	Construction Update for the week of November 16, 2009
	Zilber Hall - New Student Services Building The first occupants of Zilber Hall have moved into the new student services building! Exterior Elements: The landscaping is complete. Trees and grass have been planted around the perimeter of the building. The Zilber Hall parking lot is complete with colored concrete as space indicators. All sidewalks are complete. Lower Level: Plumbing work in the bathrooms and showers is complete. Electricians are installing miscellaneous electrical finishes and security items, and pulling data cabling throughout the floor. The final painting and installation of ceiling tile is in progress. The carpet installation will start next week. First Floor: Plumbers are installing toilets and sinks in bathrooms and water fountains throughout the floor. Electricians are installing miscellaneous electrical finishes and security items, and pulling data cabling. Crews are finishing up the painting. Woodwork in the 1st floor lobby are being installed. Wainscoting is being installed throughout the 1st and 4th floors. Second Floor: Work is in progress in bathrooms on plumbing and fixtures. Water fountains are being installed. Prepping and installing carpet in offices and conference rooms. Painting continues on the west half of the building. Third Floor: Painting has been completed throughout the floor. Sinks have been installed in the bathrooms and kitchens. Water fountains have been installed. Carpeting is complete throughout the floor. Door hardware is being installed. University Advancement is scheduled to move in beginning November 2nd! Fourth Floor: Sinks have been installed in the bathrooms and kitchens. Water fountains have been installed. Prepping and installing carpet in offices and conference rooms. Crews are hanging wood doors and installing wood wainscoting along corridors. Elevators are up and running! The project is on schedule for a November 2009 opening with final completion scheduled for early 2010.
Eckstein Hall web cam	Eckstein Hall site - New Law School Construction is moving along on schedule and the building is scheduled to be enclosed by mid November 2009. Glass: The glazing contractor is installing aluminum window frames and glass along the curved facade and in the openings on the west and north elevation. Steel: The installation of metal panels on the penthouse is in progress. The monumental stair is being erected in the open forum area of Eckstein Hall. The structural steel has been installed to the fourth floor. Form work has been put in place and the concrete treads are being poured. Mechanical: Plumbers have finished work on first floor toilet rooms and are working on the second floor toilet rooms. Fire sprinkler pipes are being installed on the first floor. HVAC installation is in progress throughout the first floor. Electrical: WE Energies is finishing work on the electrical duct package down the Michigan Avenue sidewalk for connection to the new building. The sidewalk is closed to pedestrian traffic. Roof: Crews are working on the install and hook up of the air handling units. Be sure to follow the progress on the Eckstein Hall web cam! Interior planning details and construction drawings are nearing completion and the project remains on schedule for a fall 2010 completion. Gesu/O'Hara Hall Parking Lot - Access to this lot is restricted to the President, Senior Vice President, and Provost. Three spaces are designated for approved O’Hara Hall visitors. The other spaces in this area are restricted to Gesu Parish attendees at Mass, meetings, and events. Parking is available in the structure at 13th and Wells.
	Todd Wehr Chemistry Renovation Construction is in progress on the renovation of three floors in the Todd Wehr Chemistry Building. A new chemical waste handling facility has been constructed near the loading dock on the first floor. ADA upgrades to the first floor restrooms have been completed. The 1st floor restrooms are complete and in use. New countertops, sinks, toilet fixtures and partitions, and mirrors have been installed. The 4th Floor east corridor labs are complete and have been moved into. The labs on the 4th floor west corridor have been cleared out and demolition is in progress. Demolition on the 5th floor will be finished next week and crews will start framing the walls. The building will be occupied throughout the construction period and the work is being completed one phase at a time. This project is the final phase of an effort that started in 1999, continued in 2006 and will be completed in 2010. Fourth Floor Chemistry Renovation photos Chemistry Renovation photos
	Discovery Learning Complex - New Engineering building The Marquette University Board of Trustees approved moving ahead with the first phase of the university’s new, $100 million College of Engineering facility. The structure will feature an innovative Discovery Learning Laboratory and a two-story engineering materials and structural testing laboratory, as well as other new teaching and research laboratories, common areas for students and office space. The first phase will involve construction of a five-story, 100,000 square foot building on the south side of Wisconsin Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets. Preparation of the site has already begun with soil testing and environmental demolition work on the interior of four university-owned apartment buildings. The university expects to break ground for the new building in spring 2010 with initial occupancy planned for August 2011.
	McCabe Hall - Residence hall renovation at 17th & Wisconsin Ave Marquette University's newest residence hall is complete and was dedicated on September 2, 2009. The eight floors of McCabe feature 91 double and triple rooms with private bathrooms and many original architectural details. The ground level includes a lobby with two large-screen televisions, chapel, recreation room, hall store, computer lab, kitchenette and conference room. McCabe Hall Renovation photos
	Varsity Theatre The final phase of the renovation of the Varsity Theatre is complete! The renovation of the theatre included the installation of new theatre seating, carpet and tile, painting of the lobby and theatre, and the installation of a new "sound" cloud on the stage. Varsity Theatre Renovation photos
	Straz Hall Facade Repair Work started in May on the removal of the crumbling precast concrete trim and the glass block windows on the original facades of Straz Hall which were built in 1950. New aluminum windows, solid surface sills and window treatments have been installed and the exterior masonry facade has been repaired and cleaned. Straz Hall Facade Repair photos

Construction Update for the week of November 16, 2009

Zilber Hall - New Student Services Building

The first occupants of Zilber Hall have moved into the new student services building!

