The three contracts for permanent repairs and hazard mitigation at the Allied Health/Nursing Building, the Student Residence Hall and the Resource Center are in process. Facility Planning and Control anticipates that the signed contracts will be in their hands within the next two weeks and Notices to Proceed will be issued to the contractor shortly thereafter. These three contracts total $10,198,000.00.

FEMA is currently reviewing their draft of the permanent repair and hazard mitigation proposal for the Medical Education Building. This document addresses the elements of our plans for the combined CSRB/MEB project that were not included in the earlier CSRB document that has been signed by LSUHSC and is going thru the internal FEMA review queues at this time. The CSRB proposal included $6,041,074.00 for permanent repairs to the building and $24,184,940.00 for hazard mitigation.

The repair and mitigation proposal for the Central Utility Plant has also been drafted by FEMA and is under review by their 406 Mitigation team. We anticipate receiving both the MEB proposal and the Central Utility Plant document from FEMA for our review and signature in the near future.

Relatively dry weather over the past two weeks has allowed the roofers working on the Resource Center to make steady progress. The nailers for the new flashing have been installed and the 1st ply of the 2-ply roofing system has been laid in areas of the roof. The replacement of the glass panels that form the roof of the atrium has begun. Five of the fourteen rows of glass panels have been removed and replaced.

Work on the construction of ADA compliant entrances into the Clinical Education Building is nearing completion. Crews floated the plaster walls for the 2nd floor corridor build-out, primed and painted them. Workers honed the terrazzo floors and cleaned the marble walls outside of Room 203. New lights and exit lights have been installed in the 2nd Floor entryway. The contractor painted the ceiling tiles in the main corridor outside of the 2nd Floor entrance and installed the access panel in Room 202. Crews installed the storefront system at the 1st Floor garage entrance. They installed the stainless steel cased opening for the entrance and handrails on the handicap accessible ramp. Conduit and wire was run for the fire alarm devices that will be located at the 1st Floor garage entrance.

The project to replace the air handling units throughout the MEB continues on schedule. The contractor demolished and removed the old air handling units 4-A and 5-A, They installed the two new AHUs. Crews installed the chilled water and hot water piping for the units and insulated the new pipes. The ductwork for both air handling units is in place and connected. The electrical and control work has been completed and the contractor is balancing and testing AHU 4-A and 5-A. Facility Services began making preparations moving the temporary A/C units to Quadrant D of the 2nd and 3rd Floors.

The renovations to MDL #4 are well underway. The contractor roughed-in the electrical wiring in Room 4210. They completed the core drilling for the new plumbing. The rough in plumbing and electrical work is underway in the main MDL room and the HVAC duct has been raised. The contractor installed sheetrock in Room 4210.

The contractor opened up the new entrance to the 8th Floor conference room in the Lions/LSU Clinic Building along Gravier Street. They completed framing the new curved wall for the conference room. The framing for the mail room was finished and crews started framing the ceiling fur down along the lab side. Workers continue framing the fur down in the large conference room and in the main lobby area.

The fence project at the City Park Campus has shifted to the rear of the campus grounds. Workers removed three sections of the chain link fence along the de Saix Subdivision; from Moss Street to the security camera, from the security camera to the staff parking lot, and from the parking lot to Navy Road. New fence posts, top and bottom rails and fence fabric were installed from Moss St. to the security camera. Workers set the second section of fence posts from the security camera to the staff parking lot adjacent to the de Saix Subdivision.

A project to upgrade the ventilation/HVAC in the MEB Autopsy room is underway. The contractor demolished the chase wall by Stairwell #5. Crews removed the old exhaust duct from the chase by the 2nd Floor stairwell. Electrical wiring was roughed in. The contractor installed new exhaust duct on the 2nd Floor by the freight elevator. Another new project to renovate the Neurobiology Lab has just begun. The contractor removed the old ceiling tiles, drywall and millwork from the room.

The temporary chiller at the Uptown Campus was removed from the site. The contractor removed the electrical service for the temporary chiller during a scheduled outage on Saturday 10/24/09. They finished installing insulation on chilled water piping and valves. The contractor held training on new chiller operations for LSUHSC and Jani-King personnel. The engineers, LSUHSC and Facility Planning and Control met with contractor on site and developed the punch list.

Here are highlights of work that has been accomplished during the past two weeks.

RESOURCE CENTER ROOF REPLACEMENT:

• The contractor installed the 2nd roof ply on the Tulane Ave. side and installed wooden nailers on the Gravier Street side.
• Crews installed the wood nailers for the aluminum flashing along Bolivar and Tulane Streets.
• They applied the first ply of the 2-ply roofing system along South Prieur and underneath the Liebert units.
• The contractor applied the first ply of the 2-ply roofing system at the NW corner of the roof.
• Workers finished installing the plywood backing along South Prieur St.
• The first ply of flashing was installed along Bolivar, Perdido and S. Prieur Streets.
• The contractor installed the plywood backing under the Liebert units.
• The contractor has begun replacing the glass panels in the atrium ceiling. They began working on the north (Tulane Ave.) end of the building and are working towards the south (Gravier St.) end.
  • Five out of fourteen rows of glass panels have been replaced.

