FAIRMONT HOTELS & RESORTS -DESIGN STANDARDS

FAIRMONT HOTELS & RESORTS · DESIGN STANDARDS
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Housekeeping, Laundry & Valet/General Requirements (continued)
c) 3.3 Days of textile supply in circulation and 1.1 in storage for a
Total of 4.4 pars
d) Washer equipment safety factor is 20% of required production in
pounds/hour.
The access corridor from the truck dock to the laundry shall be 10’0” ( 3.0 m) wide with
a pair of 6’0” (1.8 m) wide entry doors into the laundry and a 4’0” (1.2 m) wide
removable side panel.
Extreme care must be taken to ensure that vibration and acoustics ramifications are fully
resolved.
The dryer exhaust duct to have a lint filter and thermal insulation outside the dryer
enclosure to the lint filter room.
All dryer ducts must have clean out panels every 20’0” (6.1 m) of horizontal length.
Softened hot and cold water to laundry and valet to 0-2 grains hardness.
Hot water supply to washers must be at 160 F (71 C) in adequate volume to fill the
washers in the required time period.
Water hammer arresters must be used on washer water lines.
Room to be conditioned to not exceed 80 F (27 C).
Formula for calculating the area for the soil sort room, including slide: Quantity of
guestroom x 25 (City Hotels), 38 (Resort Hotels), or 38 (Hotel and Willow Stream Spa)
and 48 (Resort and Willow Stream Spa) x 7 x 0.7 divided by 48.
The soil sort room to have the following features:
a) A duplex electrical outlet located at 5’6” (1.7 m) on centre line
AFFL and floor sink
b) Chute to be as manufactured by Wilkinson Chute Company Inc.
with a truncation at 8’6” (2.6 m) on centre line AFFL
c) Soil sort table width and length to suit hotel volume and to
manufactured of plastic laminated. Height to slope from 3’0”
(0.9 m) at back to 1’0” (0.3 m) at front to move work to front of
platform
d) Flooring to epoxy floor finish behind washers and dry cleaning
machine. Elsewhere to be vinyl tiles with 4” (10 cm) high vinyl
baseboard
e) Chemical supplies and detergent to be stored in separate laundry
chemical room. Size to be based upon 30-day delivery period.
Provide storage for housekeeping functions:
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