Current Facilities Projects

February 2023 Report

     

 

                          Public Buildings Division Monthly Report

 

                       

Recreation and Facilities Building Work

Venture Communications was onsite install the last three card access controls for three exterior doors. With exception to the front door, these additional controls will allow the building to be secured at all times especially during the summer months when hundreds of children will be at the facility for summer camp activities.  I am still waiting for two proposals; one to replace a broken A/C unit and one to install a window unit in one of the management offices.

The Public Buildings Commission is currently working on soliciting proposals for a full building facility condition assessment.  

 

PD Carpet Replacement Lower Level

The carpeting was installed without a glitch.  I want to thank the Police Department staff for working around the install during normal working hours.

 

Town Wide ADA Upgrades

Annex: Concrete work at the entrance is complete, waiting for handrails to be manufactured, completion expected next week, install to follow shortly thereafter.

Town Hall: ADA upgrades in the men’s room have begun. Toilet, sink, urinal have all been removed. Piping has been capped and drains relocated.  As I type this report the floor is being installed and painting will commence sometime next week.  Dispensers are on order and expected to arrive next week. Modifications to the door and lockset will be done last. I expect this project to be finished mid-March.  I am waiting for a final draft for the new service counter in Probate and pricing to make the modifications to the lunch room.

VMP:  No update on this work. I am currently soliciting proposals from Civil Engineers to provide design and bidding services for accessible routes from the upper and lower parking lots at the park.  I am hopeful that the designs will be completed so the construction can begin after the 2024 season is over.

Police Department: I am working on having new compliant signage made for the interior offices.  

 

Public Works 2nd Floor Security Enhancements

I met with  Michelle Miller from Silver Petrucelli earlier in the month to discuss the 2nd floor renovations we’re looking to have completed.  We reviewed a marked up floor plan provided by the Department Heads on the second floor.  I’ve subsequently cut and issued a purchase order number for their design and bid services.  I will be meeting with the Architect again next week to revisit the second floor and confirm area dimensions.  

 

Police Department Elevator Modernization

No Update-After consulting with the Finance Department regarding current and future LoCIP funding disbursements to the Town, we’ve decided to wait for the next round of funding (expected in early March) before bringing the project forward to the Town Council for discussion. 

 

Wood Memorial Library HVAC Upgrades

All of the equipment has arrived. The contractor is required to make and install a 4’x8’ construction project sign which is now being made. The sign has to be installed in the front lawn prior to any work being done. The sign should be completed next week sometime and a revised project schedule will be provided shortly thereafter. 

 

ARPA Projects- Library/Town Hall/Community Center Paver Replacement Project

No update since last report- The contractor has completed ninety-five of the Library entrance paver replacements. There is still some work to be done but the remaining work at the Library and the entire upper courtyard between the Town Hall and the Library won’t be started until Spring 2024. The Community Center Paver Patio project will be completed by the Public Works Department, that will begin sometime in the Spring of 2024

 

VMP Epoxy Flooring Repairs- Filter Building

No update since last report-The remaining work on the Filter Building floors will now have to wait until Spring as the floor temps are too low to add the anti-slip grit to them.

 

ARPA Project- Fire House/Town Hall HVAC Upgrades

Most of the work since the last report has been completed at the Fire House although some has been done at Town Hall as well.  At the Town Hall, all of the outdoor duct work has been installed, the fence to conceal the ductwork is now on order.  Some work on the return fan was completed but more has to yet to be done. The VAV boxes need to be balanced before the thermostats can be fully commissioned and made live. That work should happen in the next two weeks or so.   At the Fire Department, new radiation piping was installed in the main offices, all of the new VAV boxes are now installed.  Next week the electrician will be cutting power to a couple of the power panels to make room for additional breakers needed for the new equipment.  Temperature controls work is still ongoing, all the vav’s are wired but more wiring is needed between Air handling units, thermostats and pumps.

 

 ARPA Project-Town Hall Windows/Renovations 1st Floor

All of the blinds have been installed with the exception of three of them. Those three were ordered wrong will need to be re-ordered and reinstalled upon arrival.  

 

Library Phone System Upgrade

Due to staff reassignments within AT&T the process to get the main phone number port started was delayed.  I finally received communication from the new Account Manager who provided me with the documentation needed to start this process.  Frontier ultimately drives the time line for this process so it would still be a few weeks before the numbers are ported to AT&T.

 

Additional Library Parking Lot Lighting 

The four new lights in the rear parking lot of the library were installed tested and put online this month.  These lights operate just as all the other recently replaced lighting fixtures do. They use occupancy sensing and have a duel dimming feature which provides adequate lighting for parking lot security at the low dimming level and a upon sensing occupancy the fixture automatically ramps up to full brightness.    

 

Public Works Private Cube Office

No Update- The private cubicle office is mostly complete. It is in place but the very top panels of the office wall still did not fit as expected.  I’m working with the contractor to come up with a solution to rectify the issue.  

 

Library Window Glass Replacements

The replacement glass for three windows is now in. I am now waiting for an install schedule from the contractor, we think we can install the glass in the next week or so as long as its not terribly cold outside.

 

Community Center Dry Sprinkler System

All of the parts for this project are now in.  The contractor will be dropping the parts off in the next two weeks and setting them in place inside the sprinkler room.  Once the outside temperatures are consistently above freezing he will start the cleaning and flushing process and replace one of the sections that has a pin hole leak in it.

 

Town Garage Exterior Bay Sheathing Replacement.

The contractor ended up delivering a connex box to store all of the items that were planned to be moved during the Spring so we could store them outside now and get a jump on this project. The truck bay areas are now clear, I expect this project to get started in the next week or so. 

 

Rye St DSL Upgrade

Frontier completed this project ahead of schedule.  Miracles do happen!

 

 

Clay Major

Director of Facilities