IRC Report Status
IRC has completed the assessment reports for all condominium buildings. The reports which indicate the impacts resulting from water intrusion for each individual condominium may be viewed at the Pointe West Beach Club. These reports will be preliminary until Cotton has performed all required tear out operations. If Cotton tear out operations exceed the IRC scope then the reports will be updated. We thank you for leaving all reports at the Beach Club so that all condo owners have access to the information.
Tear Out Operations
Cotton’s restoration operations continue onto eight additional buildings. The steps involved in the tear out operations of your condominium are as follows:
Mapping - transferring IRC tear out requirements onto ceilings, walls and floors.
Documentation – take pictures of contents and damage
Containment – establish safe zones for undamaged rooms
Content – cleaning, wrapping, packaging and moving contents to clean zone
Demo – tear out operations
Clean up – wipe down, hepa-vac and treat rooms
Hygienist Review – determine if additional tear out is needed, if so go to demo phase.
Cotton is currently performing tear out operations in the following buildings:
Bay Water Drive
26570, 26560, 26550, 26540
Mangrove Drive
26501, 26511
Pointe West Drive
4131, 4141, 4151, 4241, 4121, 4111, 4221
Cat Tail Drive
26530, 26411, 26541
Grassy Pointe Drive
4221
The Condominium Associations are following appropriate protocols in the dry wall tear out of the condominiums, any other drywall tear out being performed by contractors other than those contracted by the association are in violation of the condominium declarations. The most recent tear out schedules will also be available at the Beach Club. We thank you for leaving all reports at the Beach Club so that all condo owners have access to the information.
Reconstruction
The City of Galveston has established safe and appropriate protocols that all homeowners must follow in order to occupy a residential unit. In addition to the required internal reconstruction of each condominium the Condo Association is working to restore all life safety components of each condominium building. These include fire and life safety systems, electrical, mechanical, elevators, and onsite/offsite fire suppression systems. The Condo Association is defining an orderly process in which complete buildings will be delivered to condo owners. Until all reconstruction and the appropriate approvals have been obtained from the City of Galveston a building cannot be occuppied.
The Condo Association is in the process of reviewing bids for the reconstruction 26570 Bay Water. Similar to tear out operations the Association will present the bids to the insurance adjuster and obtain scope concurrence. That meeting is schedule to occur on October 28 and it is the Association's intent to establish the same protocol across the remaining 27 buildings. In terms of coverage we have not received the insurance carrier interpretation and the Association continues to negotiate in accordance to our policy.
November 1, 2008 Pointe West Association Meeting
Please plan on attending as the Associations will present the latest information on our path to the restoration of Pointe West. We ask that everyone RSVP to Eileen Penn at e.penn@pmghouston.com so that the Associations may prepare appropriately. Please respond with total in party as lunch will be provided.
