Historic Sand Springs admin building gets code, ADA upgrades in bond plan

Architect Sarah Gou described the constraints that come with renovating a building originally constructed in the 1920s and said code updates drove much of the design work: modern fire protection and stair separations, plus ADA upgrades such as ramps, elevators and accessible restrooms. "When you go into an old building you really have to do an analysis to see where are the pieces missing that we need to change to bring it back up to current code," Sarah said.