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Final update

• The Sharpless commons from the bridge.
• Auditorium H109.
• The exterior of the north link.
• The top of the rotunda.
• The Sharpless bridge from the 3rd floor of the rotunda.
• The exterior south of the link and west wing.
• The south side of the link with the rotunda.
• the top of stair 5 looking into Hilles.
• The exterior west side of the west wing and Hilles.

August 1, 2002

• The grading at the south side of the link is almost complete.
• The south side of the link has a stucco finish which is presently in progress.
• A view of the progress of H109 on the first floor of Hilles.
• The railing at the east side of Hilles.

July 25, 2002

• The Sharpless bridge from the common space below.
• The new look of the East side of Sharpless.
• The Library on the West side of Hilles.
• The corridor on the second floor of Hilles.
• The completed room H205 looking toward the front.

July 18, 2002

• Room H205, one of the completed rooms.
• A view of the compact movable shelving in the library.
• First floor bench in the link.
• Looking down stair 4.

July 11, 2002

• The North Link courtyard.
• The Sharpless bridge.
• Movable shelving in the new library.
• The west elevation of the west side of the library.
• The progress of room H008.
• The progress of room H204 with a view into H205.

June 28, 2002

• The south side of the mezzanine looking over at the barrel roof.
• The west wall of the library.
• Looking from the circulation area up to the mezzanine.
• The progress of room H109.

June 21, 2002

• The library's circulation desk area.
• The grading of the south courtyard is moving up to elevation.
• The progress of H206.
• The stair 5 skylight.
• The library barrel section.

June 6, 2002

• The exterior of the north side of the link.
• The progress of room H205.
• The progress in the library.
• The Sharpless demolition is underway.

May 30, 2002

• The north skin of the link is almost complete
• The progress of H106.
• The wainscot and painting is in progress in the library
• The demolition for what was the Sharpless library will now be a common area with seating and a bridge linking the 3rd floors of the link with Sharpless.
• The South side of the new west wing and link

May 20, 2002

• Looking into room H012 from what was the old Hilles ground floor corridor.
• The progress of room H106.
• A much smaller version of the west side is on the east side of the library.

May 9, 2002

• The barrel ceiling is ready for paint.
• View the skylight and mezzanine ceiling grid at the top ot stair 10.
• Walls will have benches in the link hallway's second and third floors, at the radius.
• View the stair 5 skylight and entrance into the west wing third floor.
• Rendering view of the west wing.
• The north side of the link.

May 2, 2002

• View the progress of Room H006, NLP Lab 2.
• View the barrel roof at the west side of the library.
• View the North side of the link pass.
• Rendering view of the new west wing and link.
• View the stair 5 skylight.

April 25, 2002

• The east side of the library has a similar smaller opening as the west side.
• A view of the progress in room H005.
• The completed west wing roof.

April 18, 2002

• View the progress of Room H009.
• View the library barrel roof.
• View the progress of Room H109.
• Rendering view of the west wing.
• The link pass through the north side.

April 11, 2002

• Room 109 is in progress. This room is scheduled to have auditorium-style seating with tables.
• Presently, the first and second floors of Hilles are still open where the steps and tall windows used to be.
• View the south side of the link and the east side of the new west wing.
• Rendering view of the new west wing.

April 4, 2002

• Lab casework has been delivered for the ground floor.
• The new opening has been cut and the new support steel is in place for the entrance from stair 5 to the second floor of Hilles.
• View the link roof.
• Rendering view of the south side of the link and Hilles.

March 28, 2002

• The second floor openings in Hilles are being cut out for the new entrance ways to be installed.
• The stair 5 skylight has been installed.
• Stair 4 runs from the ground floor to the 4th floor mezzanine.
• View the south side of the west wing and link.

February 21, 2002

• The south chimney stacks are being set into place.
• A view of the north side of the link where there will be access to the courtyard.
• Stair tower 5 will have a skylight allowing natural light in at the third floor landing.

January 24, 2002

• Exterior stonework is progressing on the west and northwest sides of the building as weather allows.
• Studs are starting on the second floor.

January 17, 2002

• The FCU's for heating and cooling are onsite and being installed from the ground floor up.
• The exterior chimneys are starting at the south and north ends of the building.

January 10, 2002

• The courtyard area as seen from the roof of the new west wing.
• A view of the second floor link building back toward the east wing.

December 27, 2001

• The third floor library is shaping up with windows and the high roof evident.
• The exhaust chimneys are being constructed at the northe end of the fourth floor.

December 20, 2001

• Restroom plumbing rough in is ongoing up to the 3rd floor. Once the plumbing is roughed in, block walls will follow.
• A view of the third floor south wall at the library.

