Indoor spaces starting to be defined

President Gillett, Director of Physical Resources Mike Rushton, Head of Major Construction John Dalziel, and Architect John Cook toured the Perth Campus construction site yesterday. The interior spaces are starting to take shape -- the shops have walls, acoustic block features, and all of the floors are poured. Drywall is up for most of the offices and classroom spaces, and some of it is painted already. Outside, there is a mock-up of the masonry finish showing how the siding and masonry accents will work together. You can see the mechanical system installations moving forward quickly too.

Construction site is hopping now that spring is here

We took the fundraising campaign cabinet on a tour of the site today. There were skilled tradesworkers of all descriptions there -- drywallers, roofers, electricians, hvac specialists. There is drywall on most of the walls now; the carpentry shop has a floor and the masonry half wall is up. You can really see how the light will brighten up the entrance and the hallways and how comfortable it will be in the cafeteria.

Dust Collection System Arrives

Today was a busy day on the construction site -- there were insulation installers, window and door installers and, most exciting of all -- the arrival of the new dust collection system for the shops, which looks remarkably like a rocket ship going up.

Getting ready for our dust collection

Today they were pouring the pad for a new dust collection system for our carpentry and masonry shops.

Inside work underway

The electrical and mechanical system work has been progressing. Some drywall is going up.

Today's progress

Some of the shots I took today show how the building will meet the needs of the occupants -- with lots of light, windows that open, and space for students to meet and hang out between classes.

Building Progressing!

I haven't posted for some time because I was away from the campus working on an International program.

In February, the campus staff and faculty had the opportunity to go on a tour of their new home and seemed quite pleased with the work in progress.