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What's Going on Behind Myers?
June 30, 2011
The Student Innovation Center Blog
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Construction is well underway behind the John T. Meyers
building, just left of the building that houses Facilities. During
Homecoming, this patch of dirt and concrete will be a
completed structure, housing and exhibiting the school's
innovative design teams.
Will it be ready by Saturday September 24? Check back
often for updated images -- and watch the Innovation
building grow.
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July 6, 2011
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Props to the patience of everyone in the nearby facilities
building, not only for enduring the typical noise and mayhem of
construction, but for "hoofing it" due to the decreased parking
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Today we learned that the steel has arrived, on schedule, and by
next week, according to Facilities director Michael
Taylor, "we should have all steel standing." Happily so
far, all target dates have been met.
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Meanwhile, materials from the RHIT design teams formerly housed in
Myers and slated to take up residence in this new
building, have been removed from Myers. Be it car or
plane, it has taken up temporary residence in
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| July 8, 2011 |
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Just two short days later, and much steel is in place. According
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Michael Taylor, July 22 is the good-weather target date for all
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steel to be up. After that, Taylor says, "The Steel decking will be
installed next followed by the interior concrete slab."
There are also plans for a "live cam" on the very busy,
multi-tasking construction site.
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July 13, 2011 |
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The ties that support the steel crossmembers
are going up this week. And next week, we can expect the
concrete pad. "Then you'll see it really start to grow," reports
Mike Taylor.
And now there's a full-time cam on the site, compliments of
Facilities. Information coming.
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EcoCar, taking a look at its new home |
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July 22, 2011
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Things are still right on schedule to make this building ready
for students come September 1. In the wee hours of the morning on
Tuesday, July 26, concrete for the floor will begin pouring into
the structure. Weather permitting, half of the necessary
concrete
will go in on Tuesday, half on Wednesday.
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These images show a busy place where all kinds of work are
progressing at the same time -- mason work, installation of
utilities, in addition to building the structure and preparing for
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Just taken today, this picture shows that concrete has been poured.
We've been having the right weather for concrete -- though it's
awfully steamy for the workers.
Once again, Mike Taylor has informed us that things are going
just as planned. The center is slated to be on schedule.
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| July 27, 2011 |
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It's been approaching 100 degrees for days, and heat
advisories are a daily occurrence in the news. Yet the workmen have
managed to keep progress moving forward.
In these latest photos, you can see not only
walls and windows, but garage doors. In months to come, the cars
from the Advanced Transportation Systems teams will
emerge, striking out towards challenges and victories.
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| August 15, 2011 |
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Garage Doors are in place |
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| Except for some lighting fixtures, Facilities Manager Michael
Taylor reports that everything is on schedule for most of the
construction projects going on on campus. And there are many. The
new flooring is in Moench and in fact tomorrow there will be a
groundbreaking to kick off construction for the new residence
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August 24, about a week before school starts, and the
SIC building is
nearly complete, as promised. Here it is with doors, windows and
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PROJECT COMPLETE; MOVING IN: Latest Photos (September 9,
2011)
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The Innovation building has been completed
on schedule, and the advanced transportation
teams have started to move into the building.
Here are a couple of the cars and a peek at the
new building.
Join Michio Kaku at Homecoming as he
cuts the ribbon on the building, September 24, 2011.
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