Daily Log 11/3/2011 Signature Engineering

After a brief hiatus from the site checks I have returned today to visit the new Signature Engineering Building on campus. This building is located back near the parking garage, which offers us a prime position for viewing the work progress from a birds eye view. This building will be the new face of the engineering program here at VT and is therefore being held to a higher building standard then what might normally be required. We even had the opportunity of Roger McFarland the Project Manager for the project, from Gilbane, come in and speak to us about the building. Attached you will find the daily log report and some photos of the building site.

11-3-11 Daily Log Report (Reddick Construction)

This construction site is a very important one to the College of Engineering because it represents the face of the entire program. It will have to be built to a higher standard than some of the other buildings seen on campus and around town. This will be an interesting building to watch being constructed over its construction lifetime. I could see a couple of improvements to efficiency though on the site; I would remove all the existing debris in the center of the site this includes the asphalt chunks and gravel so that the site is safer to work around; I would suggest moving the staging area for the caisson equipment next to the parking garage to allow more room for the excavation crew; and the last thing I noticed was the lack of back up alarms on some vehicles, this could be a safety hazard to the men working around the equipment. I am looking forward to seeing this building completed in the future.