August 2008

Photographs of the Loading Dock - August 2008

LKSC: New Construction Photographs!

LKSC: The erection of the steel

LKSC: The lid on the new tunnel connected to the LKSC

LKSC: The lid on the mechanical room in the basement

LKSC: Looking across the joists under the third floor

LKSC: Looking across the third floor deck

LKSC: The first floor

LKSC: The basement

Construction notice - weeks of August 18th and 25th and September 2nd

Hello everyone.

Following the interruption of vacations, this notice will resume the regular advanced notices of construction activity that we previously mailed to the Medical School Campus and placed on the LKSC website. As you can see, we are making rapid progress on all parts of the site. We are expecting final occupancy for the new Loading Dock as early as December. We are installing footing rebar, digging the pits for the underground utilities and getting ready to shotcrete the SIM1 north wall. The first, second and 50% of the third floor steel has been erected now at the LKSC. Finally the Clark Center Service area is complete and ready to open as early as mid the week of August 25th.

When the Clark Center Service area is opened, there will be several modifications to the construction parking lot. The drive into the lot will be narrowed down to one lane and entry to the lot will be restricted to construction vehicles and receiving/delivery vehicles only. No small contractors and no private automobiles (even for drop off and pick up) will be allow inside the lot. Most of the receiving and delivery will be forced to occur at the west end of the lot at the rear of Beckman. Construction will begin parallel to the Clark Center sidewalk and a new pedestrian pathway through the construction area will be built. NO BICYCLES will be allowed on the new pedestrian pathway.

The following is the three week look ahead for the weeks of August 18 and 25th and September 2nd for the Phase 1B Utility, LKSC, SIM1, RAF Ramp Relocation, Loading Dock & Tunnel, and Campus Drive Re-alignment projects.

LKSC - Li Ka Shing Center for Learning & Knowledge

- Water test the South tunnel lid
- Backfill over the South tunnel lid
- Pour the manlift pad (a pad for the construction elevator)
- Finish installing the 1st floor MEP inserts (anything that needs to be inserted into the metal deck before the concrete is poured to support the MEP on the floor below.)
- Install the rebar on the 1st floor deck and perimeter beam
- Pour the 1st floor slab/collector beam
- Finish erecting the 3rd floor steel
- Erect the 4th floor steel
- Install the 2nd floor MEP inserts
- Install the basement top track & hangers
- Install the manlift & have state inspection
- Begin installation of the Stairs #1 and #2
- Begin installation of the basement fireproofing

Phase 1B Utilities

- No construction activities are scheduled currently. Whiting-Turner is waiting for Stanford to finish their review of Cupertino's MOP (Method of Procedure) and return it to us. From there, the TIO (Testing, Inspection and Observation) can be finalized and submitted to OSHPD for an "over the counter" approval. Once WT has the approved TIO, we will begin construction on the Fairchild generator relocation.

Loading Dock & Tunnel

- Interior walls are framed and drywall is being installed.
- Paint is scheduled to begin on August 28.
- The elevator is still in progress and scheduled to be complete and functional by August 22.
- Installation of doors & hardware, roll-up doors and the ceiling are to begin the week of August 25.
- The elevator penthouse is schedule to be complete through the week of September 2.
- Dock levelers are ordered and ready to be installed on August 25.

RAF Ramp Relocation

- Installation of the new fire line and tie-in of the sump drain will be complete by August 20.
- Fine grading of ramp is scheduled to begin the week of August 25 and paved out by September 5.

SIM-1

- Exporting spoils from the hole is ongoing.
- The first section (1 of 3) of footing rebar and setting of the bolt templates for columns along Grid Lines 1 through 4 are scheduled to begin on August 18 and work through the week of August 25.
- Forming, waterproofing, installing rebar and shotcrete of walls along the North Wall (Grid Line 1) is scheduled to begin August 25 through the week of September 15.
- The first portion (1 of 3) of the underground utilities (plumbing and electrical) are scheduled to begin the week of Aug 25.
- The elevator pits are currently being excavated and are scheduled to be poured by the end of the week of September 2.
- Meanwhile, the second section (2 of 3) of ground anchors, excavation of footings and installation of the footing rebar is ongoing through the next weeks.

Campus Drive Realignment

Week of 8/18
- Valley Crest will finish relocating trees
- Trim the tree canopies
Week of 8/25
- Demolish and install the new bike path
- Relocate the project fencing
- Start the demolition of the North barrel of Campus Drive
Week of 9/1
- Start the rough grading of the new north barrel of Campus Drive

*Please note that there will be a closure of Welch Road during the Campus Drive Realignment project. The closure is currently scheduled for January and February of 2009.

Thank you all for your continued patience and cooperation with the construction efforts -- especially those of you who are in, or have animals in, the RAF 1 and 2. We realize that with the inception of the SIM1 project, that we are in construction now on every side of the RAFs. The good news is that we are closed to the halfway mark given that we began work in March, 2007 and are planning to complete the LKSC and SIM1 during the spring and summer of 2010, respectively. Also good news is that the construction is going very smoothly and promises to yield us much needed new facilities.

Just a reminder that their is a website for the LKSC with a live webcam. ( http://lksc.stanford.edu)

If you have any questions feel free to call -- you can contact me at this e-mail address or by calling me at 650-996-5683 or 650-498-4276, or if your question is particularly related to SIM1 you can call Chris Shay at 650-724-8898. If your question is related to the construction itself you are welcome to contact our DPM partners -- Laura Goldstein for the LKSC and Connective Elements Projects and Steven Pond for the SIM1 project or Paul Forti for any of the projects.