Meetings And Reports - August 2004

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Report for 8/9/2004 – 8/13/2004 – LCCC – Albany County Campus Project Prepared by Seth A. Carson

Meeting 8/10/2004 – Eileen Ely, J. Midyette, John Ely, Phil Neal, Seth Carson present:

Phil present new grant spreadsheet.  Grant financials were discussed concerning the differential cost vs. energy upgrades.

New plans were present by Midyette.  LEED registration was discussed. Project website discussed. Taylor Kohrs guaranteed maximum price posted date discussed. 

Tasks completed – Seth Carson created the secure password protected website.

Report for 8/16/2004 – 8/20/2004 – LCCC – Albany County Campus Project Prepared by Seth A. Carson

Meeting 8/19/2004 – Eileen Ely and Seth Carson attended a meeting at Trihydro with Keith M. Marcott, Michelle Sell, Joel Farber, Jack G. Bedessem.  Possible civil/soil engineering services to be provided by Trihydro Corporation discussed. 

Service contract discussed regarding the direct hiring of Trihydro by LCCC or through Scott Kohrs.  I would recommend the direct hiring of Trihydro by LCCC to

Services to be provided would be the site grading/grade survey (heights and elevations),  the creation of a storm water management plan that would dovetail with the Turner Tract master plan, site utility planning/engineering, geo-technical engineering (for geo-exchange, and structural foundation/footings), subcontracting of surveyor, drilling/analysis.  It was brought up that a rough site grading would be needed for building permit and ground breaking. 

Tips for the ACC project website and the importance of an LCCC organization chart also discussed. 

Overall the meeting was very informative and it was decided that Joel will be the main contact if services are selected.  Contact from Scott Kohrs on 8/23/04 will govern that hiring date of Trihydro.

I would recommend the direct hiring of Trihydro by LCCC to save on the general contractors O&P and streamline the site development process.

Tasks completed – Seth Carson finished project website layout.  ACC project registered for the LEED certification.  Seth Carson reviewed entire LEED packet and identified the LEED points that are possible.  A gold level rating would be the highest we could achieve.

Report for 8/23/2004 – 8/27/2004 – LCCC – Albany County Campus Project Prepared by Seth A. Carson

Meeting 8/27/2004AM – Eileen Ely, Seth Carson, Bob Cox, Tim M., Marilyn Aiken, Phil Neal, John Ely attended. Art and Science room furniture/fixtures were discussed.  Key notes are listed below to assist the architect with design and contractor with pricing: 

1. It was discovered that there are no community college standards/specifications for art/science classrooms/labs to base our design needs from.

2. Pathogenic microbiology is one of the classes being taught in the science room.  Seth agreed to visit one of the new UW science labs to review their needs/equipment.

3. Separate ventilation will be needed for art/science rooms. A separate heat pump for each room and/or a direct outside ventilation fan (different than the science hood) needs to be incorporated for the labs.

4. Six sinks in the science room will be needed.

5. The art room lighting was discussed in great detail.  The controllability of the lights and there locations is very important.  Directional “cup like, pod” lights need to be placed over each art desk/station.  Larger diffused/consistent lights (gel lights/mood control) that could be spatially directed over subjects will also be needed.  The current art instructor would like to review the lighting plan at the appropriate time.

6. Black out drapes/blinds will be needed for art room hallway door and exterior windows. 

7. Art room on north part of building works the best for the diffused light.

8. Open ceiling (no ceiling tiles) will work for both labs.

9. White walls for the art room is best for teaching.

10. Easel closet needed.

11. Tack board, celotex, plywood, burlap, were all discussed as options for art room wall coverings.

12. Push pin strips at 7’ and 4’ heights above floor would be nice have around the perimeter of the art room for artwork to be pinned up.

13. (2) 10’ Open racks that could store art students “tackle box” size cadies/supplies.

14. Art room should be based around a class size of 20 maximum pupils.

15. (2) 10’ racks for storing painting horizontally are needed.

16. It was discussed that the construction technology class could build the racks for the art rooms.

17. Stain/sealed concrete for the art/science rooms would work best.  It was discussed that art instructor could stain the floors.

18. One-two sinks for the art room with an oversized 4’ one bay stainless steel sink(s).  FRP – splash guard behind sink(s).

19. Soap dispenser with hard grit borax above sink in art room. Paper towel dispensers are needed.  They need to match the rest of the buildings bathrooms for janitorial simplicity. 

20. Storage cabinet needed for art lab props needed.

21. Possible exterior door on art room discussed. This would allow students to go outside and work/paint, etc.

22. Hazard waste storage space needed for science room.

23. Punch key code door access for art room entry door was discussed.  This would allow art students to come and go and really use the room as a homework lab.

The meeting was very productive and informative.  Seth will make sure that these notes get passed on to the rest of the design/build professional team.

Meeting 8/27/2004PM – Entire design team attended. Scott Kohrs presented the project budget.  Project notebook contains all estimate handouts from Scott.  Some other meeting interesting notes from the meeting are as follows. 

1. Current draft of drawings is right at 26,270 SQFT.

2. 1,700 SQFT of the space is porch covered areas.

3. Building is 14’ exterior wall with a parapet.

4. SIPS were used in the estimate for the exterior walls.  It was discussed whether there was a possibility in using the SIPS for the roof and whether or not the grant would cover this increase in SIPS.

5. The building is 40% glazing/windows as drawn.

6. The building is 35% exterior masonry as drawn.

7. Remaining % of exterior will be metal panels.

8. Standard steel 30’ bays for the superstructure.

9. Clearstory glass in diamond pods is included in estimate.

10. Most classrooms will have high class to allow for clearstory daylighting.

11. Allowance of $26,000 for cabinets and millwork in estimate.

12. Dry land seed was used in the estimate for the majority of the landscaping.

13. Tap fees were not included in estimate.  LCCC needs to find out if this was included in the purchase price with the city of Laramie.

14. Scott explained how he ran three cost estimates. Vary conditions with grant funding, without, middle ground.

15. Geo-exchange system preliminary estimates around $21/SQFT. This is roughly $4 above grant spread. 

After the cost estimate was fully reviewed, J. Midyett went over the newest plan draft with Tim Laughlin.

Tasks completed – Seth Carson spoke with Scott Kohrs (8/24/2004) regarding the direct hiring of Trihydro Corporation for the Civil services.  Scott stated that he had no problem with this and encourage that this would streamline the timeline of those services. 

Seth Carson also spoke with Bob Cox (8/27/2004) in greater detail about the staffing details/responsibilities for this project.  A major part of the meeting was discussing the solutions to resolving the staff tension internally and with architect.   

Carson also updated the contact page on the website with help from Phil Neal.

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