Archive for the ‘Speakman’ Category
Steel Goes Up on Speakman/Liacouras Entrance
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
New Liacouras Entrance from John DeAngelo on Vimeo.
Progress on Speakman Classrooms
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008After totally gutting all Speakman classrooms, they are slowly being restored with a newer, fresher look. This is SP 213, where a new ceiling and lighting have been installed, the room has been painted, floor carpeted, and new desks and chairs are being bolted to the floor.
A New Entrance for Speakman
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Steel arrived today for the new glass facade and canopy for the 13th Street entrance to Speakman Hall. Within hours workmen had raised enough structural and canopy steel to define the “look” of the new entrance.
Terrazzo in Speakman Food Court
Monday, July 7th, 2008I think we may have scared some of you away while Speakman doubles as a construction zone. If you perservered, you encountered a maze that directed you to the lower level, then to the elevator, and before you reversed direction to leave the building, things might have changed again.
Well, the terrazzo work on the 1st and 2nd floors is coming to a close. Before they cover the recently polished floors, however, I thought you might want to see what it looks like in the food court. Soon this area will entertain a new Jazzman’s Cafe, (area surrounded by plastic above) and this terrazzo floor will merge seamlessly with the Alter Hall Atrium (see green wall at top of image).
The Blogger is Baaack.
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008Temporary Entrance to Lower Level
Well, what have they done to our familiar and functional Speakman Hall? My first day back (Tuesday) I had to enter through the handicap entrance, take the stair tower to the lower level, then grab the elevator to the Dean’s Office on the 1st floor. Today there’s a new temporary entrance next to and below the handicap entrance that takes you to the LL5 Suite outside Fox Computer Services. Once there, you navigate Speakman by using the stairwell or elevator (preferred).
Speakman Entrance Coming Down
Thursday, May 29th, 2008After removing steps and stones on the 13th Street entrance to Speakman Hall last week, workers have begun disassembling window panes one at a time. After removing one of the top panels, the lift descends and you can see that all the lower glass panels have been removed.
Speakman Glass Panels from John DeAngelo on Vimeo.
Now for the Metal Strips
Thursday, May 29th, 2008Yestersday you saw a membrane being applied to 2nd floor concrete floor (see below). Today they have begun laying the diamond pattern to be used for terrazzo floors in Speakman and Alter Halls.
Here you see both the blue grid lines and the first 3/8″ metal strips laid. By Monday marble chips in epoxy will fill the grid.
Terrazzo Prep
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008No, it’s not the name of an exclusive Italian boarding school, but a description of the processes used to prepare the concrete surface before epoxy terrazzo is laid in Speakman Hall. Terrazzo’s origins, however, are undeniably Italian. Venetian workers first used marble chips embedded in concrete from higher-end villa installations to build patios and public walkways. What is epoxy terrazzo? Its a process that embeds marble chips in a polymer (epoxy) to create a smooth, shiny, and durable finish for floors and walls.
(Below) After scoring the floor for adhesion, a thin membrane is rolled on to suppress cracks in the concrete sub-surface.
“Dirty Jobs” Underway in Speakman Hall
Monday, May 19th, 2008Beginning May 16, demolition and construction crews were hard at work preparing the 1st and 2nd floors of Speakman Hall for new smart classrooms and terrazzo floors that will match finishes and technologies to be found in Alter Hall. Below is a quick slide tour of “abatement” to remove old floor tiles, temporary walls built to protect the interior during the demolition of two entrances, and “deconstruction” of Speakman classrooms.
Dirty Jobs Begin In Speakman from John DeAngelo on Vimeo.
13th Street Speakman Entrance To Close
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Beginning Thursday, May 15, work on a new facade for the 13th Street entrance to Speakman Hall will begin, requiring that that the current entrance close for much of the summer. During construction you must use the handicapped entrance on the Northwest corner of Speakman Hall opposite Shusterman Hall.
The Liacouras Walk entrance facade will also be removed in the next 7-10 days, after which the handicapped entrance will be the only way to enter and exit the building.
All summer classes originally scheduled in Speakman have been moved to other buildings. Undergraduate enrollment, advising and honors have been temporarily relocated to the 4th floor of SAC II.
John DeAngelo