1. All work shall be carried out in strict accordance with specifications dated March 16, 1959, and this Addendum dated March 20, 1959.
12. Add Paragraph No. 11-9A
Panels shall receive a prime coat, a body coat and a finish coat of paint of color specified for adjoining walls.
13. Add Paragraph 11-10A
specified for other metal work.
Add "Partition between darkroom and X-Ray room shall have lead lining extended from floor to ceiling."
16. Paragraph No. 11-20 - lines 5 and 6 - delete the following words "Hollow bronze work; cold rolled bronze sheets of uniform color, process leveled and finished smooth".
17. Add Paragraph No. 11-38. Lead lined partitions shall be constructed by replacing the inner sheet of gypsum panel with a plywood panel lined with lead of thickness specified. This panel shall extend from floor to height specified and shall be joined to panel above with regular separation bar.
18. Add Paragraph No. 11-39. All doors both interior and at exterior of of X-Ray rooms shall have lead lining, the full width and heighth of doors with provision made for adequate protection where hardware is installed.
19. Add Paragraph No. 11-40. All exposed metal in area to be lead protected shall be covered with 1/16 inch thick lead for complete protection and securely fastened in place.
20. Add Paragraph No. 11-41. Concrete columns at walls where lead lined partitions are required shall be covered with 1/16 inch thick sheet lead securely fastened to columns and extended into partitions to provide a com plete shield. Lead cover shall extend to height of adjoining lead lined walls. Add Paragraph No. 11-42. All attachments to or holes cut through lead shall be adequately repaired or sheilded by lead to give complete protection from rays. All nails, screws, etc. penetrating lead shall have lead cap. Lead lining for X-ray rooms shall be 99.9 percent pure, thickness shall not vary more than 3% over entire surface, free from dross, oxide inclusions, scale, blisters and cracks and no soldering permitted.
22. Add Paragraph No. 11-43. All exposed lead or lead lined panels shall be painted as specified for other panels or metal.
23. Add Paragraph No. 11-44. Where lead lined panels or lead covering extends to floor the regular metal base on partitions shall be installed but need not be lead covered. Asphalt base shall be placed over lead cover on concrete columns.
24. Add Paragraph No. 11-45. In completing lead lining of walls where specified no area of wall, doors or columns shall be left unprotected by lead cover.
Exhibit 2--Letter from J. Gordon Henges, Henges Company, Inc., St. Louis,
Mo. to Thomas G. Jay, June 25, 1959
We are directing this letter to your attention because we know that we'll receive your consideration and that we will also receive answers to the questions we are raising.
In order to give you a little background on the situation as it
stands today we should like to recite the following facts
in reasonable, chronological order.
For some period prior to the actual writing of the specifications covering the work to be done on the Mart Building job, we had been in contact with your Mr. Ralph Warren and with Mr. William Rankin. Our specific interest in contacting them was to point out the value of movable partitions in much of the work which was currently being designed through your BSA office.
About the time the work at the Mart Building was deter-
mined to be necessary we were asked by Mr. Warren if we
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could assist in writing specifications for that job. of
course we were most happy to do so. Mr. Warren in turn put
us in contact with Mr. Al Glassbrook and Mr. Gil White. At
that time he pointed out the critical time element involved
in this work.
General Services Administration, Region
2306 East Bannister Road
Kansas City, Missouri
June 25, 1959
It was desired that this work be accomplished and com-
pleted so that the Army could move the Induction Center
in by July 1st. Mr. Warren then asked our Kansas City
office if we were certain that the materials necessary
to do this job could be made available and work could
start immediately the job was ready for the partition
work to begin. In order to be absolutely sure our Kansas
City office contacted us and learned the inventory in our
warehouse in St. Louis was adequate to do the entire job.
Further discussion indicated because of the shortness of
time allowed for this remodeling work, it might be neces-Pan kin?
sary or at least desirable that the partition panels as
well as all exposed metal parts be painted prior to deliv-
ery to the job. The idea behind this procedure was to
again save time. Once more our Kansas City office con-
tacted us in St. Louis office and received assurance that
we would set aside all other things and if necessary paint
all materials prior to delivery to the job. The advantage
that was considered in this pre-painting was that other
work necessary to the remodeling of the area could be
in progress at the same time the parts were being painted
and the panels fabricated and also painted.
