Construction Update as of November 13, 2001

UTILITY SHUTDOWNS:

• There will be one more interruption to the water service on most of the north campus on Saturday night, November 3rd. The shutdown will begin at 10:00 p.m. Service is expected to be restored by 6:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Affected buildings include: Beardsley, Cornell Library, Courtney Smith House, Dupont, Hicks, Lang Music, Martin, Pearson, Papazian, Swarthmore Friends Meetinghouse, Trotter, 510-512 Elm Avenue, and all of the houses on Whittier Place. Impact and disruption will be similar to what was experienced on Saturday, October 6th.

WORK AREAS:

Dupont Research Annex

• Temporary partitions will be installed along the exterior walls of Rooms 192, 240 and 242 over the next several weeks. Construction in Room 192 will begin Monday 11/5.

Dupont Physics Wing

• The temporary platform at the connector to Cornell will be replaced in mid-November with a more permanent structure. This work will be timed to occur during hours of minimal use.

Rugby Field

• The existing road alongside the Research Annex has been demolished and the installation of underground utilities is in complete except for the gas line. Curbs will be placed and the road paved with a base course of asphalt within the next two weeks.
• Stockpiling of topsoil and fill is complete. Modifications to the swale will occur within the next two weeks. Additional fill material is 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.
• A temporary walkway in front of Cornell has been installed to bypass utility work. Additional exterior lighting is being planned for this area.

Cornell Library

• The temporary platform at the connector to Dupont will be replaced in mid- November with a more permanent structure. This work will be timed to occur during hours of minimal use.
• A new emergency exit was installed in the north end of the lower level of Cornell to replace the exit doors that were taken out of service on the first floor.

PEDESTRIAN / VEHICULAR ACCESS:

• There will be minor roadwork associated with the installation of a 12-inch water main in the service drive north of Dupont. The work should be complete within a week.
• The new service drive alongside the Research Annex is expected to be paved and re-opened to traffic in two weeks.
• 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.
• The temporary sidewalk between Martin and Cornell will be restored in the next week.

NOISE, VIBRATION, DUST, ODORS

• Excavation at the service drive over the next two weeks will create some dust in the immediate area.
• The balance of the bulk excavation in front of Cornell will resume this week and will create some noise and dust.

DELIVERIES / HEAVY EQUIPMENT:

• One manhole will be delivered in the next week. The manhole will be installed north of the Research Annex in the area of the new Chiller Plant.
• Construction office trailers were delivered. The trailers displaced faculty/staff parking along the north face of Dupont. The trailers will serve as Barclay White's field office for the duration of the project. Faculty and staff who normally park in these spaces are asked to use the Dupont and Rugby field lots. The reconfiguration of the Dupont lot and the sizing of the Rugby field lot anticipated the loss of these parking spaces.

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 11/16/01