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Fle . Wakamda Kcyrod L State of Wisconsin CORRESPONDENCE/MEMORANDUM DATE: November 10, 1989 FILE REF: 8670 TO: Joe Sokal - DOA/8 FROM: David Morehouse - PM/4 701 SUBJECT: Request for an Addition to the Wakanda Building The intent of this memo is to document the need for an addition to the existing Wakanda Building that was requested by Reuel Rettig, in his memo of September 29, 1989. It may be helpful to review this project and its space needs as they relate to the space available in the existing structure. The original space needs of the Bureau of Research were generated in August, 1986. The numbers that were compiled at that time were predicated on the construction of a new facility to house all DNR laboratory and research facilities in the Madison area. This concept proved to be cost prohibitive with an estimated construction cost in excess of $4.4 million. The original space request by research was for over 12,000 ASF which was a combination of office, laboratory/support, library and miscellaneous space (copy room, map room, reception/clerical etc) . The space request was intended to define the approximate amount of space that might be needed in a new facility and was viewed as a preliminary estimate. This original request has subsequently been refined to include 9,700 ASF that is necessary to adequately support the mission of the Bureau of Research. A search was initiated for existing facilities that might satisfy the needs of research after it became apparent that the Department would not support a new $4.4 million facility. The Wakanda Building was a candidate for this use and 46 a feasibility study was conducted by Architects and Engineers, Inc. The study was completed in June, 1988. A & E acknowledged in the preface of the report that they were to attempt to accommodate 12,000 ASF of need in a 9,680 GSF Building. DNR very reluctantly agreed to consider "shoe horning" the 30 staff members into the available space if it proved to be even remotely possible. A & E recognized early on that it was impossible to satisfy even a drastically reduced space allocation in the existing structure and consequently recommended that a 1,250 GSF addition be added to the building. This action would have resulted in a 7,897 ASF/10,922 GSF structure to accommodate a real need of 9,700 ASF/13,000 GSF. The study then became the basis of the request submitted in the 89/91 capital budget. DOA staff analysis of the project request recognized and agreed that Wakanda was the best existing facility that might meet the needs of research but denied the request for an addition. DOA's rationale was that the bureau was presently housed in 7,169 ASF and should be able to fit into the 7,239 ASF available at Wakanda without an addition. An important factor that wasn't considered was the inadequacy of the space currently occupied by research or the original space request for 12,000 ASF.