Thursday, October 9, 2008

1542 TULANE AVE. :

• The general contractor continued taping and floating the sheetrock walls in the lounges on the 5th Floor. 
• The painting contractor continues painting restrooms on all floors.  
• The electrical contractor continued installing new light fixtures in offices on the 6th Floor.
• The furniture vendor arranged new furniture in offices on the 6th Floor along the center hallway and removed packaging materials.
• The terrazzo contractor continues honing floors on the 1st Floor by Shipping and Receiving.
• LSUHSC Facility Services continued piping connections for the landscape irrigation.

DENTAL CAMPUS AUDITORIUMS A & B RENOVATIONS:

• The general contractor is constructing the new block walls for the air handling unit room.
• Crews are framing the new ceilings in Auditoriums A & B.
• The electrical subcontractor continues to install junction boxes and to mount hardware for light fixtures in Auditorium A.

DENTAL CAMPUS 6th & 8th FLOOR LAB RENOVATIONS:

• The electrical subcontractor is installing receptacle boxes on the exterior walls in Room 8405.

DENTAL CAMPUS ROOF REPLACEMENT:

• Contractor continues installing new cap sheets over roofing areas marred by foot traffic.

LIBRARY COMMONS:

• The contractor continues to hang sheetrock.
• LSUHSC electricians are installing light fixture frames in the ceiling near the elevators.

LIONS/LSU CLINIC PERMANENT REPAIRS AND MITIGATION:

• The mechanical subcontractor is insulating supply duct, VAV, and heating hot water supply and return lines by the simulation rooms on the 6th Floor.
• A crew is running supply duct and return duct for the AHU in the mechanical room on the Bolivar St. Side of the 1st Floor.
• They are checking the connections for the bathrooms and the VAV boxes on the 6th Floor.
• The med gas pipe that was damaged by the sheetrock installation on the 7th Floor is being repaired and re-tested.
• Crews continue installing piping outside of the elevator lobby to connect to the sump pump that will be installed in the pit of Elevator 1 and 4.
• The electrical subcontractor is installing conduit for the new breaker box on the 2nd Floor in the S. Prieur St. side electrical room.
• They are wiring the AHU located in the mechanical room on the Bolivar St. side of the 1st Floor.
• The iron subcontractor set the stairs and rails on the 4th and 5th Floors and tack welded them in place.
• They are welding the saddles on the 3rd Floor.
• The sprinkler subcontractor is moving sprinkler heads on the CSRB side of the 6th Floor. 
• The contractor is installing ceiling grid on the 7th Floor.
• Wall penetrations on the Gravier St. side of the 6th Floor are being sealed.
• Additional sheetrock is being hung on the 6th Floor.
• A crew is installing ceiling wire on the Bolivar St. side of the 6th Floor.
• They continue to install the CMU walls on the 1st Floor by the bathrooms on the S. Prieur St. side. 

MEB MDL-5 LAB RENOVATION:

• The casework contractor completed the installation of laminate countertop in the main MDL room and in Room 4109.
• The contractor is working on general cleaning.

MEB 4th FLOOR CEILING REPLACEMENT:

• The contractor is completing the fire sprinkler work.

RESIDENCE HALL WALKWAY RESURFACING:

• The contractor has completed four of seven sections of the stamped concrete surface.