Wednesday, January 17, 2007

• The Dental School elevator contractor worked on the repairs to 1^st floor call buttons and to the rollers on the doors in the basement of the Clinic Building. 
• The mechanical subcontractor worked on the steam condensate line in the Dental School Power Plant at the platform level.
• They also found a crack in a 4" vacuum line in the Faculty Practice area on the 1^st floor of the Clinic building when they started up the unit yesterday evening.
• The contractor continues to make progress on identifying the wires and switches for the Motor Control Center in the Power Plant.
• The water hoses that connected the chilled water supply and the return lines to the emergency chiller at the Dental School have been removed. 
• The manufacturer of the incinerator at the Dental School completed the Phase II repairs. 
• Only the repairs to the fire brick that was damaged by flood waters remain to be priced and completed.
• The old transformers were removed from the parking lot at 1542 Tulane Ave.   
• The contractor received 2 pieces of electrical switchgear for the outside generator.
• They also installed new electrical panels in the basement to service the elevators.
• The mechanical subcontractor continues to check the basement piping for any leaks.
• The elevator contractor at 1542 Tulane is removing the damaged controls for the elevators.
• In the MEB atrium, 80% of the sheet rock is now installed and is being taped, floated and prepped for painting. 
• The remaining sheet rock installation is waiting for the frames for the new light fixtures to be installed.
• The fire sprinklers that were covered by the new fur-downs were lowered today so the contractors can finish those areas.
• The sprinklers located in the ceilings of the MEB 3^rd floor corridors were temporarily moved today so the last of the new light fixtures can be installed.