Ring Building Construction Status

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Ring Building Construction Status

Steve SawchAssistant Director for Construction Management

NSLS-II Conventional Facilities Advisory Committee Review October 5 & 6, 2010

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Construction Status Outline• Construction Safety• Construction Status• Milestones/Phases• Cost Performance• Technical and Quality Oversight• Staffing Plans Going Forward• Issues and Challenges• Path Forward• Conclusions

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Construction Safety

• Maintain “Best in Class” Safety Program Objective • Ongoing Adjustments• Torcon Has Reinforced Safety Effort• CF-CM Working Closely with ESH• Regular Meetings to Continue Improvements

• Daily Morning Safety Meetings w/ Torcon• Our success measured by our Safety Performance

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Ring Building Construction Status

Construction as of September 30, 2010

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Ring Building Construction Statistics(As of September 30, 2010)

• Contract Amount $172,600,600• Approved Changes $4,722,859• Adjusted Contract Amount $177,323,459• Earned to Date $100,861,441• Percent Complete 57%• Contract Award February 18, 2009• Completion Date April 30,2012• Duration 801 Days• Days Elapsed 500 Days• Percentage 62%

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Ring Bldg Construction Phasing

Beneficial Occupancy Dates

• Construction of LOBs Coordinated with Ring Bldg Construction Phasing

Phase Milestone Baseline

1 Pentant 1- BO 1-Feb-11

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Pentant 5 - BO 9-Feb-12

3RF Building - BO 23-Mar-11

4 Pentant 2 - BO 2-Jun-115 Pentant 3 - BO 27-Sep-11

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Injection Building - BO 18-May-11

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Pentant 4 - BO 28-Nov-11

8Ring Bldg Const. Complete

30-Apr-12

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Cost Performance Report

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Cost Performance Report

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Technical and Quality Oversight

• Inspection Team• BNL Inspectors• Outside Inspectors (Staff Augmentation)• Testing Agencies

– Universal Testing (Steel)– MT Group

- Concrete - Soils

• Inspection Procedures Developed and Implemented• Concrete and Steel

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Technical and Quality Issues• Technical and Quality Issues Identified Immediately

• Minor– Contractor Notified – Corrections Made

• Inadequate Response– Pending Items Issued in Contract Manager

• More Serious Requiring Documentation – Compliance Notice Issued in Contract Manager– PPM Issues or copied

• Work Closely with Contractor’s QA Manager• Minimal Serious Issues until recent concrete strength• Maintaining High Quality

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Technical and Quality Issues

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COMPLIANCE NOTICE-0007Dowels at Ring Tunnel Slab

Dowels Identifies

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COMPLIANCE NOTICE-0007Dowels at Ring Tunnel Slab

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Project Staffing• Current Staffing

• Permanent Staffing Hires Complete (6 positions filled)• F&O Field Inspector (CW Piping and Substation Upgrade)• Staff Augmentation Started (3 positions filled to date)

– Civil Inspector– Clerk of Works– Mechanical Inspector

• Revised Staffing Plan• Added 1.5 FTE to address simultaneous LOB construction• Provides enhanced safety oversight• Additional inspection staff available thru augmentation

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CF Staffing Plan

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Construction Management Organization

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Issues and Challenges

• Safety• ‘Best in Class’ Program Going Forward

• Meeting Phase 1 Milestone (Pentant 1 Occupancy)• Transition to Operations• Managing contractor change requests• Different LOB Contractor – Ongoing Logistics

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Path Forward

• Refocus ‘Best in Class’ Project Safety Program• Work with Torcon to Facilitate Project• Continue Inspection and Testing Effort• Continuous Improvement of CF Procedures Manual• Ramp Up Commissioning• Prepare for Upcoming Activities – Checklist• Closeout Utility Construction Packages

• Substation Upgrade Contract• Chilled Water Piping Contract

• Continue Training When Applicable

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Conclusion

• Reinforced Safety Effort Working• Lessons learned from early incidents• Enhanced safety program

• Project Ahead of Schedule• First milestone still a challenge• Intermediate on track• Completion ahead of schedule

• Safety/Technical/Quality Requirements Being Met