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Receive an update regarding the Aquatic Center indoor pool tile.
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Background:
There has been an ongoing issue with a white residue gradually building up on the indoor pool deck tile at the Aquatics Center since October 2015. The Aquatics Center staff's daily procedure is to wash the tile down with water, along with a light brushing to rinse the pool water on the deck in to the sanitary sewer and to take off any material on the tile. When the white residue buildup was noticed, staff tried performing cleaning tests to attempt to find a chemical to clean the white residue, but was unable to find a solution. On January 20, 2016 a warranty claim was submitted through Gallagher Construction on this issue.
The following is the sequence of events since the claim was filed:
* On January 31st, a vendor was contracted to clean the tile. The vendor could not clean the tile with the standard chemicals or the chemicals recommended by Trinity flooring.
* On March 15, 2016, Gallagher Construction arranged a meeting at the Aquatics Center with all Aquatics Center project contractors involved with the design, specifications, tile, and installation. In this meeting, the tile vendor attempted to clean and scrub test areas with five different chemicals and was unable to clean it. The focus from that meeting was to find the cause of the white residue on the tile.
* Gallagher Construction voluntarily sent out and paid for testing on the tile and the white residue on tile. Dallas Laboratories test results dated May 16, 2016 stated the white residue was efflorescence and the report discussion stated, "Tile was well-fired non-porous tile, but the blue glaze appears to be susceptible to chlorine attack which causes a whitish efflorescence to appear on the tile surface."
* Gallagher Construction provided the test results to the Aquatics Center project contractors and worked to get a resolution on the issue.
* Gallagher Construction arranged a second on-site meet...
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