Construction Update is published periodically and provides information about the progress of major building and renovation projects. Information is provided to the Record by facilities management.
Earth and Planetary Sciences Building
The masonry work continues with the granite and limestone facade. The roofing is complete. Partition framing continues on all levels, and dry-wall and painting are progressing well.
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Mechanical, electrical and plumbing contractors continue to work from the lower level up to the attic-level floor, from south to north. Work will continue to focus on completing the finishes and flooring in the building.
Terrazzo flooring work has started. Placement of the lab casework is nearing completion.
MetroLink expansion
Work will begin on installing two temporary bridges — at Skinker Boulevard and Forest Park Parkway, and at Big Bend Boulevard and the parkway — within the next couple of weeks. This will result in lane closures and traffic restrictions on Skinker and Big Bend.
When this work starts, left turns will no longer be permitted at the Skinker-Forest Park Parkway intersection. They are already prohibited at Big Bend.
Persons traveling south on Skinker should proceed to Brookings Drive to enter the Hilltop Campus. Those wishing to go north on Skinker also should use Brookings Drive to access Skinker.
In January, Tarlton Corp. completed foundation work for new signal houses from Forest Park Parkway to Kingsland Avenue. Conduit installation progressed.
Also in January, shoring installation at several locations, tunnel excavation, and excavation for the Forsyth Station continued.
Pile-driving has begun for retaining-wall construction east of DeBaliviere Avenue. Skinker Station foundation work has continued.
This month, conduit installation and catenary-pole foundation construction will continue. Permanent retaining wall construction will continue east of DeBaliviere Avenue.
Skinker Station foundation work and mainline barrier wall construction will continue. McCarthy Construction will continue shoring installation and tunnel excavation at several locations.
Information kiosks are available in the St. Louis area and will be rotating to various sites showing how MetroLink will connect the area. A kiosk will be in Mallinckrodt Student Center until Feb. 22.
Last year these kiosks appeared at more than 40 different locations over an 11-month period.
Phase IIB Housing
The foundation walls are complete. Erection of structural steel at the first floor is complete. Floor decking is complete. Roof trusses are nearing completion. Mechanical work has started on the first floor.
Phase II Garage
The retaining wall on the north side of the site is complete. The footings and columns are complete. The asphalt paving for the first-floor parking is complete and open. The second floor will be open Feb. 27.