Syracuse University completed a number of campus construction and renovation projects during the summer, including dorm and dining hall upgrades and improvements to academic buildings.

Other buildings that received work included Schine Student Center, Hall of Languages and Hendricks Chapel. Renovations have been ongoing at the Carrier Dome, National Veterans Resource Complex and Archbold Gymnasium. The university also completed utility upgrades and renovations to parking garages.

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The construction projects come as the university continues its multimillion dollar Campus Framework plan, a 20-year guideline for campus infrastructure improvements.

Various components of the Campus Framework plan were executed during the summer, including preparations for the new Barnes Center at The Arch, a health and wellness complex. SU demolished large parts of Archbold to prepare the foundation for the south end of the center, where a pool will eventually be built.

A portion of Sims Drive between Flanagan and Archbold Gymnasiums will remain closed until late August because of the construction. The walkway between Archbold and the Carrier Dome will remain closed until fall 2019 as the renovation continues.

The university completed concrete pouring, foundation work and excavation for the National Veterans Resource Complex, a $62.5 million project at the intersection of South Crouse and Waverly Avenues intended to centralize SU’s campus veterans programs. Traffic on South Crouse Avenue between Waverly Avenue and Marshall Street will be restricted to one lane until spring 2019 because of construction.

Wi-Fi enhancements, closed captioning and restroom renovation projects began at the Carrier Dome during the summer. The Dome’s roof replacement is expected to be completed in 2020.   

Pete Sala, SU’s vice president and chief facilities officer, said at a press conference earlier this summer that schematic design and programming for the Schine renovations would continue into September. He added that SU officials plan to hold focus groups with students during the fall semester, and that renovations to the student center could begin as soon as January.

Several residence halls and a dining facility underwent renovations, including Day and Lyons Halls, Brockway Dining Hall and the Brewster/Brockway/Boland Complex.

The university made improvements to Day Hall’s bathrooms and to rooms in Day and Lyons Halls.

An accessible ramp to Brockway at the Brewster/Brockway/Boland Complex will be finished during the fall semester, and Sibley Pool in the Women’s Building is expected to reopen Monday after the installation of an ADA-compliant lift is complete.  A new server layout, new indoor and outdoor furniture and accessibility improvements were added to and around Brockway Dining Hall.

This fall, construction will begin on an additional accessible bathroom in the Physics Building basement.

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Work continued on Hendricks Chapel’s roof this summer, and installation of a new air conditioning system will continue during the academic year. Masonry, brick and limestone work on Maxwell Hall will continue into September, and Crouse College received masonry repairs over the summer.

All six of SU’s parking garages, as well as several parking lots, received asphalt resurfacing.

Construction delays just off campus will prevent 287 tenants from moving into The Marshall, an eight-story luxury apartment building, before the start of the fall semester. The building, which towers over the former site of Hungry Chuck’s and Funk ‘n Waffles, is not owned by SU.

David Margulies, a spokesperson for The Marshall, said tenants should be able to move into the building by September.

Construction crews also completed new bike lanes and curbs on Euclid Avenue.

Published on August 26, 2018 at 11:05 pm

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