Construction Update as of November 16, 2001

UTILITY SHUTDOWNS:

• There will be a major electrical shutdown over the holiday break between Christmas and New Year's Day. The College is working with Riteway to schedule this work. Facilities will notify faculty, staff and students.

WORK AREAS:

Dupont Research Annex

• Temporary partitions are being installed along the exterior wall of Room 242.

Dupont Physics Wing

• The temporary platform at the connector to Cornell was replaced with a more permanent structure on Wednesday, 11/21.

Rugby Field

• The new access road was paved with a base course of asphalt and is open to traffic.
• Stockpiling of topsoil and fill is complete. Modifications to the swale will occur within the next week. Additional fill material has being stockpiled alongside the topsoil for use as backfill against the Science Center foundations.

North Quad

• Note the pathways marked with signs and arrows painted on the ground that lead from Beardsley around to the north entrance to Dupont.

Cornell Library

• The temporary platform at the connector to Dupont was replaced on Friday, 11/23 with a more permanent structure.

PEDESTRIAN / VEHICULAR ACCESS:

• The new service drive alongside the Research Annex was paved and re-opened to traffic this week so that connection of the underground utilities from the drive to the new manhole can be completed.
• On Thursday, 12/6 from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., the service drive will be closed for one day from the Dupont Visitor‚s Lot back to Lang Music and Lang PAC. A notice to the College community about the prohibition of parking along the service drive for that day has been sent.
• Parking along Whittier Place is prohibited during the hours of 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
• Electrical work inside the manhole in the Hicks lot is continuing.

NOISE, VIBRATION, DUST, ODORS

• Installation of the remaining chilled and hot water piping in the south end of the DuPont Visitors‚ lot will create some dust in the area.

DELIVERIES / HEAVY EQUIPMENT:

• Paving of the service drive behind the Research Annex will require heavy machinery on site on Thursday 12/6.

   

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 12/01/01