridor ligbth, etc. However, these gonerators
are not of Sufficient capacity to handle the electrical load of
one elevator.
~. In the event of a major power failure, some elevators in
Agency-occupied buildings can be manually lowered to the ground
except at Headquarters where all elevators can be lowered by emer-
gency electrical pow?r. This can only be accomplished by experi-
enced elevator maintenance personnel who are responsible for the
upkeep of the elevators at each building., However, it is a very
difficult operation, and the elevator maintenance companies res-
pan:3ible for maintenance in Agency-occupied buildings strongly
recommend against this practice. This office concurs in this r-
ommendatio and has not considered ju:;h procedures in this study.
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6. The most economical method of providing emergency
power is to provide sufficient geurrator capacity to operate
only one elevator in each buildin&. Anotbor governing factor
in most of the buildings is the lack of space available to
install generators of sufficient capacity to operate all
elevators. The elevators would be connected manually to an
emergency power circuit in such a canner that the elevators;
could be lowered to the ground-floor one at a time. Lowering
of the elevators by eiiergoricy power would be accomplishod by
building owner--as21gned porsannol. In caco of a power failure,
there could be a time delay oiacounite ed in lowering of the
:tntonaneo personnel are not
elevators if the huilciino- owner w.
readily available. J ftor t,11 eb.vator.^. had been lov.;ered, one
elevator would remain fully operational until co.nworcial pov;or
had been restored. The aforccaeni:iuiied emergency operational
procedures _for, E`,hc elevators can hhEi fully aut.onin ted at an
approi:i?iatc; Cott 1ner t?'e t._. r : 600 i2 csired. Although a
detailed survey of all emergency po er regiiiresaonts for each
building was not conducted, Vie cost estir:..:eta reflect gen-
erator sizes adequate to tic c.c-,,:~~;~ci.~t cue elevator, all pres-
ently connected emergency power rc:guirct:rents, and an allowance
for future Emergency power" The C:1^rcrgency rower
requirements will be refined if the decision is spade to install
en ergoncy power for elevators.
7. A summation of the cost for irintallthg emergency gen-
orators in various buildings to operate elevators during
"brown-outs" or "black-puts" is as tc~l l o ~: :
a.
Uqs
. Dnergeney power is av'ailabl.<
b.
Amos
$22,700
0.
Key
22,200
d.
Mzcgazine
22,700
e.
Cha)aber of Commerce
20,000
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South
20,000
g.
30,750
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TOTAL:
$138,350
Building' ]"cane is up on 25 November 1975.
* Not reeotmnoiidcd - see Alttacluaunt 7 for details.
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8. It is recommended that the emergency fire pump and
KY-3 telephones at the Charaber of Commerce Building be plac'd
on the existing 30 kw. generator. The 30 kw. generator (not
Agency-owned) has enough spare capacity for this addition..
Real Estate and Construction Divisibn, OL
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Number )f Elevators Type Emergency Power
16 Passenger Eight of these elevators have
emergency power and the other
eight have electrical procedures
established to lower them to the
ground floor in case of a power
failure.
11 Passenger (DCI) Emergency power available.
2 Freight Emergency power available.
Note: Electrical emergency power is available for Headquarters elevators;
therefore an indepth study of the elevators and emergency generator
was not required.
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Analysis of Ames Building
1. Elevator Data.
Number of Elevators - 4
Capacity of Each Elevator - 2500 lbs.
Feet Per Minute - 350
Manufacturer - Otis
Date of Manufacture - 1965
Model - Gea -1ocs----
Motor Characteristics - 29 hp, 29. 5 amps, and 460 volts
Elevator Maintenance - Elco Elevator Corporation
4590 MacArthur Blvd. N.W.
Washington, D. C.
Contact: Mr. William Burke - 337-1155
2. Detailed Emergency Generator Data.
a.5 kw. Generator
Katolight Generator (air-cooled) (Kato Corporation, Mankato, Minn.)
