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 …
Chemistry Building Project
Construction Update 11/30/2020
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 …
Brief Shain closure 11/30; Fire Alarm offline 12/2
The contractor needs to perform additional work on the new fire alarm system on 11/30-12/2. 11/30 Shain tower will be closed from 6-8:30 a.m., Occupants may enter Shain tower after 8:30 a.m. Work involving emergency …
Construction on Fire Doors begins 11/30
As part of the fire safety upgrade of the existing chemistry building complex, fire doors will be installed in the Mathews / Daniels elevator lobby in order to provide a fire barrier between these two …
Fire Alarm Outage
The fire alarm system in the chemistry complex will be offline on Tue Nov 10 and Wed Nov 11. All occupants – please do not schedule hazardous experimentation on these days. In case of emergency, dial 911. The contractor will …
Construction Update 11/09/2020
New Tower Our new tower now dominates the architecture along University Avenue near the 1100 block. The tower looks great, especially with fall color accenting its beauty, even though terra cotta facing has not yet …
Steam shut down today
An emergency steam shut down for a leak in S345 has occurred. The leak has been contained with no water damage. Steam will be shut off to the Daniels wing, which may cause some temperature …
Dry ice location
Dry ice will be temporarily relocated next to the ice machine on Mathews 5th floor, as of Fruday 11/6. If you have samples for Functional Bioscience, please drop them off outside on the loading dock …
Construction Update 10/26/2020
New Tower For the last several weeks we have concentrated on the exterior of the building and on the removal of the tower crane. But plenty has been happening inside the building as well. The …
Construction Update 10/21/2020
Tower Crane. Removal of the tower crane, which has been in place since Memorial Day of 2019, is now complete, even though bad weather last week slowed the work considerably. University Avenue was partially closed …