Campus Construction Update: Week of June 7, 2010
Garcelon Field is completely grassless on June 9, 2010. (Doug Hubley/Bates College)
Note to readers: Attending Reunion? Don’t miss the groundbreaking ceremony for the Garcelon Field renovation at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 12. President Elaine Tuttle Hansen, trustees, Athletic Director Kevin McHugh and key benefactors of the project will be on hand for this celebration.
An hour earlier, you’ll have the chance to learn more about the Hedge-Roger Williams renovations. Come to Pettengill Hall’s Keck Classroom (Room G52) at 3 p.m. June 12 as project manager Paul Farnsworth is joined by project designer Michael Tague of the architecture firm JSA to talk about the project.
Even forewarned, it was shocking to arrive at work on June 3 to find the Garcelon Field grandstand succumbing to the force of machines. Read more about the Garcelon Field renovation project . . .
At Hedge Hall these days, what’s up is down — in the basement. And you’ll get a lift out of it. As we described last time, workers have undermined a load-bearing concrete wall in the process of making an elevator pit. So what’s holding up the building? Read more about the renovation of Hedge and Roger Williams halls . . .
Mr. Sandman: A front-end loader heaps up sand at the north end of Garcelon Field. (Doug Hubley/Bates College)
Ringside seat: Set up for Reunion, a canopy appears (through the magic of the telephoto lens) to sit amidst campus renovation projects. Actually, it’s in a pleasant grassy spot. (Doug Hubley/Bates College)
Stand falls: On the first day of Garcelon Field work, a front-end loader tills the field while workers raze the grandstand. (Gabrielle Otto '11/Bates College)
With a large hole opened in the north side to accommodate a stair tower and with much of the interior gutted, Hedge Hall's south windows save one the trouble of circling around the building to see what's happening. The mason is removing brick to restore the window openings to original size. (Doug Hubley/Bates College)
Dug to give heavy machinery access to the Roger Bill basement, this trench marks the spot where a large section of building wall will be removed to make way for an addition. (Doug Huibley/Bates College)
See video from the first day of the Garcelon Field renovation:
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