The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 01, 1970, Image 7
BACK - TO - SCHOOL EDITION 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 x'e&fcj Va\\. 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 COME BY AND SEE THE NEW MODELS SALES - SERVICE BROWN - ALLEN MOTOR CO. Jr- 2400 Texas Avenue Telephone 823-8002 “Where satisfaction is standard equipment ,,