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Report for 10/3/2005 – 10/7/2005 – LCCC – Albany County Campus Prepared by Seth A. Carson Correspondence 10/3/2005 – Email from Seth Carson to Ted Hanlon Ted, The space size for the electrical room is 21 feet by 7 feet. This is indicated on the E2.1 plan you have had for several months. The vertical space will be something that you will need to visit onsite and select you transformer appropriately. Please realize that this room is filling up with switch gear and sub panels. Don originally stated that the transformer could be hung from the ceiling above some of the gear or entry door. This needs to be confirmed onsite tomorrow. Could you please bring me the bid ready documents tomorrow as well? I would also like Call me by 9:00 to let me know when you can be here. If you can’t come over tomorrow, please drop the plans of to Jerry today at LCCC and I will get them Wednesday when I am over there for the board meeting. Thanks! PS: The price for the conduits under the parking lot is $3467.00 Best Wishes, Seth Carson Correspondence 10/3/2005 – Email from Tom Lacock to Seth Carson Seth - I have a slough of shots from the anamometer installation last week. Do you have any trips to Cheyenne planned so I could send you a CD? I also lost Keith's card and wondered if you were going to see him, or at least had an address for him. One more thing: The details are still being worked out, but preliminarily we have Wednesday afternoon set for the state energy guys (Dale and Tom) to meet with media to speak about the new anamometer at LCCC. Lisa Murphy is going to get in contact with Eileen Ely and Phil Neal to speak for LCCC. I wasn't sure if they would inlist your help or not, but thought I would offer a head's up. Take care - Tom Lacock Marketing and Public Relations Wyoming Business Council Correspondence 10/3/2005 – Email from Phil Neal to Seth Carson Hi Seth, Nicole was asking about the size of the microwave we are using, so that they can make sure to size the cabinet in the faculty and student break rooms accordingly. The microwave is 24 inches wide and 12 inches tall. I assume the depth on these cabinets is standard. Talk to you later. Phil Correspondence 10/3/2005 – Email from Nicole Buscher to Team As was discussed on Thursday, Taylor Kohrs will proceed with installing the wall rough-in for the West wall of Art Lab E116. This rough-in will consist of completing the waste, vent and water piping above ground. Water piping to be T'd inside the wall with either J-boxes or access panels installed in the face of the wall for future connections. The cost for this work is $1,200. In order to help with these costs, we could delete the hot water recirculation line in the Science Lab. This is not a code requirement but a water conservation method, as you don't need to run the water as long to get hot water. The recirc pump and associated line has not yet been installed and can be deleted. Cost savings would be $650. At this time, Taylor Kohrs will proceed with the wall rough-in. However, please respond as to whether the college wants to keep the recirc line for the Science Lab. Thank you, Nicole Buscher Correspondence 10/3/2005 – Email from Tim Macnamara to Team Bob- As Ed explained in the budget cutting sessions for the RH, the hot water recirc line is a water conservation issue more than anything. If it has to be deleted to save $, then so be it, but it would save water in the long run. Tim Correspondence 10/3/2005 – Email from Bob Cox to Team Tim It occurs to me that this pump has as much to do with the restrooms as the labs. I guess I'm less concerned about this option than in the dorms, though $650 seems like chump change in a $4+ million project. Also, without the pump, it seems a bit out of context in an energy efficient building. I would prefer to see it in the building. Bob Correspondence 10/3/2005 – Email from Tim Macnamara to Team Seth- I think we still want the hot water recirc pump and line installed. As Bob points out, we assume this affects the restrooms also, or is that a separate recirc system? Tim Correspondence 10/3/2005 – Email from Nicole Buscher to Bob Berry Bob, MKK has reviewed the information you have provided and have some questions which need your response. I'm at jobsites most of the day tomorrow, Tuesday, so you're welcome to copy MKK on this correspondence back to me. Thank you, Nicole Nicole, The information provided to MKK, in this email, needs to be expanded to ensure the proper selection of equipment. - The 47 degree ground water temperature, I assume, is from a test well or an existing well near the site? - I would like to know where the 405 MBH load came from. This is during a heating design day. What was run during a cooling design day? - The piping diagram provided from Bob Berry will need to be analyzed and drawn up, per our standards. This is to ensure that the mechanical room is piped properly during construction. MKK cannot comment on the validity of this drawing. - The "Revised Sequence of Operation......." document will need to be analyzed. The pumps described in the sequence need to be sized. - Once loop temperatures are determined, based upon the building load during cooling and heating, heat pumps can be selected by the approved manufacturer. If the heat exchanger can perform per the building load needs, and maintain the loop temperatures as described in the "Revised Sequence of Operation......." (47 degree minimum), then the heat pumps can be selected. This project was designed based on a closed loop ground source heat exchanger. This new design basis needs to be engineered, in some capacity, to ensure the owner receives a high quality system. All of the above items will affect system performance, with the heat pumps as the terminal device being a major part of it. With this said, MKK suggests that the heat pumps remain on hold until this system is designed to suit the building's and owner's needs. I will be available tomorrow for your comments. Sincerely, Peter Failla -----Original Message----- From: Nicole Buscher [mailto:NicoleB@taylorconstrgrp.