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.

 

The Cornerstone Volume 1, Issue 25

May 24, 2013

Created By:

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!

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Project Photos

Kent didn’t waste any me se ng

up forms along the west founda on

wall

We are star ng to go ver cal with the

building. TL con nues with the north

stair well

Interior pads forms ge ng prepped

for concrete

Kent’s crane se ng up gang forms

for Phase 3 west founda on wall

Builders Iron started delivering steel

this week

TL Masonry has started laying block

on‐site

Dykema excava ng the west

founda on wall

Dykema backfilling the north wall

Forms being setup along the south wall

and interior pads being excavated

Project Forecast

The next few weeks of the project will be exci ng and require a large amount of coordina on on‐site. Next week, Builders Iron will have their steel erec on crews start standing steel. To help speed up the process, Elzinga & Volkers is going to have all the anchor bolts surveyed by a 3rd party. This will ensure that all of the anchor bolts are in the proper loca on and Builders Iron can start erec on of the steel as soon as they arrive. In addi on to the steel star ng, we will con nue with the founda ons in phase 2 and 3 and start working our way out of the building. To throw another twist in the coordina on, TL Masonry will be working on the double elevator sha while steel erec on is ongoing. This will take proper planning and coordina on with Builders and TL in order to ensure that everyone on‐site is working safely and does not have poten al hazards swinging over their head. Design of the building will be an internal task of IA’s in the next two weeks. They will be incorpora ng all of the comments heard at the DD mee ngs as well as developing the construc on documents further. We will also be moving into a cri cal phase of shop drawing review with exterior metal studs, exterior glazing, metal panels and masonry. These are going to be what everyone see’s once the building is finished and we need to make sure Spectrum is ge ng the greatest quality as possible.

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Programming Basis of Design/SD Design Documents Construc on Documents

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