Tuesday, October 14, 2008

1542 TULANE AVE.: 

• The general contractor continues repairing the ceiling grid in the front hallway on the 5th and 6th Floors.
• The demolition of a cool room on the 5th Floor is in progress. 
• A crew continued making drywall repairs in offices on the 3rd Floor. 
• The electrical contractor continues installing new light fixtures in conference rooms on the 7th Floor. 
• The furniture vendor installed and arranged furniture in offices on the 7th Floor. 
• LSUHSC Facility Services personnel are installing new paper towel and soap dispensers in restrooms on all floors.
• They began work on the punch list items in all rooms on the 5th Floor.

DENTAL CAMPUS AUDITORIUMS A & B RENOVATIONS:

• The general contractor continues framing new walls in Auditorium A.
• The electrical subcontractor continues to install junction boxes and to mount hardware for the light fixtures in Auditorium A. 

DENTAL CAMPUS 6^th & 8^th FLOOR LAB RENOVATIONS:

• The mechanical subcontractor installed vacuum piping for Room 8405.
• The general contractor removed thimbles from the demolished lab casework in Room 8405.  

EXTERIOR/LANDSCAPING WORK:

• All of the new trash compactors around campus have been tested and are ready for normal use. 
• Landscape grading continues in front of 1542 Tulane Avenue . 

LIBRARY COMMONS:

• The contractor continues to sheetrock in the elevator lobby and the cafe area.

LIONS/LSU CLINIC PERMANENT REPAIRS AND MITIGATION:

• The mechanical subcontractor insulated the supply duct on the S. Prieur St. side of the 6th Floor.
• They re-piped the raised VAV on the 6th Floor.
• Support carriers for the water closets and urinals in the S. Prieur St. side bathroom on the 1st Floor were installed.
• Supply duct has been run in the mechanical room on the Bolivar St. side of the 1st Floor.
• The electrical subcontractor installed lights and receptacles in the pit for Elevators 2 and 3 on the 1st Floor.
• The iron subcontractor welded the landings on the 3rd and 4th Floors.
• The sprinkler subcontractor installed sprinkler heads on the 6th Floor on the Gravier St. side of the building. 
• The casework subcontractor started installing new laboratory casework on the 7th Floor. 
• A crew continued sealing wall penetrations in the middle of the 6th Floor.
• Additional door frames were installed on the Gravier St. side of the 6th Floor.
• The new housekeeping pads were framed up in the 2nd Floor mechanical room for the medical air and gas equipment.
• CMU walls have been installed on the S. Prieur St. side of the 1st Floor. 

MEB MDL-5 LAB RENOVATIONS:

• The network wiring contractor tested the new data cables and connections.
• The audio/visual subcontractor installed four 65” LCD monitors in MDL 5. 

MEB 2nd FLOOR LOBBY RENOVATIONS:

• The contractor skimmed coated the pans of the honeycomb ceiling.

MEB 4th FLOOR CEILING REPLACEMENT:

• The contractor installed four large return air grilles.

RESIDENCE HALL LOBBY EXPANSION: 

• The contractor built the concrete form for the storefront curb at the Bolivar St. entrance.

RESIDENCE HALL ELEVATED WALKWAY RESURFACING:

• The contractor placed three more sections of the stamped concrete surface.