Construction Update as of July 10, 2001

WORK AREAS:

• Dupont--Temporary North Entrance. · Ceiling grid will be installed during the week of 7/16/01. · The aluminum entrance will be installed during the week of 7/16/01. · The exterior entrance ramp and handrail are complete. The North Entrance is on schedule for opening on 8/1/01.
• Dupont--Lecture Hall Asbestos abatement was completed. · Floor tile removal will begin in the restrooms adjacent to the Dupont Lecture Hall on Tuesday, 12 June. Removal of the mastic will require use of the citrus-based product. · The Bertoia sculpture outside the Lecture Hall will be relocated temporarily to the McCabe Terrace prior to the start of demolition. · Saw-cutting of structural members will occur at the end of July in preparation for demolishing the Lecture Hall wing.
• Dupont--Math Wing · Asbestos abatement will be coordinated with the relocation of the Mathematics & Statistics Department. The scheduled start date is 27 July. · Saw-cutting of structural members will occur at the end of July in preparation for demolishing the Math wing.
• Dupont Physics Offices and Temporary Restrooms · Interior walls have been removed. · Layout and framing of new walls will start the week of 7/16/01. The exit doors at that lobby will be permanently blocked after 8/1/01.
• Rugby Field · A stone surfaced temporary by-pass road will be installed this week through the field. This road will be the public access to the Dupont parking lot. The existing access road alongside the Research Annex will be closed and removed the week of 7/16/01. · Stockpiling of topsoil and fill is ongoing. Construction of the swale is underway.
• North Quad · The pedestrian path between Martin and Cornell has been rerouted. Please follow the pathway delineated by orange construction fencing. Temporary signs directing pedestrians to Cornell Library will be installed shortly. · The installation of manhole 13 will affect the landscape, parking and access roads at Hicks and Beardsley. A coordination meeting with the departments occupying those two buildings will be held the week of 16 July.
• Cornell Library · Installation of utilities in the former garden between Cornell and Martin is underway. The temporary entrance to Cornell is on schedule for opening 1 August. · Structural steel will be installed in the second floor of Cornell to allow the removal of the canopy. This work is targeted for the end of July. A coordination meeting with the Library staff will be held 17 July.

UTILITY SHUTDOWNS:

• The Cornell Library domestic water supply and sanitary drain lines will be shut down during the week of 7/16/01 for approximately one day. The shutdown will be coordinated through Maintenance.
• The fire alarm riser in Dupont at the temporary North Entrance will be shut down on 16 July to allow rerouting of this service.

PEDESTRIAN / VEHICULAR ACCESS:

• Parking along Whittier Place is prohibited during the hours of 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Faculty and staff were advised that parking is at their own risk. The purple permit parking signs on Whittier Place will be removed.
• The stair tower exit door at the northwest corner of the Dupont Research Annex has been limited to emergency exit only, due to construction activities outside. Signs have been posted at all doors in the stair tower.
• Installation of the construction fence on the North Quad is nearly complete. Opaque slats will be installed in the fence by 1 September to screen the view of construction.
• The pedestrian path between Cornell Library and Martin Building has been rerouted. Please follow the alternate path, delineated by the orange construction fencing. 
• The stair tower exit on the west side of Dupont was closed 11 July for approximately 10 days, for excavation and the installation of the temporary stair and scaffold assembly. Signs have been posted inside the building to this effect.
• The Borough has approved eliminating parking at two spaces on Elm Avenue near the intersection with Whittier Place, to facilitate construction traffic. The existing street parking signs will be relocated. Borough enforcement of the restriction will begin in August (after a period of public notice).

NOISE, VIBRATION, DUST:

• Excavation work is underway between Cornell and Martin. Excavation on the west side of Dupont will produce similar amounts of dust and noise.
• Use of the citrus-based mastic remover as part of the asbestos abatement activities will produce an odor in Dupont. Negative pressure and high rates of ventilation are being used to help dissipate the odor.
• Saw-cutting at the Lecture Hall wing and the Math wing at the end of July will last for approximately three days. There will be significant noise and vibration associated with this operation.
• Clearing of the Chiller Plant site will begin the week of 23 July. 

CONSTRUCTION DELIVERIES / HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON SITE:

• Earth-moving equipment (backhoe, bulldozer, dump truck, etc.) is on site; there will be additional deliveries of heavy equipment over the next one to two weeks.

Send message to the chair of the Science Project User's Group, Rachel Merz (rmerz1@swarthmore.edu)

For inquiries regarding construction issues, send message to construction@swarthmore.edu

last updated 7/12/01