Campus Construction

[HelmutVII]

Huger hall is starting to look like a finished building. They have finished cleaning the brick work and they have the interior lights on at night. Ceiling fans are working to circulate air in the building. Here are a few shots of the exterior.

Huger Hall as seen from Tulane ave. They have the decorative columns on site and will be installing them in the next few weeks.



Huger Hall as seen from Taft Street



Huger Hall as seen from the rear of Hamilton Hall

[HelmutVII]

Plenty of work on Bonin Hall this week here a re a few photos of Bonin Demolition on Tuesday October 4, 2011





Here are a couple of photos from Sunday October 9, 2011 from the same veiw point.





The remains of the mechanical equipment basement of Bonin Hall



A very old cast iron water line that is still active. Working around these lines is hard because the break with a blink of the eye. They have new water line material stock piles on the site. It looks like they are increasing the size of the lines for added supply and for fire lines.

[HelmutVII]

Foundation prep work for one of the new rose garden dorms.



Foundation work at another location for the same dorm.

[HelmutVII]

It looks like they will make the deadline of finishing Huger by Thanksgiving with no problems. The amount of stored materials outdoors for Huger is getting less and less each week. Any new materials delivered goes directly inside.

They are just about finished with the Credit Union offices and they should be moving in very soon. There is very little construction equipment and material left at that site. They had students playing a game of touch football on the band field today. Once they finish Huger it will be a very nice location on campus. It feels very good walking around there.

With homecoming this week I hope that many of you from out of town can make the trip to Lafayette because photos do not do justice to the amount of work done on these projects.

[HelmutVII]

They are cleaning up around Huger Residence Hall getting ready for side walks and other outside facilities. Just a little bit of caulking and other exterior finish work left to do. Here are a few photos of Huger on the weekend of October 15. There is still plenty of interior work to do though.


Dressing up along the north facade of Huger. Hamilton is to the right.



Cleaning up to the rear of Huger. Baker Hall is to the rear of the camera.



Installing subsurface drainage to the rear of Huger. Baker is to the rear of the camera.



Aggregate used as a working surface during construction is being removed so dress up and other outside work can continue. Huger to the right, Baker to the left and Hamilton to the rear center.

[HelmutVII]

Construction on the Rose Garden Halls has really taken off this week.

Bonin Hall is gone.



Remains of Mechanical Equipment Pit



Making big ones into little ones. They lift the large concrete piece as high as they can and drop it on the pile below in an attempt to break it into smaller pieces.



The ground shakes when it hits the pile. The scaffolding in the rear is for a second stair well for the first building under construction.



Form work for first dorm, Harris Hall and final pile of Bonin concrete is to the rear



First stair well to be constructed. Getting to third level of four.



View of first stair well on Friday October 14. Harris Hall is to the rear. Photo taken from the driveway to my home.

[HelmutVII]

A little fun.


Two Cypress Lake Gators.



Cypress Lake gator chillin out.




Cypress Lake Gator with some friends.

[Turbine]

Being so close, how was the noise when the buildings were being torn down?

Thanks again by the way.

[HelmutVII]

Demolition noise was no big deal since I'm at work every Monday to Friday. They do work on weekends but they didn't start until about 8:30 or 9:00 A.M. They shut down about 5:30 or 6:00 in the afternoon. The big problem is dust. It gets everywhere and its constant. It's nothing that a good rain wouldn't cure though.

[HelmutVII]

Clean up around Huger has continued this week.

The entrance to Huger is getting close.



Forming for sidewalks on the side of Huger has started. Hamilton Hall to the right. New parking garage to the rear.



Removal of construction aggregate continues and is almost finished. Hamilton Hall is to the rear.



Drainage work and dress up to the rear of Huger. Baker is to the right.