COA Campus Master Plan 2000 6. 2. to make preliminary recommendations to remedy the observed deficiencies. 3. to estimate preliminary budgets for the recommendations for the purpose of assisting the College in their campus development planning. The facilities survey was conducted while the College was already undertaking renovations to Turrets to resolve building code compliance issues for electrical and fire safety systems. Furthermore, only Turrets was surveyed for ADA and Building Code compliance.
Compliance is determined based first on the uses of the building.
The following summary focuses on the recommendations that the survey team considered critical based on potential life safety issues and repairs that would resolve other associated current and potential maintenance issues. Turrets, built in 1893, is a granite masonry structure with a richly detailed facade and gabled roof. It was originally built for residential use. In total, its three stories, basement and attic comprise some 10,700 square feet of space. The first, second and third floors house administrative and academic functions.