Facilities Planning Construction News, Schedules & Calendars

Construction News for the Week of May 20, 2012 Special Advisory: Natural Resources Road is currently closed to through traffic due to a water main break west of Holdsworth. Lot 65 on the west side of Natural Resources Road is also closed. Physical Plant personnel are working on the problem and hope to have Lot 65 open by Monday and water main repairs completed by the middle of next week. Major projects are listed in alphabetical order. Scroll down to view them all, or you can jump to a specific project: Academic Classroom Building Commonwealth Honors College Residential Complex Du Bois Library Elevator Replacements Goessmann Laboratory Renovation Lederle Graduate Research Center Life Science Laboratories Lincoln Campus Center Concourse Renovation NW Chiller Loop Southwest Concourse Reconstruction Physical Plant's Planned Work Calendar Physical Plant's Current List of Service Interruptions Physical Plant's Current Specific Maintenance and Repair Schedule Physical Plant's Active Dig Safe Notices Physical Plant's Campus Events Calendar
Academic Classroom Building	Construction Underway The walkway across the north end of the Campus Pond will remain closed throughout construction. Walking east-west will require traveling around the Pond at the south end (Fine Arts Center), or traveling through or around Hasbrouck Lab and the Campus Center to the north. In some cases, this may add extra travel time, but we're hoping to minimize that by laying out clear and reliable alternate routes to and from various points on campus. See map, top left. The contractor's two-week construction look-ahead is available here. Questions about this project should be directed to the project manager, Jeff Quackenbush at 5-6453 or jquacken@facil.umass.edu. For more information about this project, see the Academic Classroom Building Project information page. [Top of the page]

Commonwealth Honors College Residential Complex Commonwealth Ave June 1 - June 18 July 9 - July 20 July 21 - August 19	A four-week construction activity look-ahead, covering May 1 through May 29, is available here. Note that work periods are expected to include Saturdays and Sundays for specific activities. Summer Utility Work and Detours Refer to maps, left; click for larger images. May 7-June 1 The contractor will be using a lift in Upper Hicks Way, southwest of Goodell, from 3:30PM until 7PM on May 7 through June 1. The work will restrict the roadway in the area to one lane during work hours. Utility work in Commonwealth Avenue requires shifting/narrowing traffic on the roadway through the end of May. Traffic in both directions will be maintained at all times. Traffic shifting is taking place in proximity of the Hicks Way intersection. Pedestrian routes (sidewalks) will remain open and police will direct traffic. Two-way traffic is reduced to one lane in each direction during construction. The intersection and access to and from Hicks Way will also remain open. Tobin Road will be closed beginning May 14, through mid-August. Deliveries to Tobin should be made via Hicks Way. An alternative delivery route to upper Hicks Way via Lot 71 will be available as of Monday, May 21. An alternative delivery/access route to Boyden will be located on the south side of the building. June 1 - June 18 Commonwealth Avenue will be reduced to single lanes, north and south, from June 4 to June 18. Access to/from Lower Hicks Way will be limited but maintained. The Upper/Lower Hicks Way intersection will be closed from 7AM to 5PM on June 4 through June 18. An alternate delivery route to Upper Hicks Way (north) will be open during this time via the Haigis Mall/Du Bois Library/Student Union Ellipse. Tobin Road will remain closed through mid-August. Deliveries to Tobin should be made via the Lot 71 route, and an alternative delivery/access route to Boyden will be located on the south side of the building. July 9 - July 20 A portion of both northbound lanes on Commonwealth Avenue will be closed from July 9 through July 12. A portion of both southbound lanes will be closed July 13 through July 20. Pedestrian routes (sidewalks) will remain open and police will direct traffic. Two-way traffic will be maintained, but reduced to one lane in each direction during the closures. Tobin Road will remain closed through mid-August. Deliveries to Tobin should be made via the Lot 71 route, and an alternative delivery/access route to Boyden will be located on the south side of the building. July 21 - August 19 Tobin Road will remain closed through mid-August. Deliveries to Tobin should be made via the Lot 71 route, and an alternative delivery/access route to Boyden will be located on the south side of the building. Speed Limit Reduced on Commonwealth Ave. Due to heavy construction activity and traffic associated with the Commonwealth Honors College Residential Project, the speed limit on Commonwealth Avenue between Massachusetts Avenue and Campus Center Way has been reduced to 20MPH. This speed limit is being strictly enforced by the UMass Police. As a designated "work zone," fines for speeding in the area will be doubled. The reduced speed limit will be in effect until further notice. Questions concerning campus traffic law enforcement should be directed to the UMass Police Department at 545-2121. Questions about this project should be directed to the Facilities Planning project manager, Andy Soles, at 5-6464 or asoles@admin.umass.edu. A YouTube video about the project, produced by the UMass Amherst Office of News & Media Relations, can be found here. More information about the CHCRC project can be found on the project information page. [Top of the page]

