February 2024 Update

Mar 1

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Recently Completed Construction

CMU Towers for stairs and elevators
Concrete demobilized
East side and south side foundation waterproofing to grade.
Wood framed walls on the south half of the building.
Shelf angle and hung lintel installation
Canopy Steel Installation

Ongoing and Upcoming Work

We’re at the phase of the project where work is taking place all over the building. We’re going to break up this work into categories. See below for updates:

Exterior Work and Power

On the outside of the building, the main ongoing work involves PEPCO. Their contractor, Flippo, is working in Riggs Road NE to install a new utility structure and conduit to create a pathway for powerlines into the infrastructure DAVIS installed. This work should be completed in the next 1-2 weeks, but there’s always a chance of discovering unmarked underground utilities. We will communicate any disturbances through APAH as best we can and as far in advance as possible.

DAVIS built our temporary power shed and PEPCO has set the temporary power transformer, a major milestone to help us facilitate work!

We have also finished our east and south side waterproofing to grade and will start backfill shortly. Lifts will be accessing the site between the building and townhomes in the coming weeks for window installation, sheathing installation, etc. After that, forklifts and scaffolding will be put in place here to install brick and then siding.

Framing + Facade

Below Podium (Level 1 and Garage)
- All steel hung lintels to support brick above storefront windows have been installed and inspected.
- The main entry canopy steel has also been installed and inspected.
- Exterior metal stud framing on the east side and south sides are nearly complete and the rest of the first floor metal stud work will be taking place for the next 2-3 weeks. Gypsum sheathing over the metal studs will be installed over the next month.
  - Interior metal stud framing on the 1st floor will take place mid to late March.
- Masonry work below podium is ongoing and nearly complete in the garage and level 1. There’s roughly 1-2 weeks worth of work remaining here.
Above Podium (Level 2 and Up in Wood Framing)
- The south half of the building sheathing will be completed in the next 1-2 weeks. This will kick off Tyvek weather barrier installation as well as our window and balcony door installation on the facade.
- Roof trusses and decking on the south half of the building will finish shortly.
- The framer will install all in-wall blocking and ensure the structural elements are complete. This is their punchlist process that they perform before MEP rough-ins and then again after rough-ins.
- The crane has been relocated to the north side of the site and framing will take about 3-4 more weeks on the north side of the building.
Our major focus with the framing and facade is to top out framing to start roofing and install all weather barrier and windows so the building becomes weathertight. Once we are weathertight, we can finish our rough-ins and start moving towards the final finishes phase of the building. This allows us to start brick, siding, and balconies.

Interior Work (Rough-Ins and Finishes)

Garage level MEP rough-ins have started and are ongoing. This will be a process as parts are dependent upon the building becoming dried in and there are many building systems that need to be installed in a specific sequence for coordination.
Level 1 OH plumbing and HVAC layout is ongoing for the next several weeks. They should finish shortly so the focus will remain in the residential areas.
Level 2 plumbing rough-ins have started and level 3 will commence shortly.
Level 1 and Level 2 HVAC rough-ins will start next week and take place over the next 2-3 months.
Electrical box out has started on level 2.
Our MEP rough-ins are completing all pre-dry in activities so that way we minimize the amount of time needed to start inspections and wall-close-ins. Once we start drywall, it’s full speed ahead to the finish line!
We’re targeting building dry-in in the next 4-6 weeks and hanging drywall in late April / early May.