Stories indexed under: Campus construction

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• Update: Construction damage closes part of Park Street through April 16 March 29, 2013 North Park Street is temporarily closed between Langdon Street and Observatory Drive due to construction activity that damaged an underground pipe.
• Construction damage closes part of Park Street March 27, 2013 North Park Street is temporarily closed between Langdon Street and Observatory Drive due to construction activity that damaged an underground pipe.
• Eastern segment of Observatory Drive to close July 5 for two weeks June 26, 2012 Beginning Thursday, July 5, Observatory Drive between Park Street and the entrance to Lot 10 at the Education Building will be closed in both directions for approximately two weeks.
• Historic Paul Bunyan murals removed ahead of construction June 21, 2012 With construction for the first phase of the Memorial Union Reinvestment beginning in early July, movers and arts conservators are working hard to protect Memorial Union’s historic features.
• Street repairs on eastbound Linden Drive to begin Wednesday June 12, 2012 Starting Wednesday, June 20, Linden Drive between Charter Street and Babcock Drive will be closed to eastbound traffic for approximately three weeks for concrete street repairs.
• Campus construction projects getting underway May 15, 2012 The academic year is quickly coming to a close, and that means another round of road closures and construction projects in the campus area this summer.
• Library Mall construction closing loop on utility rebuild Nov. 17, 2011 But after more than a year of construction, the worst is over on Library Mall. With good weather and a bit of luck, the surface could be largely put back together by mid-December.
• East Campus construction work delayed Aug. 10, 2010 Construction crews that have been working on the East Campus Utility Project since late May have encountered a setback due to numerous unforeseen conflicts with underground utility pipes that have been in that area for a very long time.
• Construction affecting air conditioning in Vilas, Grainger June 25, 2010
• Construction season arrives, campus traffic detoured May 18, 2010 Traffic patterns will be altered on several campus-area streets again this summer as the final phase of the East Campus Utility Project begins on Monday, May 17. The work is expected to continue through mid-August.
• Human Ecology to break ground on new building April 27, 2010 University Preschool children in hardhats will assist at the School of Human Ecology groundbreaking at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 30, at 1300 Linden Drive.
• Informational meeting set on campus utility construction Feb. 18, 2010 Utility construction projects planned for the UW-Madison campus during this spring and summer will be the topic of an informational meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at the Memorial Union from 9-10:30 a.m.
• Public comment invited on proposed UW-Madison heating plant project Sept. 8, 2009 A public informational meeting about the proposed rebuilding of the Charter Street Heating Plant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will include representatives of UW-Madison and an external design team.
• Construction: Campus traffic impacts Aug. 27, 2009 Campus and city construction projects have forced numerous traffic detours this summer.
• Slide show: Construction Junction June 17, 2009 You know the saying: Road construction is Wisconsin’s fifth season. And this year it arrived in full force for city of Madison and UW-Madison throughfares when temperatures rose and students took off for the summer.
• Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery celebrate ‘topping out’ May 28, 2009 On May 26, the construction team of the new Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery held a “topping out” ceremony, traditional in the building industry for recognizing the construction milestone of placing and welding the last beam at the top of a building.
• Chazen groundbreaking ceremony planned for May 1 April 27, 2009 The Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will celebrate the beginning of construction on its expansion with a groundbreaking ceremony at noon on Friday, May 1, on the building site at 750 University Ave.
• Recent sightings: Gutted April 23, 2009
• Pedestrians urged to follow safe routes near Education Building Feb. 17, 2009 Campus construction officials are urging pedestrians to heed "sidewalk closed" signs along the north side of the Education Building as construction begins there.
• Students, staff eagerly await opening of student services tower Nov. 19, 2008 After years of anticipation, UW–Madison is just weeks away from launching a brand new era for many of its student services and organizations.