Construction Update - November, 2003
Submitted by Bud Price, Construction Manager
Landmark Construction Management, Inc.
 

Caseyville Elementary School - Renovation

• The project is substantially complete.

• The final punch list activities will be addressed and completed the week of November 17, 2003.

• It is our intention to complete the final inspection and obtain the last occupancy permit before November 26, 2003.

• This project will be completed 5 months ahead of schedule.

Collinsville High School - Building Additions and Renovations

Kitchen & Cafeteria

• The installation of the structural steel will be completed by November 29, 2003.

• The installation of the roof deck is scheduled to be completed by November 29, 2003.

• The second floor concrete deck is scheduled to be completed by November 28, 2003.

• Plumbing and electrical rough‑ins for the kitchen are on going.

Gym

• The first concrete tilt‑up panels were raised on November 10, 2003.

• The remaining concrete tilt‑up panels are scheduled to be raised on November 26, 2003.

• Bar joists and metal roof decking should begin in early December 2003. 

Auditorium

• Footings and foundations were substantially completed on November 3, 2003.

• The steel columns necessary to support the main roof girders were erected on November 5, 2003.

• Structural masonry continues on the exterior walls.

• The project is 14% complete based on the submission of Pay Application No. 3.

Collinsville Middle School

• Construction of the exterior & interior masonry walls is 65% complete.

• The placement of the concrete floor slabs is 85% complete.

• The necessary electrical conduit, sewer piping, water piping and data conduit concealed within the concrete floors and the masonry walls continue concurrent with the major building activities.

• Installation of the structural steel associated with the gymnasium roof is complete.  Metal acoustical roof decking will begin the week of November 17th.

• Installation of steel trusses for classroom wing "A" is 90% complete. The complete roof system, consisting of plywood sheathing and shingles, for this area of the building should be finished in approximately 2 weeks.

• The structural steel fabricator, St. Louis Steel Fabrication, has gone out of business.  Pro‑active action on the part of the General Contractor will result in the delivery of the necessary steel supplied by a different fabricator by early December.  The installation of the roof for Area "B" will be impacted by about 4 weeks.

• The current construction schedule supplied by the General Contractor, indicates the project to be on target for completion by early August 2004. 

Collinsville High School and Middle School - Furnish & Install Kitchen Equipment

• Construction schedules, Rough‑In Drawings and Stand Alone Dimension Drawings for the High School are approved.  These documents are now being incorporated into the construction activities of the high school kitchen.

• Construction schedules, Rough‑In Drawings and Stand Alone Dimension Drawings for the Middle School are approved.  These documents are now being incorporated into the construction activities of the middle school kitchen.

Webster Elementary School

• Demolition of the 1914 Building began on November 15, 2003.

• Removal of the building debris will begin on November 17, 2003.

• Foundation work for the last phase of this project is scheduled to begin in late November, early December 2003.

• The project is 92% complete based on the submission of Pay Application No. 9. 

• Overall, the project is 12 weeks ahead of schedule.

Collinsville Intermediate Center (5/6 Center) - Renovation

• The floor slab for the new building addition was cast on October 29, 2003.

• The first phase of tilt‑up concrete panels is scheduled to be erected by November 20, 2003.

• The second and finally phase of tilt‑up concrete panels are scheduled to be erected by December 4, 2003.

• The structural steel fabricator, St. Louis Steel Fabrication, has gone out of business.  Pro‑active action on the part of the General Contractor will result in the delivery of the necessary structural steel by December 4, 2003.

• The General Contractor is planning to install the roof by January 6, 2004 and have the building weather tight by January 13, 2004.

Kreitner Elementary School - Renovation

• The General Contractor has mobilized to the jobsite and installed all the required construction fencing.

• The new sanitary sewers are installed.

• Concrete footings, concrete floor slab and concrete tilt‑up panels will begin on November 17, 2003.

• Installation of the new storm sewers and the new water line will begin on November 17, 2003.