Engine Generator
Serial No. 60582 Panel No. 600-55240-24
Diagrams FN 8800 16F PH 1
Unit Model SR6 5HFW4E Unit Ser. 60338-4 N 14793
Rating - Standby Eng. Mod. THD
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5.+k-w. Generator (Cant. )
Gen. Mod. 5WH63
RPM 1800
PF1
KW 6.5
PH 1
Amps Per Term 28.2
Fld. Volts 40
Temp Rise 50?
Fuel - Natural Gas
b. 15 kw. Generator
Empire Generator
Engine
Wisconsin Engine (Air-Cooled)
Model VG4D
Serial No. 4553539
Size 3 1/2 x 4
Spec.. No. 309123
Fuel - Natural Gas
Wire 4
Cycles 60
KVA 6.5
Volts 115/230
Fld. Amps 6.5
Exciter Mod. self
Generator
Empire
Model - 150G-IE
Serial No. 304-118
KVA 18.75
KW15
Volts 120/208
Amp 41.7.
RPM 1800
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3. Loads on existing generators are as follows:
a. 5 kw. Generator
Alarm Console (ground floor)
Sump pumps (two each)
Office of the Director of Logistics (12th floor)
Medical Refrigerator (1st floor)
b. 15 kw. Generator
Stairway Lights (all floors)
Att. 2
KY 3 Telephones (various floors)
4. No emergency power is available for elevators at the present time. ele elevators during ai _ctril
5. If a new diesel generator is installed to operate
kw~ generators presently install
power failure, it is planned to remove the 5 kw.
for the following reasons:
a. Space requirement in the electrical/mechanical equipment room of Ames
Building is very limited.
. b. The 5 kw. and 15 kw. generators are natural gas-operated and this source
fuel is subject to short supply and possible failure during a "black-out."
c. It will reduce routine maintenance checking thereby reducing maintenance
costs.
6. The preliminary cost estimate is:
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Design (accomplished by. GSA 18. SJ) or an $ 2,500
A &E contract
Purchase and installation of 75-100 kw. generator 18, 500
with automatic start/stop, transfer switch, mag-
netic starter, voltage regulation controls, fuel
tank, and removal of 5 and 15 kw. generators
GSA Supervision Charge (9%) 1, 700
TOTAL: $22, 700
*This cost estimate is good until 30 June 1973.
Att. 2
7. Existing generators are run manually without load once a month. Automatic
start is tested and a loacTpuL oii t-Tc beilerafoi vice a your (January and July) on a
Sunday. Tests are conducted by I-IEB/RECD/OL personnel.
NOTE: None of the Office of Communications facilities are presently on emergency
power (in the Ames Building).
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Analysis of Key Building
1. Elevator Data.
Number of Elevators - 3
Capa.city of Each Elevator - 3000 lbs.
Feet Per Minute - 500
Manufacturer - Otis
Date of Manufacture - 1964
Model - Gearlc-s-s
Motor Characteristics - 33 lip, 42 amps, 4,10 volts
Elevator Maintenance - Otis Elevator Company
465 School St. , S. W.
Washington, D. C
(783-5040)
2. Detailed Emergency Generator Data.
a. 15 kw. Generator
Engine
Wisconsin Engine (air-cooled)
Model - VG 4D
Serial No. - 4553540
Size 3 1/2 x 4
Spec. No. - 309123
Fuel-Natural Gas
Generator
Model No. - 150G-1E
Serial No. - 304-117
KVA - 18.75
KW-15
Volts - 120/208
Amp. - 41.7
PH - 3
Freq. - 60
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b. 45 k-w. Generator
Engine Generator
General Motors Corporation Model - E5274M5
Model 3045 C KVA - 56.3
Fuel - Diesel Volts - 227/480
Amp. - 68
RPM - 1800
Phase - 3
Eng. Mod. - 3045 C
Serial No. - 10122665
Cycles - 60
3. Loads on existing generators are as follows:
a. 15 kw. Generator
Stairway Lights (all floors)
Elevator Lobby Lights (all floors)
Alarm Console (ground floor)
Elevator Lights
b. 45 kw. Generator
STATSPEC Communications Equipment in Room 1107
Lights in Room 1107
Sonic Alarm for Vault Areas
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45 kw. Generator (Cont.)
