MK_ARCH09 - Section C - Model Room

TABLE OF CONTENTS
F OUR S EASONS DESIGN STANDARDS
C MODEL ROOM
1Construction Requirements of Model Room ........................................................
1Overview a)
Selection + Site
b) 2Review Process (1)
Three Phase Review a)
De fi ciencies
b)
1CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS OF MODEL ROOM
a)
Overview
Consultants advance the design of the typical standard guestroom and the Owner engages a Contractor to construct one standard guestroom with a connecting door and a section of corridor. The model room shall be complete with all fi nishes and have functional mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems. The Contractor shall alter and adapt the model room as required until approved by all parties.
In some instances, as deemed necessary, a second model room will be constructed to test alternative designs or unusual site conditions. The model room must be built, reviewed and approved no later 2009
than eighteen (18) months prior to the hotel soft opening date.
Model rooms will remain in their completed state until equivalent rooms are constructed on site, which are safely accessible for sales personnel and guests. In addition, the Contractor shall fi nish the fi rst available standard room on site to act as a control room to test quality and to serve as a benchmark for the balance of construction. A Four Seasons Executive Suite may also be required as a model suite. Inclusion of such
a suite will be mutually agreed by the Owner and Four Seasons.
b)
Selection + Site
Upon completion of the schematic design of the typical hotel guest fl oor, the Owner and Four Seasons will select a guestroom and associated length of corridor to be developed as the hotel model room. In locations where there are a wide variety of standard guestroom layouts, two sample guestrooms will be constructed.
A suffi cient length of corridor will be constructed in order to properly represent one pattern repeat. This
typically includes the guestroom entrance niche, plus one half the length of corridor on either side of the niche. To simulate the continuation of the guest corridor, mirrors are placed at either end of the constructed corridor. The model room will be constructed either in a location off-site, in a space provided by Owner, or on site according to availability. The location, layout and access will be reviewed and approved by Four Seasons prior to commencement of construction.
2REVIEW PROCESS
a)
Three Phase Review
Model room will be reviewed in three phases as follows:
i)
Wall partitions and mechanical, electrical, plumbing and life safety rough-in.
ii)
Architectural interior, fi xed décor.
Furniture, fi xtures and equipment (FF+E).
iii)
Purpose of each review will be to assess compliance with the Standards, to rationalize details, and to establish an agreed upon benchmark for quality for all disciplines including, but not limited to; acoustic, architectural, structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical and life safety.
At the completion of phase two, and ongoing through phase three, a detailed inspection will be conducted by Four Seasons staff to assess functionality, quality and workmanship of all aspects of the model room.
b)
Defi ciencies
At each phase of the model room review process, comments will be issued to Owner and the design team. The model room is to be adapted and defi ciencies corrected in accordance with the model room design review and the detailed inspection report.
At the completion of the FF+E installation, and after review and approval by the Interior Designer, a formal model room review will take place with members of Four Seasons Design and Construction and Capital Planning and Procurement. The purpose of this review is to ascertain the suitability of the design and to make changes to achieve the best possible guestroom configuration. The room is to be modifi ed or adapted in accordance with the model room review and with the approval of Owner and Four Seasons. Follow-up reviews will be scheduled until fi nal approval is achieved. Subsequent to approval of this room, the guestroom design will proceed to design development and working drawings and FF+E specifi cations will be prepared for purchasing.。