GM Pontiac A-line Existing Foundations
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM At bid time CCC received the 1950 Albert Kahn facility record drawings of the plant. This set had two foundation drawings, showing two different column foundation types for the plant. One drawing showed all footings, one drawing showed all caissons. It was unknown by GM which was the as-built…
GM Pontiac Toilet Room Basin Sinks
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Incorrectly sized basin-style sinks were installed in the mens and womens toilet rooms, which created a code violation where the egress minimum width of 36" was impeded in the mens toilet room entrance way. The architect sized and placed the basin-style sinks at mens and womens locker rooms but …
New Cooling Tower Mechanical/Structural Coordination
Statement of Problem: In the design coordination of the cooling tower cells and the steel support platform, there was a disconnect in the 3D model between JEG and IBI with the actual elevation of the cells. Additionally, JEG changed the piping configuration to the basins and this impact was not discussed with the…
GM Pontiac Tooling Cart Trenches Dimensional Error
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM During the revisions being made to the Rotem drawings, on revision 5 Rotem changed the width and depth for one of the two tooling cart rails for each tooling cart rail system located between the presses (4 sets of rails total). The trench for the rail became wider by several millimeters and deep…
Scrap Steel Value
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: CCC bid a project and provided an overall deduct from the base bid for the value of the scrap. The value of scrap was based on a quoted market value of approximately 450 USD per gross ton. As the project progressed, the market value of scrap steel dropped to approximately 200 USD a gross ton…
GM Pontiac Establishing an Elevation of Top of Floor - Impact on Process
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM During design, elevations were taken along the existing A-line floor and along the MPS building. These elevations were used to average a finish floor level for the building addition. In original design, two die cart rails ran N-S from the die wash booth to A1-line. However after the construct…
GM Pontiac Press Pit Lighting Fixtures
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The lighting fixture designed for the press pit and tunnel lighting went through IBI and GM approval and the photometric calcs were discussed several times. However prior to installation, the electrical subcontractor realized that the fixture was not listed in GM OneSpec. Triangle notified CC…
GM Pontiac Blank Receiving Roof Support Steel for HVU-1
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM During design of the building steel, 4 joists in the blank receiving bay were upsized to accommodate the weight of the blank receiving air handling unit (HVU-1; 17000#) in bay 22/23, based on JEG''''s input. Later in the design phase (50% MEP design), the mechanical engineer rotated and moved th…
GM Pontiac Fire Alarm Design Review
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The electrical subcontractor contracted Siemens to perform the fire alarm design. The drawings were submtited and reviewed by IBI and were also reviewed and approved by the city/fire department. However it was identified after the fact that the fire alarm drawings did not include smoke detect…
GM Pontiac Cooling Tower System Design
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Before the cooling tower system was turned over to the plant, an oily sheen was discovered in the basins by GM. CCC mitigated the issue with oil socks but it was brought up by the plant on why the filter was not running/filtering the oil. This was because the filter is not meant to filter oil…
