Royal Floridian Project

Alex, the first Tropical Storm of the season, quickly spun up from the tropics and although the forecast called for 60 percentage chance of rain all week, it never rained to interfere with progress.  Let’s keep our fingers crossed that the next Storm on the list, which is Bonnie, also steers clear of “our” Project.

The finishing touches began at the 1^st floor south Units and the promenade deck with the installation of the pavers.  The decorative contrasting jade colored pavers accent the earth-tone field pavers of the massive deck and look great from the balconies above.

The trim tile at the pool was completed and the pool finish is scheduled to begin as soon as the pool decking is completed.  The large semi-circular steps that lead from the promenade deck to the pool deck were reinforced and formed on Friday and will be cast next week.  The handicapped ramp and pool house work continue with shear precision.

The air conditioning subcontractor installed all condenser units at elevated balconies, except for the 4^th floor.  The ac technicians work in unison with the electrician to complete the setup and startup to provide conditioned air to the Units.

The paint sub was back on-site this week working to finish the east elevation after securing more paint.  The Manufacturer of the paint ran into an unexpected snag due to the oil spill in the Gulf when they couldn’t receive necessary materials to facilitate the production of more paint to match what was already applied.  The preparation for painting at the columns and walls at the northern walkways nears completion with grinding concrete, removal of loose paint, and stucco installation.

The framing sub installed the steel framing members at the walkway fire boxes and received approval from the Building Department to install the DensGlass after they passed the framing Inspection.

The southern 4^th floor walkway was cast on Wednesday and now the end of the structural concrete work is right around the corner with only three weeks to go.  Contractor continues to remove and replace the walkways with efficiency of a military operation that accepts no excuses for failure.

A Progress Meeting was held on Wednesday to update Management of the status of the schedule and budget.  Minutes of that Meeting will be published by ConTech.

Management is in high gear performing their duties wherever they are not restricted by construction workers and although it may appear from the outside looking in that there is “no plan”, they are extremely well-organized and motivated.