[ENCI-l] Engineering Renovations Starting Dec 20

[engg-enci-l at mailman.ucalgary.ca]

Schulich students:

Help is on the way! Those antiquated theatres, lights that don't  
work, dingy ceilings?
After decades of solid use, the engineering complex is getting  
modernized.
This has been a long time coming, so it is an exciting time indeed!
The bad news is, it is going to be disruptive for a while.
When you come back from the holiday break, this work will have been  
started.
So please take note of the following.

PHASE ONE
The first phase will last 18 months. Work will start this December 20  
and be completed by March 31, 2011.
This phase will create "pinch points" with scaffolding and hoarding  
in stairwells and hallways at several locations within the school, so  
you may need to add five minutes to get around to classes or  
meetings. This phase will:

1) remove hazardous materials from ceilings
2) install a sprinkler system backbone through the complex
3) upgrade lighting throughout the facility
4) renovate the teaching theatres in Block E (over the summer months)
5) renovate washrooms, providing more access for women
6) renew finishes in public areas
7) set the stage for Phase 2.

Information and signage on these work locations will be provided.
We have been assured, there will be no noise disruption during exams.
During removal of hazardous material, there will be no risk to the  
building occupants due to the method used to seal off work areas.

PHASE TWO
Pending approvals and funding, the second phase will expand the  
engineering complex with an addition that will occupy the firesticks  
courtyard and integrate the existing blocks with a new central heart  
for the engineering school. This construction is expected to begin in  
2011 and will last for several years.

For more information, please attend one of these information  
sessions. You are welcome at either one:

RENOVATION TOWN HALL -- FOR STUDENTS
Wednesday December 2
12:30 pm
Engineering Student Lounge

RENOVATION TOWN HALL -- FOR FACULTY AND STAFF
Tuesday December 15
9:30 am
ENA 201

This will be the first of regular updates.

QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?
Project Manager:
Sigfrido Pacheco-Vega, PEng, PMP
Pivotal Project Management
403-265-9473
spvega at pivotalprojects.com

Engineering Facility Manager:
Heather Henning
University of Calgary
403-220-3729
hhenning at ucalgary.ca





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Mary Anne Moser, PhD
Director of Communications, Schulich School of Engineering
Director, Banff Science Communications Program
office 403-220-3656
home office 403-949-3306
cell  403-629-3255
moser at ucalgary.ca




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