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:46 PM To: Petkovsek, Jean; Slames, Jessica; Failla, Peter Subject: Revised Well Field Design Attached is an e-mail and related design documents and information for the revised exterior geotherm system at LCCC. As MKK designed the internal system, which is being modified for this revised system, Bob Berry, Building Commissioning, has put together a couple of additional components which need to be confirmed by MKK. Taylor Kohrs is requesting MKK to review this information and advise if any changes are needed. It's my understanding that Bob based everything upon the submittals Air Comfort has provided; however, the heat pumps are on hold until MKK responds. A response is also needed on the fluid within the closed-loop system of the heat pumps. Can we stay with Methanol? Could water be used now that it's all within the building? Unfortunately, we don't have any time. The heat pumps which are on hold are out 6 weeks once released and a quick-ship option is not available. Therefore, please review and respond with an cost impacts this has to MKK, as well as an anticipated response date. Thank you, Nicole Buscher Correspondence 10/4/2005 – Email from Jerry Harris to Nicole Buscher Nicole, LCCC would prefer to keep the recirc line for the science lab. Thanks Jerry L. Harris Correspondence 10/4/2005 – Email from Jerry Harris to Nicole Buscher Nicole, I have two (2) items for your consideration, which include: 1) At last week’s OAC Meeting you mentioned that Commercial Flooring inquired about mastic and adhesives needed to install the carpet. I spoke with Tim Macnamara and have this clarification regarding this item. As the installer, it is considered their responsibility to provide these items, which has historically been done here at Cheyenne. The College will be procuring only the carpet per our earlier discussions, and not any adhesives, base coverings or other items associated with this portion of the project. 2) Regarding the new geotherm well system which was agreed upon a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to make sure that this new system is reviewed by CW Industries in the event that there may be impact to the control system. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks Jerry L. Harris Correspondence 10/4/2005 – Email from Seth Carson to Team Hi Folks, I have set the IT meeting for 9:00am on Wednesday October 12, 2005. Michael Walters, his technical staff, Phil Neal, Fremont Electrical, and Nicole Buscher need to attend. If this time does not work for everyone, let me know. The meeting will be at the job site and LCCC will need to convey the IT wiring needs to Fremont. For example, how much wire length will be need once the IT homeruns enter the server rooms. It would be nice for all the small details to be worked out through email over the next week so we can talk about the on-site issues during the meeting. Michael, if you could forward me the specs on the server racks, sizes, other computer needs, etc. That would be great. I also still need to get the projector specs/templates from you. Also, let’s start planning and counting the computers that are at the ACC plus any new computers/equipment that Michael is planning on buying. Jerry and Bob, I assume Michael has a separate budget for this stuff. This spreadsheet will help with the move, etc. Plus we need to know the final rooms that the existing ACC smartboards will be installed in first. See you all there, Seth A. Carson Correspondence 10/4/2005 – Email from Jerry Harris to Steven Frederickson Steve, I would recommend that we wait for a response from Nicole at Taylor Kohrs. John Parks with MKK Engineering is aware of the changes that we have made, and I feel you should probably work with John and MKK, but in reality you are contracted by TK and not LCCC, so they may have other ideas. My main concern is that we don’t forget to include CW in this process since changes have been made, thus avoiding surprises or delays down the road. In addition, this picture is somewhat complicated now in that LCCC is handling most of the exterior segments of the geothermal systems, while TK is handling the building interior segments of the system, so good communication and teamwork is critical. One concern I have is the potential financial impact this change will have on the control system, and only CW can provide this information. If there is going to be a financial impact, meaning additional costs, then that issue needs to be addressed ASAP. I will stay on top of this issue until we have resolve and direction. Thanks Jerry L. Harris Howdy Jerry Thanks for the note. What do you think is the next step for me? Steve Steven Frederickson CW Industries Correspondence 10/4/2005 – Email to Jerry Harris from Nicole Buscher Jerry, That is correct. Taylor Kohrs is currently having MKK review the revised system and provide us with information that can be used by our mechanical contractor (Air Comfort), as well as their subcontractor (CW Industries). As of this morning, MKK and Bob Berry were corresponding regarding the changes. As soon as I can get something from MKK we'll release the heat pumps and price the additional work. Thank you, Nicole Buscher Correspondence 10/5/2005 – Email from Jerry Harris to Nicole Buscher Thanks Nicole. If we can help in any way, please let me know. Jerry L. Harris Correspondence 10/5/2005 – Email from Seth Carson to Bob Cox and Jerry Harris Bob and Jerry, Watson Well phoned me this yesterday. They wanted to make sure you received the revised bid with the performance bond. Could you confirm that with me? Jerry, I faxed you yesterday the energy grant rough in stuff from Fremont. It includes the conduit for the turbine out to the parking lot edge along with the last electrical additional work for Fremont to do on the geo system with the additional pump wiring. Also, what time do I need to be in Cheyenne for the board meeting? Thanks, Seth Carson Correspondence 10/5/2005 – Email to Seth Carson from Bob Cox Hi Seth -- The Board Meeting starts at 5:30. Jerry had some questions regarding the Fremont proposal -- a little short of spec. and purpose information, so I expect that he will be in touch with you. Thanks Bob Correspondence 10/5/2005 – Email to Seth Carson from Jerry Harris Seth, I did receive the new proposal from Watson Well, which includes the performance bond cost. I am in the process of issuing to Watson Well a "Notice of Award" document which will allow them to proceed with obtaining a performance bond. I have informed Watson Well that I cannot issue a contract or purchase order until I have a hard copy of the performance bond and their Certificate of Liability Insurance" document. Regarding the "energy grant rough-in electrical" quote from Fremont, before I issue a purchase order I need to make sure that the conduit run across the parking lot for the turbine includes two (2) 4" conduit runs. Their quote does not specify the 4" quantity, only the 1". According to Ted Hanlon, he needs two (2) 4" and two (2) 1" or two (2) 4" and one (1) 2". The Board study session begins at 5:30 pm. Thanks Jerry L. Harris Correspondence 10/5/2005 – Email to Seth Carson from Fremont Electric HI Seth, That time and place works for Don, he'll see you next week. Let me know if there is anything specific that he needs to bring with him. Have a good day! ~Melissa Seth Carson Correspondence 10/5/2005 – Email to Team from Nicole Buscher Since we had a special meeting last week, I thought I'd check to see if we need to meet tomorrow (1st Thursday of the month). Or, is everyone OK with skipping and meeting