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Daily Construction Report
Project: Signature Engineering Building			Date: 11/17/11
Contractor: Gilbane
Client: Virginia Tech
Project Scope/Method of construction: This building "will be approximately a 160,000 gross-square-foot facility to include classrooms, instructional laboratories, research laboratories, and offices for multiple departments and programs for the College of Engineering."
	Sunny	Clear	Overcast	Rain	Snow
Weather
	Below 32	33-50	51-70	71-90	Above 91
Temp.
	Still	Moderate	High
Wind
	Dry	Moderate	Humid
Humidity
	Non Manual		Manual
Field Force:	0		0+
Equiptment at
Site:	Large Bulldozer (1)
	Small Bulldozer (2)
	Single Roller Compactor(1)
	Generator(1)
	Large Backhoe (2)
	Small Backhoe (3)
	Mule (1)
	LULL Lift (1)
	Drill Rig (1)
	Crane (1)
	Standard Dump Truck (1)
	Articulated Dump Truck(1)
	Storage Trailers (2)
	Work trailers (3)
Is equiptment close? Equiptment is scattered over the site but I would still say that the equiptment is in its proper spot or not far from it. The size of this project means that not everything is going to be right where it should be at all times, however, there is the onsite mule for getting from one side of the site to the other in a hurry if need be.
Are there idle workers? No, in fact there are no workers which is odd for 2:30 in the afternoon on a work day.
Construction Activities: At this point, all the caissons seem to be drilled and all of the asphalt seems to be scraped up, needing only to be put into the back of a dump truck.
Does safety seem to be of importance? Safety is as always on this site, not an issue. The fence is still surrounding the entire project and all the equipment that is not in use are in the lowered position.
Comments/Remarks: there is not much going on today at the jobsite. I'm curious to see what the next step is after pouring all the caissons. It would be interesting to have a site visit like with the Center for the Arts project. I wonder if they are on schedule and if not what are the hold ups. If they are on schedule then why doesn’t it seem like more progress is being made.

All caissons drilled and poured for the Signature Engineering Building

Excavation going on behind where the building will sit.

Not sure what it is for