The rms surface accuracy of Antenna 4 is now 19 microns over the whole surface. The grout was poured on Pad 9 on Friday. This is the first pad done with the permanent mold and new rebar scheme. Nystrom, Sanborn and Shirkey are monitoring the curing process over the weekend. The grouting process is very labor intensive.
More work remains to be done.
Last week the House and Senate passed the conference report accompanying the FY2001 appropriations bill for the Department of Interior and related agencies, and the President signed it. The full construction budget for the SMA building has been approved and is available this fiscal year. Urban Works submitted its final report on the preliminary design of the Hilo building on AUG 7. Ho, Schinckel, Myers and Popels will met with Urban Works architects on OCT 19 to discuss the report and the next phase of the design. The MIT work is going well.