Stories indexed under: Facilities

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• Public meeting set on Charter Street Heating Plant renovation April 29, 2010 A public meeting to detail plans to renovate the Charter Street Heating Plant and present the findings of a draft environmental impact statement on the project will be held Wednesday, May 5.
• 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.
• Major gift, choice of architect propel Nursing Science Center campaign April 16, 2010 A $500,000 gift from Barbara D. and M. Keith Weikel ('62 MS PHM, '66 PhD BUS) has provided further momentum to the campaign for a new University of Wisconsin-Madison Nursing Science Center.
• 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.
• Heating plant renovation ushers in greener era Jan. 27, 2010 The Charter Street Heating Plant, an aging but critical source of energy for campus, is about to undergo a transformation that will take the state and university to the 21st century frontiers of cleaner, coal-free power.
• Be the We: Oct. 21, 2009 Oct. 21, 2009 At one time or another, chances are that most of us have had to deal with the guilt of throwing away something we know to be recyclable.
• UW-Madison named 'Developer of the Year' by Wisconsin Builder magazine Oct. 12, 2009 The University of Wisconsin-Madison, which has been a hub of construction activity in recent years, has been named the "Developer of the Year" by Wisconsin Builder magazine.
• We Conserve director inspires environmental spirit Oct. 1, 2009 In 2006, when Faramarz Vakili proposed the goal of reducing UW–Madison’s energy consumption by 20 percent by 2010, he was met with doubt
• 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: Flag Day, Every Day June 12, 2009
• 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.
• Art Lofts opening celebration continues May 7, 2009 The tower of bright red steel girders signals that the former university warehouse at the edge of campus has been transformed. Facing the Kohl Center across Frances Street, the tower marks the main entrance to the Art Lofts, the new state-of-the-art facility for the Art Department.
• 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
• Tornado Awareness Week to be held April 20-24 April 16, 2009 Gov. Jim Doyle has declared April 20-24 as Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week in Wisconsin.
• Recent sightings: Eyes on UW March 30, 2009 Photo: Two remote-controlled webcams, maintained by the Division of Information Technology and mounted on the roof of the Computer Sciences and Statistics building, document progress of different construction sites on campus.
• Recent sightings: Spring cleaning March 17, 2009
• Clean air action day announced for Jan. 28 Jan. 28, 2009 As Dane County gears up for a Clean Air Action Day on Wednesday, Jan. 28, UW-Madison is taking an active role to help safeguard local air quality.
• Campus, city units respond to gas, water leaks Jan. 22, 2009 The University of Wisconsin Police Department (UWPD) is responding to a gas leak this morning in the area around the Biochemistry Building, the Biochemistry Addition and Horticulture Hall.