Campus Construction

**ULEverywhere** · August 3rd, 2011, 10:40 pm

So all people living in the old dorms were all exposd so asbestos ?? and there are photos of baker on the campus living lafayette facebook page.

**CajunAmos** · August 3rd, 2011, 10:51 pm

A few online articles about the on campus construction

One of the articles I saw shows that Denbo is a 464 bed facility.
http://www.amblingunivdevgroup.com/n.../news-articles

Another construction company website. This one shows adding 2600 beds.
http://www.juneaucc.com/pro_ULL_Student_Housing.aspx

Article from the Advocate on building projects.
http://theadvocate.com/home/329175-7...s-on-time.html

Another nice Advocate article
http://theadvocate.com/news/acadiana...ut-future.html

And another
http://www.1012corridor.com/news/201...udent-housing/

And one from nola.com on the university master plan
http://www.nola.com/education/index....na_at_laf.html

**CajunAmos** · August 3rd, 2011, 10:54 pm

Originally Posted by ULEverywhere

So all people living in the old dorms were all exposd so asbestos ?? and there are photos of baker on the campus living lafayette facebook page.

My guess was the asbestos was only an issue when they began to tear down the buildings, which would have made it airborne. It was probably insulating pipes, electrical, or HVAC, which would have become airborne when you started ripping it out.

**shasta** · August 3rd, 2011, 11:01 pm

Originally Posted by ULEverywhere

So all people living in the old dorms were all exposd so asbestos ?? and there are photos of baker on the campus living lafayette facebook page.

go back a few years and everybody in every building was exposed to asbestos, hell when i was a kid we had stacks of asbestos building materials in our yard, and that was in the 80s

**rgncjn12** · August 4th, 2011, 10:57 am

Originally Posted by awadelewis

In terms of how buildings look on campus, Dr. A put the hammer down after what happened with Fletcher Hall and had his staff draw up a set of architectural guidelines for the campus. It's still being used by Dr. S.'s staff to guide the work going on campus.

Please educate me on what you are referencing above.

Thanks.

GEAUX UL!

**HelmutVII** · August 4th, 2011, 11:33 am

Originally Posted by rgncjn12

Please educate me on what you are referencing above.

Thanks.

GEAUX UL!

This is what I understand happened with Fletcher Hall. To make a long story short. The award of the design of Fletcher Hall was an open competition amongst Architectural firms in an attempt to get more competition. The winning design was selected as the building you see today. They used many different types of construction techniques and processes in an attempt to illustrate to the students what can be done in a building. It is in essence, a laboratory for the Architecture students. Unfortunately, during the course of construction, the budget got busted. The central courtyard was to have a sky light and be an indoor space. Because of the cost over run, they left the skylight out of the project. Soooo all the doors and stairs in the central courtyard that were supposed to be inside are now outside. Anybody want to guess how long an interior door will last in an exterior environment? The result is, the building is a maintenance nightmare in addition to not blending in with the remaining buildings on campus. The building is a great example for the students as to how NOT to do a project. You might also note that there is no plaque on the building to Identify the architect, contractor or any of the responsible parties involved in the design and construction of the building. In short, the building is just wrong on many levels. If anybody else has anything to add or correct please do so because all of what I posted is from memory.

**BeauCajun** · August 4th, 2011, 01:29 pm

Football players were moving into Baker yesterday.

**ULEverywhere** · August 4th, 2011, 07:54 pm

Originally Posted by HelmutVII

This is what I understand happened with Fletcher Hall. To make a long story short. The award of the design of Fletcher Hall was an open competition amongst Architectural firms in an attempt to get more competition. The winning design was selected as the building you see today. They used many different types of construction techniques and processes in an attempt to illustrate to the students what can be done in a building. It is in essence, a laboratory for the Architecture students. Unfortunately, during the course of construction, the budget got busted. The central courtyard was to have a sky light and be an indoor space. Because of the cost over run, they left the skylight out of the project. Soooo all the doors and stairs in the central courtyard that were supposed to be inside are now outside. Anybody want to guess how long an interior door will last in an exterior environment? The result is, the building is a maintenance nightmare in addition to not blending in with the remaining buildings on campus. The building is a great example for the students as to how NOT to do a project. You might also note that there is no plaque on the building to Identify the architect, contractor or any of the responsible parties involved in the design and construction of the building. In short, the building is just wrong on many levels. If anybody else has anything to add or correct please do so because all of what I posted is from memory.

Explains everything.. that building is a nightmare quite depressing and no wifi..

**awadelewis** · August 4th, 2011, 10:46 pm

Originally Posted by HelmutVII

This is what I understand happened with Fletcher Hall. .

Yep, that's pretty much what I was told as well.

I've heard that the administration has fixing Fletcher on their priority list but it'll be a few years while they try to get the funding. Getting the money is harder with academic buildings because they don't have the public/private option like with the new dorms or student fee revenue like what's helping fund the Student Union project.

**HelmutVII** · August 6th, 2011, 09:13 pm

The asbestos removal is completed on the Rose Garden Dorms. Waiting on clearance on Monday to proceed with demolition on Wednesday. Found much more asbestos then originally anticipated resulting in longer time and more money. Two feet of contaminated soil had to be removed from under Old Baker, Old Huger and Bonin. It should not take too long to demolish the buildings. Debris removal will be the limiting factor.

Football players and soccer players moved into new Baker on August 3. Only a few minor things left to do on New Baker. Parking garage is set to be used for parking on August 11. Credit Union will be ready in late September. New Huger is on schedule to be finished before Thanksgiving.

New Baker August 7, 2011 with sod rolls waiting to be installed on Band field

Ground level view of sod installation with New Baker in the background. The photo shows the turtleback on the field. There should be no water standing on the field. The grass is a drought tolerant hybrid Bermuda that is resistant to herbicides. Supposedly very easy to maintain.

Sod rolls waiting to be laid out. A bobcat skid steer loader picks up the roll and lays the entire roll down in less then a minute.

New Huger hall as seen from the corner of Tulane and Taft.

New sidewalk between Parking Garage and Angelle Hall.

New sidewalk between Parking garage on right and Hamilton Hall on left. The garage is about as wide as it could be with very little room between Hamilton and Angelle. The garage is not sprinkled and lets hope a car does not catch fire in the garage.

I will wait to do the monthly comparison next week because both the parking garage and New Baker will be occupied by then. Eight months to complete a new Dorm and in their spare time they built a 1000 car parking garage, demoed two 7 story dorms and started building another dorm. Not too shabby.