Events & Photos 04/09/03, Future Occupants Tour Building
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Over 100 faculty and staff toured the building in groups of 20 over the last two days. Assistant Dean, David Ritchey served as tour guide with assistance from Hensel Phelps and the Office of Facilities, Planning and Construction (OFPC.)
Roofing work is coming to an end in the next 2 weeks. Two small roof areas and coping work are all that remain.
Exterior plastering work has started. Stucco is being applied on overhead areas of covered walkways. Including the covered walkways, about 500 linear feet of sidewalk has been poured. This accounts for about one third of all walkways.
Masonry work on the exterior is 95% complete. Work is continuing to seal the areas once occupied by the material hoist.
(The freight elevator is now in service.) Installation of the curtain walls for the round atrium will begin next week.
The lights are on for classrooms in section D, the future home of Executive Degree and Professional Programs. In addition, next week the air handlers for section D will begin circulating cool air - just in time for warmer weather. A priming coat of paint has been applied to classrooms on the first floor and some rooms of the second floor.
One of UTD's Locksmiths, James ("JB") Barnes has been making signs for the new building since last October.
Every doorway must be identified in accordance with regulations with both text and Braille room numbers. The room numbers are mounted on a ¼ x 10 x 16 inch acrylic back plate
that is mounted near the strike side of the door. In his spare time, JB fabricates all the parts with the aid of computer controlled sign making equipment. JB estimates that it will take 3 to 4 weeks to install all the signs with only the room numbers. Parts for about 450 of the 576 planned signs are complete.
Approximately 256 workers are on site today:
- Acumen (ductwork insulation): 8 people
- Alpha Insulation: 8 people
- Baker Drywall (interior, exterior): 47 people
- Big D Metalworks (stainless steel railings): 3
- Brandt Engineering (plumbing & ductwork): 18 people
- Burns & Park Painting (interior painting): 12 people
- CEI Roofing (all roofing): 12 people
- Centennial Moisture (damp proofing): 4 people
- Compass Steel (structural steel): 6 people
- Commercial Fireproofing: 5 people
- Copeland Concrete: 10
- Dee Brown Inc. (masonry) 18 people
- Dickey's Landscaping: 2 people
- Digital Southwest (audio/visual, projectors): 4 people
- Elite Fire Protection (sprinkler systems): 6 people
- Encompass (electrical): 36 people
- Hensel Phelps (office & field personnel): 18 people
- Jennings Glass (glaziers): 9 people
- NOW (exterior panels and metal) 7 people
- Simplex Grinnell (fire alarm system): 2 people
- Southwest Construction Inc. (damp proofing, caulking and sealants): 5 people
- ThyssenKrupp Elevators: 2 people
- Triangle Plastering: 9 people
- Universal Control: 5 people