1542 TULANE GARAGE ENTRANCES:

• The contractor relocated the construction wall for the 2nd level corridor build-out.
• Crews floated the plaster walls for the 2nd floor corridor build-out, primed and painted them.
• Workers honed the terrazzo floors and cleaned the marble walls outside of Room 203.
• The contractor installed lights and exit lights in the 2nd Floor garage entryway.
• They painted the sprinkler pipe in the 2nd Floor garage entryway.
• The contractor painted the ceiling tiles in the main corridor outside of the 2nd Floor garage entrance and installed the access panel in Room 202.
• The cove base was installed on the 2nd Floor entrance.
• Crews installed the storefront system at the 1st Floor garage entrance.
• The contractor installed the stainless steel cased opening for the 1st Floor garage entrance and the handrails on the handicap accessible ramp.
• The contractor installed conduit and pulled wire for the fire alarm devices at the 1st Floor garage entrance.

MEB AIR HANDLING UNIT REPLACEMENT:

• Facility Services began monitoring and adjusting the temporary A/C units in the 4th and 5th Floor A Quadrant (corner of South Roman Street and the MEB loading dock).
• The contractor demolished and removed the old air handling units 4-A and 5-A and installed the two new AHUs.
• Crews completed installing the chilled water and hot water piping for AHU 4-A and 5-A.
• They completed the pipe insulation and the ductwork for both air handling units.
• The contractor completed the electrical work for AHU 4-A and 5-A.
• They installed the controls and began balancing and testing AHU 4-A and 5-A.
• Facility Services began making preparations moving the temporary A/C units to Quadrant D of the 2nd and 3rd Floors.

MDL 4 RENOVATIONS:

• The contractor roughed-in the electrical wiring in Room 4210.
• They completed the core drilling for the new plumbing.
• The rough in plumbing and electrical is underway in the main MDL room.
• The contractor raised HVAC duct in the main MDL room.
• The contractor installed sheetrock in Room 4210.

LIONS/LSU CLINIC BLDG. 8TH FLOOR RENOVATIONS:

• The contractor opened up the new entrance to the conference room along Gravier Street.
• They completed framing the new curved wall for the conference room.
• The framing for the mail room was finished and crews started framing the ceiling fur down along the lab side.
• Workers continue framing the fur down in the large conference room and in the main lobby area.

CITY PARK CAMPUS FENCE REPLACEMENT:

• The contractor installed additional wire ties for the chain-link fencing along Florida Avenue.
• Workers removed the chain link fence along the de Saix Subdivision; from Moss Street to the security camera.
• They set new fence posts along the de Saix Subdivision from Moss Street to the security camera.
• The top rail, bottom rail, and fence fabric was installed along the de Saix Subdivision from Moss Street to the security camera.
• The contractor demolished the second section of chain link fence from the security camera to the staff parking lot adjacent to the de Saix subdivision.
• They removed the third section of chain link fence from the staff parking lot to Navy Rd. adjacent to the de Saix Subdivision.
• Workers set the second section of fence posts from the security camera to the staff parking lot adjacent to the de Saix Subdivision.

MEB 2ND FLOOR AUTOPSY ROOM HVAC UPGRADE:

• The contractor demolished the chase wall by Stairwell #5.
• Crews removed the exhaust duct from the chase by the 2nd Floor stairwell.
• Electrical wiring was roughed in.
• The contractor installed new exhaust duct on the 2nd Floor by the freight elevator.

NEUROBIOLOGY LAB RENOVATIONS:

• The contractor removed the old ceiling tiles.
• Workers removed drywall and old millwork from the room.

UPTOWN CAMPUS CHILLER REPLACEMENT:

• The temporary chiller was removed from the site.
• The contractor removed the electrical service for the temporary chiller during the outage on Saturday 10/24/09.
• Workers completed the cleanup of the power plant.
• They installed the insulation on chilled water piping and valves.
• The contractor held training on new chiller operations for LSUHSC and Jani-King personnel.
• The engineers, LSUHSC and Facility Planning and Control met with contractor on site and developed the punch list.

RESIDENCE HALL LOBBY EXPANSION:

• The contractor installed new ballast and replaced bulbs for pendant fixtures.
• The contractor patched and leveled floor by the precast bench area and installed the tile surrounding the bench.
• They grouted the floor tile along the concrete bench.

EXTERIOR/LANDSCAPING:

• Facility Services completed grading the planting beds adjacent to the Roman Street Parking Garage on the South Roman Street side.
• They planted shrubs on the South Roman Street side of the Roman Street Parking Garage.
• Facility Services installed conduit for lighting bollards on the Gravier Street side of the Roman Street Parking Garage.
• Crews planted winter flowers at various locations around the Downtown Campus.
• They activated all irrigation stations around Roman Street Garage.
• Facility Services repaired the irrigation station on Bolivar Street between the CSRB and the Lions/LSU Clinic Building and various irrigation sprinklers around the Downtown Campus.

We encourage you to follow the details of our progress through the daily updates which are posted on the web site.