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October 25, 2022
Mark Grylls, Building Commissioner
Town of Yarmouth
1146 Route 28
South Yarmouth, MA 02664
RE: Controlled Construction Report No. 1
FedEx Ground Distribution Center
225 Whites Path Units B & C, Yarmouth, MA
Dear Mr. Grylls,
Construction activities at the subject project during the months of August & September,
the following general work has occurred:
1. Unit B
· Selective demolition including cutting and removal of some concrete floors
· Plumbing work including linear trench drains
· Misc electrical work
2. Unit C
· Selective demolition including cutting and removal of some concrete floors
· Plumbing work including linear trench drains
· Misc electrical work
3. Site Work
· Tree clearing and start of grubbing and grading for the new parking areas.
Briggs Engineering and Testing has been retained to conduct concrete, welding and
structural and reinforcing steel testing. Additionally, Northeast Geotechnical Solutions
have been retained for soil and compaction testing. Their reports issued to date have
been sent to you and Mr. Sears via email. Catalyst (CAI) has reviewed their test reports
and have not found any areas of concern. If you have any questions about the testing
reports, please contact my office.
We have been attending weekly job meetings and conducting site visits frequently to
monitor work in progress and adherence to the construction documents. All work
completed to date has been done in a good and workmanship-like manner and in
general accordance with the construction documents and applicable code.
We have attached field reports from our consultants including:
· CES (MEP/FP) Field Observation Report dated 09.28.2022
The following text and images describe some of the highlights of the work recently
completed work:
Pic -1.1
Demo of existing concrete
floors and setting of piping to
for floor drains
Pic-1.2
Vent piping for underslab
piping extended to perimeter
wall with new riser to roof
Pic 1.3
Selective demo of interior
finishes withing the existing
office block to make ready for
new office layout and finishes
Pic 1.4
Controlled backfill at all interior
trenches were monitored by
third party inspectors
Pic 1.4
Clearing of trees to make way
for new truck paring area and
new drainage swale
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at any time.
Sincerely,
Kurt Raber
Principal-In-Charge
CC: Greg Bilezikian (Owner)
David Fernandes (Dellbrook|JKS)
Marina Denisova (Dellbrook|JKS)
Scott Mitchell (Dellbrook|JKS)
Mike Schmidt (Dellbrook|JKS)
Rick Fenuccio (OPM, ClearPath Advisors)
Kate Wollman (Catalyst Architecture & Interiors)
Tim Sears (Yarmouth Building Inspector)
C o n s u l t i n g E n g i n e e r i n g S e r v i c e s , L L C
128 Carnegie Row, Suite 204, Norwood, MA. 02062 T 617.261.7161 ceseng.com
Field Observation Report
Report Date: September 28, 2022
Written To: Kurt Raber – Catalyst Architecture Interiors
Project Name: FedEx 225 Whites Path
CES Project Number: 2022053.00
Written By: Edward Wellington and Joseph Sacchetti
The following report includes items that require completion and or correction for the above mentioned
project. These items were noted during our field observation on 9/20/22. Items included in this report are
limited to those that were accessible and visible during the time of our field observation. Completion and or
correction of those items included in this report does not relieve the contractor of his responsibility to provide
complete and operational systems in accordance with the contract documents.
General: Site/interior work is progressing. Below are our observations. In general, piping was observed
as capped and sufficiently covered to protect the piping from dust and debris.
Trench drain vent piping and trap primer piping
observed as partially installed.
2
Cleanouts observed as installed.
Hub and spigot underground sanitary piping observed
as installed.
Drains were observed with caps to protect from dust
and debris.
3
Sanitary point of entrance for Unit 2 observed as
partially installed. Vent piping for trench drain
observed as partially installed.
Vent piping for sand oil separator and holding tank for
Unit 2 observed as partially installed.
Trench drains observed on site, not yet installed.
4
Sanitary main and excavating in Unit 3 was observed as
progressing.
Both sand oil separators were observed on site, not yet
installed.
Diffusers have been demolished.
5
Mini-split AC units have been demolished.
Installation of new HVAC units has not begun.