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Campus News - January 28, 2002 |
Campus construction projects in full swing
By Steve Carr
If it seems like you are walking amidst a maze of construction projects and
have to identify different routes to get to various destinations across campus,
you will have to endure a while longer.
Currently, eight different construction projects are ongoing on main and north
campuses and several more are planned for the near future.
Its a good news, bad news situation. Everybody will benefit in the end,
though.
The utility upgrade project, when we put in chilled water distribution
lines, is going to leave quite an impact on the campus, said Mary Vosevich,
director of the Physical Plant. Well move along (in phases) so that
we havent restricted access. We think the benefit in the long run will
hopefully accommodate some of the discomfort of living through these projects.
Aside from the Physical Plants involvement, the Department of Facility
Planning is a key player in facilitating, implementing and completing more than
$113,957,000 of approved projects. Among the primary projects on main campus
is the Student Union Building (SUB), scheduled for completion in August 2002
and the Hibben Center for Archaeological Research, slated for completion in
May 2002. The SUB project consists of 8,000 square feet of new space on the
northwest corner of the existing building and renovates 147,000 square feet
of existing space for a total of 155,000 square feet on three levels. The Hibben
project will be approximately 35,000 square feet, also on three levels.
There are other obstacles around campus including completing the domestic water
system replacement, visible by fenced off holes near Mitchell and Scholes Halls.
The upgrade of the domestic water project on Redondo Loop and the west main
campus areas is near completion, but will give way to another major phase that
includes laying pipes for chilled and steam water originating from the chilled
water plant on Las Lomas and Stanford across campus to the SUB.
Planning is underway and work will soon begin on the renovation of the Ford
Utilities Center, which will include new steam boilers and electric chillers
to produce additional cogeneration of electricity and steam. The renovation
of Ford Utilities Center will be completed in 2004. Other campus utility projects
include chilled water modifications and energy conservation construction including
new and more efficient lighting in buildings.
Right now we are on schedule with an anticipated completion date of early
2005, said Vosevich. Im sure everyone has noticed the domestic
water system upgrade, the Redondo project you see that cuts across campus in
a couple of locations. It is the first phase of the project to upgrade that
whole system in serious need of renewal and modernization.
On North Campus, Phase I of the Law School addition and Phase II of the Child
Care Center are scheduled for completion next month. Planning is complete on
the new Ambulatory Surgery and Imaging Center (see story this page), Phase II
of the Law School and an upgrade at the art museum.
Planning is in progress and funding identified on more than $290 million in
projects including Phase II of the Taos Education Center, an education building,
research facility and womans and childrens pavilion on North Campus,
and the new Centennial Engineering Center and replacement of Wagner Hall on
main campus.
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