Campus Construction Update for Jan. 12

These are among the construction activities scheduled Jan. 12-18 at the University of Wyoming:

Health Sciences Pharmacy Wing Update -- Belfor Inc., a property restoration company, is completing flood recovery work, with the majority of the work expected to be done by Jan. 13 when classes resume.

The UW Facilities Planning Office reports the following activities for the week:

Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center (22nd and Grand, scheduled completion fall 2014) -- The curtain wall and glazing systems are being installed on the west elevation. The exterior framing of Legacy Hall is complete, and the sheathing is being installed. The curtain wall and glazing are being installed on Legacy Hall. Exterior metal panels are being installed starting on the north side of the building and working counter-clockwise around the building. Mechanical, electrical and plumbing rough-in work continues on the second and third floors of the south portion of the building. The interior drywall work continues on the north portion of the building and is starting on the first floor of the south portion. Additional project information is available here. Click here for updated images taken by the construction cam.

Half Acre Gymnasium Addition and Renovation (Scheduled completion spring 2015) -- Full project information is available at www.uwyo.edu/ha-renovation. Construction progress can be observed via the project webcam at http://oxblue.com/open/groathouse/gymrenovation. Half Acre Gymnasium remains open and accessible via the west entrance. The day lot parking area and roadway immediately east of Half Acre Gymnasium is closed. Temporary day-use parking has been established in the lot east of the Wyoming Union.

Construction work for Phase I, consisting of the reconstruction of the east portion of the existing building, continues this week. Construction and staging areas north, south and east of the existing building have been established and are closed to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic, except that which is construction related. Access to Prexy’s Pasture from the east Wyoming Union parking lot between Half Acre and the Wyoming Union is closed until further notice. Please use alternate routes through the Wyoming Union or between the Union and Coe Library. Temporary staging/construction areas also may be established, with limited notice, near the west entrance and along the pedestrian pathways north of Half Acre Gymnasium between Prexy’s Pasture and Willett Drive as required by the ongoing construction-related tasks.

Subgrade earthwork and foundation construction have been completed for the east addition except for that to be coordinated with the temporary shoring of the existing building. Structural shear wall construction is nearing completion, with the third floor being topped out. Concrete slab on-grade work has commenced and will continue in coordination, with the erection of structural steel beginning around Jan. 20. Heavy truck traffic, including structural steel transport, concrete trucks, earth-moving equipment and other haulers, will be frequent on Willett Drive west of 15th Street and along the perimeter of the Wyoming Union parking lot. Temporary traffic controls and signs are either in place or will be established as needed by specific site activities. Please observe all posted traffic control, construction signs and temporary flagging.

Enzi STEM Facility (Lewis Street between 10th and 11th streets, scheduled completion June 2015) -- Lewis Street remains closed between 10th and 11th streets. Please note that this project is being managed and administered by the State Construction Office. The contractor has started site and foundation work. Watch for construction traffic on Lewis, 10th, 11th and Bradley streets. There will be materials and equipment delivered to site, with resulting heavy truck traffic. Job trailers, storage containers, materials and equipment are on site. Site fencing is complete. The fenced construction area and fenced storage yards along Lewis will be secured construction areas. The width of 10th, 11th and Bradley streets around the Enzi STEM Facility site has been reduced to two-way traffic. Vehicles cannot park along 10th and 11th streets. Parking will remain on the north of Bradley Street. Utilities for STEM will be done in conjunction with planned north campus utility work.

Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts (Fine Arts Building, renovation and expansion, scheduled completion December 2014) -- Additional project information is available here. The parking lot on the east side of the UW Performing Arts Center is closed and is being used for construction staging. It will be converted into a green area following construction. Building visitors should use the parking lot on the north side of the building. The large crane has moved to the east side. A second smaller crane will be placed on the southeast part of the north parking lot through February. Steel erection is ongoing on the north and east sides. Those entering the Performing Arts Center must now enter through the doors on the building’s west side. This will be the entrance for all building operations, including classes, ticket purchases and performances, until construction is complete.

The east side of the building is a secured construction zone with restricted access. Footing excavation, rebar placement and pouring continue, along with foundation walls. Grade beam exaction and forming continues. Backfill on the north is complete and continuing on the east side. Heavy truck traffic will be frequent near War Memorial Fieldhouse, 22nd Street and Willett Drive, and along the road west of the College of Law Building.

Education Annex Canopy (Scheduled completion December 2013) -- Construction activities are nearly complete on the project between the east entrance of the Education Annex and the north entrance of the Education Building, as well as interior renovation of the corridor in the vicinity of the Education Dean’s Office. Normal access to the Education Building and Annex has been reopened. Vehicular access and parking -- north and east of the Education Building and the Ed Annex -- have reopened to normal traffic. Pedestrians and motorists should exercise caution in the area as minor remaining construction issues are addressed.