Du Bois Library Elevator Replacements	The Du Bois Library elevators are currently being replaced with new machinery, state of the art controls, new cars and new enhanced lobby entrances. Current Status: Elevator Cars #1, 2 and 5 have been replaced and are in public use. Car #4 is currently under construction and is anticipated to be complete by the middle of May, 2012. Car #3 is still old equipment and only accesses lower floors up to Floor 16. Future Schedule: Once Car #4 will return to service in May; Car #3 will be removed and replaced over the summer months. Car #2 will also be taken out of public service to assist with construction activities over the summer months. [Top of the page]

Goessmann Laboratory Renovation	Construction site fencing has been erected for extensive utility and mechanical work (see map, left). Special Advisories: On Friday, May 18th, a portion of Red Lot 65 north of Draper will be blocked off for construction delivery. The spaces will reopen after the delivery is made. Alternate parking is available in other sections of Red Lot 65 or Red Lot 45. The contractor has blocked off the walkway between New Goessmann and Lederle Tower A. The walkway will not be accessible for several months, and pedestrians will be directed around the work site. The project is expected to be completed in January of 2013 and includes the following renovations, installations, and new construction: • New mechanical addition (west end of Goessmann Addition - see rendering, below left) • Lab renovations • New ventilation • New heating and air conditioning via central chiller • Second central fume hood exhaust system • Separate potable/non-potable water systems • New lab waste and neutralization systems • New tempered water loop for safety stations • Sprinkler system • Generator • Wireless internet • New roof on Goessmann Addition Questions concerning this project should be directed to the UMass Facilities Planning project manager, Gail Kenny, at 7-1716 or gkenny@facil.umass.edu. [Top of the page]

Lederle Graduate Research Center, Governors Drive and North Pleasant Street	NIH Renovations. Using grants provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, renovations to laboratories in Towers A and C have begun. Contractor equipment staging fences have gone up in the area (see graphic, left). Work is expected to be completed in October of next year. Following is the current two-week construction activity look-ahead: AP&H - Core drilling for lab waste stack on floors 1 thru 8 in the east chase and installing the waste piping in the chase. 3rd floor - DAS pouring topping slab and installing blocking where needed and setting doorjambs. AP&H rough piping to casework, UEC rough wiring. KSM installing duct work in 3A. BG piping connections at the VAV's. Lizotte Glass installing ext. windows. 7th floor - AP&H insulating piping. PDC sheet rocking the walls and taping in 7A & 7B. Lizotte Glass installing ext. windows and store fronts in 7B. 8th floor - AP&H rough plumbing to casework. Allstate installing fire protection mains and branch lines. PDC sheet rocking in 8A and in the lobby. BG insulating the piping and duct work. Lizotte Glass installing ext. windows. Basement - RMT demo for new doors and temp walls, removing ceiling tiles in the hallway and lobby. DAS installing new doorjambs and new masonry work. MEP Upgrades. We'll be making mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) upgrades throughout the GRC complex that began in August and finishing in March of 2012. These projects may require restricted access to some areas and/or scheduled utility interruptions. [Top of the page]

