Monday, January 12, 2009

1542 TULANE AVE.:

• The general contractor continued mudding and taping the drywall in Room 443, hanging drywall in Room 345, patching holes on the 2nd and 3rd Floors and constructing new walls in the 2nd Floor lounge.　

• The furniture vendor set up furniture in Conference Room 639 and installed the new cabinetry in the 4th Floor lounge.
• Facility Services continued removing old striping in the Lakeside Lot, refinishing the handrail in Stairwell One, and repaired the light fixtures in Elevator 3.　

DENTAL CAMPUS AUDITORIUMS A & B RENOVATIONS:

• The general contractor taped and floated sheetrock speaker housings in Auditoriums A and B.
• The electrical contractor mounted the dimmer control box in the electrical room.

DENTAL 6th & 8th FLOOR LABORATORY RENOVATIONS:

• The electrical contractor installed new outlet box rings for data duplex receptacles, and light switches in Rooms 6333 and 6335.

EXTERIOR/LANDSCAPING:

• The contractor continued installing brick pavers for the new sidewalk along Gravier St. adjacent to the Gravier Garage, in the lot at the corner of S Claiborne Ave and Gravier St., and began installing sprinkler piping.

LIONS/LSU CLINIC PERMANENT REPAIRS AND MITIGATION:

• The mechanical subcontractor installed heating hot water lines to the VAVs and installed supply duct on the 6th Floor, Bolivar St. side of the building.
• The electrical subcontractor installed lights in the 6th Floor large lecture room and continued installing outlets and switches on the Gravier St./Bolivar St. side of the 6th Floor.
• The sprinkler subcontractor installed sprinkler heads in the middle of the 6th Floor and tied in pipe from the pump to stairwell riser on the 2nd Floor.
• The contractor installed studs on the 6th Floor Bolivar Street Side, cut sink holes in the bathroom vanities on the 6th Floor, painted in 6th Floor simulation rooms, and installed ceiling grid and ceiling wire on 6th Floor.
  • Crews plastered above the doorframe on the 1st Floor, Gravier/Bolivar St. side, caulked between the granite seams on the 1st Floor, Bolivar St. side, fire caulked CMU walls on the 1st Floor and continued fireproofing the beams on the 1st – 6th Floors of the new stairwell.　

LIBRARY COMMONS:

• The mechanical contractor completed all branch duct work.　
• The contractor installed metal base around the columns.

MEB 2ND FLOOR LOBBY RENOVATIONS:

• The flooring contractor continued installing floor tile in front of the elevators.

MEB PHARMACOLOGY LAB RENOVATIONS:

• The electrical subcontractor continued demolition and started running new conduit in the laboratory area.　
• The general contractor framed walls inside the laboratory area.　

MEB MDL 6 RENOVATIONS:

• The contractor completed installing ceiling grid in the main MDL room and in three of the corner rooms.

RESIDENCE HALL LOBBY EXPANSION:　

• The contractor continued installing stud frames for the fur-down along the diffusers between Tower A & B.
• The contractor installed the remaining tinted glass on the Perdido Street side.