Welcome to MMA

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Welcometo MMA

• Wayne State University Chapter

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Mistake Makers Anonymous
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Chapter Rules

• First names only

Todays discussion will be limited

• No mistakes made in marriage

• No mistakes made in child rearing

• No mistakes made in career selection

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My First Notable Mistake

• Major Michigan State University

• No prior university approval

• Opportunity to
• meet Jack Breslin
• in person

Purchase and delivery of Grand Trunk Western
Railway Post Office Car (1970)
Lesson Learned Apparently, None
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Misspelled Map

• Directional Maps and way finding are intended to
  clarify not confuse

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Misspelled Map

• Directional Maps and way finding are intended to
  clarify not confuse

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Importance of Pruuf Reeding

• Campus Wide Signage
• 250K to design
• 750K for construction.

• Cost to proof read - 0.

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Walter Reuther Library

• Ruther Library spelling
• The Walter Reuther family may have noticed.
• A local TV station clearly did!

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Misspelled Maps

• Chartsworth?
• Only a problem if your new apartment is in
  Chatsworth
• and English is your second language

Lesson Learned Proof read material
before construction
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Law School Chiller

• Screw chillers are noisy
• Especially when installed directly below a moot
  (not mute) courtroom

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Law School Chiller

• 45K Savings from substitution
• 50K Spent to isolate noise
• Return on savings
• Not Good
• Pain and suffering
• priceless

Lesson Learned Evaluate all attributes
before adopting alternatives.
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Anybody got the TIME?

• Renovations to Old Main 42M

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Anybody got the TIME?

• Clock Still Wrong

Lesson Learned Uncertain
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RackhamI.T. Equipment Room A/C Unit

• Fluid Cooler
• and pumps

• to serve
• 1 MDF and
• 2 IDFs

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Law SchoolServer Room A/C Unit

• Cool at what cost?
• 19K Recommended system
• 13K Installed system

Lesson Learned Evaluate alternatives
more expensive isnt always better
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Law School Server Room A/C Unit

• KISS vs. Liebert

Lesson Learned Keep It Simple, Stupid
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Brief Physics Lesson
Pauling Exclusionary Principle1
Two objects may not occupy the same space at
the same time.
1 Linus Pauling, Nobel Laureate 1901-1993,
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• This one is self- explanatory.

One of several proposed fixes.
Cut a hole in the door!
Lesson Learned Think in 3 dimensions or consider
a different designer
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More Exclusionary Principle
Corridor ceiling view less cable tray
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More Exclusionary Principle

• This is the adjusted location for the cable
  tray. I was scheduled for the previously
  illustrated corridor.
• The corridor is on the other side of the wall

Lesson Learned Provide corridor section views or
consider a different designer
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Rackham Building Security Installation
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Rackham Building Security Installation

• One of Detroits
• Notable architectural
• treasures

• Undergoing significant
• Infrastructure
• improvements 7M

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Rackham Building Security Installation

• Scheduled for DO - OVER

Lesson Learned Form over Function .sometimes
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Whens and elevator shaft not an elevator shaft?
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When the Elevator Inspector say so.

• Noted for the first time at the final inspection

• Five story walls constructed, with great
  difficulty, within the finished shaft

Lesson Learned Use an elevator consultant or
avoid installing elevators in the City of Detroit.
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Painting 1
Sorry, Due to the embarrassing nature of this
photo it has been suppressed for employment
continuation reasons.

• First Attempt

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Painting 2

• Final Result

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Painting (an organizational chart)
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Painting (the actual organizational chart)
Lesson Learned The boss may not always be
right, but the boss is always the boss.
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Building Demolitionin an urban environment
Proper Building Demolition Begins with Good
Planning
Good Planning includes
Proper Insurance
Effective Supervision
Performance Bond
Debris and Dust Control
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Building Demolition

• Do not attempt to violate the law of gravity in
  demolition projects

• Find someone else to tell the owner next door
  about his car

Lesson Learned Stand way back!
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(Asbestos Abatement)2

• Comprehensive Renovations and Abatement in
  1986

• Testing at time of demolition found improperly
  removed asbestos.

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(Asbestos Abatement)2

• The culprit was an ineffective removal of
  asbestos containing acoustical plaster

• Cost impact 300,000 and one month lost from
  and already aggressive schedule

Lesson Learned Never trust very old data
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Parking Lots Require Storm Drains
Some drains are deep
Some are REAL deep
And we found water
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So we pumped
Lots and Lots of water
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And we pumped
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Then we found the sewer

• The sewer was previously and incorrectly
  abandoned

• The Citys records showed it as active

• Our project contingency was 83K smaller

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Fitness Center Pool

• Build it and they will come

• Perhaps not. at least for now

Lesson Learned Design for BIG kids first
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Engineering Building Delphi Clean Room

• An exercise in how not to produce a complex
  outcome

• Late and over budget

• Researchers are not good planners or builders

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Notable Mistake
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THANK YOU
Remember to Work Safe, Work Smart, and Have Fun!
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Randy G. Paquette Director Design and
Construction Services 5454 Cass Ave. Detroit, MI
48202 Telephone [phone] Fax
313-577-1817 Email ao0825_at_wayne.edu