University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: October 2019

Construction Update 10/28/2019

New Tower. The tower is now rising above ground level and preparations are being made for pouring concrete for the part of the second floor that will become the new information commons (library). Much shoring has already been erected and soon concrete forms will be put into place for this floor. Pouring the floor is …

Notice 10/23/2019: Loading Dock Closure 10/29-10/30

The driveway to the chemistry loading dock will be inaccessible on Tue Oct 29th and Wed Oct 30th. Construction crews will be using a conveyor system to back-fill around the foundation walls on the west half of the new tower. Please plan accordingly. The Business Office will process orders through Friday, October 25. They will …

Notice 10/23/2019: Driveway Inaccessible 10/29-10/30

The driveway to the chemistry loading dock will be inaccessible on Tue Oct 29th and Wed Oct 30th. Construction crews will be using a conveyer system to back-fill around the foundation walls on the west half of the new tower. Please plan accordingly. For the Facilities Committee, Bob McMahon, John Moore, Jeff Nielsen and Matt Sanders

Construction Update 10/21/2019

  New Tower. There was a lot of activity in the new tower last week. We now have additional concrete floors and extensions of concrete columns above the basement and first-floor levels, concrete walls up to the second-floor level for the west stairwell, and shoring under construction for the floor of the information commons on …

UW-Madison Chemist works to develop new bioengineering strategy

By Tatum Lyles Flick Communications Specialist Andrew Buller, professor of chemistry at UW-Madison, is working to develop methods to create new protein building blocks in living systems. This chemical research, recently recognized with a $2.2 million grant from NIH, could make these processes more affordable for and accessible to scientists with expertise in other backgrounds. …

Construction Update 10/14/2019

New Tower. The big news last week was the largest concrete pour of the project—almost 11 hours long. Last Thursday, from 4 am to about 3 pm a concrete pump truck in the loading-dock area moved concrete into the first-floor area that will become the learning studio, corridors, café, rest rooms, and utility rooms. The …

Construction Update 10/07/2019

New Tower. The new tower area looks completely different from what you saw in the last newsletter. Shoring and concrete forms now cover much of the basement and first-floor areas in preparation for pouring concrete floors on both levels. The first-floor pour is currently scheduled for this Thursday (and will close the loading dock from …

Construction Update 09/30/2019

New Tower. A lot has been accomplished in the excavation during the past two weeks. (There was no newsletter September 16, so this report covers two weeks.) Concrete was poured Thursday afternoon and evening in an area that will be just outside the west entrance to the first floor of the new tower. This is …

Construction Update 09/16/2019

Daniels Sub-basement. The new rooms in the Daniels sub-basement that will house a new emergency generator and other electrical equipment were finished some weeks ago. Last week workers were installing conduit ducts that will carry power from the Daniels sub-basement into the new tower. By the end of this month we expect to see the …