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The Battalion
College Station, Texas Tuesday, September 1, 1970
SECTION TWO
Campus changes face in summer
Cranes resemble giant insects over Engineering Center—$9.3 million building due to be
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Construction
on new center
on schedule
Construction on the $9.3 mil
lion Engineering Center on cam
pus — officially started more
than a year ago — is on schedule.
John Merchant, A&M inspec
tor for the 324,000 square foot
structure, reports the five-floor
frame should be completed by
mid-December and the roof fin
ished by mid-January.
It will be ready for students by
September, 1971, Merchant said.
Some 85 workers are completing
the framing and pouring on the
second floor. The third floor work
began at the end of July.
Hardware for the utility sys
tem is being assembled in the
basement. A utility tunnel and
two 48-inch storm sewers are
completed, Merchant pointed out.
One-inch steel plating for the
nuclear reactor sub-critical and
accelerator room also is being
laid this week.
Merchant said work has pro
gressed on schedule at most
times. A three-week sheet metal
strike did not hurt construction,
he noted.
Merchant expects about 125
men will be working on the
building after the frame is com
pleted.
W. E. Bellows Construction Co.
of Houston is the general con
tractor. Bellows bid $7,546,600
for the two-year project, with
the remainder of the costs going
for fees, furniture and equip
ment.
High rise on campus—Construction will start soon on the new 15-story Oceanography-
meteorology Building, shown here in artist’s concept. The facility will include 121 lab
oratories. (Related story on page 7)
Welcome Back, Aggies
and
Good Luck
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