The Cornerstone Volume 1, Issue 25
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May 24, 2013
Project Update Design and construc on progress con nues on the ICC Beltline. The design team has been working closely with Spectrum Health on the review of our Design Development drawings. We had a mee ng with the facili es departments within Spectrum and took note of the revisions they would like to have done to the documents proceeding forward into the Construc on Document phase. IA has noted all of the changes and will proceed forward with these notes. With Design Development drawings there is s ll some mechanical and electrical drawings being developed. In order to confirm that the project remains on track it was determined that there be a 50% CD review mee ng in early June. In addi on to the documents proceeding into CD, Elzinga & Volkers and Concord have been working together to review the overall project budget to be sure that we con nue to stay within our approved budget and look for cost savings anywhere we can while we s ll have the interior bid packages to bid out. On the construc on side of the project we con nue to proceed forward. Kent companies and Dykema have been working closely together on the founda ons and have been doing a great job, even with all of the wet weather we have been experiencing. The building founda ons have made their way down the west eleva on and will be making the turn to the south eleva on next week. While concrete founda ons press forward, TL Masonry has joined the team on‐site and has started laying block on the north stairwell and double elevator pit. Each one of these tasks is extremely cri cal because Builders Iron will be on‐site to start steel erec on next week. While the building is star ng to take shape, the site is already well on its way. Dykema and Kent have been able to get the en re west parking lot ready for asphalt paving. Once the subgrade was ready for the paving, EV contacted Michigan Paving and had a site walk through inspec on of all the curb and gravel to make sure there were not any so spots or high/low spots in the gravel. All quality aspects checked out and we were “blacked out” within a few days. The progress has not proceeded without its share of challenges. With the phase drawings we are asking quick answers to ques ons on interior bearing embed loca ons, placement of elevator sumps and u lity loca ons within the building. All of these have direct rela on with the interior packages that are s ll under design, but EV, IA, JDH, NEDERVELD and all of the trade contractors have been working closely to make sure we maintain our overall schedule. We truly have a great design build team on this project.
Dus n Kuzee, Project Manager dkuzee@elzinga‐volkers.com
Contractor of the Week In this issue Elzinga & Volkers would like to acknowledge the effort that Michigan Paving put forth to get the asphalt installed. As men oned in the project update, EV conducted a quality inspec on and scheduled the paving with Michigan Paving. At this mee ng we determined that the paving of the west parking lots would take two days. The two days that this work would be performed on would be Friday and Monday but the one thing that neither one could predict is that on Friday the heavens would let loose and it would rain all day. It was then determined that the schedule would have to be pushed back to Monday and Tuesday of the following week. Michigan Paving arrived on‐site Monday morning at 7:00am and did not leave the job‐site un l the en re lot and entry drive was paved. They were on‐site un l 10:00pm that night comple ng the base asphalt. This was a great accomplishment and speaks to the quality of contractor Michigan Paving is, they took the me to meet their original schedule even when the reason they were behind had nothing to do with their ac on. Thank you for the hard work and we look forward to the rest of the parking lot being paved out soon!