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. …
AE Submittal Return Process & Submittal Review
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Throughout the job there were critical submittals CCC needed prompt reply on in order to complete work per the schedule. Submittals that were delayed (in this case most notably structural steel submittals) caused schedule delays for CCC in ordering materials/completing the work. While many su…
GM Pontiac Incorporation of Scope From Bid-time Addendums and Q&A
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Throughout the project there was a consistent issue where CCC/IBI failed to reference the bid-time addendum Q&A for final scope direction on design items which were not clear in the RFPS. The two major items which were not followed per the Q&A were: 1) OH door design in blank receiving fo…
GM Pontiac Column Coordination Log
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Due to the amount of the utility drops at columns for this project being on the lighter side, a column coordination log was forgone and instead any and all column coordination was performed in regular 3D coordination meetings between CCC and its subcontractors. The primary reason for the colu…
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…
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…
Document Control Lacked by Prime
Project Phase: Procedural Management Delivery Method: General Contractor-Sub Document control lacked by Prime. Data storage, drawing log, punch list, etc....was not available.
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 Mechanical Equipment Control Wiring Design
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM There were significant delays in obtaining control wiring drawings from the mechanical subcontractor for the cooling tower, the ARUs, and the substation W HV units. This led to several delays with the electrical installation of the unit controls as the electrical subcontractor could not do an…
CCC being held to CS1 specification on existing conveyor
Project Phase: Contract Delivery Method: General Contract-Sub Customer wanted to hold CCC to CS1 Specification on existing conveyor (15 years old)
