Thursday, January 10, 2008

1542 Tulane Ave. :

• Ordes is making a panel schedule for the electrical panels in the basement.
• Siemens is connecting flow switches to the sprinkler piping in Stairwell D.
• Stratos Elevator continues to wire the cab station for Elevator #8.
• The cab for Elevator #1 arrived on site. 
• The duct cleaning continued on the 6^th Floor. 
• Zimmer began removing the countertops, benches, and building debris from the 2^nd Floor.
• The 4^th Floor failed the visual inspection and is being re-cleaned. 
• The contractor began removing the peeling paint on the 3^rd Floor corridor along Tulane Ave.
• Zimmer completed all of the floor tile removal on the 7^th Floor, except in Room 756. 
• The paint contractor continues to float the walls on the 1^st and 8^th Floors.
• The contractor is installing sheet rock for the new network closet walls in Rooms 126 and 455.

Dental School :

• Sherlock continued framing the new walls that will form the temporary bookstore.
• They started installing sheet rock and working on the electrical rough-in of the walls.
• Trison Constructors started the demolition of the existing duct work in the basement and 1^st Floor that had served as the oven exhaust. 

Lighting Project:

• The twelve new lights on the exterior of the MEB have been installed. 
• We are waiting on the plaster to be patched for the final installation of the bulbs and trim. 
• The access panels are being cut on the Allied Health/Nursing Building.
• They are working on the lights on the Roman Street side of the building.  

Landscaping Project:

• The crews continued installing irrigation pipe and sprinklers in the Perdido St. side of the MEB.