Re: First Properties - Maintenance Request - Vanguard Lofts

Subject: Re: First Properties - Maintenance Request - Vanguard Lofts
From: jonathan sweeney (jonathan_sweeney@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Nov 11 2005 - 15:47:09 CST

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From: "jonathan sweeney"
<jonathan_sweeney@hotmail.com> To:
jonathan_sweeney@hotmail.com Subject: Re: First Properties -
Maintenance Request - Vanguard Lofts Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005
21:40:04 +0000 >A suggestion would be to construct a gate within a
gate. People >would then be able to walk through the large gate with
their dogs >and not have to activate the gate opener. The same key
could be used >as throughout the building. This would obviously
reduce the wear and >tear of the gate opener. > >This
could be done with minimal amount of iron and just one more >lock.
(similar to the gate at the outside parking) > >See
diagram > > >Jonathan > > >P.S. I am no
artist > > ><BLOCKQUOTE style='PADDING-LEFT: 5px;
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 >color=#A0C6E5 size=1> >From: Robin Raffel
 >&lt;raffs23@sbcglobal.net&gt; Reply-To:
 >vanguard-talk@venus.soci.niu.edu To:
 >vanguard-talk@venus.soci.niu.edu Subject:
Re: First >Properties - Maintenance Request - Vanguard
Lofts Date: >Fri, 11 Nov 2005 08:28:03
-0800 (PST) &gt;I
 >agree. &gt; &gt;thelen8830@aol.com
wrote:In regards to this >gate, It may be the amount of use put on
this gate that is also a >problem. If people in the building who
owned dogs were allowed to >access the whole building with their pets
this problem would be less >severe. Simple equation the more you use
something the more times it >will break. Since there is not a normal
fence You can just exit (you >being a dog owner) every time you walk
your pet there is that fence >at work. So do the math (estimate) 30
dogs in the building 3 times a >day they go out that is a total of 90
times a day that gate has to >be used. So think of some alternatives
than just fixing the
 >gate. &gt; &gt;-----Original
Message----- &gt;From: Michael >E.
Rutkowski &gt;To: vanguard-talk@venus.soci.niu.edu; Loretta
 >Wheeler ; christian.a.lattimer@jpmchase.com &gt;Cc:
Mary >Deskovich ; Thomas Kikta ; Derek Lane ; Justin
Pivec &gt;Sent: >Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:35:17
-0600 &gt;Subject: Re: First Properties >- Maintenance
Request - Vanguard
 >Lofts &gt; &gt; &gt;Pro-Line
will be out >tomorrow. &gt; &gt;Michael E.
 >Rutkowski &gt;Principal &gt;First
Properties, >LLC &gt;Phone:
312.829.8900 &gt;Fax: 312.829.8950 &gt;-----
 >Original Message ----- &gt;From:
 >christian.a.lattimer@jpmchase.com &gt;To:
 >vanguard-talk@venus.soci.niu.edu ; Michael Rutkowski ; Loretta
 >Wheeler &gt;Cc: Mary Deskovich ; Thomas Kikta ; Derek
Lane ; >Justin Pivec &gt;Sent: Thursday, November 10,
2005 3:00 >PM &gt;Subject: First Properties -
Maintenance Request - Vanguard
 >Lofts &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;First
Properties Maintenance >Request for Vanguard
Lofts &gt; &gt;The side access security
 >gate (Throop Street) to the visitor parking
behind &gt;the >building is in poor condition. The
control arm for the security gate >is &gt;grinding
against the metal housing of the control box. >This is due to a
poor &gt;design of the control arm and closure
 >mechanism for the gate. &gt; &gt;This
maintenance issues was >called in to First Properties in the
July/August &gt;time frame. >Maintenance was dispatched
to fix the problem and their >solution &gt;was to put
grease on top of the control box to >minimize the friction between
the &gt;control arm and the metal >enclosure. This was a
somewhat effective short term &gt;solution >until the
grease wore off. It lasted for about a week until the
 >gate &gt;started making noise again. The root cause of
the >failure was never addressed. &gt;The control arm is
bent down. It >should not be grinding against the
metal &gt;housing of the gate >control
unit. &gt; &gt;Might I offer up a couple more
 >permanent solutions to this on going &gt;maintenance
 >problem: &gt; &gt;- Put a busing on the
control arm to raise >it to the proper height so
there &gt;is clearance between the >control arm and the
metal enclosure. &gt;- Install a 1/4 inch >thick sheet
of teflon on the top corner of the >metal &gt;enclosure
to reduce friction between the control arm >and metal
enclosure. &gt; &gt;These are very simple and
 >inexpensive solutions that will increase
the &gt;longevity of the >control unit, decrease the
number of malfunctions with >the &gt;gate, decrease the
amount of maintenance calls to First >Properties, and best
of &gt;all... increase the overall security >of the
Vanguard Lofts by having a gate that &gt;doesn't routinely
 >malfunction. &gt; &gt;Please find attached
to this email >pictures of the gate control unit.
The &gt;pictures clearly show >the wear and tear on the
top corner of the enclosure >from &gt;direct metal on
metal contact. As the control arm >continues to grind on
the &gt;metal enclosure, unnecessary stress >is placed
on the control unit that will &gt;ultimately lead to
 >another failure of the gate. &gt; &gt;Best
 >regards, &gt;Chris &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; </BLOCKQUOTE> > </BLOCKQUOTE>

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