December 13, 2001

• A view of the first floor corridor block being installed. The block is being completed by floor from the first floor up.
• The third floor library looking up to open space on the fourth floor.
• The east elevation backup block is completed. The elevation is scaffolded in preparation for stonework to start.

December 6, 2001

• A close-up view of the south stair elevation which is scaffolded for masonry work.
• The third floor library laydown course.
• The forth floor steel is in place and the 2 inch topping will be poured this week.

November 29, 2001

• Scaffold for the exterior stone and stucco work is being erected.
• The slab on grade is being poured.
• A view of the atrium spaces being constructed with the third floor lobby.

November 21, 2001

• The electrical feeds are being installed underground.
• A view through the fourth floor library and mechanical spaces. The rails are fall protection as per OSHA regulations.

November 15, 2001

• The underside of the floor boxes where the tele/data contractor will roughin to the conduits.

• This is the south stair tower of the west wing. The precast is up, the block walls will be built and then the steel stairs will follow.
• A view of the link to the west wing connection from the courtyard areas. The construction is precast on block bearing so it will lag behind the main west wing.

November 8, 2001

• Block work has started with the perimeter walls on the ground floor. The first floor block will follow, starting 11/19/01.
• The precast structure is locked in place with a series of composite pours lined with rebar. This photo is a view of the plank sitting on a beam edge before being poured solid.
• This is the inner joint of the plank being grouted into place.
• A view from the link first floor of the west wing rising.
  

November 1, 2001

• There are over 40 power/data floor boxes on the first floor of the west wing. This is a box "roughed in" before the concrete is complete.
• The underground storm drain connections are now complete with this tee fitting, which contain 88 bolted connections.
• This is a view from the third floor of the link building looking down at the new West Wing and existing Hilles building.

October 25, 2001

• The precast structure is being fully grouted in place so the next floor can be erected.
• Finally we have an opposing view! This is a look at where the two wings will meet.
• The west wing construction is only a few feet away from the existing locker room building, as well as the college's central heating plant. Logistics and material loading with be a challenge for this phase.

October 19, 2001

• A view of the crane setting precast from the south side of the West Wing.
• The precast plank set at the link.
• Precast shear wall being set in place on the south side of Hilles.

October 11, 2001

• The black crane is being used to construct the blue one—which will then be used for construction of the precast. Once assembled, the blue crane will weigh 200 tons and will be 27 feet wide.

September 27, 2001

• A view from of the west wing at the end of the link from the first phase.
• Future tie-in of the link to the west wing.
• Forms being set for a concrete pour of the south wall of the west wing.
• The elevator pit for the west wing.

September 6, 2001

• The new entrance area to the INSC and Sharpless Buildings through the rotunda.
• A view of the rotunda from the third floor.

August 23, 2001

• Of a view of Hilles where the west wing will tie in.
• The completed sidewalks at the east side of the building along Coursey Road.

August 16, 2001

• The north sidewalks outside of Sharpless are well under way. The College landscaping team is expected to start work on August 20, 2001.
• The west wing building pad structural underpinning is complete. Foundation work will begin during the week of August 20th.

August 1, 2001

• The stucco is complete on the south side of the link and rotunda. The remaining link will be constructed for turnover summer 2002.
• The sundial is set.

July 19, 2001

• The finishes on the second floor are proceeding with carpet in the faculty office area.
• This is a view of Rooms E215 and E216. The overhead service carriers and racks are complete in the Physical Chemistry labs. The tables will be moved in during the week of July 23, 2001.

July 12, 2001

• The north elevation is almost complete with work being done on the copper stair roof as well as the entrance vestibule to the rotunda stair.
• This is a view of the graded east elevation with copper gutters and downspouts complete.

July 4, 2001

• This is a view of the east wing with the copper gutters being installed. The crane in this view is setting prefabricated pipe pieces at the cooling tower.
• This is a view of the granite flooring being installed in the rotunda area. The treads and landings are already complete.

June 27, 2001

• The building cooling towers are in place as of June 25, 2001.
• This is a perspective shot of the first floor corridor. The flooring in this corridor went in June 25, 2001.

June 21, 2001

• The new loading dock and ramp have been poured. Paving of this area is scheduled for June 22, 2001.
• This is a shot of the granite installation proceeding in the rotunda, Stair 3.

June 14, 2001

• A typical laboratory on first floor with casework installed, Room E105.
• The view from the east wing of the Hilles demolition.

June 7, 2001

• The east elevation of the east wing.
• Riser one, from the ground floor to the first floor in stair three, rotunda.
• The interior south elevation of the rotunda from the first floor.

