Wednesday, February 20, 2008

1542 Tulane Ave.:

• Stratos Elevator continues to work on Elevator #1; installing conduit and wiring for the smoke detectors in the elevator pit.
  • The contractor continues to test and make the final adjustments to Elevator #8 and is scheduling an inspection by the State Inspector.
• Siemens is pulling wires to the fire alarm devices on the 5th Floor.
• Zimmer-Eschette continues to clean on the 6th Floor in the rear of the building (old section) on the I-10 side and the area behind the elevators.
• Zimmer-Eschette　continues to remove the floor tile from the 2nd Floor in the corridor and offices along Tulane Ave..
• The painting contractor is applying the finish paint in the offices on the 6th Floor.
• The contractor finished floating and prepping the new sheetrock on the 7th and 8th Floors.
  • They began to float and prepare the new sheetrock on the 5th Floor.
  • The contractor began installing new sheetrock on the 4th Floor.
• The contractor finished installing new ceiling grid "tees" on the 5th Floor to convert the existing 2' x 4' ceilings to 2' x 2' ceilings.
  • The contractor began installing new grid "tees" on the 4th Floor.
• Boe-Tel finished terminating the station wires in the offices on the 1st Floor.
  • The contractor is building the new network rack on the 4th Floor.

Dental School:

• Needham Roofing conducted infrared tests on the Clinic and Administration Building roofs yesterday evening and identified areas where the insulation got wet as a result of the rain water intrusion during the heavy rains last week.　
  • The areas were marked for replacement.
  • They installed 35 squares of the 2^nd (final) ply of roofing material on the west side of the Administration Building.
• Sherlocks Construction began the floor tile installation in the vestibule of the temporary bookstore.
• The assessment of the damage done to the freight elevator by the intrusion of rain water through the roof last week was completed by Schindler
  • Their assessment has been reviewed and confirmed by the State Elevator Inspector.
  • A purchase order for the repairs has been prepared and sent to Schindler. Schindler estimate a 6 week repair timeline.

Downtown Landscaping Project:

• Crews installed irrigation pipe and electrical conduit through the sleeves under the four sections of asphalt on the Perdido St. side of the Residence Hall.　
  • They sealed the ends of the sleeves before the anticipated rainfall refilled the holes with water.　
• They Installed irrigation piping in trenches to connect to the new sprinklers.