Monday, March 03, 2008

1542 Tulane Ave. :

• Stratos Elevator continues to wire the controls for Elevator #1.
• Siemens finished pulling new wires to the fire alarm device boxes on the 3rd Floor.
• Zimmer-Eschette continues to clean the old section of the 3rd Floor on the Charity side of the building.
• Zimmer finished removing floor tile on the 7th Floor in the old section of the building.
• Crews are now removing floor tile on the 6th Floor (old section).
• The painting contractor finished applying the finish paint in the offices on Floors 5 through 8.
• A few punch-list/touch-up items remain to be finished in these areas.
• The contractor continues to float and prepare the new sheetrock on the 4th Floor for priming and painting.
• Crews continue to install new sheetrock on the 3rd Floor.  They are floating and preparing the walls as they complete the installation of the new sheetrock.
• The contractor is trimming out the ceiling grid that has been painted on the 5th and 7th Floors and began painting the grid on the 4th Floor.

Lions/LSU Clinic Permanent Repairs & Mitigation:

• Construction Masters continued the demolition of the interior spaces on 7th Floor.

Dental School : 

• Durr Construction demolished the large concrete slab of the Human Development Center Daycare Building and began removing the debris.
• Sherlocks Construction completed the installation of the storefront at the main entrance to the temporary bookstore. 
• They completed the painting in the vestibule, installed the door hardware on the entrance doors to the side offices, and painted the door frames.
• Schindler installed the top and bottom limiters on Elevator #8. 

Exterior Lighting Project:

• Frischhertz continues to install the new electrical service at the exit of the 440 Perdido St. parking lot and set some more of the new light poles.