Dear Sandels Building Colleagues and Students,
I am pleased to provide you all with an update of this week’s progress on the Sandels Building project. Our top priority remains the health and safety of our campus community, and I appreciate your continued patience and attentiveness as we work on these issues.
• Project elements related to Phase 1 are still on track to remain on schedule.
• Fume hood specifications are complete. The Facilities construction team and the design engineer have received HVAC remediation recommendations from the licensed third-party contractor. We are consulting with the engineer, industrial hygienist, and building occupants as we finalize the best option for the new exhaust system.
• It has been determined that the -80 degree freezers will be relocated into an area with lower ambient temperature. We are consulting with faculty stakeholders to determine a new permanent location. The freezers will be stored in a temporary location during remedial work.
• Additional moisture transmission testing will be completed in the basement to ensure the coating that we plan to use will adhere properly.
• A lead project manager from FSU Facilities has been assigned to oversee the renovations, including the laboratories, building envelope, architectural and structural services, and the external structural engineer retained by the university.
• Several faculty members who continue to access Sandels during Phase 1 have requested light housekeeping services in the building. Custodial Services staff performed a walk-through to assess the building earlier this week and have resumed cleaning restrooms, stairwells and emptying trash in the mornings on a daily basis. Anyone with additional housekeeping needs should contact Custodial Services at fsubuildingservices@fsu.edu.
If you have questions that have not been addressed in one of my updates, on the Sandels Response website or in the FAQs, please email sandelsresponse@fsu.edu, and we will try to answer your individual questions to the best of our ability.
Best regards,
Jim Clark
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
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