New Layout

Well, Tracy and I decided not to wait on the architect. We started working on some new layouts, based on the architect's input.
We moved the photography studio to the front, and moved the coffee bar to the back, where the existing plumbing is located. This will make our drain runs shorter, which should alleviate any concerns with the depth of the wastewater main. This also decreases the amount of saw cutting in the concrete slab, and also reduces the length of the plumbing and electrical runs. All of that translates to $$ saved, although it requires the demo of all walls, and building new walls. This layout also increases the size of the existing bathrooms.
Some key considerations in this layout are to keep the three 100 amp electrical panels where they are, and for them to be inaccessible to the public. Another issue was to keep the toilets where they are, as well as the bathroom sinks. We placed our 3 compartment sink and sanitizer in place of an existing bathroom to minimize the plumbing work for those items. I am also getting the cut sheets for the equipment we intend to purchase and I'm placing those items in the layout to scale, and recording their electrical/plumbing requirements.

Here is an image of the new layout so far (not done yet):

Actually, a glitch in the blog software is preventing me from attaching the image.
Here is a link instead:

http://www.pbase.com/jdanderson/image/72323905

Let me see if this blog will recognize the HTML tags for an embedded image:
[img]http://www.pbase.com/jdanderson/image/72323905.jpg[/img]

This layout fixes several issues we had, but I'm still anxious to meet with the city Wastewater engineers and determine if we can place our grease trap indoors. They said that they no longer allow indoor grease traps. I explained our situation and the way our commercial space backs up to another building, with no easement, alley, utility chase, etc. They are going to take a look next week and come up with a solution. I hope their solution is to allow a variance on the grease trap location...
It is getting late, so I'm going to bed.
Good night...
JD