the 3rd Thursday, which would be 10/20? I don't believe Taylor Kohrs or Midyette have any new topics to go over. As for the geotherm system, I'm trying to get MKK to finalize their review. Thank you, Nicole Correspondence 10/5/2005 – Email to Seth Carson from Fremont Electric Since we had a special meeting last week, I thought I'd check to see if we need to meet tomorrow (1st Thursday of the month). Or, is everyone OK with skipping and meeting the 3rd Thursday, which would be 10/20? I don't believe Taylor Kohrs or Midyette have any new topics to go over. As for the geotherm system, I'm trying to get MKK to finalize their review. Thank you, Nicole Correspondence 10/5/2005 – Email from Jerry Harris to Nicole Buscher Nicole, I am OK with skipping the 6th and meeting on the 20th. I am in the process of working with Watson Well on the well field, and High Plains Solar Wind on the energy system components we need to procure. I will keep you posted on my progress. Thanks Jerry L. Harris Correspondence 10/5/2005 – Email from Chuck Bohlen, Bob Cox, and Phil Neal It is alright with me to skip a meeting. Chuck I'm OK with skipping this meeting, too. Thanks Bob Its ok with me to skip, but I will be out of town on the 20th. Eileen can fill me in when I get back. Phil Correspondence 10/6/2005 – Email from Phil Neal to Nicole Buscher Hi Nicole, Thanks for leaving the color board with us. I gave Seth a copy of the room designations and the colors to be painted in each room. I have attached a copy of it to this email. On the color board, the four colors were arranged from top to bottom and the following is how I named the colors. I was not sure of the exact names of the colors so I made up my own. Top Tan Mahogany Colonial Blue Light Green Bottom Seth has the color board now. He had to present it to the Board of Trustees last night in Cheyenne. Give him a call and I am sure we can get it you. Have a great day. Phil Correspondence 10/6/2005 – Email from Eileen Ely to Nicole Buscher Hi Nicole, I returned this week from my daughter's wedding, but Phil filled me in on the recent project details. I was out to the site yesterday and today and it's looking great. I am fine with postponing the meeting until the 20th. Sincerely, Eileen Correspondence 10/6/2005 – Email from Eileen Ely to Seth Carson Hi Seth, Did you have the meeting with Michael yet? If not, please include me in this meeting. Thanks. Eileen Seth, Forget my last e-mail regarding the IT meeting. I will be at Wednesday's meeting at 9:00 a.m. Eileen Correspondence 10/6/2005 – Email from Eileen Ely to Seth Carson Hi Seth, I am finally getting caught up on my e-mail from last week. In regard to appliance purchases, our Construction Technology Program has the ability to get an excellent discount on appliances--to include Energy Star appliances, via Home Depot. Since we are promoting energy efficiencies, Energy Star appliances are the only way to go. Eileen Correspondence 10/6/2005 – Email from Eileen Ely to Seth Carson Hi Seth, Have you sent the letter yet? If not, please give me a call; I have several corrections and suggestions. If so, forget this e-mail. Thanks. Eileen Correspondence 10/6/2005 – Email from Nicole Buscher to Michael Walters Michael, Something I mentioned to Seth last week was the UPS. Taylor Kohrs has $15,000 in the budget for uninterrupted power. Therefore, if the college has a spec on a UPS we can get it priced out and ordered. Thank you, Nicole Correspondence 10/6/2005 – Email from Seth Carson to Bob Cox and Jerry Harris Nicole and Tim, The attach spreadsheet is the FINAL color selections for the building. Please note that the TLC Desk should be the Grey-Ashen Formica color. Please disregard any and all other color selections from previous visits or from Phil Neal earlier today. The room numbers on Phil’s spreadsheet were incorrect and from a earlier floor plan. The new spreadsheet is correct. I also added to the color to Eileen’s office. Please note that this is the final selection with that was approved by Chuck Bohlen yesterday. Thanks, Seth Carson Correspondence 10/6/2005 – Email from Nicole Buscher to Team Attached is the pricing for the additional controls as discussed on-site, Thursday, September 8th. Taylor Kohrs did not put together a formal proposed change order (PCO) as there are three (3) options to choose from. (Refer to meeting minutes, as well as the attached.) Once an option is chosen, we can formalize the proposal. Until then, 7% can be added to each of the options for Taylor Kohrs overhead and profit. Please review and respond by Thursday, October 13th as to how Taylor Kohrs is to proceed. Thank you, Nicole Buscher Correspondence 10/6/2005 – Email from Nicole Buscher to Team Attached are Toilet Partition, Toilet Accessories, Markerboard and Fire Extinguisher submittals for your review. *Note: Alternates are provided for the paper towel dispenser and trash receptacle. Please advise as to which model is acceptable. If none, please provide model number and manufacturer. Response requested by Friday, October 14th. Thank you, Nicole Buscher Correspondence 10/6/2005 – Email from Chris Moody to Seth Carson Gentlemen, Please review this draft attachment for the WDEQ injection well permit. Call me at 760-3790 if you have any questions....I would like to get this thing in good shape by end of day on Monday. Bob...let's talk Friday afternoon to finalize text and figures that I may need from you. Thanks, Chris Correspondence 10/6/2005 – Email from CY to Seth Carson Hi Seth, I have just read the proposal provided by Air Comfort and CW Industries. As you will recall, during our meeting on Sept. 8, I have requested provisions to measure raw temperatures (thermocouples or thermistors), flow rates and energy consumption (via wattmeters) for three different 'tapping' configurations and have not asked for BTU-meters or any other controls or software (please refer to the minutes of the meeting). I must say that for the purposes of UW's project, the current propsal by Air Comfort and CW Industries goes far above and beyond of what we (UW) need to complete our portion of the project. It seems that Option C (looking at a limited number of heat pump units) comes somewhat close to what we need (raw data temperature, flow rate and energy consumption data), but we definitely don't need any controls or software.. Do you need all that for your part of the system? Thanks. Cy C. Yavuzturk, Ph.D., C.E.M. Correspondence 10/6/2005 – Email from Jerry Harris to Seth Carson Tim and Nicole, The last UPS we purchased was in August of 2004 per the following specifications: 1. Mitsubishi Model 2033C with NETCOM M23C-01014-24BOO, with NETCOM S. 2. IGBT Converter and Inverter 3. 10KVA, 208 Volt, 3 phase 4. 