Construction Update as of April 25, 2002

UTILITY SHUTDOWNS:

• There are no utility shut-downs planned for this period.

WORK AREAS:

Cornell Library

• The second floor of the library remains in operation on the west side of the temporary wall. Removal of the roof is proceeding on the east side, in preparation for building a mechanical penthouse on a new, flat roof. This work will continue through the rest of the spring semester and the summer. At the end of July, the penthouse will be complete and the temporary wall on the second floor will be removed. 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)

• Excavation and placement of underground utilities in the Commons and Lecture Hall areas is complete. Concrete has been poured on the steel decks for the first and second floor adjacent to Cornell. The lower level concrete floor adjacent to Cornell will be poured in the next two weeks. Concrete pours for the columns on the lower level in the Commons area are in progress. The Commons ground-level floor will be poured at the end of next week. Mock-ups of stone finishes are in progress.   

Chiller Plant

• The steel erection is complete. The footings and foundation block walls are complete. The under-slab utilities are installed. The concrete slab on grade will be completed next week. Erection of the block and brick walls will start this week.

Chemistry Wing

• Excavation and foundations are in progress. The precast concrete panels and windows on the east face of the existing Dupont Chemistry wing will be removed beginning 29 April in preparation for steel erection that will start approximately May 13.

PEDESTRIAN / VEHICULAR ACCESS:

• There will be numerous truck deliveries of structural steel on 5/8, 5/9 and throughout the week of 5/13. Normal traffic may be routed through the rugby parking lot as trucks are unloaded on the service drive adjacent to the new Chemistry wing.
• There will be intermittent lane closures of the service drive between Dupont and Cornell in late-May. 
• Parking along Whittier Place is prohibited during the hours of 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
• The construction work force is getting larger. 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 a truck mounted drill rig on site next week to drill a hole for the elevator piston in the new Chemistry/Astronomy wing.
• There will be some noise from concrete trucks throughout this period. The noise is not expected to be disruptive to nearby buildings.
• There may be some dust generated by the on-going excavation of the Chemistry Wing footings alongside the service drive.

DELIVERIES / HEAVY EQUIPMENT:

• Expect deliveries of reinforcing steel, concrete and masonry throughout this period.

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 4/29/02