January 8, 2009 Meeting minutes

Construction Junction
Construction Planning and Progress Meeting
147 Communication Arts & Sciences Building
January 8, 2009

Overview:
Construction Junctions are the Physical Plant’s monthly public meeting designed to update/inform the public of various projects currently in design, nearing construction and under construction. Agenda items included:

• Karen Zelt
  • Board of Trustees Action
• Scott Gardner
  • Steam Distribution and Road Reconstruction – Wilson and Birch Roads
• Andy Linebaugh
  • The New Farm Lane construction update
• Sharon Joy
  • Cyclotron renovation/addition due to acceptance of FRIB award
• Chris Burns (via Karen Zelt)
  • Surplus and Recycling Center construction update

Project Notes/Questions

Steam Distribution and Road Reconstruction – Wilson & Birch Roads

• Construction process will begin on Feb. 2
• Road reconstruction picks up from where it was last summer
• New steam tunnel will connect to existing tunnel; new water pipe will be installed
• Hot water will temporarily be disabled in Holden Hall; hot water heaters will be brought in
• On Wilson Road, two 4-foot-wide bike lanes will be paved and one crosswalk will be removed
• Parking lot will be reworked on Birch Road
• Starting in February, Birch road will be shut down first. Because it is disruptive, sheet piling will occur during spring break. Construction will be quiet during final exam week.
• In April, Wilson Hall loading will shut down for a short time; exact time will be coordinated with hall managers.
• Much more detailed information for each segment will be available online at www.construction.msu.edu.

The New Farm Lane construction update

• Over the holidays (since the Dec. 12 meeting), not a lot of changes
• Contractor has continued site excavations
• CSX structure is progressing, but is behind schedule
• Water mains have been built
• New loop drive up to the recycling center has successfully been added
• Northwest retaining wall and storm drainage is being put in

Cyclotron

• MSU got the FRIB project which was confirmed in mid-December
• The project is on schedule
• All the steel structures are up
• The steel structures that have already been constructed will become new office space for physicists
• Steel sheets will be placed onto the structures
• After the sheets are laid, concrete will be poured to make the floors.
• During the week of the Jan. 12, a giant generator will be brought in to place studs
• Generator will operate for about two weeks

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