June 11, 2009 Meeting minutes

• Karen Zelt
  • Board of Trustees Action
  • MSU Surplus Store & Recycling Center
  • Secchia Center
  • Cyclotron
• Greg Houghtaling
  • Erickson Hall Window Replacement update
• Ben Darling
  • John and Marnie Demmer Shooting Sports Education and Training Center
• Kevin Durkin/Leisa Williams-Swedberg
  • Wharton Center
  • Brody Hall Utility Infrastructure Improvements Phase l sidewalk/loading dock impacts
  • Brody Hall Renovation
• Andy Linebaugh
  • Parking lot closure (East of Geography Building/Snyder Hall)
  • The New Farm Lane
  • Crescent and Middlevale Roads Phase V
  • Wilson and Birch Roads Phase ll
• Scott Gardner
  • Ramp restoration and maintenance: Ramps 1, 2, 3, 5
• Tony Rhodes
  • Parking and loading dock impacts (Owen Graduate Hall)
  • Mary Mayo Hall Renovations
• Adam Lawver
  • Water main installation by Fee Hall 

Erickson Hall Window Replacement update

• Older building needed to be renewed
• Needed to reduce water infiltration into the building
• No installation barriers with new replacement
• Will maintain landmark status of Erickson Hall
• Refurbished the building exterior which will increase longevity
• Added extra entrances to the building
• Constructed an extra handicap-accessible entrance
• Added entrance to the kiva
• Finished ahead of the schedule and below budget

• Windows reduce heating and cooling loads within the building
• Windows are tinted green glass, this provides more daylight and less glare
• Using less fluorescent lighting
• Recycled 98 percent of construction waste material

John and Marnie Demmer Shooting Sports Education and Training Center

• Located on Jolly Road
• The facility includes:
• Indoor archery
• Indoor air rifle range
• Offices, conferences room(s), team facilities
• Outdoor archery
• Ballistics ranges — Eight lanes each, .22-caliber pistol and rifles only
• Construction began in winter of 2008
• Goal is to create a family experience
• Parents will be able to view children’s sports through large installed windows
• Outdoor Archery Park
• Beginner range (50 feet)
• Competition range (70 meter and 90 meter)
• 3-D target/field range — elevated and flat with broad-head pits
• Steel installed in all shooting areas
• Ballistics area
• Stationary firing line
• Bullet disposal area
• Trap system will collecting bullet
• Excess bullets drop into 5-gallon buckets
• Ventilation system
• Collects all lead dust from shooting area
• Large HVAC system
• Substantial completion is set for July, it will be open to the public August

MSU Surplus Store and Recycling Facility

• To open in July/August
• Grand opening tentatively set for Sept. 10 when fall semester starts
• Moving on schedule
• Recycling area and south end is complete
• Bailing equipment is installed

Secchia Center

• Continue working on the inside of the structure
• Working on many different floors
• Drywall will be complete by end of the summer
• Look at the status of the center on the webcam

Wharton Center

• Construction is substantially complete
• There will be three phases
• Phase II — Third and first floor ticket office as of June 8, 2009
• Phase I — Back of house since March 2009
• The front glass is complete with signage
• Ticket office is complete and occupied
• Third floor is complete and occupied
• Employees moved into the office area
• The interior renovation (Phase III) is underway which includes changes to first-, second- and third-floor interior space
• Ticket office sales and support moved into the first-floor ticket office and assorted administrators and support staff moved into third floor and the third-floor mezzanine.
• Check out the virtual tours (in three parts) of the Wharton Center project

Brody Complex Utility Infrastructure Improvements Phase I

• On schedule for August completion
• Replacing the steam systems — steam vault construction is underway
• New water main tie-ins are on going 

Brody Hall Renovation

• First floor demolition is underway
• First floor north is demoed and will be used as a temporary dining area in the fall
• The dining room renovation is about 70 percent complete
• Asbestos abatement is about 98 percent complete
• Second floor demolition is underway

Cyclotron

• Check out the virtual tour of the project.
• Area A (High-bay area):  
• This is substantially complete and ready for the Department of Energy Open House scheduled for Friday, June 12. 
• Area B (Four-story office addition):  
• Finishing up installation of exterior metal sheeting and window installation  (i.e. “curtain wall” is 95 percent complete)
• Continuing installation of metal studs and drywall for the completion of in-walls. 
• Plumbing inspection is complete on all floors and electrical inspection is complete on second, third and fourth floors. 
• Elevator staging and installation has begun. 
• Still hoping to meet goal of occupancy of the second floor for DOE in mid-July. 
• Parking lot closure (East of Geography Building/Snyder Hall)
• Next week begins pre-construction
• Will be substantially early August

The New Farm Lane — Underpasses Construction

• Continuing work on wet wells
• South pump station mostly complete
• Work continues
• Going extremely quickly
• Electrical ductwork is complete
• Beginning to place fences and landscaping is starting
• Service Road
• Cement pouring for curbs is complete
• Storm sewers along Trowbridge Road are complete
• Half of the retaining walls are complete
• Concrete walls are mostly complete
• Lot 89 access is only from Mt. Hope at this time
• North pumphouse is complete 

Crescent and Middlevale Roads — Phase V

• Finishing the last section of the road
• The construction extends to Harrison Road
• Installing underground facilities
• Almost all storm sewers are complete

Wilson and Birch Roads — Steam

• All underground work is complete
• Asphalt down as of June 11
• All sidewalks are complete
• Continue work on Wilson steam tunnels
• Work in Wilson/Holden Hall parking lots
• Segment 4 — Will stay unpaved until west portion is complete
• Wilson to Birch will all be paved together

Ramp Restoration and Maintenance: Ramps, 1, 2, 3, 5

• Construction begins after June 30, around July 4 weekend
• Ramp 2
  • Minor interruptions
• Ramp 5
  • Some parking space closures
  • Expansion joint replacement
• Ramp 3
  • Top two tiers of the ramp
  • Parking space closures
  • Expansion joint replacement
• Ramp 1
  • Expansion joint replacement
• Phasing construction now — little impacts
• Tentative timeline is from June 30 to Aug. 21
• Signs are being changed to better reflect “partial” closures vs. “complete” closures
• Parking and loading dock impacts (Owen Graduate Hall Refurbishment)
• Re-pouring the loading dock area

Owen Hall

• Renovating the dining area — it has been demoed
• Will start the partition in the next few weeks
• Running double shifts to complete work

Mary Mayo Hall Renovations

• Substantially complete by the end of June
• Residents able to move in mid-July
• The main floor is complete
• Landscape starting week of June 15
• Pictures to come at next meeting to showcase dramatic changes

Water Main Installation by Fee Hall

• There have been some traffic issues because of closures
• On schedule with construction
• Water main was leaking earlier this month, but repairs have been made
• The Conrad loop drive and Akers Road will be open by June 18
• Akers Road is accessible
• Construction is working its way south
• West Akers to north Akers should be finished by June 15