Lamont Weekly Report – August 4, 2006

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

Borehole Project; The "Links" - Waiting for final plans and Building
Department permit to construct the "links" which will connect the
Borehole Building with the two renovated houses on either side.

Guest House #6 - Carpet installed. Phone/data terminations and fire
alarm system complete. Installed new blinds. Pressure washed house
exterior siding. Painted basement window covers and front and rear
decks. Job complete.

Rooms 106-109 Seismology - Windows installed. HVAC system ductwork
partially installed. All electric, phone, data and HVAC control
wiring roughed in. All walls insulated. Sheet rock installed and
started taping/spackling which will be complete by Thursday August
10th. Painting to start Monday August 14th. Doors delivered and
will be hung Saturday August 12th. Phone/data work to commence on
Monday August 21st. Light fixtures and ceiling tile/grid still on
order but will be here before we are ready for them. Finalizing
carpet bids.

Miscellaneous -
Replaced condensing unit 201 Seismology
Replaced gas line to Cafeteria
25 ton compressor on order for Oceanography Building
Replaced a/c 213 Seismology

<>LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

A relatively quiet week - (must be the heat). Unquestionably the
highlight was the summer intern talks and posters on Tuesday.
Congratulations again to all the students for putting on such an
excellent show. (And as always, to Dallas Abbot for leading it).

There is now tangible physical expression of the construction of the
new Geochem building as work begins in earnest on the Parking Lot.
At 3:30PM next Tuesday in the Monell Auditorium we will have an Open
Meeting for Lamonters to provide and update on plans and handle any
questions that folks may have about this major year long construction
effort. Please come along if you are interested.

For the past couple of decades I have evolved the habit of
automatically recording the national news on the VCR so I can watch
it, (and fast forward through the trivia), when I get home in the
evening. My network of choice changes with the years - but I have
been with BBC for quite a while now. But just these past few weeks I
have stopped doing it - world news has reached such a level of
depressing insanity that an otherwise relaxing evening is overwhelmed
by anger and frustration. I know denial does not work, but sometimes
it makes you feel better. . . . . . . .I think I will get my news
exclusively from the Colbert Report in the future.

It should be a beautiful weekend - enjoy.

- Mike






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