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…
GM LGR CMM Pit Infill Incorrect Shake Hardener Color
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Concrete pour was cancelled after 20 yards arrived on site. Shake hardener color was incorrect. Color was not specified by the PM when ordering. Superintendent did not verify color of pour until morning of pour. The pre-pour checklist was incomplete. COURSE OF ACTION Pour reschedule…
Estimating and VDL Knowledge
Project Phase: Estimating Delivery Method: General Contract-Sub Estimating made the assumption that VDLs were shipped in and never ran off. CCC doubled hours due to this. Manual provided for installation was not used per VDL Expert.
Inefficiencies and lost time due to lack of bolt bin
Project Phase: Project Delivery Method: General Contract-Sub No mobile bolt bin created field inefficiencies and lost time.
GM Arlington Assembly Non-Conforming Work Poor Concrete Finish
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Poor finish on exterior concrete. Exterior concrete batch error. There was clumping or balling of synthetic fibers on the interior slab. Post project review shows poor grading and compaction of sub-grade and excessive fibers protruding from the slab. COURSE OF ACTION Offered GM an e…
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 …
GM Pontiac Substation W Equipment Floor Loading Issue
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM CCC received the substation equipment shop drawings from GM late in the project, at end of July. In August CCC worked with GM on the rigging plan for hoisting the new substation equipment into the penthouse. IBI performed a structural analysis of the penthouse framing steel and the hoist beam…
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 Stair Width Clearance Issue
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The GM process team stated they wanted 36" wide clearance for all metal stairs in a design meeting. When IBI designed the stairs they made the tread 36" wide. However, the inner grab bars which project from the outer guardrail impede on that clearance (only 32" clearance). This was deemed a n…
Press Process Design Coordination with Facility Design
Statement of Problem: There were several issues to where the 2D press drawings provided by Rotem did not show enough detailed information for proper coordination. These included: 1) the press cable trays in pit 2) The platforms and ladders between the presses. 3) D/B team not having a useable press 3D model. …
