Hurricane Charley Roof Construction Project

October 19, 2005 Update

It has been a while between reports and we are now preparing for Hurricane Wilma. It turned cloudy this afternoon with scattered rain, thunder and high humidity after some nice pleasant days with no humidity. At least we don't have any sliding doors out (except of course the 2 penthouses).

RLJ has primed and painted the chimney box above PH-2 so West Coast can finish their install of the roof panels in that area. John Z. and I sounded the lanais of the 31 riser and found some serious damage at 631 down to 131 with the worst at 231. The lanais above the sixth floor had very little damage - very similar to the 37 riser. The 32 and 33 risers are being coated and theoretically be completed by the end of next week or the following Monday. All schedules depend on what Wilma will do this weekend.

Mabry has completed the installation of the north pod of condensers and is working on both the south pod and the 34 pod. All units installed have been anchored securely to the rails. Once the units are installed and all piping hooked up, they will commence the charge-up of each unit.

Thursday morning I will be walking each unit with Tom B. to make sure all doors and windows are secure and any patio furniture is placed inside each unit. Creative Tile cancelled the meeting for tomorrow to prepare for the storm. I don't blame them. We will know more tomorrow and will keep you posted as to when the projects will be shut down.

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