2008 Woodie Awards
Construction continues in campus renovation attempt
Bob Bennett
Issue date: 2/15/08 Section: News
Originally published: 2/14/08 at 5:00 PM EST
Last update: 2/14/08 at 4:59 PM EST
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The entire project is expected to take five to six years to complete and will require two phases.
The first phase will be the construction of a new science wing on Hudson Hall, which will put all the science labs and classrooms under one roof and should be completed by 2010.
The work was scheduled to begin in the summer, but the ground water under the parking lot adjacent to Hudson Hall - where the new facility will be built - is too high to accommodate the basement of the new structure. The basement is being eliminated altogether.
Ward Hall is also currently undergoing renovations, which are part of the phase one project. Those renovations will include the building of new classrooms and offices necessary to accommodate students and faculty while Hudson's new wing is under construction. Hudson Hall currently houses approximately 35 faculty members who will need to be moved along with all students who register for courses normally held at Hudson, Lavoie said.
The second phase will include renovations of the existing Hudson structure and perhaps the movement of the food and nutrition program to Hawkins Hall, which would place it under one roof with the nursing program. This phase is expected to take three to four years from the time started.
"It's a real program study," Facilities Director Stan Supinski said, referring to the displacement of faculty and students who would normally frequent the building.
"The project has been approved as part of the first round of a master plan between SUNY and Albany," Linda Sichel, the campus architect, said.
This plan is an ongoing effort about what needs to be done on SUNY campuses to implement new ideas, Sichel said.
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