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What slab thickness was selected for Hall B?

14 results · 3 sources

NDC_Slab_HalleB_v3.pdf

File Server · Business › 2019-HalleB · 2019

“… slab thickness increased to 22 cm following the inspection agency’s recommendation …”

CCTP_Lot2_GO_HalleB.docx

SharePoint · Structure › Hall B · 2019

“… 22-cm-thick C30/37 concrete slab, HA reinforcement as shown on the drawings …”

RE: Assumptions for the Halle B Slab

Outlook · Mr. Lefèvre · 2019

“… the client has approved the 22-cm version; please update the technical specifications …”

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3 sources

Regarding the Halle B project, the slab thickness was increased from 20 to 22 cm following the inspection agency’s recommendation (calculation note v3, 2019). The technical specifications for Lot 2 specify 22 cm of C30/37 concrete, and the client approved this change via email on March 14, 2019.

File serverNDC_Slab_HalleB_v3.pdf

SharePointCCTP_Lot2_GO_HalleB.docx

OutlookRE: Assumptions for the Halle B Slab, 2019

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Halle B Case

2019 → 2024

APS

ODA

PRO

EXE

DOE

PRO

Project Owner Email: Slab Variant Approval

EXE

Amendment No. 2 signed

EXE

Construction Site Report No. 14

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3 sources

12-meter parking garage beam span

PDF

NDC_Beams_Parking_P3_2018.pdf

File Server · Business › 2018

“… span 12.40 m, C35/45 concrete …”

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DCE · School District

12 pieces

CCTP

DPGF

AAPC

Similar references

4 found

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Design · Preliminary Design, Detailed Design

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Calculation notes, soil reports, and opinions from the past projects review office compiled into a single search

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parking fee estimates

9 results · 3 sources

PDF

NDC_Structure_Parking_Lyon_2021.pdf

File Server · Business › 2021-Lyon

“… operating loads of 2.5 kN/m², light vehicles …”

PDF

Soil_Report_G2_Parking_Nantes.pdf

SharePoint · Geotechnical Engineering · 2020

“… load-bearing assumptions adopted for the foundation slab …”

MSG

RE: BC Parking Structure Opinion

Outlook · PST archive · 2019

“… favorable opinion on the charges brought …”

DCE · Aquatic Center

12 items analyzed

Requirement

Source

Status

Swimming Pool Projects, 3 Years

Civil Code, Art. 5

4 found

Project Manager's Resume

Civil Code, Art. 5

Found

Technical Specifications

Civil Code, Art. 7

To be written

Site visit required

AAPC

To be planned

Submission Deadline

AAPC

11/14

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Does the EXE Plan, Index B, comply with the Technical Specifications for Lot 2?

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Discrepancy detected

EXE Plan B specifies a 20-cm slab. The technical specifications for Lot 2 [1] and the project owner’s approval email [2] specify 22 cm, as confirmed by the inspection agency’s report [3].

[1] CCTP_Lot2_GO.docx[2] RE: Slab Variant[3] Opinion_BC_2019.pdf

Acceptance Report · Hall B

18 reservations

Reserve

Lot

Status

No. 12 Roof Waterproofing

Cover

Lifted 03/24

No. 15 Mezzanine Guardrail

Locksmith Services

Open

No. 16 Smoke Exhaust System

HVAC

Open

No. 18 Parking Lot Lighting

Electricity

Lifted 04/24

Sources: Acceptance Report, HVAC Project Documentation, emails from contractors

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Compare these specifications with our last three structural work lots

List of our underground parking projects since 2018

Summarizes the outstanding concerns regarding the Halle B case

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Ten-Year Warranty · Expert Assessments · Claims

Finding the evidence, years later

A claim under the ten-year warranty, a court-ordered expert assessment, a business claim: you need to find the email in which the project owner approved the design variation, the minutes documenting the decision, and the inspection agency’s opinion. Often stored on an old server, sometimes in a PST archive, and written by people who have left the company.

Emails, meeting minutes, and notices found based on their content, not their location
Opened PST and ZIP files, scanned PDFs processed with OCR
Each document cited with its date, author, and source path

At Iming, during a court-ordered expert review, a staff member retrieved information from the document database during the hearing to counter an argument raised by the opposing party.

Who approved the change to the roof waterproofing in Hall B?

2016

Email from the project owner approving the alternative

Outlook · PST archive · author passed away in 2019

2017

Construction Site Report No. 23 Recording the Decision

File Server · Business › 2016-HalleB

2017

Approval from the audit office

Scanned PDF · Text recognized by OCR

2024

Claim Report Received