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