Construction Update as of June 21, 2002

UTILITY SHUTDOWNS:

• There will be a shut-down of the campus chilled water loop from 10 p.m. Friday, June 28th through Sunday morning, June 30th so that piping to the new Chiller plant can be tied in. A faculty-staff email with preliminary information about the shutdown was issued 6/13. More detail will follow. 

WORK AREAS:

Cornell Library

• The second floor of the library remains in operation on the west side of the temporary wall. Roofing over existing Cornell is nearly complete. A temporary wall was installed on the first floor so that the existing glass wall could be removed. A new sprinkler system is being installed throughout the library and is expected to be complete by July 15. The work has not closed the library and is occurring during the hours of 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. At the end of July, the penthouse will be complete and the temporary wall on the second floor will be relocated adjacent to the new addition corridor. The book shelves will be reinstalled and the carrels will be put back in place to prepare for the new academic year.

Cornell Addition (a.k.a. Biology/ Commons Wing)

• Walls have been framed on the lower level and mechanical services are being installed on several floors. Installation of mechanical piping and duct has begun on the first and second floors. Half of the Commons lower level slab was poured. The second half of the Commons ground-level floor was also poured. The slab at the seating area will be formed and poured within the next two weeks. Existing foundation walls at the Dupont Physics wing, outside of Room 15, will be sawcut during the week of 7/1. The work will take several days to complete. Barclay White will coordinate the hours of this work with the Physics & Astronomy Department.

Chiller Plant

• Erection of the brick veneer is complete. Duct and pipe installation is in progress. The cooling towers were delivered and set. The granite veneer for the south wall will be delivered on June 26th and will installed over the following three weeks.

Chemistry Wing

• Erection of the connecting canopy and 80 seat Lecture Hall steel is in progress. Metal deck installation at the Chemistry wing is 99% complete.

SITEWORK:

• Chilled water piping is being installed underground from a connection point south of Trotter Hall, north along the east side of Beardsley Hall, to a connection point at the end of Whittier Place during the next 7 weeks. Pedestrian traffic will be re-routed around the work area.
• Chiller water piping is also being installed across the project site. The work has extended out under the construction fence and will connect into existing piping in the service drive. The work area is enclosed in orange snow fence.

PEDESTRIAN / VEHICULAR ACCESS:

• The sidewalk along the east side of Beardsley will be closed to pedestrians in approximately 3 weeks for a period of 4 - 5 weeks while the chilled water lines are installed. The entrance to Beardsley will be usable in case of an emergency. The North Quad entrance to Beardsley will remain open.
• There will be more truck deliveries of structural steel early next week. Deliveries of concrete block, reinforcing steel and stone will be on-going.
• Parking along Whittier Place is prohibited during the hours of 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
• The construction work force will increase further during the summer due to other projects on north campus. Thank you for your cooperation in respecting the areas designated as Construction Parking by using the rugby and Dupont parking lots.

NOISE, VIBRATION, DUST, ODORS

• There will be some noise from delivery trucks, a crane and saws throughout this period. The noise is not expected to be disruptive to nearby buildings.
• Expect some noise and vibration under the Physics Department offices while the foundations are cut during the week of July 1st.
• Expect deliveries of structural steel, reinforcing steel, concrete and masonry throughout this period.
• There will be some dust generated by the on-going trenching for the chilled water lines.

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 7/8/02