Executive Summary: Rehabilitation of Concession Facilities
1990. Executive Summary: Rehabilitation of Concession Facilities. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Denver, Colorado
Visitor facilities in Glacier National Park (GLAC) are utilized for a short 100-day season each year. The structures sit empty the remainder of the year and are subject to the extreme snow, wind, and cold weather patterns of the northern Rocky Mountains. The cost of maintaining these structures is high and was at times deferred by previous concessioners. Many structures no longer meet basic life safety/public health standards relating to fire and electrical codes, exposure to asbestos, space standards for employee housing, and location of overnight accommodations in floodplains. Once funded, existing development concept plans (DCPs) will provide solutions to some of the problems at specific locations. The remaining issues can be fully addressed only through the rehabilitation of existing facilities to bring them to a current standard. A 10-year program has been developed to rehabilitate government and concession improvements within GLAC. It utilizes estimates for repair/rehabilitation of all existing buildings. In addition, it incorporates the cost of improvements in existing DCPs. Figures are shown in gross 1992 construction year dollars. The projected costs to accomplish this program for years beyond 1992 do not reflect any adjustment factor for inflation. All projects were prioritized into a construction schedule according to criteria related to life safety/public health, employee housing, historic preservation, and visitor use. Project planning and construction funding are arranged by fiscal year to support that schedule. The program incorporated adequate time and funding forecasts to ensure that the compliance process can be fully satisfied prior to the start of construction. The accompanying charts show a small amount of funding beginning in the 1990 fiscal year, with a much larger request for 1991. These funds are crucial to the implementation of this program. Slipping the start of planning funds will also push back the time construction can begin. Four alternative programs were developed to address the source of funding and strategies to deal with possessory interest and concession-held inholdings. This document is the executive summary; the full report is titled Rehabilitation of Concession Facilities.
- Type
- Published Report
- Date of Issue
- 1990-03
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GLAC , IMR
- Keywords
- Concessions, CRBIB, lodges, Management, Public Health, rehabilitation, Safety