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Welcome to MMA. Wayne State University Chapter. Mistake Makers Anonymous. Chapter Rules. First names only. Today’s discussion will be limited. No mistakes made in marriage. No mistakes made in child rearing. No mistakes made in career selection. My First Notable Mistake.

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  1. Welcometo MMA Wayne State University Chapter

  2. Mistake Makers Anonymous

  3. Chapter Rules • First names only Today’s discussion will be limited • No mistakes made in marriage • No mistakes made in child rearing • No mistakes made in career selection

  4. My First Notable Mistake • Major Michigan State University • No prior university approval • Opportunity to • meet Jack Breslin • in person Purchase and delivery of Grand Trunk Western Railway Post Office Car (1970) Lesson Learned: Apparently, None

  5. Misspelled Map • Directional Maps and way finding are intended to clarify not confuse

  6. Misspelled Map • Directional Maps and way finding are intended to clarify not confuse

  7. Importance of Pruuf Reeding • Campus Wide Signage • $250K to design • $750K for construction. • Cost to proof read - $0.

  8. Walter Reuther Library • “Ruther Library” spelling • The Walter Reuther family may have noticed…. • A local TV station clearly did!

  9. Misspelled Maps • Chartsworth? • Only a problem if your new apartment is in “Chatsworth” and English is your second language Lesson Learned: Proof read material before construction

  10. Law School Chiller • Screw chillers are noisy • Especially when installed directly below a moot (not mute) courtroom

  11. Law School Chiller • $45K Savings from substitution • $50K Spent to isolate noise • Return on savings: Not Good • Pain and suffering priceless Lesson Learned: Evaluate all attributes before adopting alternatives.

  12. Anybody got the TIME? • Renovations to Old Main ~ $42M

  13. Anybody got the TIME? • ClockStill Wrong Lesson Learned: Uncertain

  14. RackhamI.T. Equipment Room A/C Unit • Fluid Cooler • and pumps • to serve • 1 MDF and • 2 IDF’s

  15. Law SchoolServer Room A/C Unit • Cool at what cost? • $19K Recommended system • $13K Installed system Lesson Learned: Evaluate alternatives more expensive isn’t always better

  16. Law School Server Room A/C Unit • KISS vs. Liebert Lesson Learned: Keep It Simple, Stupid

  17. Brief Physics Lesson Pauling Exclusionary Principle1 ‘Two objects may not occupy the same space at the same time.’ 1 Linus Pauling, Nobel Laureate 1901-1993,

  18. This one is self- explanatory…. One of several proposed fixes…. Cut a hole in the door! Lesson Learned: Think in 3 dimensions or consider a different designer

  19. More Exclusionary Principle Corridor ceiling view – less cable tray

  20. More Exclusionary Principle • This is the ‘adjusted’ location for the cable tray. I was scheduled for the previously illustrated corridor. • The corridor is on the other side of the wall Lesson Learned: Provide corridor section views or consider a different designer

  21. Rackham Building Security Installation

  22. Rackham Building Security Installation • One of Detroit’s • Notable architectural • treasures • Undergoing significant • Infrastructure • improvements ~ $7M

  23. Rackham Building Security Installation • Scheduled for “DO - OVER” Lesson Learned: Form over Function ….sometimes

  24. When’s and elevator shaft not an elevator shaft?

  25. When the Elevator Inspector say so. • Noted for the first time at the final inspection • Five story ‘walls’ constructed, with great difficulty, within the finished shaft Lesson Learned: Use an elevator consultant or avoid installing elevators in the City of Detroit.

  26. Painting #1 Sorry, Due to the embarrassing nature of this photo it has been suppressed for employment continuation reasons. • First Attempt

  27. Painting #2 • Final Result

  28. Painting (an organizational chart)

  29. Painting (the actual organizational chart) Lesson Learned: The boss may not always be right, but the boss is always the boss.

  30. Building Demolitionin an urban environment Proper Building Demolition Begins with Good Planning Good Planning includes: Proper Insurance Effective Supervision Performance Bond Debris and Dust Control

  31. Building Demolition • Do not attempt to violate the law of gravity in demolition projects • Find someone else to tell the owner next door about his car Lesson Learned: Stand way back!

  32. (Asbestos Abatement)2 • Comprehensive Renovations and Abatement in 1986 • Testing at time of demolition found improperly removed asbestos.

  33. (Asbestos Abatement)2 • The culprit was an ineffective removal of asbestos containing acoustical plaster • Cost impact: ~ $300,000 and one month lost from and already aggressive schedule Lesson Learned: Never trust very old data

  34. Parking Lots Require Storm Drains Some drains are deep Some are REAL deep …And we found water

  35. So we pumped Lots and Lots of water

  36. And we pumped

  37. Then we found the sewer • The sewer was previously and incorrectly abandoned • The City’s records showed it as active • Our project contingency was $83K smaller

  38. Fitness Center Pool • “Build it and they will come” • Perhaps not…. at least for now Lesson Learned: Design for BIG kids first

  39. Engineering Building Delphi Clean Room • An exercise in how not to produce a complex outcome • Late and over budget • Researchers are not good planners or builders

  40. Notable Mistake

  41. THANK YOU Remember to Work Safe, Work Smart, and Have Fun!

  42. Randy G. Paquette Director Design and Construction Services 5454 Cass Ave. Detroit, MI 48202 Telephone: 313-577-0256 Fax 313-577-1817 Email: ao0825@wayne.edu

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