May 31, 2001

• The north face exterior of the rotunda.
• The interior ceiling of the rotunda.
• The west side of the east wing as viewed from the link roof.

May 24, 2001

• The west side of the rotunda beginning to receive its first coat of paint.
• A view of room E106.

May 17, 2001

• The east side of the exterior of the rotunda.
• The north and east side of the east wing.
• A view of the east side of the east wing.

May 10, 2001

• Looking down from the first floor to the ground floor of stair 3 (rotunda).
• Some of the casework and fume hoods in room E107.
• The completed west side roof of the east wing.

May 3, 2001

• Chemistry lab, Room E.
• A view of the stair tower from the third floor.
• The exterior rotunda clerestory space.
• A close-up reducing view.

April 26, 2001

• A view of the south side of the link and rotunda.
• Chemistry lab, Room E107.
• A view of the fourth floor exterior of the rotunda from the east side.

 April 19, 2001

• The up section east side of the rotunda.
• Looking south at the upper level of the roof and the north side of the south chimneys.
• The west side of the east wing as seen from the third floor of the link.
  

April 12, 2001

• The view of the south side of the east wing. The remainder of the global wrap has been removed.
• The northern chimneys on the east wing.

April 5, 2001

• The top elevation of the rotunda viewed from the east side.
• A close-up of the east wing.

March 22, 2001

• A vertical view of the northside of the rotunda.
• The southside of the link.

March 15, 2001

• A view of stairway one from the fourth floor.
• The top of the rotunda.
• The westside of the east wing roof.

March 1, 2001

• The interior of the rotunda staircase.
• Looking upward at the rotunda steel.
  

February 22, 2001

• The underside of the roof looking at the structural steel uncased in the fireproofing material.
• The chimney on the northwest side of the east wing. along with the west side of the roof.

February 15, 2001

• Looking down at stair tower #1.
• Close up of the south end of the link and the rotunda.

February 8, 2001

• Looking up at the rotunda from the link side at the east wing entrances.
• Looking down the west side of the east wing at the hangers and supports attached to the steel.
  

February 1, 2001

• Ever wanted to see how they build a spiral staircase? Here's a picture of the process, looking down into the rotunda.
• Looking at the encased east wing from the south.
• Lab E307 from the south west corner looking north east..

January 25, 2001

• The first phase was "topped out" on January 10, 2001 with the completion of roof steel erection and an evergreen tree was placed on the uppermost point of the building. This tradition dates back to the Vikings who would place a tree on the top of their structures to pay homage to those trees sacrificed during the actual building process. The photo shows an evergreen tree at the top right corner of the building.
• This is a close-up of the stone, drainage material, insulation, dampproffing, stone ties, stone and backer block all on the east side of the east wing.
• The rotunda view from the roof. Note: the drop only goes the first floor now, previously the view included the ground floor.
• The west side of the east wing, the south side of the rotunda, and the south side of the link viewed from the west side.

January 18, 2001

• The east wing viewed from the trailers.
• The south elevation of the link and rotunda and the west side of the east wing.
• The rotunda frame work and rebar for the second lift.

January 11, 2001

• The radius curve at the auditorium in Sharpless. Looking from the ground floor at the underside of the first floor. Steel will be installed in this area connecting the link to Sharpless.
• The newly erected roof steel.
• The rotunda stair tower looking down at the landing.

January 4, 2001

• An interior view of Lab 307 from the southwest corner.
• Looking north at the south side of the link and Sharpless at the east wing.

December 25, 2000

• Looking northeast at what will be room E108.
• The west side rooms.

December 18, 2000

• The view looking north at the east wing.
• The south side of the rotunda, link and Sharpless.
• The first floor of the eastwing from the south east corner looking toward the northwest corner.

December 11, 2000

• The corridor for the link between the East Wing and Hilles proceeds. Here's a view from above, and one looking in.
• Here's a second floor room that will soon be a lab.
• The east wall of the East Wing is now going up.
• Here's a view of all the progress on the East Wing, looking north from the trailers by the campus center.

December 4, 2000

• A view of the ground floor corridor looking north.
• The first floor of the East Wing looking north.
• An interior view of the rotunda stairway.

November 27, 2000

• The rotunda frame and concrete sides are in place. Here are views from inside and outside.
• The brunt of the work on the new East Wing is occurring on the inside, as electric and other work proceeds. Here are views of the first and second floors, looking out.
• And, on the outside, here is our weekly update facing north from the campus center.

