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hospital walls and are expanded and contracted by manually
pulling them along tracks attached to the ceilings. The
partitions are suspended from those tracks. The tracks are
mounted on 2-inch by 4-inch or 2-inch by 6-inch blocking, which
is attached to the ceilings of the hospital buildings and
supported from above by angled steel arms. The partitions do not
bear any structural loads. The partition located in the
cafeteria contains a door which allows passage through the
subdivided rooms when the accordion is fully extended.
The partitions located in the hospital conference rooms
represent 44 percent of the total cost bases of the partitions in
issue. The partitions located in the hospital cafeterias
represent the remaining 56 percent of the total cost bases of the
partitions in issue.
The partition originally placed in a West Houston Medical
Center conference room has been removed and is currently in
storage. Removal of the partition has not affected the essential
structure of the West Houston Medical Center. The supporting
steel and wood for that partition still is attached to the
structural frame at the site of the original installation,
covered by the acoustical ceiling.
15. Bathroom Accessories and Partitions (Property Unit
2360) and Plastic Mirrors (Property Unit 2385)
Petitioners' hospital facilities contain a large number of
bathrooms in addition to employee bathrooms and public
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