0 comments Monday, March 23, 2009

Everything is coming along rather nicely at the new dorm. The roof supports are going up and floors are being poured on the upper levels. Most of the masonry for the south end of the dorm is up. If you look through the photos you can clearly make out what is the layout for a future dorm room.

a future room New Crane

There is also one of the coolest looking cranes on the site now that is being used to put the roof supports in place. The counter weights are at the base crane and exposed to for me to see. My favorite part about it is the weight of each is chiseled out of the stone.

0 comments Thursday, March 5, 2009

Student blogs are now up! WAHOO!!! You can see them here. This page is a landing page to student blogs as well as this one and addmissions blog. We are hoping to add more as the next school year comes around maybe a few from alumni or I am hoping to get the college historian writing and posting images of the history of campus for all to see as well.

On the new dorm fron it is impossible to see from the outside but they have poured the entire first floor as well as the south end of the second, third and fourth. They also have a lot of the masonry for the exterior wals as well as for the entrances begun. Fire proofing has gone up as well as the start of the peaked roof on the south end of the building.

I know I am not alone when I say I can't wait for the frigid cold and wind to stop. Right now all of the scafolding around the outside of the building (except for in a few places) is covered in plastic to keep the guys warm as well as safe from some pretty heavy wind gusts.


the start of the peek

 










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