Chemistry Building Project Weekly Updates

New Tower The floors in much of the new tower are concrete. A final step in finishing the concrete floors is polishing—a job that is messy but produces a great result. In preparation for polishing, …

New Tower Inside the new tower construction continues at a rapid pace. Forklifts unload laboratory casework, insulation, and other construction materials continually, bringing them into the building where they can be moved up the elevators …

New Tower During the holiday break, elevators began to run in the new tower. As a result, construction equipment and materials could be transported up and down within the building itself. There was no longer …

New Tower It has been some time since we described progress inside the new tower and there is a lot to describe. On all floors workers continue to install infrastructure: electrical conduits, breaker boxes, outlets, …

New Tower For the past several months there has been a lot of construction activity on the ninth and tenth floors of the new tower, which enclose the heart and lungs of the tower as …

Confirmed Plan – one-day closure of Mathews and Daniels wings – Tue Jan 5, 2021 Mathews and Daniels wings will be closed from 6 am – 5 pm on Tue Jan 5, 2021. Shain tower will be …

New Tower Both the interior and exterior of the new tower change every day. Inside, plumbing and casework are being installed in laboratories on the fifth, sixth and seventh floors. The eighth floor will follow …

New Tower The new tower is now a major architectural presence along University Avenue, complementing the Discovery Building, which also was designed by Ballinger architects. Concrete has been poured for sidewalks on the east and north …

Art in the New Tower In the basement and sub-basement of the new tower, there are two lengthy corridors along which chemistry-based artworks are to be installed. The design of this corridor art has just …