Exterior Elements: The landscaping is complete. Trees and grass have been planted around the perimeter of the building. The Zilber Hall parking lot is complete with colored concrete as space indicators. All sidewalks are complete.
Lower Level: Plumbing work in the bathrooms and showers is complete. Electricians are installing miscellaneous electrical finishes and security items, and pulling data cabling throughout the floor. The final painting and installation of ceiling tile is in progress. The carpet installation will start next week.
First Floor: Plumbers are installing toilets and sinks in bathrooms and water fountains throughout the floor. Electricians are installing miscellaneous electrical finishes and security items, and pulling data cabling. Crews are finishing up the painting. Woodwork in the 1st floor lobby are being installed. Wainscoting is being installed throughout the 1st and 4th floors.
Second Floor: Work is in progress in bathrooms on plumbing and fixtures. Water fountains are being installed. Prepping and installing carpet in offices and conference rooms. Painting continues on the west half of the building.
Third Floor: Painting has been completed throughout the floor. Sinks have been installed in the bathrooms and kitchens. Water fountains have been installed. Carpeting is complete throughout the floor. Door hardware is being installed. University Advancement is scheduled to move in beginning November 2nd!
Fourth Floor: Sinks have been installed in the bathrooms and kitchens. Water fountains have been installed. Prepping and installing carpet in offices and conference rooms. Crews are hanging wood doors and installing wood wainscoting along corridors.
Elevators are up and running!
The project is on schedule for a November 2009 opening with final completion scheduled for early 2010.

Eckstein Hall web cam

Eckstein Hall site - New Law School

Construction is moving along on schedule and the building is scheduled to be enclosed by mid November 2009.

Glass: The glazing contractor is installing aluminum window frames and glass along the curved facade and in the openings on the west and north elevation.
Steel: The installation of metal panels on the penthouse is in progress.

The monumental stair is being erected in the open forum area of Eckstein Hall. The structural steel has been installed to the fourth floor. Form work has been put in place and the concrete treads are being poured.
Mechanical: Plumbers have finished work on first floor toilet rooms and are working on the second floor toilet rooms. Fire sprinkler pipes are being installed on the first floor. HVAC installation is in progress throughout the first floor.
Electrical: WE Energies is finishing work on the electrical duct package down the Michigan Avenue sidewalk for connection to the new building. The sidewalk is closed to pedestrian traffic.
Roof: Crews are working on the install and hook up of the air handling units.
Be sure to follow the progress on the Eckstein Hall web cam!
Interior planning details and construction drawings are nearing completion and the project remains on schedule for a fall 2010 completion.

Gesu/O'Hara Hall Parking Lot - Access to this lot is restricted to the President, Senior Vice President, and Provost. Three spaces are designated for approved O’Hara Hall visitors. The other spaces in this area are restricted to Gesu Parish attendees at Mass, meetings, and events. Parking is available in the structure at 13th and Wells.

Todd Wehr Chemistry Renovation

Construction is in progress on the renovation of three floors in the Todd Wehr Chemistry Building. A new chemical waste handling facility has been constructed near the loading dock on the first floor. ADA upgrades to the first floor restrooms have been completed.

The 1st floor restrooms are complete and in use. New countertops, sinks, toilet fixtures and partitions, and mirrors have been installed.
The 4th Floor east corridor labs are complete and have been moved into.
The labs on the 4th floor west corridor have been cleared out and demolition is in progress.
Demolition on the 5th floor will be finished next week and crews will start framing the walls.

The building will be occupied throughout the construction period and the work is being completed one phase at a time. This project is the final phase of an effort that started in 1999, continued in 2006 and will be completed in 2010.

Discovery Learning Complex - New Engineering building

The Marquette University Board of Trustees approved moving ahead with the first phase of the university’s new, $100 million College of Engineering facility. The structure will feature an innovative Discovery Learning Laboratory and a two-story engineering materials and structural testing laboratory, as well as other new teaching and research laboratories, common areas for students and office space.

The first phase will involve construction of a five-story, 100,000 square foot building on the south side of Wisconsin Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets. Preparation of the site has already begun with soil testing and environmental demolition work on the interior of four university-owned apartment buildings.

The university expects to break ground for the new building in spring 2010 with initial occupancy planned for August 2011.

McCabe Hall - Residence hall renovation at 17th & Wisconsin Ave

Marquette University's newest residence hall is complete and was dedicated on September 2, 2009.

The eight floors of McCabe feature 91 double and triple rooms with private bathrooms and many original architectural details. The ground level includes a lobby with two large-screen televisions, chapel, recreation room, hall store, computer lab, kitchenette and conference room.

McCabe Hall Renovation photos

Varsity Theatre

The final phase of the renovation of the Varsity Theatre is complete!

The renovation of the theatre included the installation of new theatre seating, carpet and tile, painting of the lobby and theatre, and the installation of a new "sound" cloud on the stage.

Varsity Theatre Renovation photos

Straz Hall

Straz Hall Facade Repair

Work started in May on the removal of the crumbling precast concrete trim and the glass block windows on the original facades of Straz Hall which were built in 1950.

New aluminum windows, solid surface sills and window treatments have been

installed and the exterior masonry facade has been repaired and cleaned.

Straz Hall Facade Repair photos

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