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 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 Overhead Doors System Design
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The (3) blank receiving overhead doors for this project were desired to closely mimick the blank receiving doors at LGR stamping plant addition. However, it was unknown what all of the control features were or how they interfaced. It was only known that buried loops and traffic lights were re…
Cooling Tower Pump Room - Water Treatment Chemicals
Statement of Problem: The pump room design had insufficient containment for the two chemicals treating the cooling tower water. This led to a situation where if an accident were to happen and both drums were ruptured, the two incompatible chemicals could potentially mix and produce an adverse gaseous affect (chlo…
Clarification of Building Structural Steel Design Type
Statement of Problem: At bid time GM provided LGR structural reference drawings for their press bay addition. These drawings employed a single-column design concept with a cantilevered bracket to support the crane girders. However, nothing in the RFPS stated that Pontiac had to use a single-column design or copy …
GM Pontiac Scope Definitions
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM For utilities at A-line there were descrepancies between the scope demolition/relocation photos and the final direction. When a scope item calls for a utility at a column to be "secured to column" that does not mean "relocate". COURSE OF ACTION N/A LESSON LEARNED May be be…
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 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 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…
Lack of preparedness from Prime
Project Phase: Procedural Management Delivery Method: General Contract-Sub Prime was not prepared to execute project. Prime project team was not adequate (not enough qualified engineers and support staff). - Prime over extended.
