Category: Building Updates

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

New Tower. Erection of rebar and concrete forms for walls of the east (Mills Street side) stairwell and the elevator shafts continued last week. After the bases of these walls are poured, waterproofing will be installed and ducts for electrical power can be completed. Then the area around the bases of the elevator shafts can …

New Tower. Last week concrete was finally poured for what will be part of the basement floor in the tower. After being postponed from the week before, scheduled for Tuesday, rescheduled for Wednesday, and re-rescheduled, the concrete was finally poured last Thursday. The concrete pump truck was in the loading-dock area from early in the …