TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2009

1542 TULANE AVE.:

• The general contractor completed installing doors in Room 111B.
• Workers continued drywall finishing in the 2nd Floor lounge and wall repairs in Rooms 235K and 235M.
• The door contractor installed new loading dock doors on the Lakeside Lot service entrance.
• The mechanical contractor continued installing of new ductwork in the 1st Floor lounge and new fan coil units in Rooms 345 and 345A.
• The roll-up door contractor began installation of the new parking garage roll-up door.
• Facility Services continued painting and electrical repairs on the 1st and 3rd Floors.

EXTERIOR/LANDSCAPING:

• Facility Services started grading the planting bed in the rear of the Resource Center along S. Prieur St .

LIONS/LSU CLINIC PERMANENT REPAIRS AND MITIGATION:

• The contractor installed metal lathe for the stairwell overhang.
• They installed the stairwell glass doors on the 1st and 6th Floors.
• Crews continued removing existing waterproofing sealer in the freight elevator pit.
• Workers are installing the metal soffit under the main entrance.
• The contractor continued installing granite on the 1st, 5th and 6th levels of the exterior stairwell.
• The electrical contractor continued installing lights in the 1st Floor of the exterior stairwell.
• Electricians continued to connect wire to the Stryker equipment in the simulation labs.
• They finished installing wire mold on the 6th Floor.
• Workers continue to remove old feeder cable in the switchgear room.
• The mechanical contractor began connecting Stryker equipment to the medical air/gas/vacuum lines in the 6th Floor simulation rooms.
• They installed a storm drain grate on the stairwell roof and installed copper lines to chilled water valves on the 1st Floor.
• Stryker continued to install wires and equipment on the 6th Floor.
• AT&T continues to install the new telephone feeder.

LIBRARY COMMONS:

• The contractor continued installing metal base around the display cases.
• Facilities Services electricians continued roughing in the display case receptacles.
• The contractor installed network cabling in the display cases. 

MEB 2nd FLOOR LOBBY RENOVATIONS:

• The contractor continued to tape and float the storefront walls.

MEB PHARMACOLOGY LAB RENOVATIONS:

• The contractor completed installation of the light fixtures in the lab area.
• They installed ceramic tile around the door openings in the administrative area.
• Workers completed floating the floors in the lab area and started floating the floors in the administrative area.   

RESIDENCE HALL LOBBY EXPANSION: 

• The interior contractor continued framing the fur down in the mezzanine level between the B & C Towers .
• The contractor patched and skin coated the plaster wall by the B Tower elevator. 

DENTAL SCHOOL AUDITORIUMS A & B RENOVATIONS:

• The electrical contractor installed the overhead conduit for the podium and the A/V connections in Auditoriums A & B.