Construction Update as of November 16, 2001

UTILITY SHUTDOWNS:

• There will be an electrical shutdown on Friday, 11/23, beginning at 7:00 a.m.  Cornell and Martin are expected to be affected for two hours.  Dupont and Beardsley will be affected for approximately 12 hours.  Ralph Thayer advised the College community of this work last week.
• There will be a major electrical shutdown over the holiday break between Christmas and New Year‚s Day.  The College is working with Riteway to schedule this work.  Facilities will notify faculty, staff and students.

WORK AREAS:

Dupont Research Annex

• Temporary partitions will be installed along the exterior walls of Rooms 240 and 242 over the next few weeks. Construction in Room 240 will begin Monday 11/26.

Dupont Physics Wing

• The temporary platform at the connector to Cornell will be removed during the afternoon of Tuesday, 11/20 and replaced with a more permanent structure on Wednesday, 11/21.  The inside stairs that go to the lower level will be closed during that time.  Access to the lower level of Dupont is available from other parts of the Building.

Rugby Field

• The existing road alongside the Research Annex has been demolished and the installation of underground utilities is complete. Curbs have been placed and the road will be paved with a base course of asphalt beginning Friday, 11/16.
  · Stockpiling of topsoil and fill is complete. Modifications to the swale will occur within the next week.  Additional fill material has being stockpiled alongside the topsoil for use as backfill against the Science Center foundations.

North Quad

• Note the pathways marked with signs and arrows painted on the ground that lead from Beardsley around to the north entrance to Dupont.

Cornell Library

• The temporary platform at the connector to Dupont will be removed during the afternoon of Wednesday, 11/21 and replaced on Friday, 11/23 with a more permanent structure.   Access to the Library will be available from the path on grade between Martin and Cornell.

PEDESTRIAN / VEHICULAR ACCESS:

• The new service drive alongside the Research Annex is expected to be paved and re-opened to traffic next week so that connection of the underground utilities from the drive to the new manhole can be completed.
• On or around Friday, 11/30 the service drive will be closed for one day from the Dupont Visitor‚s Lot back to Lang Music and Lang PAC.  Facilities is working with the users in Cornell, Martin, Lang Music and Lang PAC to determine the best date for this work.  A notice to the College community about the prohibition of parking along the service drive for that day will follow.
• Parking along Whittier Place is prohibited during the hours of 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
• Electrical work inside the manhole in the Hicks lot is continuing.

NOISE, VIBRATION, DUST, ODORS

• Removal of the concrete caissons in front of Cornell will create some noise and vibration in Cornell and possibly Dupont and Martin.

DELIVERIES / HEAVY EQUIPMENT:

• Paving of the service drive along the rugby lot will require heavy machinery on site from Friday, 11/16 through Tuesday, 11/20.

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 11/18/01