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Summer Transformations: Where Design Meets Execution

Every summer, our campus undergoes a remarkable transformation. Behind the operation of our residence halls, dining centers, and student centers is an intricate process that unfolds throughout the year. Much of our time is dedicated to meticulous planning, encompassing design, budgeting, obtaining authorizations, and navigating the bid processes. This extensive preparation culminates in an intense 14-week construction period over the summer, where ideas leap off the page and into reality.

Upcoming Summer Projects

Stay tuned as we gear up for another productive summer in 2024, transforming our spaces to further meet the needs of our community.

  • Ambler Johnston West: Replace half of the student room carpets with LVT tile
  • Campbell Main: Laundry replacement, exterior work addressing sanitary sewer lines by university partners
  • Eggleston Main: Laundry replacement
  • Johnson: Bathroom ventilation upgrades
  • Miles: Exterior work by our partners in university facilities to make accessibility upgrades to destination spaces
  • Pritchard: Floors 1-7 east side closest to Peddrew-Yates (part of a 4-year summer renovation project)
    • Hallway flooring replacement
    • Drop ceiling and LED lights
    • New fire sprinkler piping with concealed heads
    • Painting
    • Student rooms in section get new vanities
    • Half of the building gets new fire panel and devices
    • Update to ethernet cabling
    • Remaining camera install in affected areas
    • Transition of the 1100 lounge space into the new Maker Space for Galileo and Hypatia Living-Learing Programs moving into building for fall 2024
    • Creation of a medition/prayer space
    • Change of L2 lounge into classrooms space (furnishings only)
    • New classroom message boards in L2 and 1100
    • Building generator (life safety and emergency lighting) replacement including moving it outside and the addition of a screen wall
  • Peddrew-Yates: replacement of HVAC piping, shower replacement phase II, LED lighting replacements in common areas
  • Slusher Tower and Wing: replacement of electrical panels, upgrade of 5 lounges including furniture in support of new Living-Learning Program occupants
  • Slusher Wing: student room and common area painting
  • Oak Lane/Special Purpose Fraternity and Sorority Housing, Buildings D, E, F, G, I, J: Shower and bathroom replacements
  • Vawter: Phase I of full bathroom replacement including converting traditional bathrooms to wet-bath configuration.
  • Squires and Donaldson Brown Graduate Life Center: Conversion of dining spaces into new venues
  • Dietrick Rear Facade: Installation of additional lighting for parking/dock area
  • Dietrick Allergen Free: Creation of allergen-free service line
  • Cochrane West End Market: Electrical power capacity survey
  • Owens: Grease trap installation, renovation of 2 large bathrooms and including an all-gender, accessible bathroom
  • Donaldson Brown Graduate Life Center: New lighting and control switches in programming space
  • Schiffert Health: Clinic lobby restroom repair and refresh
  • Squires: Haymarket Theater repairs, break room creation