Project Status: In Progress
Timeline: Projected completion June 2019
Updates:
February 7, 2019
Construction Timelines and News
Received an updated timeline from Swinerton this morning that included the third phase of construction in the room occupied by TED librarians. Major completion of third floor work is slated for May 3rd. From that day through May 8th there is time allowed for reconfiguration and relocation of cubicles as well as moving to the new offices.
What is happening now?
Demolition was delayed and is now slated for Friday or Monday morning start on third floor with completion before 8 a.m. and the fourth floor demolition will be ongoing from February 11-15. The contractors have completed the barriers now on both third and fourth floors in preparation. There are industrial air purifiers within the restricted work areas to pull dust and debris from the air. Please do not enter these areas, they are restricted areas for safety reasons.
Electricians are preparing to work on the third and fourth floors running lines and modifying circuits. As a general practice, plan to shut down computers and save files prior to leaving each day. Due to some of the electrical work there may be short outages in the staff spaces on both third and fourth floors early in the mornings before 8 a.m.
Loading Dock
The loading dock will have the cardboard dumpster moved over to the University Librarian’s parking spot, the 20 yard construction dumpster will be located on the far side next to the generators and the remaining two or three trash dumpsters tightly arranged next to it. This is expected to happen before the end of this week. There will be enough room for a pallet sized load to come in through the loading dock door.
In the construction meeting there was a new development this week. The contractors will be removing a pane of glass from the dock elevator lobby on the third and fourth floors to bring in construction materials every Friday morning and then replacing the glass. Anything happening on the third floor will occur prior to 8:30 a.m., hopefully causing minimal disruption of work and staff. The fourth floor window may be open for longer on Fridays which may require going an alternative route for entry.
I will keep you all posted as additional dates and news are shared with me. Feel free to ask questions or share concerns and I will do my best to address them.
Surge Space
6420 is set up and in use by some staff members already. There are additional spaces in the administration suite for staff that need alternative work areas during the project. Please notify me or your department representative if you are interested in taking advantage of it at any point.
In addition to that staff space there is also a suite of office space on the third floor of Gilkey now available to faculty to use as well. I am happy to walk anyone over who is interested in using the space. Though it isn't really set up for long term use, if there is interest in more lasting accommodation please let me know.
Reconfiguration
Sometime next week I am meeting with the vendor about reconfiguration needs and will be doing further analysis of the current furniture throughout the office spaces and asking that staff and faculty indicate which items they would like to bring with them.
Quick Info
Permission has been granted to the construction workers and contractors from Swinerton to use the break room on the third floor if needed.
There are more noise cancelling headphones available for use for anyone disturbed by noise on the third or fourth floors. Please notify your department rep (Laurie, Don, Kerri, Marty, Larry) and they can distribute the headphones to you on request.
Watch for small updates through the week with reminders and new information. Thanks all, please send me any questions or concerns!
January 25, 2019
Wish I had more to share but not a ton of news this week, just been waiting on more concrete information from campus and the contractor.
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