Campus Construction

[HelmutVII]

There are one or two buildings accross the swamp from the student union facing the Blvd. I don't remember the name of the building(s), but they are total eyesores. I don't think the buildings are being used for anything, at least they shouldn't be. I hope they are being torn down to make a clear view of the swamp and renovated student union. Just a simple removal would help beautify the campus. Can you please confirm the status of them?

There are three buildings that you are talking about. Guillory, Olivier and Corona. Guillory is the building with the balcony over Cypress Lake. It will be used for food service during the Student Union Renovation. Corona and Olivier halls are on Hebrard Boulevard across from University Police. Corona Hall is the building in the last photograph posted in the Student Union construction thread. It still houses some offices. the other building is Olivier Hall and is vacant. It will house some of the student union offices while the current student union is being renovated. For sure Olivier and Corona will be torn down after student union renovation. Guillory might be saved with a total renovation (I don't know for sure though).

One of the new rose garden residence halls will be named Corona Hall. Which one I don't know. The other rose garden hall one will be named Bonin Hall. The new parking tower completed last September is named Olivier Parking Tower. Given that two new buildings are named Olivier and Corona it's a good bet that the existing Olivier and Corona will be demolished.

[Boomer]

What will Dr A have named after him???

[CajunNation]

What will Dr A have named after him???

The state of the art, olympic sized, septic system.

[HelmutVII]

Cleaning up along University Ave. The oak trees are going to be much happier I'm sure.



Unfortunately they were not too concerned about this tree. It's not as bad as it looks as there was a concrete parking lot there just three days ago. If the tree thrives the side walk will be bumped up in less than five years. It could have been planned better. An obvious example of having a designer 1000 miles from a project.



This is the view of the same tree from another angle.



Building 1 (probably Corona Hall) alley facade as seen from University Ave. They are working on drainage, walkways and lighting here. Once they finish the columns veneer will go on and the building will be very near completion. They will easily open this building in August.



Building 2 (probably Bonin Hall) alley facade as seen from University Ave. This building is not as far along but they will probably be able to open by August.



Building 1 and Building 2 as seen from the side of McLauren Gym. (I just noticed that there are no precast concrete elements between the second and third floor of building 2 at each window like there is for building 1. There is no gap in the brick reserved for them either. )





University Ave facade of Building 2, McKinley street is to the rear of the camera.



The Boucher Street facade of building 2 as seen from the side of the Student Union. The scaffolding for the brick layers is seen to the right of the building. They have finished all brick work on this building except for the area with exposed Tyvek. Once they finish this area only minor brick work remains on the project. Most of the brick layers are gone, hopefully to another job. If not they are home. The area where the Old Saucier Clinic was is in the foreground. This view was not available before they tore old Saucier down.



The hectic pace of construction has been dramatically reduced this past couple of weeks. Most of the work is inside now and is not as noisy. It's nice to have a little peace and quiet on the weekends now. I understand that they are not going to replace the parking areas along University Ave. under the oak trees. The trees will like that much better and it will make a much nicer look along the road. There is still plenty of work to do on Harris, Randolph and Buchanan Halls but, if they don't make it for August, it will be OK as they are not critical for housing. It's already June 3 and August is 9 weeks away.

[Turbine]

HelmutVII thanks again for all the updates. Very nice, and nice of you.

[moorecajun]

This is an absolutely beautiful campus! The amount of construction that has taken place / is about to take place is just unbelievable, especially in this time of large budget cuts being implemented by the state.

I know a lot of people don't care and there is not a direct connection but, I don't think large scale athletic upgrades were really even feasible until after these campus upgrades were completed or at least well under way. When you look at how the state can't balance a budget you have to be proud of what we are able to accomplish right now.

If you get into too much debt sometimes you just don't get out of it.

[HelmutVII]

Two inches of rain on Saturday afternoon left the site pretty wet. all of the parking areas along University Ave have been removed.





New university Ave. entrance gate with Building 2 in background




All brick work on building 2 is finished. The green ladder structures in the foreground are the scaffolding that the brick layers used.



Installing downspouts and overflow boxes on building 2.



Trailer used to form gutters. They can form up to 600 feet of continuous gutter at one time. The longest gutter they installed on this project was about 100 feet. This crew is from Gawga.

[HelmutVII]

Three inches of rain on Tuesday and continued rains through the week have left the site a quagmire.



They continue to to work though and are trying to connect drain lines to University Ave. inlets. Unfortunately they did not check for underground electric lines for the street lights. The inlet box they want to connect to is on the right. The hay bale is to keep mud out of the University Ave drain lines and the concrete to the left of the hay bale surrounds the conduits for the street lights. It at the same grade as the new drainage pipe and will have to be offset to avoid a conflict. This has happened at two locations. This could take some time because the street lighting belongs to the DOTD.



Manlift stuck AGAIN. If the guy operating the manlift was not wearing boots he was in trouble because he would have sunk up to his knees.



Trying to get some walkways ready for concrete. Somebody is going to have a hard time servicing the port o lets because they can't get to them.



The alley between the two new buildings got a new tree last week. Building two is to the left.



Gutters waiting to be installed are being stored behind Mc Lauren Gym.



Exit end of the gutter forming machine.

[HelmutVII]

Plenty of inside work going on with the two new buildings. Harris, Randolph and Buchanan Halls are also progressing but most of that work is inside too.

This is the University Ave facade of building 1 (probably Corona Hall) almost ready for landscaping.



University Ave Entrance to the alley between the two new buildings. Split columns are installed so they are getting close to being finished in this location.




Conflict box for conduits for the University Ave street lighting are being placed in a split casing (the red pipe) and a conflict box built around them.



University Ave facade of building 2 (most probably Bonin Hall)



Not much else to show because most of the work being done is inside.

[Boomer]

Just wondering if it will be finished by Fall and if reservations are full!!!! last Fall we (STATE FARM) had a great move in party for the students moving in---would like to do it again!!!!