tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post6407523359547549821..comments2024-03-29T07:01:55.138-04:00Comments on Social Security News: Does It Cost This Much To Renovate An Office Building?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-53664634182267442122016-09-21T06:42:40.474-04:002016-09-21T06:42:40.474-04:00Good day. I was impressed with your article. Keep ...<br /><br /><br />Good day. I was impressed with your article. Keep it up . You can also visit my site if you have time. Thank you and Bless you always.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.budfurn.com/home-renovation/" rel="nofollow">Home Renovation Chennai</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11646223800995757171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-9761741776406504222016-04-08T09:04:44.919-04:002016-04-08T09:04:44.919-04:00Why don't those rich fucks just pay for there ...Why don't those rich fucks just pay for there own shit. How about we send them to a detroit school, or make them drink flint water. Then they might realize how lucky they have it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-75098487493814194942016-01-19T02:06:42.906-05:002016-01-19T02:06:42.906-05:00I think it really depends on how extensive the ren...I think it really depends on how extensive the renovations are really going to be. Office removals generally sees offices get walls torn down but fixtures like light and other power retaining itself, but jobs can be so far and in between….MarcioWilgeshttp://www.platinumremovals.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-48829146132513409422015-12-17T21:48:58.813-05:002015-12-17T21:48:58.813-05:00BTW, you are wrong about the agency not seeking mo...BTW, you are wrong about the agency not seeking money for restoration of Altmeyer Building. The SSA main campus consists of several buildings and about ten years ago it undertook a multi-year effort to upgrade the three oldest ones. The money was initially authorized to do the upgrades and the first two were completed. The Altmeyer Building was to be up next but right before the project started the GSA pulled the money allocated for the Altmeyer upgrade and spent it on other federal projects. Thus SSA was left hanging, waiting to do the Altmeyer upgrade once money became available. So basically the agency has been asking for money to do the Altmeyer renovation for years, and it finally came through. (The Altmeyer Building was built during the late 1950s, FYI.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-51528916486241307072015-12-17T21:32:07.610-05:002015-12-17T21:32:07.610-05:00This is not a "renovation" in the usual ...This is not a "renovation" in the usual sense. The Annex Building renovation, for example, involved stripping the old building down to the steel beam framework and essentially building it anew from scratch. The Altmeyer renovation will probably be the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-38206890689622881012015-12-17T20:40:45.429-05:002015-12-17T20:40:45.429-05:00I love how people who have never been in a place h...I love how people who have never been in a place have opinions about the place. Worked in the Altmeyer over 10 years, retired working there. The agency has had tentative plans to renovate the Altmeyer for years but always killed them either in lieu of other buildings getting upgraded first (heard is was Astrue who said Altmeyer should be done last) or due to budget. The building has no dedicated freight elevators and depends upon 4 passenger elevators to move things. They are old and need repair/replacement. The HVAC is held together by duct tape and luck. Likely that system would be ripped out and a new more modern one installed. The electric is marginal and wiring for modern computing is so added on. The floorplan might not be changeable all that much, the building is damn narrow, but reconfiguring the interior space to be more useful and comply with GSA space regulations isn't trivial. Asbestos is all over (which is why they won't play with many of the ceilings, too expensive to disturb it and why they test a few times a year). There are two sub basements with all of the mechanicals and plant that is used by the campus. Thinking a lot of that will be replaced due to the HVAC. It also encompasses the main floor lobby and the Auditorium. Add in new security requirements requiring setbacks, specific things like blast proof windows and such and the idea that you can take square foot estimates for residential or typical office and apply them here seems silly. If they do this right, this wouldn't be a renovation as much as a building rebuild. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-44805808115879900402015-12-17T17:48:15.054-05:002015-12-17T17:48:15.054-05:00For 150 million in Wisconsin you get triple the ne...For 150 million in Wisconsin you get triple the new space. http://m.host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/paul-soglin-new-hill-farms-building-could-spur-downtown-redevelopment/article_408a95cd-d501-585e-8ca7-5d7c2934dec9.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593661368002260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-80657989690162039602015-12-17T17:17:42.316-05:002015-12-17T17:17:42.316-05:00Asbestos abatement, new HVAC, blast windows, etc. ...Asbestos abatement, new HVAC, blast windows, etc. Gotta protect the executives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-22924023788384802112015-12-17T16:09:28.643-05:002015-12-17T16:09:28.643-05:002:57 You are just reading this wrong.
Congress di...2:57 You are just reading this wrong.<br /><br />Congress did not just appropriate $10.5bn of the President's $12.2bn request. They just appropriated $12.162bn. Earlier in the year, the Senate appropriations committee had penciled in SSA for $500 million less, and the House committee, 300 million less. SO the budget is just about what the president asked for, a pretty rare occurrence, and considerably more than the austerity budget both the House and Senate were preparing.<br /><br />As for the Altmeyer Building, it is likely SSA has a capital improvement budget every year, and all that is happening in this budget is Congress directing where that money goes. In other words, don't spend that $150 million renovating facilities in Texas, Wisconsin and New York, but use it all on HQ. This was Barbara Mikulski's doing and it is easy to imagine she wants the money spent in Maryland, it is hard to imagine she would require SSA to undertake physical renovation at the expense of operations. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-92117221709201496642015-12-17T15:46:47.810-05:002015-12-17T15:46:47.810-05:00Honestly Altmyer is old but its not in that bad of...Honestly Altmyer is old but its not in that bad of shape. Standard 9 story office building. Not surprised though highest people in the agency have offices in the building. Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs is in the building. Members of the public do not go into the building. Unless they are adding onto it I couldn't see where this money would go. New commissioner in 2016 will have a shiny new office in a shady part of BmoreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-79676122510291236672015-12-17T15:08:10.869-05:002015-12-17T15:08:10.869-05:00In 2013, an American Institute of Architects publi...In 2013, an American Institute of Architects publication indicated that a standard office building is typically built for between $80 per square foot and $150 per square foot. On the other hand, a laboratory building, with extreme requirements of control, filtration, and <br />cleanliness, may cost from $150 per square foot to more than $400 per square foot, again depending on quality and performance requirements. <br /><br />Thus the $700 per square foot allocation is overkill. But as we know, when money gets allocated it seems to always find a way to get spent. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-21828957834107226372015-12-17T14:57:46.474-05:002015-12-17T14:57:46.474-05:00This is really a petty crusade, that $150mil is no...This is really a petty crusade, that $150mil is not going to solve the backlog like you seem to be claiming. The 10.6bil appropriated is 1.6billion less than Obama's 12.2bil request, which debatably would even be sufficient to get the backlog down. 150mil is 9% of the discrepancy. Would that money be better spent on operations? Maybe, but it's no where near enough to make more than a marginal difference in the rate of increase, much less any reduction. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com