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https://dcist.com/story/21/12/01/thomas-jefferson-renovation-improves-accessibility/ Thomas Jefferson Memorial To Undergo Two-Year Renovation Starting This Month The National Park Service has started a two-year renovation project at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, aiming to improve accessibility and expand exhibits to showcase the third president's "multi-faceted" story. The project focuses on the memorial's lower-level -- a 2,500-square-foot exhibit space that some visitors might not even know exists. First installed in 1994 (and not upgraded since), the space is dark and cramped. Starting in December, the entire lower-level will undergo a complete renovation, adding new exhibits that have both tactile and audio elements accessible to all visitors. (The chamber and the memorial statue will remain open over the course of the renovation project, according to the National Park Service, while the ground-floor space will close.) "The expanded and reimagined exhibit space will include completely new state-of-the-art exhibit, providing more perspectives at it shares Thomas Jefferson's multi-faceted story," reads the NPS release. Spokesperson Mike Litterst did not immediately respond to DCist/WAMU's request for more detail about the new exhibits. Other planned accessibility upgrades to the memorial include adding pathways on the east and west front of the steps leading up to the chamber, and a modernization of the elevator that takes visitors from the lower level to the chamber area. The Park Service will also be fixing damaged pavement near the memorial, redoing the lower-level bathroom and retail space, and upgrading security systems as a part of the project. Funding for the renovation comes from local billionaire David Rubenstein. In 2019, Rubenstein (who has previously made philanthropic gifts to the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, and Arlington National Cemetery, among other D.C.-based landmarks), pledged $10 million to upgrading the Jefferson Memorial's underground museum space. "While Thomas Jefferson is not without some things that we can question today, clearly he did some great things for our country, including being the author of the Declaration of Independence, creating the University of Virginia, and as president, he bought the land that we call the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of our country," Rubenstein said at the time of his donation. The renovations are set to be complete by 2023. The exhibit-space renovation is separate from the renovation project that just wrapped at the memorial this past September, which replaced the three roofs of the memorial and scrubbed off that black "biofilm" coating the memorial's marble exterior. ________________________________________________________ b) Estimated Price Range: Between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document. Reconfigure the lower level space for an enhanced visitor experience and use. This includes all the lower level programs as follows - access from exterior, exhibit space, restrooms, bookstore, support utilities, and aesthetics. Total square footage of space is 5,196 sf in the lower level and 420 sf in the portico level. Items to note as part of the required work are: o Reconfigure restrooms to reduce noise in the exhibit space, meet accessibility and other code requirements, and potentially provide different opportunities for entry. o Combine bookstore and gift shop into one store for visitors to purchase merchandise. o Reconfigure circulation through lower level to elevator and other spaces that does not cross over exhibit space. o Update the finishes of both the lower level and portico level spaces. o Upgrade and expand utilities (electrical, fire suppression, mechanical, etc.) to new visitor spaces to support visitor use and exhibits. o Replacement of the entire fire alarm system integrated throughout the Memorial, with fire suppression expanded only within the new exhibit areas o Upgrade physical security components and related sub-components o Increase accessibility by adding two accessible walkways on the exterior leading to the lower level entrances o Provide a modernized elevator o Provide minor waterproofing measures to ensure water does not intrude upon the newly updated building envelope Period of Performance: 730 calendar days 1. The Work includes reconfiguration of the lower level, including access from the exterior, the exhibit space, restrooms, bookstore, and utilities. The Work includes modernizing the existing hydraulic elevator, raising the floor level at the elevator lobby by 4", creating two ramps to create an accessible route to the chamber level and the portico level from the elevator lobby. 2. The Work includes providing two symmetrical granite clad concrete sloped walkways (on either side of the Memorial) adjacent to the existing granite Terrace Retaining Wall, connecting the Lower Level Terrace to the Tidal Basin at the north side of the Memorial. MBE (28%), WBE (6.9%)