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WORKFORCE TRAINING
May 11, 2001 Update
LOOK AT 'EM GO!
Other than site preparation last summer, only three months have passed since Chambers Construction began on site work at the Workforce Training Center location and already significant changes have occurred on the west and south sides of #19 (Apprenticeship). On the west, you might have noticed curved wooden forms adjacent to the former LTD route. Once poured with concrete, the forms will be removed to reveal solid curved walls that help to define northern portions of the Conference Center's main lobby. In addition to concrete work, erection of structural steel is taking place. Most recently, six large truss beams were positioned atop vertical steel at the site. Undoubtedly, the truss beams are large and extremely heavy; so heavy in fact, that each truss had to be delivered to campus on an individual large flatbed truck. Once on site, it took two sizeable cranes to lift each truss into its elevated position. Turning to the south side of #19, excavation and associated work for footings is finishing up. Footing excavation has occurred with previous Bond 1995 Projects, so it might have come as a surprise that the most northern excavation produced an extremely large hole for a short time. The reason the hole was so large is that footings, or concrete slabs that support steel beams, must be located on native soil. Native soil is soil that has not been disturbed and therefore is extremely compact and hard. When modulars were brought into the area some years ago, a tremendous amount of soil was relocated to the site in order to make a suitable location for the buildings. The relocated soil is not native, and therefore the contractor had to dig down as much as 12' in some places in order to hit undisturbed ground. The Workforce Training Center Project is scheduled to reach completion during March '02. Those departments relocating to the facility are CIT, Business & Industry Services, Training & Development, Cooperative Education, College Now, Hospitality Services, Culinary Arts, and Distance Learning. Building 19 (Apprenticeship) will be vacated the end of June '01, allowing the entire building to be remodeled and connected to the west and south additions.
Questions and comments about any bond construction activity may be directed to 744-4154 or e-mailed to bond@lanecc.edu. All communication received will be regularly reviewed by the Bond Project Management Team (BPMT), the architects, and the Facilities Management Committee.
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