Tuesday, August 26, 2008

1542 Tulane Ave. :

• Stratos is pulling wire and hanging travel cable for Elevator #4 and wiring the controller for Elevator #7.
• Zimmer finished removing the ceiling in the area of the 1^st Floor lounge.
• They completed the lounge area demolition on the 2^nd Floor. 
• The demolition in the annex on the 3^rd and 4^th Floors is still in progress. 
• LSIHSC Facility Services personnel continue the installation of new fan coil units.
• The painting contractor continued repairing walls and painting in five rooms on the 6^th and 7^th Floors.
• The contractor completed filling in the areaway in the front of the building and one of two areaways in the rear of the building.
• The Herman Miller Group continued setting up furniture in offices on the 7^th Floor.

Dental Campus Lab Renovations:

• The contractor continues installing new conduit.

Dental Campus Auditorium A & B Renovations:

• The ceiling contractor continues laying out the new ceiling.
• The contractor began installing new duct work.

Dental School Roof Replacement:

• The roofing contractor continues replacing damaged sections of the roof.
• The contractor replaced roof material next to the wing walls.

Hurricane Preparations:

• Crews staged and set sandbags around switchgear rooms for the CSRB and the Lions/LSU Clinic Building.
• They inspected and removed possible missile hazards from the all rooftops. 
• Elevator door dams have been staged near their respective storm locations.

Library Commons:

• LSUHSC Facility Services started running conduit and wiring for light fixtures in the study areas along the exterior windows.

Lions/LSU Clinic Permanent Repairs and Mitigation:

• The contractor continues to install sheetrock and insulation on the 7^th Floor.
• The mechanical sub-contractor continues running waste line between the 5^th and 6^th Floor bathrooms on the S. Prieur St. side of the building.
• They are running lines for the new medical gas that will supply the simulation rooms on the 6^th Floor.
• Crews are re-routing the domestic water and waste lines for the break room area on the 6^th Floor.
• Thimbles are being installed to prepare the new deck for concrete placement on the 2^nd Floor
• The new supply duct is being run on the S. Prieur St./CSRB side of the 6^th Floor .
• The glass subcontractor is installing new metal trim pieces around the windows on the 1^st Floor on the Gravier St. side of the building.
• The contractor is constructing the new circular ceiling outside of the passenger elevator lobby on the 6^th Floor.
• The electrical subcontractor is installing new electrical panels on the 2^nd Floor in the new electrical room on the CSRB side of the building.
• The contractor is installing steel sleeves in the elevator pits and fire caulking.

MEB MDL #5:

• The contractor completed relocation of all the sprinkler heads in the ceiling.
• The contractor began laying out the new floor tile pattern.

MEB 2^nd Floor Elevator Lobby Renovations:

• The crew continues priming and painting the new sheetrock.

MEB 4^th Floor Ceiling Replacement:

• The contractor continues installing flex duct and supply grilles in the corridors.

Residence Hall 2^nd Floor Lobby Expansion:

• The contractor continues installing the steel supports for the new roof section.