University of Wyoming/Casper College Student Union -- Primary building construction is complete, including throughout UW/CC third- and fourth-floor spaces. Technology and furniture, furnishings and equipment (FF&E) packages are in final stages of installation. Normal UW/CC classes and services will resume Jan. 13 in the new facility, with some minor exceptions necessitated to accommodate remaining technology and furniture work.

Golf Practice Facility (Scheduled completion December 2013) -- Construction activities for the project continue in the vicinity of the Jacoby Golf Course clubhouse. Exterior masonry and finish work, interior rough-in, interior finishes and building systems installation are underway. Utility work in support of the project is complete; however, work being conducted by Ivinson Memorial Hospital along Willett Drive will require temporary and changeable traffic detours of the Jacoby parking lot and adjacent portions of Willett Drive as work progresses. Please observe all posted traffic control and construction signage.

Biological Sciences Building Mechanical Modifications -- Building users are encouraged to use the northwest entrance to avoid construction activities. Interior work is complete. Control wiring and programming continues. Testing and balancing of the air systems is complete. Heating water balancing will continue through the week of Jan. 13. Occupants may experience hot and/or cold areas in the building. Duct and electrical work and heating water lines on the fifth floor are near completion. Punch lists for fifth floor will occur this week.

ESCo Project (Energy Services Company) -- Long Energy Services Co. employees will finish working AHU control wiring at the Agriculture Building. Installation of boilers and unit heaters at the Isolation Building is complete, with building automation tie-ins ongoing.

Education Annex -- Literacy Research Center and Clinic (lower floor, Education Annex; scheduled completion January 2014) -- The lower (first) floor of the Education Annex is closed for construction. Access to the alleyway and portions of related parking east and south of the Agriculture Building is closed, and a temporary access/egress detour has been established west of the Agriculture Building. The pedestrian sidewalk in the Education Annex vicinity is closed on the south side of Lewis Street, with pedestrian access rerouted to the north side of the street at the established construction limits. Parking in the vicinity is closed on the south side of Lewis Street at the construction limits. Project activities include interior finish construction, exterior curtain wall and storefront system erection, site work related to the exterior building addition, and improvements in the former alleyway. Work on the improvements in the former alleyway will result in increased construction traffic in the form of concrete trucks and other heavy equipment. The construction area is closed to all unauthorized parties. Please observe all posted traffic control and construction signage.

Agriculture Buildings A, B and D (on Lewis between 12th and 13th streets) -- Deconstruction is complete. Four HC parking spaces will be open in the alley along with one “U” and two state/federal spaces. The fire department access loop will remain until site work along the west of the Education Building is complete. Access to the alley along the north side of the Agriculture Building will remain open. This site will be used for construction storage for the STEM project beginning this month. Portions of the site will be used for construction staging for other projects and construction parking. The site will not be open for general parking.

The UW Physical Plant has 283 projects in progress valued at more than $20.1 million. Following is a list of ongoing construction activities in areas of campus that may impact you. Please call the Service Desk at (307) 766-6225 with questions.

Snow Removal -- Physical Plant crews will remove snow as needed throughout the season. Watch for snow removal equipment, be careful and safe during snow events, and call the Service Desk, 766-6225, to report ice spots and problem areas.

Alarm Testing -- Annual fire alarm testing throughout campus will be ongoing through Jan. 10. Alarms will sound intermittently as crews check systems. Building contacts have been notified and provided with schedules before testing. The remaining testing will be completed during spring break.

Engineering Building -- Painting in the main office has begun and is scheduled to be complete by Jan. 14. Please use caution in this area.

Centennial Complex -- Painting of the public areas will resume the week of Jan. 13.

Cooper House -- Painters will be working in the living and dining room areas and are scheduled to be finished Jan. 15.

Knight Hall -- Electrical work to bring generator power to KUWR will be ongoing.

Aven Nelson Building -- The light posts south of the Williams Conservatory have been removed for restoration. Repair work is expected to take approximately two months.

Centennial Complex (American Heritage Center and Art Museum) -- Steep slope roof replacement interior punch list items will be addressed. Low slope roof replacement over the Art Museum offices is scheduled to begin Jan. 27, weather permitting. Removal of the scaffolding on the cone portion of the building is complete. Use caution in work areas.

General Storage Addition (Building completion April 2013) -- Roofing work will continue this week. The south side of the existing building is accessible from the west driveway. Shipping and Receiving operations will continue throughout construction. Please limit traffic on Gibbon Street between 15th and 19th streets to building users only. Always use caution around the construction site and construction vehicles, and observe all posted speed limits.

Wyoming State Vet Lab -- Maintenance work on the air handling system is complete.

Visual Arts Kiln and Sculpture Canopies -- Gutter installation is complete.

Washakie Dining Center -- Painting operations are complete.

Arts and Sciences -- Taping of the pipe chases is complete.

Orr Hall -- Duct work in the basement is complete.

War Memorial Fieldhouse -- Asbestos abatement is complete.