Thursday, August 21, 2008

1542 Tulane Ave. :

• Stratos Elevator technicians are pulling wire and hanging travel cable for Elevator #4 and wiring the controller for Elevator #7.
• Zimmer-Eschette continues with the demolition of the 2^nd and 3^rd Floor lounge areas.
• The demolition of the interior spaces in the 3^rd and 4^th Floor of the annex is progressing. 
• New walls are being framed for the lounges on the 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th and 7^th Floors. 
• The piping in the hallways is being insulated. 
• The terrazzo in Stairwell D is being honed.
• LSUHSC Facility Services continues preparing doors for locksets on the 3^rd and 4^th Floors. 
• All of the old piping has been capped on all floors.
• The furniture vendor completed setting up and arranging furniture on the 8^th Floor.
• The rooms have been inspected and locked.

Dental Campus Roof Replacement:

• Needham Roofing is repairing the roof on the Administration Building penthouse around the base of new exhaust units.

Dental Campus Lab Renovations:

• The electrical sub-contractor continues installing the new electrical rough-ins.
• The contractor is removing drain lines from beneath Room 8405.

Dental School Auditoriums A&B Renovations:

• The electrical sub-contractor continues to remove electrical and telecommunications wiring.
• The contractor is removing the old heating water pipes.

Library Commons:

• LSUHSC Facility Services continues roughing in and routing wiring for the wall switches.
• The contractor completed framing the monitor fur-outs in both the large and small media rooms.
• They continue framing the wall behind the interior stairs.
• Crews continue constructing the new Coffee Kiosk.

Lions/LSU Clinic Permanent Repairs and Mitigation:

• The contractor is installing new glass on the S. Prieur St. side of building.
• A crew is installing a CMU wall by the Electrical Room on the 1^st Floor on the S. Prieur St. side of the building.
• The contractor continues the installation of a steel platform for the new switchgear on the 2^nd Floor.
• They are installing a trap primer on the floor drains under the platform on the 2^nd Floor.
• The plumbing sub-contractor is routing a new waste line between the 5^th and 6^th Floor bathrooms on the S. Prieur St. side.
• Electricians continue running conduit from the 5^th to the 6^th Floor.
• The contractor is piping in supply and return mains to the VAVs located on the Bolivar/Gravier St. side of the 6^th Floor.
• The installation of the medical gas lines to the new simulation rooms on the 6^th Floor is progressing.
• They continue to re-route the condensate line on the 6^th Floor.
• Crews continue to install new sheetrock and frame walls on the S. Prieur St. side of the 6^th Floor.
• Sheetrock and insulation is still being installed on the new walls on the 7^th Floor.

MEB MDL #5 Renovations:

• The HVAC grilles and return grilles have been installed in the new ceiling grid.
• The sub-floor has been built up in preparation for the installation of VCT tiles.

MEB 2^nd Floor Elevator Lobby Renovations:

• A crew is sanding the joints in the sheetrock walls.

MEB 4^th Floor Ceiling Replacement:

• The contractor completed relocating the sprinkler heads.
• New ceiling light fixtures are being installed. 
• The contractor began installing perimeter ceiling tiles in the corridors and installing supply diffusers.

Residence Hall 2^nd Floor Lobby Expansion:

• The contractor continues installing the new steel.