4 wire, 208 volt, 120 out. 5. We paid $11,233.00 for this unit in August of 2004. The vendors who submitted quotes include: A. Mountain TechniPower, Westminster CO, Ph 303.460.7460 B. Bentley One, Englewood CO, Ph 303.792.2182 Thanks Jerry L. Harris Correspondence 10/6/2005 – Email from Chris Moody to Seth Carson Hi Bob, Attached for your review is the supplemental information to be provided to WDEQ with the injection well permit application. Things that I may need from you include: 1. Schematic of HES piping design that shows piping from withdrawal well, to heat exchanger plate, to injection well. 2. Comments on leak detection/leak prevention. 3. Did I misrepresent anything in the text regarding the HES? I have a meeting with John Passehl of the WDEQ on Monday at 2:00 to find out what I may have missed or need additional detail/clarification. I will contact you Monday afternoon if John need more info from your end. Talk to you soon, Chris Moody Wyoming Groundwater Report for 10/10/2005 – 10/14/2005 – LCCC – Albany County Campus Prepared by Seth A. Carson Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Nicole Buscher to Team We've gotten to the point where I will need decisions on the following energy grant items: Glass: Are we going to go with Solarban 60 Starphire? Lighting: Are we going to proceed with the Dimming Controls, Variable Lamp Switching & Photocells for the lighting? We've approved the rough-in but now need to verify how the lights are wired. Both of these are currently included in the Energy Grant Spreadsheet. As for Geotherm, MKK and Bob Berry finalized their information Thursday. Air Comfort resubmitted the heat pumps on Friday. Once approved, pricing can be finalized. Thank you, Nicole Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Seth Carson to Team Nicole and Team, First, It was my understanding that the Starphire 60 was the baseline window. The upgrade to the 60 Clear was $14,828. And the upgrade from that was to the Sungate 500 for $384.00 more. From my memory and my meeting notes, it was Tim Laughlin that recommended that the we go to the 60 clear and not to the 500 because it would change the heat/cooling loads too much and mess up MKK calculations. If this is the case and as per the grant, we can’t ask Tom Fuller for the $14,828 unless we upgrade. I feel confident that Tom will come through with additional funds. We have already figured in the upgrade in the old variance letter too. Second, the lamp switching and photocells follow my same recommendation. FYI, they will cost $22,246 in total. Fremont has already been given the go ahead to rough-in for the switching. I would guess that more the equipment might take awhile to get in. I would suggest that we give Nicole the go ahead for Fremont to order the equipment so as not to slow down the process later. Third, Bob Berry phoned me today. It sounds like MKK and Bob are on the same page. I would recommend that the heat pumps be ordered ASAP. Nicole, please send the final prices when Air Comfort releases the heat pumps. LCCC Folks please get back with me soon on this one. Thanks! Cheers, Seth Carson Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Nicole Buscher to Team Attached is an ASI that Tim put together for the back of the parapets at both side entries to the pods. Basically, the black membrane roofing is visible from the ground. Therefore, Midyette Architects put together an ASI to place block on the back side to cover this membrane. After reviewing on Friday, I didn't think that the installation was an eye-sore and would like to leave as currently drawn and built. Therefore, we're asking for owner input on the matter. I've attached photos I took on Friday. A little difficult to see; however, and a visit by those in Laramie may be best (just not today). Please review and advise. Nicole Buscher Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Nicole Buscher to Team Seth, Missed you on Friday, so please give the color board to Ralph today and I'll pick it up from him. Let me know if this is a problem. Thank you, Nicole Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Seth Carson to Nicole Buscher Nicole, Sorry, I was in conference from 9:00am to 7:00pm on Friday. I will bring the color board out to Ralph first thing Tuesday morning. Best Wishes, Seth Carson Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Seth Carson to Nicole Buscher Seth, We have one question about the final color schedule that you emailed on 10/6/2005. The countertop color you and Phil listed for Break room E106 is the Ashen Ceramic. The proposal Midyette Architects made during our presentation was for the Countertop in both break rooms to be Sienna Terra (burgundy) and the face surfaces of the cabinet body, drawers, and doors to be the Ashen Ceramic. Is your intent to have the countertop and all the body of the casework be the same plastic laminate selection? We recommend that the casework body and countertop be different so there is consistency throughout the project in this regard. We also recommend keeping the same scheme for the casework in both break rooms for consistency. The plastic laminate selections were based in part on their ability to work with both the tan and burgundy accent paint colors. Please let Midyette architects and Taylor Kohrs know if you wish to use the Ashen Ceramic as the countertop material in Break room E106 so color selections can be coordinated with the manufacturer. Thanks, Timothy Laughlin Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Seth Carson to Team Hi LCCC Folks, Please read the following. This sounds good to me. Is this ok Eileen and Phil? Please let me now Tuesday morning. Thanks!!! Seth Carson Seth, We have one question about the final color schedule that you emailed on 10/6/2005. The countertop color you and Phil listed for Break room E106 is the Ashen Ceramic. The proposal Midyette Architects made during our presentation was for the Countertop in both break rooms to be Sienna Terra (burgundy) and the face surfaces of the cabinet body, drawers, and doors to be the Ashen Ceramic. Is your intent to have the countertop and all the body of the casework be the same plastic laminate selection? We recommend that the casework body and countertop be different so there is consistency throughout the project in this regard. We also recommend keeping the same scheme for the casework in both break rooms for consistency. The plastic laminate selections were based in part on their ability to work with both the tan and burgundy accent paint colors. Please let Midyette architects and Taylor Kohrs know if you wish to use the Ashen Ceramic as the countertop material in Break room E106 so color selections can be coordinated with the manufacturer. Thanks, Timothy Laughlin Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Michael Walters to Seth Carson Hi Seth -- Here is the information we talked about on the phone the other day. 1. None of the "IT homeruns" go to the server room. All wiring including the server room go to the wiring closet in the respective pods. Wiring in the connecting area should go to the wiring closet located in the server room. 2. Wiring should all be Cat5e cabling, we use Belden and have been pleased with it. 3. All wiring should be terminated on both ends with RJ-45 jacks. The offices/classrooms/etc. should all be orange in color. The plates should be marked with the pod and sequence number. Thus N31 would be the North pod and the 31st connection in that pod. 4. The connections in the wiring closet inside the server room only should be terminated on an APC Netshelter VX 42U with sides in black color. The model number is AR2100BLK. This rack will have 25U of switches and the rest of the space can be used for the termination of the cat5e cable to Panduit CPPA48FMWBL panels which are mounted in the rack. Once you run out of space in the Netshelter you should use 19" two post racks from APC, model AR201 with the same Panduit panels. 