November 13, 2000

• This week, we're giving you a look inside the action, inside the rapidly rising East Wing. Here's a look down one of the unfinished corridors, a view looking out from the second floor and a shot facing southwest on the first floor.
• Here's a look at both the interior and exterior of the rotunda. Note the marking on the interior where the spiral staircase will be.

November 6, 2000

• Rapid construction continues on the East Wing. Here is an aerial shot of the roof, a look into the first three floors on the south side, and a look at the developing interior.
• The rotunda's exterior is progressing quickly. Have a look.

October 30, 2000

• The East Wing is shooting up, with concrete floors, reinforcement, and even a few walls. Here are two views, one looking north at the East Wing toward Sharpless, and one looking east at the rotunda, East Wing, and temporary wall of Sharpless.
• Inside, the ground floor takes shape, as well.

October 19, 2000

• Here are pictures of the latest progress in construction of the East Wing and the rotunda: looking north from the trailers, looking south off the roof of Sharpless, looking east at the rotunda and the East Wing and one looking north at just the East Wing.
• This is the present state of the ground floor of the East wing. You can see the temporary lights and the stone foundation with the reinforcing mesh laid out, awaiting the concrete to be poured.

October 12, 2000

• Progress continues on the East Wing. Here are three views, one aerial from the roof of Sharpless, one looking north from the trailers by the Campus Center and the last looking east, directly into the construction site.
• Here is an internal view of the rotunda, looking out the window on the ground floor.

October 5, 2000

• The central Rotunda grows by the day. Here are two views, one vertical and one of the nearly enclosed ground floor.
• The new ground floor strides closer to cmpletion. Again, here are two views, one from the high in the sky and the other from the inside.

September 28, 2000

• Form work for the Rotunda continues. A view of the Rotunda and the East Wing, looking north. And another, looking directly down the center of the Rotunda.
• Here's a view of the Rotunda form work and the beginnings of the first floor of the East wing, looking southeast from Sharpless.

September 21, 2000

• The new ground floor is being erected. Here are two views of the progress, one featuring a large crane and facing north toward the Sharpless temporary wall and one facing south toward the campus center.
• Concrete ceiling are being added to the ground floor. Here is an aerial view, looking south from the roof of Sharpless.

September 14, 2000

• A new school year is in session at Haverford. Here is a view of the site facing north toward Sharpless as students, faculty and staff walk by in the morning.
• A view of the work in progress on the East Wing, with the newly transported 6 College Circle on the left.
• The rotunda is now under construction. Here are two views of the progress, one aerial and one facing east.

September 7, 2000

• This is the rotunda frame work from the outside looking east on the site.
• A view of the loading dock foundation. Notice the rebar that is sticking up which will be tied into the exposed walls.
• Here is a photo of the ongoing underground work. The sections of pipe shown here will be in a wall or under lab casework and are run to the mechanical rooms.

August 31, 2000

• This is the rotunda stair that will connect the two different wings and Sharpless. The concrete was poured last Friday.
• Lab 1 on the first floor of Sharpless is complete and shows lab casework and finish material.

August 24, 2000

• A view of the northeast foundation wall showing underground plumbing and electrical work beginning.
• This shows the south side of Sharpless where the new building will tie into the existing structure.
• The 5th Floor of Sharpless with miscellaneous lighting, painting and cleaning to be completed.

August 17, 2000

• Here is the overall site layout looking Northwest.
• This shows the progress of the building foundation including the crane moving form work and the bulldozer back filling the wall.
• Here is the area of work that caused the shutdown of water to Sharpless on Wednesday.

August 10, 2000

• Interior footing construction has followed foundation wall work. These footings mark the centerline of the building.
• This is the typical view from south at the Campus Center looking north toward the East Wing and Sharpless.

August 3, 2000

• The ceiling is now installed in Sharpless lab S108. This will be the new Biology teaching lab.
• The North and East foundation walls of the East wing are now in place. These walls are the inside walls of the ground floor mechanical areas and will be fully backfilled on the exterior.

July 25, 2000

• The relocation of Coursey Road has produced enlarged planting areas in front of the Campus Center. There will still be limited visitor parking.
• The North foundation retaining wall is the largest on the project.
• This is a view of the new 5th floor Psychology lab.

July 10, 2000

• Two buildings have been slightly relocated for the construction. 6 College Circle has been moved, and foundation waterproofing and backfill is ongoing. The cricket pavilion has also been relocated, and grass replanted at its side.
• This is a view of the new ducts, reinforcing bar and support as well as the concrete encasement pour at the new building pad.
• Mechanical and electrical work in Sharpless S108, on the new first floor, is underway.
• The construction site viewed from the trailers opposite the Campus Center. The Fieldhouse lies to the left.