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Project Understanding
The proposed site is located along the E. Johnson
Highway between Dekalb Pike and Arch Street in
Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
The Project will consist of four (4) new market-rate
rental apartment buildings and a new clubhouse
as shown on the latest iteration of the Land
Development Plan prepared by Irick Eberhardt &
Mientus, Inc. dated July 12, 2022 (attached hereto
as Exhibit “A”).
Each residential building will be four (4) stories
above grade without basements or crawl spaces.
The overall residential program will include a
total of 200 units and approximately 203,000
gross square feet. We will use the unit layouts,
attached hereto as Exhibit B, for initial design
and incorporate any changes necessary for code
compliance, accessibility requirements, structural
coordination, and space for mechanical, electrical,
plumbing, and fire protection (MEPFP) systems.
Based on the initial review, space will need to
be allocated for building electrical, water, and
sprinkler systems, electrical meters, mechanical
shafts, elevator machine rooms, and low voltage
pathways which will affect the final unit layouts.
Based on the provided floor plans and unit
layouts (attached hereto as Exhibit “B”), there are
currently six (6) different one-bedroom unit types
and five (5) different two-bedroom unit types for
a total of eleven (11) typical unit plans. We will
also document four (4) additional Type A units
and work with you to determine where these are
located.
In a review of the previously prepared plans, we
believe there are possible inadequacies with
possible code compliancy of the unit designs as
well as insufficient spaces for building mechanical
and electrical systems. As part of our scope of
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services, we will provide a complete review and
identify needed modifications and additions to the
previously completed plans.
The clubhouse will be a single-story building of
approximately 2,500 square feet connected to an
outdoor pool and patio space that is approximately
6,500 square feet.
This proposal includes design within the footprint
of each building, including attached balconies
and canopies. We assume there will not be any
steps within any of the building footprints and any
grade changes will be accommodated outside
the building footprint with stairs and ramps. We
understand all design work outside the building
and pool deck footprints will be by others,
including stormwater management, grading,
utilities, lighting, site accessibility up to building
entrances, landscape, sidewalks, parking, and
retaining walls.
The buildings will be fully sprinklered, Type VA
combustible wood construction with one-hour
fire-rated interior and exterior bearing walls,
floors, and roofs with fire-rated shafts and
stairways. The foundation system is anticipated
to be concrete spread footings and foundation
walls with a ground floor slab on grade without
a crawl space or basement. Upper floors will
be prefabricated wood trusses with plywood
subfloors and gypcrete topping. Roofs will
consist of prefabricated wood gable trusses.
Miscellaneous steel may be required for larger
spans.
The mechanical systems will be individual vertical
package units with exterior louvers at each unit
with ducting to living spaces based on the current
unit plans. Gas, electric, and heat pump options
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