2008 Woodie Awards
Housing: Phase II project coming along well
Nipp hopes parking problems less severe than in first round of construction
Chase Elliott
Issue date: 2/6/07 Section: Campus News
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The demolition of McCord Hall last spring was a success and the first steps to the construction of three new buildings that will take its place are in effect.
"The demolition went very well last spring and the pre-construction meetings are set to take place now," said Nipp. There have been no setbacks in the planning to this point. The pre-bid meeting took place last Wednesday, and the bids are set to open up on Feb. 14.
After the bids are taken and reviewed, the notice to proceed should be set by no later than March 14 with construction set to start soon after. The contractor will set up in the fenced in parking lot south of the construction site.
"We are going to see if the contractor can get away with only using half of the parking lot for construction to still allow students places to park," said Nipp, when asked about the parking situation around the dorms area.
"With the amount of materials used for this size project, they may have to close the entire parking lot, but we don't know until construction starts."
The full operation should be running by the summer break. The three buildings (F, G and H) are designed to be four stories tall unlike the previous five buildings which are only three stories. The three units will be 166,180 square feet of new living facility for students on campus. The buildings are designed to house as many students as the previous McCord Hall.
There are several room designs depending on the number of occupants in each room. The architectural work was completed by a joint venture between LYLE COOK MARTIN of Clarksville, Tenn., and TLM of Jackson, Tenn.
The completion on the construction part of phase 2 is set for May 2008. The rooms then will be furnished and opened for occupancy by students for the fall 2008 semester.
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