COVID-19. Although the department has shut down due to the COVID-19 situation, we thought it would be helpful to continue to supply information about the progress of various construction projects—at least to provide as much …
Building Updates
Construction Update 03/02/2020
New Tower. Last week was incredibly productive. Concrete was poured for the west side of the seventh floor on Thursday. On Friday, the area of the sixth floor below the new pour was above 90 …
Construction Update 02/24/2020
Mock-up. The mock-up in parking lot 45, across Mills Street from the power plant, was tested for water tightness last Tuesday and passed a slightly more stringent test than was required (12 psi versus 10 …
Construction Update 02/17/2020
CLC Renovation. Renovation of part of the fourth floor of the Medical Sciences Center (MSC) for the Chemistry Leaning Center (CLC) continues on schedule. Plans are underway to move the CLC in the middle of …
Construction Update 02/10/2020
New Tower. The view from the top of our new tower is great and gets better every couple weeks as a new floor is added. Concrete will have been poured for the west side of …
Construction Update 02/03/2020
Crawler Crane Luffer Jib. Since last Thursday Mills Street has been completely closed from Johnson Street to University Avenue so that a luffer jib can be added to the large red crawler crane that has …
Construction Update 01/27/2020
Lab Mock-up. A sampling of representative fume hoods, lab counters and casework, cabinets, sinks, and cabinets has been available since Wednesday of last week for examination by those who will be overseeing our new laboratory …
Construction Update 01/13/2020
Daniels Eighth Floor. Installation of sprinklers began last week and is proceeding according to plan. Last Monday morning about a dozen people from the construction team, FP&M, and chemistry checked that the eighth floor was …
Construction Update 01/06/2020
New Tower. While many of us have been celebrating holidays the construction team has been working hard to raise our tower higher and higher. What they had achieved by the end of the year is …
Notice 12/17/2019: Driveway Inaccessible 12/19
The construction schedule has been revised, again; the driveway to the chemistry loading dock will be inaccessible on Thu Dec 19th. A concrete pump truck will be used to pour a portion of the floor …