Wednesday, October 08, 2008

1542 TULANE AVE. :

• The general contractor continued taping and floating the sheetrock walls in the lounges on the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Floors. 
• The painting contractor continued painting restrooms on all floors.  
• The electrical contractor began installing new light fixtures in offices on the 5th Floor.
• The terrazzo contractor continues honing floors on the 1st Floor by Shipping and Receiving. 
• LSUHSC Facility Services continued making piping connections for the landscape irrigation.

DENTAL CAMPUS AUDITORIUMS A & B RENOVATIONS:

• The general contractor continues to repair block walls for the air handling unit room and to frame the ceiling in Auditorium A.
• The electrical subcontractor is installing junction boxes and mounting hardware for the light fixtures in Auditorium A.

DENTAL CAMPUS 6th & 8th FLOOR LAB RENOVATIONS:

• The mechanical subcontractor pressure-tested the new gas piping for Room 8405.  
• The contractor continues to clean and strip the flooring in Room 8405.

DENTAL CAMPUS ROOF REPLACEMENT:

• The contractor finished installing new walk pads on the Administration Building roof.
• They started installing cap sheets over roofing sheets marred by foot traffic.

LANDSCAPING AND EXTERIOR WORK:

• The trash compactor vendor continued the installation of the Dental School trash compactor hopper.

LIBRARY COMMONS:

• The wiring contractor has removed the existing network wiring.
• The contractor continues to install sheetrock in the multimedia rooms.

LIONS/LSU CLINIC PERMANENT REPAIRS AND MITIGATION:

• The mechanical subcontractor is insulating supply duct on the S. Prieur St. side of the 6th Floor.
• A crew is running branch lines to the VAV on the 6th Floor on the Gravier St. side of the building.
• They continue re-routing the 2 inch vent line that is in the way of the support beams for the new movable wall panels.
• The subcontractor is laying out the housekeeping pads for the medical air and vac pumps in the new 2nd Floor mechanical room. 
• They conducted a partial start up on the existing medical air and vac equipment on the 1st Floor.
• A crew is installing piping outside the elevator lobby to connect to the sump pump that will be installed in the pit of Elevator 1 and 4. 
• The electrical subcontractor is installing conduit for the new breaker box on the 2nd Floor in the S. Prieur St. side electrical room.
• They are installing the electrical outlets in the new CMU walls on the S. Prieur St. side of the 1st Floor.
• The iron subcontractor is setting the stairs and rails on the 3rd and 4th Floors of the exterior stairwell.
• They are welding the saddles on the 2nd Floor. 
• The sprinkler subcontractor is moving sprinkler heads on the 6th Floor on the CSRB side of the building. 
• The contractor is painting on the 7th Floor.
• They continue installing door frames in the middle of the 6th Floor.
• A crew is sealing wall penetrations on the S. Prieur St. side of the 6th Floor.
• They are installing the ceiling grid on the Gravier St. side of the 6th Floor.
• A crew continues to construct the CMU walls on the 1st Floor by the interior stairwell and the bathrooms on the S. Prieur St. side of the building. 

MEB MDL-5 LAB RENOVATIONS:

• The casework contractor is installing laminate countertop in the main MDL room and in Room 4109. 
• The contractor is patching existing walls and reapplying texture finishes to match the existing surfaces.

MEB 4th FLOOR CEILING REPLACEMENT:

• The contractor continues to work on the large return air grille.

RESIDENCE HALL WALKWAY RESURFACING:

• The contractor continues to apply the 3rd layer of concrete underlayment.