Construction Update

Phase Two progressing ahead

All trim will be white...the beige will be replaced. F & S has been onsite replacing the trim.

It will be essential to note - that screws, nails, etc. will be in this trim section and we might want to caulk, paint, and refresh down the road. All of that will need to be done inhouse, if that is what is decided.

Buildings 45, 48, 49 and 50 have been inspected by the City

Concrete update: Viktor Construction formed, passed inspections, and began pouring footers at buildings 45, 48, 49 which were completed this week. They will start working/pouring CMU walls at building 75 and 76. They will begin cutting out CMU on 45, 47, 48, 49, and 50 for LVLs to be installed.

Framing: F&S has been replacing the miscolored trim in section 1 with the correct color and started the construction of balconies at building 47.

Waterproofing: Karins engineering, Clout, and Statewide met onsite to review the scope of work and application of the waterproofing. Materials are still out on order. No true start date known at this time.

Railings: Railing fabricator informed Clout that they are 2 to 3 weeks out on materials and would like to meet onsite with Karins and Clout at the end of next week for review and field measurements.

Week of 4/1/24

Concrete: Digging of footers at building 75 and 76 to begin (assuming 811 is able to come onsite and flag underground utilities). Start pouring CMU walls at 53, 57, 58.

Framing: F&S will continue to building balconies at 47, 45, 48, 49 and will have support working on trim in stage 1.

The next set of buildings are 50, 53, 57, and 58. Be sure to remove everything from your lanai.

If you have any personal items on the lanai of these buildings that are being worked on, you need to remove it now. If the companies have to move something on your lanai to be able to work, they will move it for you and charge you for it. We have all known that belongings need to be moved for over a year now - so please attend to this immediately.

Many of you has asked the order of construction - here it is again for your information.

As of March 18, 2024 we have permits for 14 of the 20 buildings:

Stage 1- 65, 68, 70, 72

Stage 2- 45, 47, 48, 49

Stage 3- 74, 75, 76

Stage 4- 50, 53, 57, 58

We have not received the drawings for stage 5 from Karins, so there are 6 permits still outstanding: 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64

Sometimes permits are issued out of order, but the group order will still be maintained.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Spectrum will be onsite the next few days or so to address the cable lines that were exposed during WKMs Stair install, but will also begin and complete moving the lines that have been identified in the footers of the first section of buildings. Spectrum has informed Clout that they are to expose all future lines and pin them out of the way so that construction does not delay, and they will address once a section of buildings have been completed. These cables WILL BE EXPOSED, until the construction is completed on the section being worked. So, for example, as soon as Group One buildings (65, 68, 70, and 72) are completed, the property manager will call Spectrum and they will come out and complete the upgrades and rebury the cable for these buildings back into the ground. AC cables are also a part of this concern. Rest assured that ALL will be buried. This will be a building by building process, so everyone needs to realize that we are going to have cables out and about everywhere for the time being. Be careful and conscious as to where you are stepping for your own safety.

If you are on a second story and do not have a covering on your sliding door, this needs to be addressed, either with plywood or a juliet. Please notify the office if you need assistance with this. Juliet will then give the list to Josh B. Clout will reinstall one time and one time only. These must remain in place while the construction is being done for safety and insurance reasons.

The Board voted to repair the West Gate to get it working. Left Coast Utilities came and bore the pathway with their ditchwitch to prepare for the Electric Connection to come and supply/pull the electrical wire. They will also pull the wire for the camera whenever we are ready to install. The Electric Connection will follow up with their work sometime next week we hope. They have been scheduled to come out April 5.

Everyone should know by now - that we do not have any maintenance people here to handle any emergencies. If you have one, you should notify the office directly, and they will see what needs to be done. A work order does not handle emergencies. We have been calling on some outside services to deal with emergencies when we learn about them. John King is personally handling some of the repairs and once we get our new maintenance men onsite - more can begin. We are hoping to have new maintenance personnel onsite during the first or second week of April. We are awaiting final word on background checks.

Attention Owners of Buildings 53 and 60:
Starting on Tuesday April 1 at 7am, work will begin to re-shingle the roof of your building. Building 60 will be first then, as work progresses, the crew will move over to Building 53 (likely on Wednesday). Work for each building will likely take 3 days.

Parking in the area of your building will be restricted as heavy equipment will be brought in. On Monday, April 1st, cones will be placed on the sidewalk in front of vehicles parked near Building 60. If there is a cone in front of your vehicle, please move your vehicle before 7am Tuesday and place the cone in the space your vehicle occupied. Much the same parking restriction will happen for Building 53 on Tuesday April 3rd. To owners of rented units, please advise your tenant of this event.

If Spectrum has put orange conduit on your building (like the picture above) it is a TEMPORARY FIX. Spectrum will return when the balconies are constructed and figure out a better way for the line to go into the different units. We will try to warn each building if Spectrum will be working near you and if your cable, internet, or voice will be disabled. Also check your email for blasts from Spectrum, as they often try to alert their customers directly on updates and maintenance.

We expect to have our new property mgr. Rafael Ferreris Jr. here on site starting April 1. We need to give him a little grace with catching up on all of the projects that we have going on, but we hope to have him up to speed in no time.

Try to stay positive and patient, as we wait for the project to proceed, and we are dealing diligently with all of the challenges that are put before us. Until next week...

Bermuda Bay Beach Condominium Association, Inc.

Email: bermudabaymgr@condominiumassociates.com
Website: https://condo.cincwebaxis.com/
Location: Bermuda Bay Beach and Racquet Club, 4201 38th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33711, USA
Phone: 727-864-0735
Twitter: @BermudaBayStP