5. The connections in the other wiring closet should use 19" two post racks from APC, model AR201 with the same Panduit panels. 6. The 12 strand multimode fiber cable between the wiring closets should all be terminated with hot melt ST connectors on both ends. The fiber ends will be in a 19" rack mount can, Panduit FCE1 with FAP6WST module. 7. All cat5e and fiber must be tested and the results provided to LCCC. 8. Projector specs - There will be two projector mounts needing to be installed in each room with SMART Board Interactive White Boards. We will bring the projector mount specs with us to the Wednesday meeting. I look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday. Sincerely, Michael Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email to Michael Walters from Seth Carson Hi Michael, Thanks for IT information. I met with Don today and passed the information onto him. Fremont will in fact be hooking up and providing the racks in the wiring closet. This is good news. Don has had the Cat5e cable in for awhile. It is not Belden but he stated that it meets your earlier spec. He is checking on the orange color with and will let us know on Wednesday what is available. The racks and panels we can also talk about at the meeting. Also, I received the email from Jerry about the UPS. At first glance the 10kva seemed like a lot of power to Don and me to back up. Don stated that you would need to size the UPS kva rating. I would assume that the racks in the wiring closet plus the entire server room would be on the UPS. Lets start a spreadsheet and total the energy demand for this stuff. I can help you total this stuff up if you get me the server specifications on Wed. Don stated that he could install the UPS and provide it if need be. Cheers, Seth Carson Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Eileen Ely to Nicole Buscher Good afternoon Nicole, Your right, today is not a good day to visit the site, but Marilyn and I did take a trip by the site and viewed the project from the Mt. West Farm Bureau driveway. Personally, we feel that the visible black membrane roofing needs to be competed in matching block. It would give the building a finished look and the appearance that the wall is block, not just a block façade. Plus, there would be a distinction between the black shingling and the black roofing. Again, I am not sure about the added costs. Do we have enough brick left over to finish the parapets with brick? Eileen Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Eileen Ely to Seth Carson Hi Seth, Is there a way of looking back on the meeting minutes about the windows? I thought that we discussed using the Sungate 500 windows. Thanks for checking on this matter. Eileen Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Seth Carson to Team Ted and Steven, I finally received the email that went out last Wednesday regarding the design through Fremont today. The email did not get through to me. Kevin Luke stated last Thursday that Pacific Power had approved the one-line. Could you forward that email or approval on to me please? Also, since no one came by last week to check the electrical room, Todd from Fremont and I have selected a final location. You have a 30 inch depth from the wall and a 36 inch width along the wall to set you transformer in. Please le me know if this is not going to work by Tuesday at noon. FYI, the conduit from the transformer will go above to main switch gear to the outside disconnect. Then back inside to the main bus. Please see attached photos of electrical room. The trash bucket is where your transformer will need to go. As related to your email: It is critical for you to finish your design work ASAP. It is my contractually responsibility with the assistance of Jerry Harris to coordinate the bid process and selection. I know you have been working with Jerry, but you need to make sure you duplicate your correspondence to me as well. I need the final design in AutoCAD 2002 form with ALL specifications and scopes to bid out. I appreciate you trying to save money and competitively bid out the equipment. Nonetheless, I need the final designs to get the final bids. LCCC needs the final bids before we can submit the supplemental grant to the WBC to get more funding. That is the process. Please finalize your work immediately. I urge you to read your contract and fulfill all the requirements. Also, I will be my recommendation to use Fremont to do ALL electrical work in and attached to the building. Don from Fremont has clearly stated that LCCC will lose their warranty if another electrical contractor does any work on Fremont existing equipment. My experience with LCCC is that they would want to go there. Lastly, did you get the stamp on the drawings? Let me again stress that that you please realize that the supplement grant process is waiting on your bid quality design. We need to price out the entire renewable project as if we had the original funds. Right now we don’t have enough funds to erect the turbine. Time is very important! You had stated to Eileen, Phil and I in May that the design bid package would be ready August 1st. Please get me the documents ASAP. Also, if you would like to bid on the solar package please send that too. We have to have all the bids back for the complete system ASAP so we can give them to Tom Fuller and ask for the actual funds amount to finish the project. I apologize for being harsh, but this is crunch time for the building, and the finalizing of the grant. If designs are not complete I will make alternative plans to complete the project. No more excuses please, just get it done. Best Wishes, Seth Carson, LCCC Project Representative and Manager Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Kevin Luke to Seth Carson Seth- How is work going? Hopefully not too stressful. I am writing in regards to the recent email you submitted to several people on the LCCC