Air Conditioning for:
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Room 1107 - 15-ton Worthington Unit (this unit runs continuously)
Room 1016 - 15-ton Trane Unit (this unit runs very little and only
comes on when supplemental cooling is required)
4. No emergency power is available for elevators at the present time.
5. The 15 k\v. emergency generator presently installed will be removed,
but the 45 kw. _ emergency generator will remain. The emergency load
on the 15 kw. generator would be placed on the proposed larger generator to
be installed to operate the elevator.
6. The preliminary cost estimate is:
Design (accomplished by GSA 18.5%) on an
A &E contract
$ 2,500
Purchase and installation of 75-100 kw. generator with 18, 000
automatic start/stop, transfer switch, magnetic starter,
voltage regulation controls, fuel tank, and removal of
15 kw. generator
GSA Supervision Charge (9%) 1, 700
TOTAL: $22, 200 *
* This estimate is goal until 30 June 1973.
7. Existing 15 kw. generator is run manually without load once a month.
Automatic start is tested and a load put on the generator twice a year (January
and July) on a Sunday. Tests are conducted by HEB/RECD/OL personnel. The
45 kw. generator is load tested monthly by GSA personnel.
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Analysis of Magazine Building
L. Elevator Data.
Number of Elevators - 3
Capacity of Each Elevator - 2500 lbs.
Feet Per Minute - 350
Manufacturer - Armor
Date of Manufacture 1964
Model - Gearless
Motor Characteristics - 25 hp, 85.5 amps, and 240 volts
Elevator Maintenance - Armor Elevator Co. , Inc.
1850 Adams Street, N. E.
Washington, D. C.
(LA9- 6400)
2. Detailed Emergency Generator Data.
a. 5 kw. Generator
.Onan (air-cooled)
PHI
Frequency - 60
Gasoline-driven
b. 15 kw. Generator
Engine
Wisconsin Engine (air-cooled)
Generator
Empire Generator
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15 kw. Generator (Cont.)
Model - VG4D
Model - 150G-1E
Serial No. = 4553538
Serial No. - 304-119
Size - 3 1/2 x 4
KVA - 18.75
Spec. No. - 309123
KW-15
Fuel - Natural Gas
Volts-120/208
Anip. - 41.7
RPM - 1800
PH- 3
Freq. - 60
3. Loads on existing generators are as follows:
a. 5 kw. Generator
Alarm Console (ground floor)
b. 15 kw. Generator
Stairway Lights (all floors)
Elevator Lights
4. No emergency power is available for elevators at the present time.
S. The lease on the Magazine Building expires on 25 November 1975.
6. The preliminary cost estimate is,
Design (accomplished by GSA 18.51/0) on an A'6tE $2,500
Contract
Purchase and installation of 75-100 kw. generator with 18, 500
automatic start/stop, transfer switch, magnetic starter,
voltage regulation controls, fuel tank, and removal of
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Continuation of Cost Estimate:
GSA Supervision Charge (97)
*" This cost estimate is good until 30 June 1973.
_ 1, 700
TOTAL: $22, 700*"
7. Existing generators are run manually without load once a month. Automatic
start is tested and a load put on the generator twice a year (January and July) on a
Sunday. Tests are conducted by I-iEB/RECD/OL persoimel.
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Analysis of Chamber of Commerce Building
1. Elevator Data.
Number of Elevators - 4
Capacity of Each Elevator - 300 lbs.
Feet Per Minute - 350
Manufacturer - Elco
Date of Manufacturer - 1970
Model - Gearless
Motor Characteristics - 30 hp, 75 amps, and 240 volts
Elevator Maintenance - Elco Elevator Corporation
4590 MacArthur Blvd. , N.W.
Washington, D. C.
