Construction is wrapping up at the UCLA Sixteenth Street Outpatient Services Building. The i’s are being dotted and the t’s are being crossed.

Equipment and building systems start-up is underway and commissioning is commencing today, 11/28. The automated parking system has successfully parked and retrieved vehicles and fine tuning of the software and laser equipment is scheduled for completion 12/1. We anticipate Substantial Completion for the project on 12/15.

In terms of completion percentages by cost, the core and shell work and the interior improvements are both approximately 99% complete.

Our next update will likely include professional photos of the completed project. In the meantime, please enjoy the recent progress photos below.

Construction continues on pace at the UCLA Sixteenth Street Outpatient Services Building.  It has been a busy & productive month since our last update.

Finishes in the building are well underway; Painting, flooring, tile, cabinets & counter tops, ceilings, interior glazing, doors & hardware are all hitting the floors at a good clip.

The atrium bridges and ‘gravity defying’ floating stairs are taking on their final form and the walls are being prepared for bamboo wood panels.

The linear accelerator vault which is used for oncology treatment is taking form.  The walls and flooring will have a beautiful bamboo finish.  The patients will be unaware of the 42″ thick concrete, 7″ thick lead and a 14,000 lb. door  that surrounds them and protects the adjacent spaces from the linear accelerator particles.

Medical equipment vendor have begun installation in the building.  Medical gas & light booms have been installed in the 8 operating rooms.  Headwalls have been installed at most of the 24 prep & recovery bays.

3 large HVAC package units were delivered and set on the roof with a 280-ton crane.

Miles… and miles… and miles of Cat6 data cabling has been pulled throughout the building and over 1,100 terminations will be completed at the server racks in the next 3 weeks.

The site walls and concrete flatwork in the front yard are well underway.  Landscaping will commence in about 2 weeks.

AND… last, but not least… our 100kw solar array that covers about 75% of our roof (and actually cantilevers past the edge of the roof in areas) is complete.

Our daily manpower has averaged about 95 workers per day this month.

In terms of completion percentages by cost, the shell and core work is approximately 94% complete and the interior improvements are now about 78% complete.  We are on track to complete construction by October.  Commissioning of building systems, training and turnover are currently scheduled in early November.

Construction continues on pace at the UCLA Sixteenth Street Outpatient Services Building.

Interior partition framing and drywall is close to 100% complete on all floors and the focus has shifted overhead to ceilings.  Ceiling grid has started on the 3rd floor and will continue to the lower floors.  Finishes have started on the 3rd floor including paint, casework and tile is scheduled to start Monday, 7/25.

Our ‘gravity defying’, floating stair in the atrium is in place and the temporary support posts have been removed.

We began excavation of our common trench which crosses 16th Street and connects to the UCLA Orthopedic Hospital on July 6th.  The common trench which is 240 feet long connects the two facilities with data conduits, high pressure steam and a pneumatic tube system.  The high pressure steam  line will be connected to the central plant at the Hospital and will serve heating hot water and doemestic hot water in our building and will also provide steam to serve the sterilizers and cart washers for cleaning the medical equipment.  The pneumatic tube system will enable the staff to send canisters of lab specimens and paperwork via the high speed tube system between the two facilities which are separated by 16th Street.  The trench work is scheduled to be complete at the beginning of August.

Our Automated Parking System is progressing nicely and is on schedule.  The cranes are assembled and have been connected to temporary power to test the movement.  Tuning of the motors, software programming and laser installation will begin soon.

Our daily manpower has averaged about 95 workers per day this month.

In terms of completion percentages by cost, the shell and core work is approximately 90% complete and the interior improvements are now about 60% complete.  We are on track to complete construction by October.

Construction continues on pace at the UCLA Sixteenth Street Outpatient Services Building.

Interior partition framing is approximately 90% complete and the 1st side on drywall has started on the 2nd and 3rd floors . Plumbers have completed approximately 40% of their plumbing and approximately 25% of HVAC is complete.  Electrical progress is following closely behind plumbing and HVAC. All in-wall plumbing and electrical work will be complete by the end of the month. The roofing installation is complete. Our daily manpower has averaged about 75 workers per day this month.

In terms of completion percentages by cost, the shell and core work is approximately 80% complete and the interior improvements are now about 36% complete.  We are on track to complete construction by October.

On May 17th, we received delivery of the Automated Parking Cranes which arrived on flat beds from Michigan.  The pieces of the large cranes were hoisted into the 6 level subterranean parking vault with a 240-ton crane.  Here are a few shots from the hoisting activities:

The Grand Rapids Press has published an article about our automated parking system that is starting to be installed this week.

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GlobeSt.com has reported on our $38M, 12-month forward financing commitment.

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Construction continues on pace at the UCLA Sixteenth Street Outpatient Services Building.

The glaziers have finished the 2,000 square foot skylight over the atrium.  Glass is installed on the North, South & East elevations and is in progress on the front elevation.  Framers are approximately 50% . Plumbers have completed approximately 20% of their plumbing and approximately 10% of HVAC is complete.  Electrical progress is following closely behind plumbing and HVAC.  Our sewer, domestic water and fire line connections have been made and we’re preparing for electrical transformers to be set.  Schindler will be mobilizing next week to begin installation on 4 elevators.  Roofing material has been stocked and work begins next week.  Our daily manpower has averaged about 65 workers per day and we anticipate that increasing to around 100 workers per day over the coming weeks.

In terms of completion percentages by cost, the shell and core work is approximately 78% complete and the interior improvements are now about 27% complete.  We are on track to complete construction by October.

Construction continues on pace at the UCLA Sixteenth Street Outpatient Services Building.  
 
We have completed the concrete structure (topping out occurred on January 12, 2011) and have removed 99% of the temporary shoring.  This week the remaining concrete crew of carpenters and laborers are building equipment pads on the roof, building the driveway ramp down to the garage, loading out the balance of the shoring and material on site and preparing the permanently exposed architectural concrete surfaces for sealing.  Glaziers and ironworkers are on site working on the aluminum window frames and the steel support structure for the atrium glass wall and skylight.  Framers are standing metal studs for the second floor operating rooms. Plumbers and sheet metal workers are installing plumbing distribution lines and air conditioning ductwork throughout the building.  Utility works are making our sewer connections in the alley.  Our daily manpower has averaged about 45 workers per day and we anticipate that increasing to around 100 workers per day over the coming weeks.

In terms of completion percentages, the shell and core work is approximately 72% complete and the interior improvements are now about 16% complete.  We are on track to complete construction by September or October.

The picture below shows the topping-out concrete pour on January 12, 2011.

The next picture shows the building yesterday afternoon with the temporary shoring removed.

I recently visited our automated parking system supplier in Grand Rapids, Michigan and witnessed them testing various major assemblies of our system.  The picture below shows one of our parking cranes assembled with stub masts at the facility of the parking system controls company.  After their testing is complete, they will break down the cranes and ship the entire system to our jobsite in early May for installation.

The picture below is back in the building showing early framing of one of the eight operating rooms.

This picture shows some of the air-conditioning ductwork and waste plumbing in place.

This picture shows the concrete beam over the top of the atrium and the steel trusses that support the skylight.

The Architectural Concrete structure topped out January 12, 2011.

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Cool picture taken by Angela of today’s third floor deck pour.