Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Dental School :

• The fur downs on the linear diffusers on the 5th floor of the Clinic Building are being painted and grid is being tied into the fur downs.
• Sprinklers continue to be repositioned on the 7th and 8th floors of the building.
• The ceiling grid and tile installation continues on the 7th and 8th floors.
• The installation of the light fixtures on the 3rd and 4th floors of the Administration Building is progressing. 
• Painters are working in the reading rooms in the Library where acoustic walls were removed.
• The testing of the network/telecom closets on the 3rd through the 7th floors of the Clinic Building has been completed.
• Testing in the network closets on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Administration Building has begun.
• The remediation contractor has nearly completed painting the handrails and doors in the Adminstration Building stairwells. 
• Landis is cleaning the restrooms on the 1st through the 4th floors of the Clinic Building.
• Zimmer is cleaning the restrooms on the 5th through the 8th floors. 
• The audio booth in Auditorium C has been completely removed and the debris from Auditoriums A & B has been removed.

1542 Tulane Ave :

• Entergy disconnected the power to the building to allow for the connection of the final piece of switch gear.
• Square D is connecting the buss bar for the new high-voltage gear to the existing switch gear.
• The new high-voltage gear will provide power to 4th floor riser #2 and panel PL-4 in the basement's transformer vault. 
• Ordes is running new conduit and wiring for the new main air compressor in the basement.

Landscaping Project:

• Crews finished the planting and mulching along the Lions/LSU Clinic Building on the CSRB side. 
• They started removing the gravel on the Bolivar St. side of the Allied Health/Nursing Building in preparation for planting Algerian Ivy. 
• The lay out for the irrigation system main line was begun on the S. Roman St. side of the Allied Health/Nursing Building and the MEB.
• Crews continued adding mulch to completed plant beds as needed. 

Student Lot #2 & #3 Resurfacing:

• At Student Lot #3, the contractor completed the demolition of the island for the gate controls and constructed the wooden form for the new island.
• The contractor backfilled the grade between the parking lot and the street along Perdido St.  
• At Lot #2, the contractor poured and set the new concrete curb and corners w/ADA compliant ramps.
• The new sidewalk w/ADA ramp inserts was also poured adjacent to the driveway. 
• The contractor backfilled the grade between the lot and the street along Perdido St.