project. You implicated me as stating the one-line had been approved by PP&L. I believe you are making a rather concrete statement based on a five minute conversation we had outside my door. What I said was, "I was finished with the one-line and it had been sent off to Ted for approval." Could you please explain how you could draw such a conclusion? I hope you will clarify this to the other parties in the email. Please don't use a passing greeting to invite contention. The whole thing boils down to a simple misinterpretation. Thanks for understanding. Regards, Kevin Luke Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Kevin Luke to Seth Carson Kevin, I thought that you stated the Pacific Power "liked" the one-line and that "everything looked fine." I assumed that this came in email form from PP&L to Ted or Steven. If this was a verbal ok from them, please get it writing ASAP. LCCC needs to know that the process has been approved and current status. I haven't heard anything about the workings with PP&L and Ted. You guys need to copy me on every email you are sending them. I am not getting anything from you guys on updates, etc regarding your work minus one email last week stating you no work was ready for LCCC to review. Better communication is a must from Ted. Thank you for your work Kevin, Seth Carson Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Seth Carson to Nicole Buscher Nicole, Sorry, I was in conference from 9:00am to 7:00pm on Friday. I will bring the color board out to Ralph first thing Tuesday morning. Best Wishes, Seth Carson Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Chris Moody to Seth Carson Hi Bob, Attached is a draft version of the supplemental information that needs to be submitted to WDEQ with the application. It's a bit disjointed since I had to add some things that John requested. John wants to see a plot plan schematic of the piping, well locations, building locations, etc. Make sure I didn't misrepresent how the system operates. I will be back in town Wednesday afternoon...we can talk about final design then. You may want to touch base with John Passehl to be sure we have the engineering design elements that he wants to see...307-777-5623 Thanks, Chris Correspondence 10/10/2005 – Email from Chris Moody to Seth Carson Terry, Attached is the proposed design and approach to the injection well heat exchange system at LCCC. Please review and let me know if there are any topics/issues that we need to address. Thanks, Chris Correspondence 10/11/2005 – Email from Jerry Harris to Team Good Morning Nicole and Seth, Per your request to review the attached proposals, please consider the following response as LCCC's official position on this matter. After review of these documents by Bob Cox, Tim Macnamara and myself, LCCC has determined that all of these options are above and beyond the required scope of work necessary to maintain the energy system control package, therefore we respectfully decline to participate financially in any of the proposed options. In the event the University of Wyoming wishes to participate financially in one of these options, please keep LCCC informed as to the extent of their commitment and decisions. Thank You Jerry L. Harris Correspondence 10/11/2005 – Email from Jerry Harris to Team Nicole and Seth, If we have upgraded to 60 Clear per Midyette's recommendation and any further change requires additional engineering or requests for additional funding, then I recommend that we stay with the 60 clear. Thanks Jerry L. Harris Correspondence 10/11/2005 – Email from Jerry Harris to Team That was not our understanding but if that is what Tim was recommending then we are fine with having the tops be Sienna Terra and the body be grey in both break rooms. Phil Correspondence 10/11/2005 – Email from Jerry Harris to Team Nicole and Seth, I recommend that we follow the specifications and design per Midyette's ASI-03 for the following reasons: 1) This ASI does not change the contract price and/or term. 2) Midyette has designed a very attractive building and I believe their recommendation will fit within this design and not become an eyesore. Thanks Jerry L. Harris Correspondence 10/11/2005 – Email from Tim Macnamara to Team Nicole- I'm not totally sure what I'm looking at, but the way I see the detail on sheet ASI-03, it appears we are installing the roof EPDM membrane then installing a brick veneer over it. How do we get to the membrane when we need to re-roof the building? Tim Correspondence 10/11/2005 – Email from Nicole Buscher to Team Hi Team, Please read the attachment. I already dropped this off to Ralph and he stated it would be no problem and it would be taken care of by the end of the day. FYI Nicole: just in case you didn’t get the information the microwave 24 inches wide by 12 inches tall. Cheers, Seth Carson Correspondence 10/11/2005 – Email from Eileen Ely to Seth Carson Hi Seth, Phil is currently out of the office this morning. In discussing the color scheme with several office staff, we feel that Midyette & Associates did an excellent job with the color schemes. If there is any question about color combinations, we should go with the proposed colors that Midyette suggested. At this point, we do not have the color board so it is difficult to remember the various combinations. Let's go with consistency. If there is a question regarding wall color, let's go with Midyette's recommendation. We were just attempting to get away from stark white walls; again, we prefer the burgundy, golden mist or the blue wall colors over the green. Thanks for asking. Seth, where are we with the variance letter and second grant request? I just want to remind you and the rest of our team that Phil will be out of the office starting this Friday until October 24th. Since other issues are pending on getting these additional funds, we need to get moving on this request this week. Eileen Correspondence 10/11/2005 – Email from Bob Berry to Seth Carson Chris, Attached is a revised version of your Application Attachment. I added (in red) a paragraph explaining the heat exchanger’s inherent design feature which precludes cross-contamination. I also added a sentence explaining that LCCC may opt to add a second injection well if testing proves it is necessary. Also attached is a site plan showing the well locations and schematic of the HX connection. Seth, Could you work your CAD magic on this sketch to make it more professional? Bob Berry Correspondence 10/11/2005 – Email from Tim Macnamara to Team Nicole- CW Industries was asking us if they could run their control wiring in the same cable trays as the data wiring. We told them to talk with Ralph, the Superintendent. I thought I’d let you know that we don’t have a problem with it, if you don’t. It is low voltage wiring and shouldn’t interfere with the data cable. Any questions, let me know. Tim