The Pointer UW-Stevens Point Student Newspaper
This semester, the construction for the new science building will continue alongside the school’s academic affairs.
Scheduled to be completed by fall 2018, thus far the building consists of two floors and the initiation for steel expansions. Working in the mornings and afternoons, the construction crew in charge will continue to pour concrete to create the remaining floors and rooms to enclose the structure in time for the coming winter.
Much of the elaborate building creation has been completed over the summer, according to Christopher Cirmo, dean of the College of Letters and Science. Cranes and trucks will make up the majority of the noise heard on campus this semester.
Photo courtesy of Alexa Dickson.
“The framework and floors are scheduled to be completed and the building enclosed by February of 2017,” Cirmo said.
Students have been supportive of the new building, even with the noise and construction happening during the first week of classes. Students say that the sound of building and restriction of parking has not led to a large overall conflict as the semester starts.
Drew Dow, senior web digital media development major, said, “I like walking out of the old science building in the morning and looking at the progress.”
After the exterior has been completed, interior work will begin and the building should be commissioned to occupy by May 2018.
All money for the building has been funded by the state instead of through the university.
While the cost for the building is roughly $450 per square foot, which is expensive in comparison to other buildings that have been built on campus, funding has not been an issue as construction carries on.
Gerald David, project superintendent of Miron Construction, said, “We’ve been working with very few breaks to get this done and we are about three weeks ahead of schedule.”
Any circumstances that will require additional time or effort will be approved by the dean to make sure it does not conflict with the rest of the occurrences happening on campus.
Alexa Dickson
News Editor
Alexa.S. Dickson@uwsp.edu