Life Science Laboratories, Thatcher Road Sidewalk Construction Lot 63 - Steam Line Work Thatcher Road Closure Locus Map	Sidewalk Construction Restricts ISB Entrances Site work and sidewalk construction at and around the LSL is restricting doorways at the Integrated Science Building (ISB) now through mid-June. See site plan, top left. The ISB south entrance (located on the east side of the southern wing of the building) will be closed through June 3. Temporary sidewalks will be in place from Skinner Hall and the ISB to North Pleasant Street during construction. The entrance at the northeast end of the building will be closed from June 4 until June 18. Exits to the north/west will be unaffected. A Portion of Lot 63 Temporarily Closed Beginning May 14 The southeast corner of Lot 63 (the Worcester DC lot) will be temporarily closed for steam line repair beginning Monday, May 14. See the map, left, for approximate location of construction zone(s). The tentative schedule for the repair is five weeks; however, due to the nature of the work, a firm completion date cannot be determined prior to excavation and assessment. An updated schedule will be published as more complete information becomes available. Access to the Integrated Science Building and the Worcester DC loading docks will remain open during construction. Lot 63 permit holders are asked to park in the remaining portion of Lot 63, or in Lots 43, 27, 44 or the Upper Parking Garage. Please contact Parking Services at 413-545-0065 if you have any questions regarding parking. Thatcher Road CLOSED to through traffic for ten weeks beginning Monday, April 23 Thatcher road will be closed from Chancellor's Way to Worcester DC in order to build concrete retaining walls for the LSL. The closure will be from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM week days, starting on April 23, 2012 and extending for approximately 10 weeks (end July 1, 2012). The pedestrian trail from Orchard Hill to Worcester DC will remain open as will the entrance to the University Health Services parking lot. The road will not be closed during Commencement, May 11 and 12. Electronic signs warning of the road closure will be installed on Thatcher Road at the intersections of Eastman Lane and Chancellor's Way. Police officers will also be provided. Pedestrian traffic along the entire length of Thatcher Road will be maintained (see map, left). Site Fence The site fence runs from the Durfee Conservatory Lot in a northerly direction along the west side of Thatcher Road; then westerly to the east end of the Life Sciences Building; then southerly along the east side of Stockbridge Road; and then easterly to the Durfee Lot. As indicated by the locus map (bottom left), an accessible pedestrian route has been established east of the site along Thatcher Road, south of the site through the Durfee lot, and west of the site along Stockbridge Road. LED traffic signs are positioned along Thatcher Road. The site fence will be in place for the duration of the project through May of 2012. Please direct questions or comments concerning the LSL project to the UMass Facilities Planning Project Manager, Jeff Quackenbush at 5-6453, or jquacken@facil.umass.edu. A real-time web cam of the construction site is available on the project information page. [Top of the page]

Lincoln Campus Center Concourse Renovation	Renovation of the Lincoln Campus Center Concourse is scheduled to begin on Monday, May 21. The project will include a new ceiling, new lighting, acoustical treatments, a new service desk area, and upgrades to the mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. Regular work hours will be from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; however, some weekend and nighttime work may occur. Significant construction noise and vibration will be associated with the project, particularly during the first two weeks of work as the contractor performs demolition and concrete cutting. Those wishing to use Lincoln Campus Center facilities, especially in proximity to the Concourse, are urged to contact Conference Services at 7-8100 to discuss space options. The Concourse will remain open and accessible during construction, though pathways will be restricted. The UMass Bookstore will remain open, and food service will continue to be available. This renovation is expected to be complete by the end of the summer. Questions concerning the Lincoln Campus Center Concourse renovation should be directed to the UMass Facilities Planning project manager, Ivan Chow, at 5-2644 or ischow@facil.umass.edu. [Top of the page]

NW Chiller Loop Governors Dr.	Work has begun on new, underground pipe lines that will eventually provide chilled water to the northwest quadrant of campus. The schedule of phased work has changed to accommodate building use requirements and the final exam schedule. See map, left, for the current work schedule. Some sidewalks around the engineering quad and between the quad and Goessmann will be closed throughout construction. Walking north-south will require traveling around construction fencing and egress roads for construction traffic. Alternate pedestrian routes and detours will be posted. Questions about the project should be directed to the FP project manager, Ted Davis, at 545-6515; tdavis@facil.umass.edu. [Top of the page]

Southwest Concourse Reconstruction	The project is essentially complete, with landscaping adjustments and reclamation of the southwest lawn area to continue, weather permitting. Questions about the project should be directed to the FP project manager, Bruce Thomas, at 577-1717; bthomas@admin.umass.edu. [Top of the page]


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Facilities Planning

Construction News for the Week of May 20, 2012

Construction News for
the Week of May 20, 2012