Correspondence 10/11/2005 – Email from Tim Macnamara to Team How-D I visited the site a couple times today. I must say A+ for Ralph. He took care of my duct policy in no time. Also, during this time of wet and slick weather, conditions get more hazardous for the workers. When I walked into his trailer he was lecturing someone pretty hard to be safe and rope in while on the roof. This is very good work Ralph. Kudos!!! Thanks for keeping the ACC safe and healthy today. Also, I also spoke with Ralph about the parapet wall detail. He explained that this will most likely come out of TK’s pocket and not LCCC. None-the-less, the black membrane is not an eye sore at all. One out of hundred people might see. I hope they will be distracted by the wind turbine. I asked Tim Mac’s question about the re-roofing. Yes in fact new flashing and extra expenses could occur at that point. My recommendation would to save the materials and skip the additional blocking of the parapet. This also keeps the workers back a ground level during these colds and wet times. Best Wishes, Seth Carson Correspondence 10/11/2005 – Email from Seth Carson to Chris Moody and Bob Berry Bob and Chris, The DEQ permit attachment sounds really good. It answered the concerns that I had when we met last Friday. Bob, I can work something up on CAD tomorrow for the site plan, no problem. I did have one questions about the following text on page 6. “The purpose of the monitoring well is to document water quality in the aquifer before, during, and after (closure) HES operation.” Does (closure) me the final construction of the well? The start up of the HES? Please clarify. Thanks. Also, do we have the rest of the figures, etc to look at and review? Talk to you both soon, Seth Carson Correspondence 10/11/2005 – Email from Seth Carson to Tim Laughlin and Nicole Buscher Tim and Nicole, Your recommendation regarding the casework and laminate is good to go. Below are the emails from Eileen and Phil. Cheers, Seth Carson Hi Seth, Phil is currently out of the office this morning. In discussing the color scheme with several office staff, we feel that Midyette & Associates did an excellent job with the color schemes. If there is any question about color combinations, we should go with the proposed colors that Midyette suggested. At this point, we do not have the color board so it is difficult to remember the various combinations. Let's go with consistency. If there is a question regarding wall color, let's go with Midyette's recommendation. We were just attempting to get away from stark white walls; again, we prefer the burgundy, golden mist or the blue wall colors over the green. Thanks for asking. Seth, where are we with the variance letter and second grant request? I just want to remind you and the rest of our team that Phil will be out of the office starting this Friday until October 24th. Since other issues are pending on getting these additional funds, we need to get moving on this request this week. Eileen That was not our understanding but if that is what Tim was recommending then we are fine with having the tops be Sienna Terra and the body be grey in both break rooms. Phil Correspondence 10/11/2005 – Email to Seth Carson from Nicole Buscher Seth, Thank you for your follow-up. Taylor Kohrs released this casework on October 4th. Nicole Correspondence 10/11/2005 – Email to Seth Carson from Ted Hanlon The design is done. LCCC (who is paying me) has it. They have an extra copy. If they choose to, I imagine that they will send it to you. My contract, as written, is complete. My contract did not stipulate that I give anyone copies in Autocad (or any other electronic media) format, and I don't intend to. Who LCCC chooses to do the work is not my concern, other than I would hope that they would bid it to a competent and honest contractor--you would have to ask them for details. Correspondence 10/11/2005 – Email to Team from Jerry Harris Everyone, The following is a brief summary and update regarding the process and responsibilities LCCC (business services office) has regarding the renewable energy project: Pump and Dump System: Ø I have received a “Certificate of Liability Insurance” document from Watson Well. Ø I have received the “Performance and Payment Bond” documentation from Watson Well in the amount of $142,887.96. Ø Contract No. BS06-803 has been written and delivered to Watson Well for their review and signature. Ø Following receipt of the signed contract, a “Notice to Proceed” letter will be sent, releasing Watson Well to proceed with their scope of work. Renewable Energy Project – Equipment and Infrastructure: Ø I received the engineering design package on Thursday, October 6th , reviewed and began quote process. Ø Equipment has been quoted for the following categories: a) Infrastructure – power monitoring equipment; b) power infrastructure equipment; c) solar photovoltaic system; and d) teaching turbine and met station. Ø A total of nineteen (19) quotes were sent for this equipment, with the due date for all quotes being Thursday, October 13th. Ø I will spreadsheet the quotes by category sometime Friday and send to all. Renewable Energy Project – Electrical Contractor Ø I received the engineering design package on Friday, October 7th, reviewed and began bid process. Ø A bid document was developed, requesting sealed bids on the following scopes of work: a) project management; b) instrumentation calibration and start-up; c) infrastructure – wiring/transformers; d) solar system; e) teaching turbine; and f) grounding. Ø A total of five (5) bids were sent to three (3) Cheyenne electrical contractors and two (2) to Laramie electrical contractors, sealed bids are due on Tuesday, October 18th. Ø I will spreadsheet the bid results and forward to all on Wednesday. Ø Per bid documents, successful electrical contractor will be required to obtain proper insurance and a performance bond equal to 100% of the contract amount. Ø Following review of bids, a contract will be issued to successful bidder. Wind Turbine Remanufacture: Ø Refurbishment of wind turbine is on schedule. I am fully aware that these numbers are critical for finalizing the energy grant, and I am making every effort to obtain this data as quickly as possible. Thank You Jerry L. Harris Correspondence 10/12/2005 – Email from CY to Jerry Harris Jerry, We have not made a choice, but only indicated that option C would come close to what we would need to accomplish when you select one of the options provided by Air Comfort and CW Industries. You may of course decline any of the options offered; nevertheless LCCC will be providing provisions in the building to measure raw temperatures (via thermocouples or thermistors), flow rates and energy consumption (via wattmeters). Please refer to the minutes of the meeting at the site on Sept.8, 2005 AND more importantly our meeting at UW on August 9, 2005 (with Carson, Neal, Yavuzturk and Fuller). At the meeting on Aug. 9, we were asked by Carson and Neal to remove any such provisions mentioned above as the building system control design according to Carson already included such tapping points and provisions for data acquisition. Although UW's initial work scope had contained the above mentioned provisions for data acquisition they were finally removed after this meeting. To further answer your questions. 