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Construction Administration of

Higher Education Facilities

John Lewis – RCDD, NTS, OSP

DataCom Desi n Grou 

Dallas, Texas

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Review of CA Tasks & Functions• Scope Reviews for Project & Drawing

u m tta s• Pre-Construction Meetings

• Phasing & Schedules

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Addendums

 • Close-Out Documents

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Sco e & Functionalit• Reviews with Owner & Facilities Group to

va ate unct ona ty an growt• The MEP and General Contractor should

coordinate disciplines & perform BIM

• Sco e reviews with the Architect to maintaincoordination for any changes in the building

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 ask questions to confirm their understanding

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How to Stay Away from Scope-Creep• Identify all scope items with the parties

nvo ve• Verify any gaps and identify them with the

team

• Make sure ever thin is documented andcopied to the parties involved

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 scope and the Owner/Architect wants them,

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Summar of the Sco e of Work

• er y e correc scope o wor w e

Architect & Owner

• Changes to SOW should be in writing and

include costs to project and time to install• Create Milestone Schedules for major tasks

and when they must be completed

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Materials Matchin S ec’s• Compare the submittal documents to the

spec cat ons an ocument any c anges or

differences

• Either approve the submittal or send it back

for review and resubmit to the contractor• Be very careful and be thorough, time is of the

essence

• Many contractors leave items out and this is

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Responsible Parties at College

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• Owner Architect General Contractor Sub-

Contractors/Technology Consultants & MEP•  

group, different than the IT Department for

• K-12 usually manages the IT Coordination with

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Office of Facilities & Plannin• Include Architects, Consultants and Project

anagement pro ess ona s

• These Groups manage the project from start

to finish and perform many functions

• Cost anal sis and bud etin of the ro ect isoften times performed by Cost Consultants

outside of the OFPC Grou , Architect, MEP

and GC (requiring support from the

Technolo Consultants

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ampus ec no ogy ro ects nc u e

Focus on Multiple Disciplines

• ecur y or a a o ce

• PBX or VOIP (possible migration)

• Paging Systems

• BAS Buildin Automation S stems

• DAS (Distributed Antenna Systems)

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Pre-Construction Meetings• Meet with the construction team including

coordinate tasks for cable tray, power &

• Go over any and all drawings or specifications

needs

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• Get discipline sign-offs for the tasks and

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Use BIM for Multiple Coordination

• BIM studies can provide a 3D view of the collisions

• View the location of the cable tray pathways and

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conduits, water pipes and walls.

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that can help make the process more successful and

improve the coordination between the disciplines:

Architectural, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical,Communications, Fire Safety and Security.

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What Pro rams Can Be Used?• BIM/Revit/Autodesk/Navisworks

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We do not recommend any one program asbetter than the other, just that you use one to

find the collisions/clashes

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Pi e Thru a Column

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Compare Pathways of Multiple

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Collision Exam les• Mechanical Room BIM Program

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What ou See

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Computer Screen Shot to View

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Building Overhead Interstitial Issues• Be careful how you route your tray & cable

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How are Differences Resolved?

• Some ro ects have more than 1000+ events

at the start•  

disciplines and run the program again

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find another one is behind it

• T is requires time y reports an rawingcoordination for all disciplines

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Im ortance of Timin & Phasin• Disciplines are to be brought in for their tasks

at t e r g t t me

• Usually Structural and HVAC ducts and piping

first

• Then cable tra s last no wonder we haveproblems finding where to put them)

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cable tray, that’s an expensive mistake!

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Pro ect CA Tem lates• Create templates/checklists that can be used at the

site for gathering information• Include items like details and actions required

(panels, racks, fiber, copper, coax, vertical wire

managers, horizontal wire managers, and labeling)• Identify and validate the cabling installed by quantity,

quality and correct locations

•Evaluate fiber copper backbones, overhead &vertical racking, core holes, fire-stopping, grounding

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Possible Pitfalls• Cable trays and ducts adjacencies

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Tra Cutouts for Ducts

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Coordinate Cable Tray with Piping and

• MEP installed pipes blocking cable pathways

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Configure Pipe Routing with Floor and

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Imagine 2 ft x 2 ft Raised Floor Tiles in

• When placing Chilled Water lines in a data

center oor coor nate t e ocat on

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Establish Pathwa s Under Floor• Everything has a zone that should be

agree upon

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Avoid Mistakes

• 19” high handles in 18” high raised floor area

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Modular Furniture Plannin

• Very complex layouts and pathways

• Option of floor fed, wall fed or overhead 

pathways

• o e- ru s nee o e re ra e

• Identify the need for enough slack to route

through pathways to termination points

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Exam le of Overhead Feed

• Cables route into the spines and top caps

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Routin the Cables

• Follow vendor’s recommendations

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Tra Conflicts

• Look for things out of the ordinary

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Close Out Documents

• The Job Field Reports should have all items

approve an c ose

• Contractor should provide As-Built Drawings

• Vendors should provide all warranties

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• Have the Contractor post the laminated

on the walls

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Summar

• Have a Pre-conference Meeting

• Review Submittals and Shop Drawings

• Use BIM to coordinate all disci lines

• Know & Follow Schedule: when walls and

• Create a CA Template to identify the

• Be especially careful with Modular Furniture

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Kee in Mind

The client does not care what you know, until

they know that you care! 

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