The good news this week is that phase III is ahead of schedule! We should be able to move into the new space just after finals in June (instead of the end of July). Next week a sub-contractor will begin excavating the courtyard. When it’s finished, our new courtyard will have Wi-Fi and cell-phone reception,… Continue reading →
This week’s blog can be summed up by one word: cement. Cement has been poured for the building’s two roofs. The roofs will eventually be covered with river rock to give an attractive appearance to staff looking down on them from offices in Onyx and Klamath Halls. Also, the cement slab was poured for the… Continue reading →
The Social Commons upstairs is beginning to take shape. Here is a picture of what it looked like yesterday: The interior of the building is also beginning to looking great! Here is a picture of the staff workroom/kitchen and storage area. Cement pouring continues. Below is a picture of new cement on the plaza. Cement… Continue reading →
Last weekend’s crane activity was an overwhelming success! Over the 3-day weekend the 350-ton crane moved steel beams from the parking lot behind the Onyx Hall building up and over Onyx and Klamath Halls into the PSC construction area. As the steel beams were lowered into the area, they were placed directly on the PSC… Continue reading →
Wood slats have been installed in the ceiling over the group study rooms and in the hallway next to those rooms. The effect is beautiful and will help make the space warm and welcoming. Over the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend (Saturday, Sunday, and Monday) from 7 am – 7 pm a 350-ton crane will… Continue reading →
The elevator pit has been poured. See attached photo. More shear walls and column footings have been poured and shoring has been installed to support the concrete beams which will be going in soon (see photo). Carbon fiber, which is used to strengthen the waffle slab ceiling, will be finished in the Phase III construction… Continue reading →
Construction this week included shear walls and columns. See the attached column prep-work picture. Save the date! A 300-ton crane is scheduled to lift steel into our construction site during the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend in January. The steel will be lifted over Klamath Hall and into the site from the small parking lot… Continue reading →
Demolition and excavation continued over the past couple of weeks. In terms of demolition, construction crews have finished removing twelve feet of the plaza along the north side of the Science Library’s atrium. Elongating the atrium will bring more light into the space. In the first attached picture you will see the part of the… Continue reading →
The wall between the Science Library and the Klamath computing labs has been demolished! It’s nice to see that the “hole in the wall” project has finally come to pass. You can see in the pictures below the spaces that will be the makerspace and the computer lab. The third photo shows the future location… Continue reading →
Phase II of the PSC construction project opened at 9:00 Monday morning, September 28. By 10:00 am students working in all of the group study rooms. Phase II includes the small and large group study rooms, the large quiet study room, workstations in open areas, and the video-conference room. Also finished are five of the… Continue reading →