1) The scope of UW's project is focused on long-term data collection, analysis and development of design procedures. It does not require and will not perform system controls. 2) UW has developed or will develop as part of its work scope its own data acquisition and analysis software, and does not require any external services in this regard other than the provisions discussed above. 3) We would need to address as to what happens to UW installed equipment at the end of our project in 3.5 years. Finally, I find it is very disturbing that you were not relayed and informed our position on this. Thanks. Cy Correspondence 10/12/2005 – Email to Team from Jerry Harris Everyone, I know everyone is very busy, but we still have not resolved the issues discussed in this very lengthy e-mail. ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT NICOLE REQUESTED A DECISION FROM LCCC REGARDING THE OPTIONS PROPOSED BY AIR COMFORT AND CW INDUSTRIES BY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13TH. Since I did not attend either of the meetings held in Laramie on Sept 8th and 9th to discuss the additional control/monitoring systems, I would like the following questions answered so LCCC can give Nicole and Taylor Kohrs direction per her requested deadline of tomorrow. 1) What is absolutely necessary and required? 2) Who is responsible for providing what is necessary and required? 3) Who is responsible for payment of what is necessary and required? Based upon the contents of this e-mail, it appears to me that there is a certain amount of confusion regarding what is needed and who is responsible for such. The proposed options and overhead are at a minimum, very expensive and need to be limited to what is absolutely necessary if LCCC is going to be responsible for payment and upkeep. Thank You Jerry L. Harris Correspondence 10/12/2005 – Email to Seth Carson from Kevin Luke Seth- Steven informed me you need the final oneline. I have attached it; call me or email if you have any questions. Have a good day. Regards, Kevin Luke Correspondence 10/12/2005 – Email to Seth Carson from Jerry Harris Seth, I received an invoice from Fremont Electric today requesting payment for the work and services provided for on our PO #17215 – work defined as wiring materials for the alternative energy systems, specifically the underslab and under parking lot conduit runs and mechanical room wiring. Before I can approve this for payment, I will have to have written documentation which confirms that this work is complete and has been accepted. Thanks Jerry L. Harris
Seth, Just writing to remind you that about the field trip to LCCC next Tuesday, October 18th. I'll remind you tomorrow. Jeremy Correspondence 10/13/2005 – Email from Greg Crowser to Seth Carson Hi Seth, I haven’t seen a PC show up at our shop yet. Is something in the works? It would help our project timeline greatly if we could have this at our shop within the next week or two. Greg Crowser EMS Correspondence 10/13/2005 – Email to Seth Carson from Chris Moody Gentlemen, This is, what I think, is a pretty clean draft of the attachment for the injection well permit. Please review and provide me with final comments. I still need the following: 1. Figure 2 - Site Plan per Bob's sketch that shows the general layout of the HES. 2. Figure 3 - Mechanical room schematic....showing more piping details. Also, I will need something that shows how/where the landscape watering piping is going to peel off from the main supply piping. Backflow preventors, etc. Terry Haugen will be interested in this. 3. GPM estimate for landscape watering....I need this for the State Engineer Permits. I am also copying this draft version to Terry Haugen for his review. Hopefully he will feel comfortable to write a letter that demonstrates the City's cooperation with the HES proposal as presented. I would like to provide the WDEQ and SEO permit applications to LCCC by 1 pm tomorrow (Friday) for review and, hopefully, signatures. Call me if you have any questions/comments. Thanks for your help. Moody Correspondence 10/13/2005 – Email to Seth Carson from Bob Berry Seth, I believe that the plan and section drawing I sent will be sufficient to show the piping details needed for Figure 3. I show a tee and valve for the irrigation tap. If you could add a double check valve symbol after the valve followed by a short length of pipe with a break symbol and a note like "To irrigation system" that should suffice for Terry Haugen. Hopefully, a local sprinkler contractor can provide a GPM estimate. Bob Berry Correspondence 10/13/2005 – Email to Seth Carson from Tim Macnamara Seth- When we applied for our well permit we used 3.3 acre-feet of water/acre/year which is what it takes to grow alfalfa. We said we would use it on 23.3 acres for a total of 76.89 af/year which we rounded up to 80af/year. If you say we are going to irrigate 150,000 sf which equates to 3.44 acres (43,560 sf per acre). Using the same water usage rate of 3.3 af/acre/yr, this calculates to 11.4 af/year. Hope this helps. (Double check my math) Tim Correspondence 10/14/2005 – Email from Seth Carson to Tim Macnamara Tim, I need a gpm number maximum flow rate, not total water usage. Can you figure what the would be???? Seth Correspondence 10/14/2005 – Email from Seth Carson to Tim Macnamara Tim, my calculations say to water over the coarse of a year 11.4 af/year it would required 7.06gpm. Since we would only have half the (summer months) a years time to water, we would get 14gpm. So, we will use 25gpm on our permit. Check my math, I think it right. Cheers, Seth Correspondence 10/13/2005 – Email to Chris Moody from Terry Haugen Chris, I ran out of time and was unable to draft the letter we discussed this afternoon. I will attempt to complete the letter this weekend and should have it for you early next week. Terry S. Haugen, P.E. Public Works Director City of Laramie Correspondence 10/14/2005 – Email to Seth Carson from Chris Moody Seth, Please review the attached draft cover letter and format on LCCC letterhead for signature. Moody Correspondence 10/14/2005 – Email to Team from Jerry Harris Everyone, Attached is the revised project schedule regarding the wind turbine being refurbished in South Dakota. Thanks Jerry L. Harris Correspondence 10/14/2005 – Email to Team from Jerry Harris Bob, See attached. Seth
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