VOLUME 33, NUMBER 18 THURSDAY, February 21, 2002
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Administrative Update
Construction Projects

University Facilities has announced new, ongoing and completed construction projects on the North and South campuses. These are projects that are of major interest, represent a major expenditure of university resources or will have a major impact on the university community in terms of physical disruption.

Completed Projects

  • All phases of the Ellicott Complex masonry-repair projects
  • Master plan for Cary/Farber/Sherman by Cannon Design
  • Feasibility study for Goodyear Hall student housing
  • Rehab of 220-221 Farber Hall for the Office of Medical Computing
  • Construction of two exit stairways in Farber Hall
  • Harriman Hall project—new elevators and windows were added and some spaces were rehabilitated

On-going Projects:

  • Exterior signage project is approximately 90 percent complete. More than 600 new signs are to be installed on North and South campuses.
  • Design for the addition to Ketter Hall is under way. This project will expand earthquake engineering research laboratory space
  • Addition to Jacobs Management Center is in design
  • Phase II expansion for the Center for Computational Research is under way in Norton Hall
  • Farber Hall infrastructure project will be bid this month
  • Painting cycle for centrally scheduled classrooms has been accelerated
  • Creekside Village (formerly Skinnersville Road) student housing project is under construction and will be ready for occupancy by August. It will feature 116 two-bedroom, one-and-a-half bath townhouses
  • Rehab of various elevators on both campuses continues
  • Health Affairs Program is under construction in Cary and Farber halls and is comprised of research-laboratory renovations for various research initiatives in the School of Medicine.

New Projects:

  • Faculty Student Association dining expansion in the Ellicott Complex has begun construction. Completion is expected in January 2003.
  • Biotech incubator project is in the planning stages
  • Lee Road development master plan is under way. This will be a phased construction project involving student housing, commercial/retail development and some academic-support space