Construction Update: June 17, 2019

June 17, 2019

WORK PERFORMED THIS WEEK:
  • Continued installation of overhead and in-wall rough-ins on the first through fourth floors.
  • Installed electrical feeders from the first to the fourth floors.
  • Continued installation of permanent power.
  • Wired VAV boxes.
  • Tied in roof drains, insulated and fire caulked pipes.
  • Installed med gas piping on the third floor.
  • Installed ducts on the fourth floor and tied in the chases.
  • Prepped for RTUs to be set.
  • Continued interior wall layout, erection of studs and installation of door frames on the first through fourth.
  • Continued topping out on the third floor.
  • Continued installation of drywall and insulation on the third floor.
  • Began installation of drywall on the first floor.
  • Continued installation of sprinkler pipe on the first floor.
  • Continued spray foam insulation on exterior walls.
  • Continued caulking between the precast and exterior window frames.
  • Continued setting exterior windows and frames.
  • Began installation of the roofing system on the front canopy.
  • Continued working on retaining wall on the Campbell Clinic Drive.
  • Began site grading.

STATISTICS:

  • By the end of the job, there will have been approximately 420,000 square feet of drywall installed throughout the building. This is enough square footage of drywall to cover up the Memphis Redbirds jumbotron almost 117 times.
  • Once the job is complete the framing contractor (Ranger Construction) will have installed approximately 240,000 linear feet of metal framing studs. This is enough to cover just over 45 miles, which will make it around the Shelby Farms Greenline trail about 4.5 times.
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