Student Union Construction.

[moorecajun]

No problemo---I can live with anyway you do this great job!!!!

Just flip the screen over ... problem solved!

[HelmutVII]

Work on the food service wing is progressing nicely.

This is a view from Boucher Street. They had the street opened to traffic today to help with move in for Corona and Bonin Halls. This will give you something of an idea of the scale of the building and how it will look when it is finished.



Food service wing from the Harris Hall fire escape.



Food service wing from the Guillory Hall balcony over cypress lake. The light colored material on the steel is fire proofing.



The main part of the building as seen from the rear of McLaurin Gym.



View of the construction from the top of Olivier Parking Tower.



View of the main building from the Cypress Lake planter.

[MelRock]

Thanks for the pictures. I passed by Saturday to pickup my nephew and I was surprised how big things look and progress. It is all coming along nicely.

[Boomer]

Mel are you out of tickets ??? is it a sellout???

[MelRock]

Mel are you out of tickets ??? is it a sellout???

I still have tickets, not a sellout yet. I think we are getting close.

[LuLu]

HelmutVII, Thank you for the pictures. You give us so many perspectives. You are doing a great service for us. Geaux Cajuns!

[sandra]

Yes thank you.

[Boomer]

Went by today----MASSIVE!!!

[HelmutVII]

I skipped a week to show more progress.

This is the food service wing as seen from the steps to Buchanan Hall. They have placed scaffolding around the perimeter to place the envelope of the building.



The food service wing from the Harris Hall fire escape.



The food service wing as seen from the Guillory Hall balcony.



The food service wing as seen from the top of the Olivier Parking tower.



Steel erection is almost finished on the main part of the building between the Bookstore (right) and the Ballroom (left).



The main part of the building with the bookstore on the left and the ballroom on the right.

[DaddyCajun]

Am I counting right, is this in some places going to be a 5 story building?

[HelmutVII]

I think the perspective of the photos might be throwing you off. The building will have two full levels with maybe some storage or mechanical rooms on a third level. These rooms will be in attic space. The building will have a sloped roof around the perimeter with a flat section in the middle. It will look like the other older buildings on the campus in that respect. A sloped roof is less prone to leaking and is much easier to maintain.

[DaddyCajun]

I think the perspective of the photos might be throwing you off. The building will have two full levels with maybe some storage or mechanical rooms on a third level. These rooms will be in attic space. The building will have a sloped roof around the perimeter with a flat section in the middle. It will look like the other older buildings on the campus in that respect. A sloped roof is less prone to leaking and is much easier to maintain.

HelmutVII, thanks I guess it was a perceptual thing or maybe a wishful visual thing! Always thinging Big!