Monday, September 22, 2008

1542 Tulane Ave.:

• The general contractor continued demolition in the 3^rd Floor annex.
• The general contractor continued wall construction in the lounges on the 6^th and 7^th floors.
• The painting contractor continued painting hallway ceilings and began painting restrooms.
• The security contractor installed new cameras that cover the driveway into the Lakeside lot.
• The furniture vendor surveyed all the offices on the 5^th through the 8^th Floors and identified remaining rooms requiring final furniture arrangement.
• LSUHSC Facility Services personnel continued installing new fan coil units. 
• Plumbers continued the mechanical rough-in for the kitchenettes in the 6^th Floor lounge. 
• Crews completed clearing building supplies from the 1^st Floor auditorium where they had been staged. 
• Electricians are trouble shooting an electrical outage on the 1^st Floor center hallway.

Dental Campus Auditoriums A & B Renovations:

• The general contractor began removing the elevated flooring in Room 4203 over the weekend and continues to construct the framing for the ceiling in Auditorium A. 
• The electrical subcontractor continues to work overnight; attaching unistruts to the 3^rd Floor ceiling in the crosswalk for the electrical and telecommunications wiring in the Auditoriums.
• The mechanical subcontractor installed the chilled water pipe valves on Friday evening.

Dental School Roof Replacement:

• The contractor is installing walk pads on the Clinic Building roof.

Landscaping and Exterior Work:

• The crews continued installing irrigation piping in front of 1542 Tulane Avenue .
• They began repairing potholes with crushed stone in Parking Lots 2 and 6 at the Dental Campus.

Library Commons:

• The contractor continues to install sheetrock above the window walls.
• They completed installing cementitious board on the frieze wall.
• Plumbers relocated main water plumbing pipes for the coffee kiosk.

Lions/LSU Clinic Permanent Repairs and Mitigation:

• The mechanical subcontractor continues to run the new Med Gas lines for the 6^th Floor     simulation rooms.
• The contractor continues to insulate the supply duct along the corridor on the CSRB side of the 6^th Floor;
• to install piping in the AHU in mechanical room on the 1^st Floor on the Gravier/Bolivar side of the building;
• and to seal penetrations on the CSRB side of the 6^th Floor
• The electrical subcontractor is installing light fixtures for offices on the 7^th Floor.
• The sprinkler subcontractor is relocating sprinkler pipes on the 7^th Floor.

MEB MDL-5 Lab Renovations:

• The contractor is installing wall mounted chase for the electrical and AV service for each quadrant.
• The plumbing subcontractor continues connecting fixtures; working behind the casework installers.

MEB 2^nd Floor Lobby Renovations:

• The network wiring contractor is pulling network cable to the engineering office.

MEB 4^th Floor Ceiling Replacement:

• The contractor is installing ceiling tiles on the Bolivar Street side of the building.

RESIDENCE HALL LOBBY EXPANSION

• The flooring subcontractor is placing self-leveling concrete on the floor toward the Tower B elevator on the S. Roman Street side of the building.