Campus Construction Update for Week of Aug. 31-Sept. 6

Facilities Planning Project Managers' Report

Information Technology Facility (Scheduled completion date: December 2008) -- Sorority Row is open to one-way traffic through the site. The temporary bus stop on King Street will be open for bus traffic. It will remain open but move to different locations on King Street depending on the construction activity. Concrete site work and landscape irrigation will be installed with final grading to follow. Exterior metals are being complete and detailed. The glass installers will be completing detailing, installing exterior aluminum doors, and installing exterior sunshades. Interior work continues throughout. Drywall finishing, painting, and ceiling grids are being installed on the first and second floors. Flooring installation and cabinet installation will continue.

Check out the webcam at www.uwyo.edu/it_test2/itbldgcam.

College of Business Expansion and Renovation (Scheduled Completion Date: Fall 2010) -- Demolition of interior walls will continue in the existing building as part of the "gutting" on that structure. Excavation and shoring operation is scheduled for the addition.

Faculty and staff in the UW College of Business have relocated to Crane Hall because of the renovation project. Go here for a list of the new office locations: www.uwyo.edu/news/showrelease.asp?id=23821.

ILLC, Information Library and Learning Center (Scheduled completion date: September 2009) -- At the addition, window installation will continue and the exterior stone work will begin. Other activities, roofing, drywall, metal framing, electrical rough-ins, and mechanical rough-ins will continue.

In the 50's portions of the library, utility rough-ins will continue and metal framing for interior walls will begin.

Between the library and Union, demolition will continue to prepare for the landscaped walk way slated for that area.

Check out the webcam at digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/blogs/ILLC/netcam.htm

Student Health/Cheney International Center (Scheduled completion date: February 2009) -- Work will begin on the Cheney Plaza. Areas across from Student Health will be fenced off but walkways will still be maintained. Chiller lines will be extended from the International Center toward Merica Hall. Masonry work will begin on the exterior. Ceiling grids are being completed on the second floor.

Honors House -- Site work and landscaping will take place on the exterior. Finish work continues on the interior.

Old Power Plant -- Abatement has been completed.

College of Law, Moot Court Addition and Renovation -- The contractor will finish removing the stone from the west elevation. The concrete floors will be removed. The fire sprinkler lines will be capped and re-routed. The concrete and steel will be hauled away for recycling. The contractor will attempt to minimize interruptions to the surrounding area activities but dust, noise, and vibration of the building should be expected.

Old Main Window Replacement -- Punch list items this week.

Education Annex Third Floor Renovations -- Punch list this week.

General Classroom Renovations -- Punch list items this week.

Knight Hall Basement Renovations -- Punch list items this week. 

Indoor Practice Facility -- Landscape work on the east side of the building along 22nd street will continue into September. Parts of the east parking areas will be affected. The Warburton Plaza sign is now complete on the west end.

Centennial Complex -- Work for the replacement of the pre-action fire suppression system in the building will continue through October. Staging for the contractor is on the northeast side of the building. The Art Museum Galleries will be closed through September and the AHC Reading Room on fourth floor will be closed through the middle of September. From Aug. 4 through Sept. 15 the Reading Room will be open and temporarily located in the 2nd floor Stock Growers Room.

UW Police Facility --The old UniWyo Credit Union on the corner of 15th and Flint will become the new UW Police Facility. Inside demolition has begun. The construction completion is scheduled for March 2009.

The UW Physical Plant reports the following activities scheduled for the week:

Prexy's Pasture -- Due to the newly-installed sod on Prexy's, watering must occur during the day through the last week in August. This will cause some re-routing of traffic to avoid the sprinklers. The run times will be adjusted to minimize interference during class changes.

15th Street -- Curb and gutter and sidewalk replacement between Lewis and Gibbon Streets will be finished this week. Conduit for fiber optic lines will be installed from the general storage facility south along 15th Street to Wyo Hall in conjunction with the other work on 15th Street. The intersection of 15th and Lewis Street will be closed on Sunday, Sept. 7, to install the conduit lines under the intersection. Traffic will be re-routed around the closure. In addition, 15th Street will remain closed between Lewis and Gibbon Streets all week. Traffic is re-routed around the closure.

Physical Plant -- Work continues on the parking lot north of the Physical Plant. The lot should be completed and re-opened during the week of Sept. 8.

Little League Bus Shelter -- The pad and sidewalk for the bus shelter will be poured on Tuesday and the shelter will be set on the pad Wednesday or Thursday.

Willett Drive Bus Shelter --The site is currently being demoed and prepared. Handicap parking spaces will be re-graded to conform to maximum slope requirements and the shelter pad and surrounding sidewalk will be poured. The asphalt between the bus shelter pad and Willet Street is in very poor shape and will be removed and replaced either late this week or next week.

Anthropology Building -- The house on the northeast corner of 13th and Bradley has been moved and the lot is being prepared for expansion of the parking lot northeast of the new Anthropology Building.

South Express Parking Lot -- Construction of a new bus shelter pad at the South Express Parking Lot, at 15th Street and Spring Creek, has been completed.

30th Street Parking Lot -- The bus shelter installation has been completed.

Beta House --The fire escape will be painted next week.

Half Acre Gym -- The sidewalk on the north side of the building will be temporarily blocked for a construction staging area. Pedestrian traffic will be rerouted to the wide walkway north of the playground. A temporary partition has been erected toward the west end of the infield to protect the public from possible injury while the construction is ongoing. The exercise equipment has been reconfigured and is available for normal use during the project. Completion is scheduled for Oct. 31.

McWhinnie Hall -- Tile installation is complete except for the south entry. All floors are accessible.

Fine Arts -- Carpeting of public areas is in progress and should be complete by the end of August.

Wyoming Hall -- A remodel of the north wing on the fourth floor is in progress. Please use caution around the work area. The job will be complete by the middle of October.

College of Agriculture -- Upgrades to the west passenger elevator have been completed, and the elevator is in service.

Knight Hall -- The elevator upgrades will be completed today, and the elevator will be in service Monday.

Fuel Facility -- Concrete and paving work has started on the new fueling facility to the south of CEP. Gibbon Street remains closed to traffic from west of CEP to 19th Street. Access to CEP is from the north off Harney Street. Please watch for concrete trucks and heavy equipment in the area. The south parking lot may be accessed by traveling east, then south around the building. The construction and street closure will continue until project completion in October.

Questions or concerns should be directed to the Physical Plant Service Desk at (307) 766-6225.

Questions or information regarding ADA accessibility or assistance may be directed to the Disability Support Services office at 766-6189.

Posted on Friday, August 29, 2008

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