Lamont Weekly Report – December 2, 2005

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W Palisades, New York 10964

<> REPORT SUMMARY <>

- Recent B&G Projects

- Letter from the Director

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<> RECENT B&G PROJECTS

Oceanography Emergency Generator - The generator installation is complete. The driveway has been resurfaced and the landscaping is complete.

Front Entrance/Left Hand turn Lane - NJDOT has completed the guardrail on the west side of 9W and relocated some of their signage to improve
visability to the south. New guard rails have been installed south of our entrance, east side of 9W. Remaining New York signage installed.

Room 31 Geochemistry - Relocated electric south wall of map room, computer and phone lines run. Built two bookcases, two tables and two
burlap bulletin boards.

Room 110B Instrument Lab - New electrical service to the room have been installed. the room has been designated as a staging area and will be
painted when vacated by Maritime.

Open House 2005 - Assisted as needed.

Oceanography Boiler - Replaced boiler and east/west perimeter heat zone valves

Core Lab Chiller Replacement - Replaced roof mounted chiller with new 30 ton Carrier unit.

Geoscience computer room a/c - Site prepared for condensing unit north side Geoscience. New unit on order.

TRL Drainage Project - Marked out all utilities in affected areas.Removed hemlocks east side of TRL and planted 15 white spruce on earth
berm east side of the building. Excavated along gravel path east side of TRL to install new drainage lines for groundwater collection, leader
drains and new catch basin. Work has begun to extend the 12" drain line from the dry well in the soccer field to an existing catch basin.

Room 201 Core lab - Contractor selected to renovate office and construct three new offices. Constructed four bookcases to replace
existing wall shelves which will be utilized for storage during the construction.

Miscellaneous
Smoke tested sewer system to look for leaks and illegal hook-ups.
Replaced a/c compressor room 1 geochemistry Liebert unit
Restoring grounds from wear and tear of Open House.
Renovated 207 B Oceanography
Renovated 227 Seismology
Replaced cafeteria boiler
Repaired water main line leak to instrument lab
Renovated room 14A Marine Biology
Renovated room 1 Marine Biology


<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

I shall be in San Francisco all next week, along with many of you I am sure, attending the American Geophysical Union Meeting. So a lot of
time this week has been spent on thinking about apparently wise things to say at various speeches and events. As always the number of
overlapping and simply coincident sessions and events make planning theweek a non-trivial task.

As in previous years I am confident that one of the high points of the week will be the Lamont reception - 6:30pm on Tuesday on the top floor
of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. See you there.

I will be going down to Stanford to meet with Oleg Jardetsky while I am out there, and have more than one meeting with key NSF folks to talk
about a myriad of troubling issues. And on Wednesday night I have the privilege of being the citationist for the Harry Hess medal that is
being awarded to my long time friend and colleague Sean Solomon. Of the many Town Meetings that are scheduled for Thursday evening I will
be at the one discussing plans for our new research vessel, Langseth, - 6pm Marriot Hotel Golden Gate A3.

Wishing every one large audiences, smooth-running powerpoints and good poster locations.

Have a great weekend - CNN says it will be 62 degrees in SF on Monday.



- Mike

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