Union Issue - Loss of Productivity / Schedule Impact
Project Phase- Construction/Installation Delivery Method- General Contract-Prime CCC (Prime) and Demo Contractor Adamo (Subcontractor) were contracted to perform a Demo Strip out of the Chicago Assembly Plant Body Sides Bldg and Body Shop. Over 1,500,000 sf of Demo to be completed in 7 days. Almost unreal…
Document Conditions Before Demolition
Project Phase - Construction/Installation Delivery Method- General Contract-Prime After demolition completion, the owner came back and stated that CCC had damaged some things, and we had no way of knowing who broke it / prove them wrong.
Laser Pointers
Project Phase- Design Delivery Method- General Contract-Prime The plant was dark and due to the work activity we needed to constantly point things out in the truss space and did not have a means to do this.
Electrical Room Door Swing
Project Phase: Construction/Installation Delivery Method: EPC (Engineer Procure Construct) Statement of Problem: After substantial completion, the Owner''s facility maintenance person questioned the door swing of the electrical room, which swings into the room. He cited that per building code, any electrical roo…
Shift Turnover
Job #3007 Ford Chicago Assembly - Demolition STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Shift turn overs were not formalized, it seemed like it was a bit of a free for all. ROOT CAUSE Did not outline a standard shift turnover meeting/huddle which impacted communications from shift to shift. COURSE OF ACTION No action was taken …
Orientation
Project Phase- Construction/Installation Delivery Method- General Contract-Prime CCC orientation was to follow the CM for Ford orientation at the Conference Center Hall. The Friday at approx 3:30 pm before the Mass orientations on Monday we were informed that Aristeo (CM for Ford) had to open more orientation spo…
Demolition Subcontractor Management
Project Phase- Construction/Installation Delivery Method- General Contract-Prime Schedule Delay- Adamo fell behind during demolition of existing tooling in the Body Shop for several reasons. Inexperienced workforce was the biggest contributing factor along with union problems. Not only was the union unwilling to …
HVAC Equipment Structural Loads
Project Plan: Construction Delivery Method: EPC (Engineer Procure Construct) The weight of the HVAC units and LEF-1 central exhaust unit increased dramatically from 30% design level to IFC. Ultimately some additional steel reinforcing was required for supporting LEF-1 fans. This added cost to the project.
Demolition Tagging Procedures
Project Phase- Construction/Installation Delivery Method- General Contract-Prime As part of the scope we were to identify and mark utilities to be air gapped for make safe demolition. The routing of these utilities, plant logistics and infrastructure in place made the identification and marking of these uti…
Liquidated Damages
Project Phase- Construction/Installation Delivery Method- General Contract-Prime The contract did not have stated liquidated damages for penalty or delay. This left CCC open to actual damages.
