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Fwd: W20 roof leak
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mitchell E Berger)
Wed Jun 15 22:16:21 2005
To: apo-exec@MIT.EDU, apo-printshop@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:15:51 -0400
From: Mitchell E Berger <mitchb@MIT.EDU>
Hi everyone,
Just to keep people up to date, the case has supposedly been assigned to
the roofing group, and I left voicemail the other day for Chad Haskell, who's
the supervisor for Repair and Maintenance in our part of campus. When he
gets back to me, I plan to talk with him about what's going to be done, how
long it will take, and the concerns about the reinforced concrete that Len
raised.
I also sent mail to the Shakespeare Ensemble President. That mail and his
response are below.
Mitch
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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 20:20:43 -0400
From: Jonathan Reinharth <taoeyang@MIT.EDU>
to: Mitchell E Berger <mitchb@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: W20 roof leak
Hi Mitch,
I checked our office and I do see signs of water damage to the tiles on the
ceiling in the back left corner (the part nearest to your office). Some of
the tiles are severely damaged, but there is no leak. I did not check
above the tiles carefully (though looking through the spaces between
damaged tiles, things appeared to be fine).
Thanks for letting us know, and I hope this information helps. Good luck
getting CAC to fix the damage to your office!
- - Jonathan
At 05:35 PM 6/13/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Jonathan,
>
>I'm currently the Office Manager for APO (your next-door neighbors in W20),
>and I'm writing to share some concerns with you. We'd previously noticed
>some water damage in our back office, mostly along the west wall in the
>ceiling tiles. Some time ago this past term, you may recall that student
>groups were contacted by the Campus Activities Complex to ask if they have
>water damage, and we reported this at that time, but never heard back from
>them.
>
>During the large thunderstorm at the end of last week, we observed a
>substantial drip in our back office (unfortunately over the area where we
>have our printing press). Upon closer examination, we found that the
>ceiling tiles were not only water stained, but that the insulation above them
>was completely saturated with water from the storm, and that the reinforced
>concrete in the ceiling above the tiles has cracks and holes in it (which
>are allowing all the water through).
>
>We're rather concerned not just about the fact that there's a drip in our
>office, but about the fact that the concrete is cracking, and there's the
>possibility that the reinforcing rebar inside it is rusting through - this
>could lead to a ceiling failure and collapse eventually. We've opened a
>work order with Facilities to repair the leak, and I'll be talking soon with
>the Repair and Maintenance supervisor for our part of campus to ask about
>these concerns.
>
>Since you're also along the western wall of the 4th floor, we wanted to let
>you know what we'd seen and warn you of it so that you can check to see if
>any of your property was damaged as a result of the storm, and also to ask
>if you have any similar water damage in your ceiling or other observations
>that we can share with Facilities when we talk with them.
>
>Thanks very much for your help!
>
>Mitch Berger
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