Campus Construction Update: Week of April 23, 2007

Stories about "Dining Commons"

Campus Construction Update: Week of April 23, 2007

Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:00 am

Bates College's new residence adjacent to Mount David began to look more distinctly like Bates on April 19, as workers began laying the building's brick veneer.

Campus Construction Update: Week of April 9, 2007

Friday, April 6, 2007 12:03 pm

Between the mud, the plastic wrap and the concrete, the colors of construction work are predominantly drab. But the rare "colorful" colors, as major projects building at Bates this year have shown, can be surprisingly bold.

Campus construction update: Week of April 2, 2007

Friday, April 6, 2007 12:00 am

It's nearly go time for construction of the Alumni Walk, the east-west campus connector. On April 16, 2008, work on the project is scheduled to begin.

Campus Construction Update: Week of March 26, 2007

Thursday, March 29, 2007 12:00 am

The three-story scaffold staircase wobbled, the stair treads were small, and it was all exposed, so there was no question about how far away the ground was.

Campus construction update: Week of March 12, 2007

Thursday, March 15, 2007 12:00 am

In April, work resumes on the cross-campus connector originally known as the Bates Walk, now officially titled the Alumni Walk.

Campus Construction Update: Week of March 19, 2007

Thursday, March 15, 2007 12:00 am

An interior tour of the new Commons on March 14 impressed Campus Construction Update many times over.

Campus Construction Update: Week of March 5, 2007

Thursday, March 1, 2007 12:00 am

A milestone of sorts: The first students with the option to actually occupy Bates' new student housing are making that choice now. With less than six months to go before the residence next to Mount David opens, it's housing lottery time again, and floor plans for the facility have been posted in Chase Hall along with all the other housing.