CONSTRUCTION STATUS AS OF 4 NOVEMBER 1986

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2012
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This status report addresses specific issues regarding each major
activity or construction trade. General issues such as schedule are
discussed at the end of this report.
Bid Package 1.
The contractor has made repairs to the expansion joint in the
parking garage. All that remains to be done is to apply a waterproof
sealer to the joint. We have previously reported that the GSA Contract
/Board of Appeals has denied Hyman's $1.24 claim for rock. GSA has issued
a Contracting Officer's Decision regarding another claim in which the
contractor states he incurred $636,365 in costs as a result of changes in
requirements made by the Government. This may go to the Board of Appeals.
In yet another major claim, GSA is reviewing their contention that the
Government owes them $110,000 for fees incurred hooking up the new water
line. This also will be denied at the Contracting Officer's level. The
contractor has also been asked to come back and look at his landscaping in
the garage/P&PD area. Despite the extremely dry summer, the contractor
does have a responsibility to care for the plantings until they are
established. We will see what we can get him to do to improve the
landscaping.
Bid Package 2.
Precast concrete panels. Work has accelerated. Approximately 98%
of the panels are up. Contractor has a repair crew on site to touch up
damaged panels.
Window wall. NorLth Tower substantially complete. South Tower
approximately 5rcent complete.
Curtain wa 1. Installation of glass in atrium area started on 11
October and was completed 31 October. Work continuing on North Tower with
a projected completion date o December. No curtain wall has been
installed in the South Tower.
Elevator work is continuing in the North Tower. Need to resolve a
problem regarding the depth of the elevator pit. It is six inches too
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Drywall work is also continuing. The existing prod of water
damage to wallboard has not been solved although GSA did order a large
section of the wall board along the west wall on the ground floor to be
removed because of obvious water damage. This type of damage should be
minimal in the future since the building is fairly well inclosed.
Masonry work is concentrating around closing in stairwells and
/ mechanical shafts. All major masonry work should be done the end of
November.
Concrete. Not much to report here (major pours are completed).
Parking area outside new North Loading dock is being paved with concrete.
Painting. Work is concentrating on painting the steel so that the
curtain wall work can proceed. Some corridor walls on the ground floor
have been painted. However, the masonry work was not "pointed up"
properly. As a result, masons have made patches and scraped excess mortar
out of joints which means that the painters have to go back and repaint.
The construction "protocol" in situations such as this is that if a trade
(such as painters) go in and work on something provided or installed by
another trade (masons), the second trade (painters) assumes the
responsibility for insuring that the first trade (masons) did their work
properly. Therefore, the painters have to.go back after the masons are
done and repaint.
The first sections of suspended ceiling gridwork are being
installed on the Ground Floor, North Tower.
ElecUjcal work is in progress. The first three substations in the
New Building have been energized.--All temporary power in the New Building
is now being fed from these permanent installations. Six of the eight UPS
systems are onsite and are being wired up.
Mechanical work. Air handling equipment is being delivered and
installed. Duct work is in progress. Related to the general problem of
water in the building we have some insglaUon that is jjLt and will have to
be removed. All major piping work is in progress, sprinkler, chilled
water, steam, and plumbing. We are working with security to resolve a
problem with the installation of security man bars in ductwork in certain
areas. The contractor has been given a sketch to follow but has not yet
gone back to correct previous installations. Contractor expects to have
steam (heat) in the building at the end of February 1987.
Building controls. The Honeywell Company is running pneumatic
tubing on the ground, first, and second floors. These are being connected
to variable control boxes (VCBs). These will eventually be connected to
wall-mounted thermostats for individual temperature control.
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Shielding. Meeting held on 30 September with ARC and Site Security
/ to discuss some concerns a few Site Security personnel had about the
shielding. It has discolored in some areas and there is evidence of some
type of corrosion. ARC was provided samples of three problem areas and
will give us an opinion as to whether the shield is degraded in any way. A
meeting was held on 16 October with OIT to discuss an DCP submitted by A
as to what they propose to do to investigate to corridor way vide
problem. This is a result of the July 1986 Security Advisory Group meeting
where the results of the prototype testing indicated that the waveguide
concept did not provide the required attenuation. As a result of that
meeting, OL will fund an effort (about $240K) to look at doors and/or
absorbing material for the corridors. Also, we went to NSA on 15 October
to find out how their building turned out from a shielding standpoint.
They are generally pleased and I am satisfied that based on their
experience, we are headed in the right direction. The first section of
copper foil shielding for the upper floors is being installed on the second
floor of the North Tower.
Raised floor panels. The first delivery of raised floor panels was
made on 6 October. The contractor expects four trailer truckloads per week
for the next six weeks. Installation of floor system has started in the
first and second floor computer areas. The contractor is installing about
1500 square feet of tile per day.
Under the heading of general site work, Centex has graded the West
Parking lot area and has put down the base course pavement. This area will
not be turned over to the Government for general employee parking since it
is in the construction area and is used for storage and staging. Soil is
being placed into the large planter boxes in the courtyard area. Shrubbery
has been placed in planters on the third and fourth floors. The first
marble column covers were delivered on 3 November. The first piece of
marble was put up in the colonnade area on 5 November.
Bid Package 3.
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Work at the Powerhouse is centering around two major issues.
One, the installation of the generators and associated Load Management
System (IMS). The IMS was factory-tested and arrived onsite on 30
October. Second, we have been pushing the contractor (MCI) to demonstrate
the reliability of the two boilers which have been upgraded. There have
been numerous technical problems and the demonstration has not yet been
completed to the Government's satisfaction. The contractor is sending some
strongly worded correspondence to GSA saying that the boilers are reliable
and the Government is holding him up. Nothing could be further from the
truth. is spending a great deal of time on this issue. There
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are indications that the prime contractor is in some financial difficulty.
He has been delinquent in paying his subcontractors. This makes his
subcontractors extremely difficult to deal with in resolving technical and
contractual issues.
Bid Package 4.
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Work is continuing on all fronts. Interior work has started at
the Rt. 123 Security Control Center (SCC). Inbound traffic returned to the
preconstruction pattern on 3 November. Outbound traffic will still be one
lane until old guard house is demolished. Demolition should start on
Saturday, 8 November. Structural work has started at the Parkway SCC. In
the paving area, South Lot is completed. The first two-thirds of North lot
are completed. The Contractor started on the last third of North Lot on 27
October. He is scheduled to have all his paving done late in November.
Work is continuing on sidewalks and curbs throughout the North half of the
compound. Our goal is to have all vi done by the end of the current
"paving season" (December 1986). spends a lot of time
coordinating all aspects of BP-4 with security and FND.
Rt. 123 Realignment Project. The thirteenth (and final) Traffic
Advisory Committee meeting was held on 17 October. There were no issues r
raised at the meeting. The final plans were turned over to VDH&T for
implementation on 20 October. VDH&T hopes to award a contract in
January 1987 and complete all paving work in October 1987. We are
continuing our work with NCPC and GSA, preparing those material which NCPC
needs to review before their 4 December hearing on the road program.
General Issues - I have informed the GSA Project Manager that I
must have more accurate information regarding completion dates and costs.
He must focus his attention in two areas, the Critical Path Method
scheduling mechanism and the Change Order process.
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