Project Title: Roger B. Gatewood Wing of the Mechanical Engineering Building
Project ID: 2734

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General Information
Client: College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department

Scope: This project will construct an 84,500 GSF addition on the southwest exposure of the existing Mechanical Engineering building. The addition will house a 120-seat classroom, teaching labs, instructional space, breakout spaces for the Prototype Engineering And Realization Lab (PEARL), faculty and graduate student offices, a graduate and an undergraduate commons, research labs, and a tech-atrium. The addition also will be designed to be the University's first LEED-certified building.

Notes: Please check the Travel Alert page for updated traffic information.

Additional Projects at this site: 9846 ME Utilities Relocation

Construction Start: April 20, 2009

Construction Finish: April 22, 2011

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Contacts:

• Project Manager: Chris Skiba
• General Construction Inspector: Don Koning

Design & Engineering by: Scholer Corporation

Construction Work by: R.L. Turner

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Location: South side of Purdue Mall, on the southwest side of ME

Map: 

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The construction traffic route to the site is from State Street through Centennial Mall. Concrete barriers have been placed to divide the traffic route from the pedestrian route. Pedestrians are asked to use the west side of the mall (near Stanley Coulter).

Please use caution near the construction area.

See photos of fencing, traffic reroutes, and construction below.

Project Updates:

• October 5
  • Activities Scheduled for next two weeks:
    • Footer installation
    • Foundation wall installation
    • Installation of sanitary and storm pre-cast sumps
    • Damp-proofing foundation wall
    • Backfill
    • Underslab plumbing
  • PLEASE NOTE: Steel deliveries are expected to start the week of October 12. This will involve longer semi-trailer trucks, two arriving each morning and two each afternoon. This will be in addition to the ongoing concrete truck and occasional dump truck traffic.

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Photos:

June 2009, Fencing, Traffic Reroutes, and Construction:

June 24:

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