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Vol. 23, No. 23
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Construction updates
Published weekly during the academic year by the Office of Communications and Marketing, 3699 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal, N.Y. 13850.John Hachtel, associate vice president of communications and marketing; Anita Knopp Doll, director of communications; Marty Doorey, editor; Katie Ellis, Janice Endrissen, Gail Glover, Susan E. Barker, Karen Fennie, John Hartrick, Ingrid Husisian, Sandra Paniccia, Susann Thiel, contributing writers; Evangelos Dousmanis, photography; Libby Graves, webmaster. Phone 607-777-6366. COMMENTS: Email Inside. BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY
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| It’s not just the weather that’s unseasonable, the leftover holiday tree atop the Field House fits the bill too. Construction on the project nears the half-way point with five of eight roof trusses in place and other work advancing on schedule. (Photography by Evangelos Dousmanis) | ||
BY KAREN FENNIE
With general construction activity progressing in all areas, the Binghamton University Field House is 47 percent complete. The Field House is now 22 months into construction with 26 months remaining until the April 2004 contractor completion date.
The building, when completed, will occupy 156,000 square-feet and will be six stories tall. This week the sixth of eight 185-foot-long roof trusses was put in place. Each truss weighs just over 82 tons and is secured by 1.5 tons of bolts.
Most of the concrete and masonry work has been completed on the upper two floors. Concrete for the event-level floor will not be poured until all of the roof trusses are installed. The cranes used to erect the trusses are backing their way out of the interior portion of the Field House as each truss goes up. While work continues on the main roof, about 50 percent of the lower roofs have been completed
On the event level, or lowest floor of the building, locker, weight training, equipment storage and hydrotherapy rooms are framed in with block walls around the outside perimeter of the building. Primer is being applied to some of the walls on the lower level.
On all three levels of the building ductwork is being installed for the air handling system. Mechanical work is also progressing. Electrical and plumbing rough-ins, which allow for pipes and wiring to be run, are almost complete. Work has just begun on the metal clips and framing supports for the exterior metal wall panels.
Roof drains and floor drains are also being constructed. Welliver McGuire, the general contractor, aims to have the building fully enclosed around mid-summer.