2008 Woodie Awards
Campus construction gets underway
By: Amber Russell
Issue date: 9/27/07 Section: News
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Construction crews will try to make traveling around campus as convenient as possible by scheduling projects to avoid the busiest times of the school year. In order to hinder the amount of dust and debris that may accumulate, crews will install partitions in the area housing the elevator and stairwell on Maria Hall's west side, which is currently being used by Loretto Hall residents.
Some additions to Maria Hall will include new doors and windows, new plumbing fixtures and new lounges and kitchenettes. Crews will also install new phone, data and video wiring. Wireless internet will be made available in
public areas of the building.
Visual Arts and Sverdrup
Minor improvements will be made to the Visual Art Studio including the installation of an exhaust/ventilation system in the VAS darkroom. At the Student Government Association Delegate's Agenda Sept. 18, it was announced that the existing VAS building will continue to be used for another 10 to 15 years.
There will be minor construction work in the Sverdrup building, including the renovation of office spaces in the School of Communications. Debra Carpenter, dean of the School of Communications, said the renovations in the Sverdrup building will create additional office space for faculty and staff by splitting a few of the current offices into two separate offices. A new digital editing lab has been added to the Sverdrup building in Room 254B and will open soon to students.
"This room will give audio equipment students more computers and software to complete their post-production audio assignments without booking the audio studios that are being used for teaching and production work," Carpenter said. "This should relieve a bit of the crunch for audio students."
Other construction
Last year, the new residence halls had problems maintaining hot water due to hard water. Both East and West halls will have water softeners added to the hot water supplies to alleviate this problem.
A cooler/freezer will be installed to replace the temporary truck behind the Kirk House. Stone said facilities planning has budgeted $30,000 for the project.
Landscape work will continue in various locations throughout campus. Seed and straw will be laid in certain areas in late September or early October.
Upcoming construction projects around campus
•Completion of cabinets in Room 11 of Community Music School building and installation of acoustical material where necessary
•Demolition of lean-to portion of H. Sam Priest House garage
•Installation (over fall break) of additional campus cooling towers, which is a loop that cools different areas all from one system and is much more efficient than stand-alone systems
•Installation of a cooler/freezer for Blimpies/WOW near the Kirk House, which will replace the truck
•Re-siding and general exterior repairs at the Admissions House
Some additions to Maria Hall will include new doors and windows, new plumbing fixtures and new lounges and kitchenettes. Crews will also install new phone, data and video wiring. Wireless internet will be made available in
public areas of the building.
Visual Arts and Sverdrup
Minor improvements will be made to the Visual Art Studio including the installation of an exhaust/ventilation system in the VAS darkroom. At the Student Government Association Delegate's Agenda Sept. 18, it was announced that the existing VAS building will continue to be used for another 10 to 15 years.
There will be minor construction work in the Sverdrup building, including the renovation of office spaces in the School of Communications. Debra Carpenter, dean of the School of Communications, said the renovations in the Sverdrup building will create additional office space for faculty and staff by splitting a few of the current offices into two separate offices. A new digital editing lab has been added to the Sverdrup building in Room 254B and will open soon to students.
"This room will give audio equipment students more computers and software to complete their post-production audio assignments without booking the audio studios that are being used for teaching and production work," Carpenter said. "This should relieve a bit of the crunch for audio students."
Other construction
Last year, the new residence halls had problems maintaining hot water due to hard water. Both East and West halls will have water softeners added to the hot water supplies to alleviate this problem.
A cooler/freezer will be installed to replace the temporary truck behind the Kirk House. Stone said facilities planning has budgeted $30,000 for the project.
Landscape work will continue in various locations throughout campus. Seed and straw will be laid in certain areas in late September or early October.
Upcoming construction projects around campus
•Completion of cabinets in Room 11 of Community Music School building and installation of acoustical material where necessary
•Demolition of lean-to portion of H. Sam Priest House garage
•Installation (over fall break) of additional campus cooling towers, which is a loop that cools different areas all from one system and is much more efficient than stand-alone systems
•Installation of a cooler/freezer for Blimpies/WOW near the Kirk House, which will replace the truck
•Re-siding and general exterior repairs at the Admissions House
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