We were further able to assure Mr. Warren and the interested
people there in your office that we had an adequate staff
of trained mechanics that we could put on this work and we
would be willing to guarantee that there would be no question
of our completing the job on the terminal date desired.
As a result of these preliminary discussions we were asked
to write a specification that would give them the parti-
tions which we felt would be best for this installation.
This we did. We went over these specifications very care-
fully with both Mr. Glassbrook and Mr. White.
Upon their
completion, the finalized form of the specifications were
discussed with Mr. Warren and Mr. Rankin. After this meet-
ing the specifications were approved and they were included
in the general specifications sent out to all contractors
bidding this work.
General Services Administration, Region'
2306 East Bannister Road
Kansas City, Missouri
June 25, 1959
We bid the job exactly as it was specified with no reser-
vations. The specifications were clear cut and definitive.
At the time we bid all of the general contractors we were
fully aware of the requirements of the job. We covered
every contingency for seeing that this work could go ahead
with dispatch and be completed at the time indicated.
When we attempted to secure a sub-contract from the success-
ful general contractor we were told that he was awarding
the work to another firm. We naturally asked him if this
other firm was in a position to meet the specifications as
they were written. We were told that the sub-contractor
had cleared everything with the Kansas City office of
96A and that he would furnish the material that would meet
the specifications and that there would be no question about
final acceptance, or approval of the entire job as he would
install it.
Upon receipt of this information we again visited your offices
and talked with Mr. Warren and we were informed that he
had modified his thinking as regards to specifications as
they were written and that he was prepared to allow certain
deviations from these specifications on the part of a suc-
cessful subcontractor.
As you no doubt are aware, Mr. Jay, the job has been started
by the partition subcontractor. Because we were and still
are vitally interested in this job and because we recognize
that specifications are usually provided for the purpose
of being met and lived up to, we have visited this job on
numerous occasions to see just what kind of job is being
supplied under those specifications. We want to list here
for your consideration some very obvious and we believe
critical deviations.
Item 5-11 of the specification refers to Metal Parts. It
reads "All Metal Parts shall be of minimum 20-gauge electro-
lytic zinc-coated steel. Studs and framing members shall
be one-piece continuous roll-formed sections of minimum
18-gauge electrolytic zinc-coated steel. All exposed sur-
faces of steel parts shall be finished ready for painting
without need for further priming".
General Services Administration, Region 6
Kansas City, Missouri
June 25, 1959
An inspection of the job shows that the steel is not electolytic zinc-coated but that it is cold rolled and prime coated which is considerably lower in cost and quality. Electrolytiq sinc-coated steel is certainly available to anyone who is
willing to purchase it. Yes
In Paragraph 11-6 the specifications clearly state "Frames
for the 1-3/8" thick doors shall be rolled-section minimu
16-gauge electrolytic zinc-coated steel, and shall be flush
with the partition trim and shall not extend beyond the trim".
This was specifically recommended for appearance and for
strength. At the time of this writing we have not been able
to examine any door frames inasmuch as none have been deliv-
ered to the job site. There have been some verbal explana-
tions that there has been a modification and a deviation in
this area as well. Can this modification and deviation that
would allow an entirely different type of door frame to be
used be justified?
In Paragraph 11-7 the specification clearly states "Corner
posts shall be of one-piece roll-formed section of mini-
18-gauge electrolytic zinc-coated steel". Inspection
of the job actually indicates that in lieu of corner posts
as specified, two U-Channels that are not of electrolytic
sinc-coated steel are being used, held together with sheet
metal screws. This leaves a space between the parts. Also
it's much weaker structurally and considerably lower cost
than the corner post which was specified. In addition
it certainly lacks the finished appearance that would have
been provided by the one-piece post.
In Paragraph 11-8 - Metal Base Sections it clearly states
that "it shall be snap-on type with no exposed screws,
bolts or other fasténing devices. Metal base sections shall
be notched at the studs." While at the time of our inspec-
tion no base was actually installed, there are no provisions
which we can see that will allow the base that is to be
installed on the partition without fastening by some sur-
face visible means. Not only does this affect the visible
appearance but reduces the flexibility and easy removability.
Referring once again back to Paragraph 11-5, which states
"stud and framing members shall be one-piece continuous
¡Fed-formed sections”. The material being used in this
em is nét rolled-formed. The resultant job is
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