Contact: Mr. William Burke - 337-1155
2. Detailed Emergency Generator Data.
30 kw. Generator
Onan
Model - 30EK15R
KVA-37.5
Volts - 227/480
Amps - 45 amps per phase
Phase 3
Fuel - Natural Gas
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3. Loads on the existing generator are as follows:
Stairway Lights (all floors)
Elevator Lights
Alarm Console (ground floor)
Note: The emergency fire pump and KY 3 telephones arc not on emergency
electrical power.
4. No emergency power is available for elevators at the present time.
5. The existing 30 kw. emergency generator will remain.
6. The preliminary cost estimate is:
Design (accomplished by GSA 18.57) or an A&.E contract $2,500
Purchase and installation of 50-60 kw. generator with 16,000
automatic start/stop, transfer switch, magnetic starter,
voltage regulation controls, and fuel tank
GSA Supervision Charge (9%)
1, 500
TOTAL: $20, 000
This cost estimate is good until 30 June 1973.
7. The existing generator 'is tested by the building maintenance man.
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Analysis Of South Building;
L. Elevator Data.
Number of Elevators - 2
Capacity of Each Elevator - 2500 lbs. and 3000 lbs.
Feet Per Minute - 200 and 720-850
Manufacturers-- General and Westinghouse
Dates of Manufacturer - 1932 and 1952
Models - Gearec]VTraction and Duo Drive
Motor Characteristics - 15 lip, 53 amps, 240 volts and
20 lip, 78 amps, 230 volts
Elevator Maintenance - General Services Administration
Public Buildings Service
State Field Office
Elevator Shop
Contact: Mr. George Dowling -- 101-23891
2. Detailed Emergency Generator Data-30 kw. Generator.
Model - Series 71
Volts - 120/208
Amps - 100
Phase - 3
Manufacturer - General Motors Corporation
Cycles - 60
Fuel - Diesel
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3. Loads on the existing generator is as follows:
East Building
Emergency Lighting (1st floor)
Fire Alarm System
Central Building
Fire Alarm System
South Building
Stairway Lights
Fire Alarm System
ADT iarar
Telephone Frame Room
Corridor Lights (basement)
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4. No emergency power is available for elevators at the present time.
5. The 30 kw. emergency generator will remain.
6. A preliminary cost estimate is:
Design (accomplished by GSA 18.5%) or an A&E contract $ 2, 500
Purchase and installation of 50 kw. generator with automatic 16, 000
start/stop, transfer switch, magnetic starter, voltage
regitaltion controls, and fuel tank
GSA Supervision Charge (9%) 1,000
TOTAL: $20, 000 *
* This cost estimate is good until 30 June 1973.
7. Existing generator is maintained by GEA (Public Buildings Service) State
Field Office, electric and engineering shops. Electric shop tests generator under
load once a week and maintains battery and battery chargers. Engineer shop main-
tains diesel engine oil, fuel, etc.
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1. Elevator Data - 8 elevators, 4 different models.
Passenger Elevators - 5
Capacity of Each Elevator - 3000 lbs.
Feet Per Minute - 400
Manufacturer - Ilaughton
Date of Manufacture - 1962
Model Gearless
Motor Characteristics - 30 hp, 78. 4 amps,
220 volts
Hospital Elevator - I
Capacity of Each Elevator - 4000 lbs.
Feet Per Minute - 400
Manufacturer - Haughton
Date of Manufacture - 1962
Model - Geared
Motor Characteristics - 40 hp, 102 amps,
220 volts .
Freight Elevator - 1
Capacity of the Elevator - 6000 lbs
Feet Per Minute - 200
Manufacturer I-Iaughton
Date of Manufacture - 1962
Model - Geared
Motor Characteristics - 40 hp, 102
amps, 208 volts
Capacity of Each Elevator - 4500 lbs.
Feet Per Minute - 250
Manufacturer - Haughton
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Motor Characteristics - 30 hp, 79. 4
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