Year: 2019

Next week will bring a significant change to the traffic pattern around the chemistry complex.  A portion of Mills St will be completely closed until summer 2020.  The construction team needs to place a large crane in Mills Street, between University Ave and Conklin Ct.  The crane is needed for the construction of the tower …

The driveway to the chemistry loading dock will be inaccessible on Thu Nov 7th and Mon Nov 11th. On Thursday, a concrete pump truck will be used to pour a portion of the floor slab for the second floor. On Monday, construction crews will be using a conveyer system to back-fill around the foundation walls on the …

New Tower. The loading dock was closed on Tuesday and Wednesday last week for backfilling of gravel around the sub-basement and basement walls. Unfortunately, weather has slowed installation of waterproofing and insulation on the upper part of these walls. Our Halloween snowstorm has left heavy wet snow around the tops of these walls, water is …

The driveway to the chemistry loading dock will be inaccessible on Tue Nov 5th and Thu Nov 7th. On Tuesday, construction crews will be using a conveyer system to back-fill around the foundation walls on the west half of the new tower.  On Thursday, a concrete pump truck will be used to pour a portion …

The construction team needs to make a brief shutdown to the natural gas service to the Daniels wing – TODAY – Fri Nov 1st. The outage will commence at approximately 10:00 am and last approximately 2-3 hours. – Robert J. McMahon

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 …

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 …

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

  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 …