United Engineering Report #24: June 14-18, ‘10
Another week of sweltering heat goes in the record books with high temperatures in the mid 90’s that tested the stamina of even the toughest construction workers on-site.
The 7th floor north walkway was cast on Wednesday right on schedule and went off without a hitch. The 3rd floor southern walkway was demolished, the concrete disposed of and the reinforcement sand blasted before week’s end. Spall repairs at the porte-cochere are in-progress with column spall repairs at the walkways at the north end.
The stucco sub has completed the decorative horizontal trim bands at the center section of the west elevation. The trim added an architectural accent to the existing geometric wall design and really looks great. Thanks should be forwarded to Mr. Waldroff for the suggestion and design.
The ac sub installed the air conditioning condenser units on all but the 2nd floor northern balconies this week and is right on schedule.
The rough work for the new pool is complete and awaits the pool deck slab installation before it will be trimmed out and the finish installed.
The balcony railings are now completed from the 2nd to the 7th floors and the stair tower at the center of the east elevation will be removed on Monday of next week.
The polyurethane below grade waterproofing was installed at the promenade deck on Friday in preparation for paver installation that is scheduled to commence next week. The block walls for the new planters and ADA ramp from the promenade deck were completed on Friday. The footing for the semi-circular steps for the pool deck main entrance steps was cast on Friday and the reinforcement and formwork started later in the day.
Site cleanup and removal of unnecessary equipment continues as a daily activity with all of the golf course being visible again. ConTech should be complimented on their brilliant method to fill all the low areas at the golf course and planter walls with stone to accommodate all the heavy equipment traffic required to accomplish such a large Scope of Work in such a short duration. Good job guys.
Alexi and his staff are still completing their activities as soon as access is available, which is great news now that the full northern half of the building has been turned over to them until the deck coating installation commences on the walkways.
