Carver construction: What to expect May 8 to 21
Construction continues on the Carver Academic Facility construction project on Western Washington University's Bellingham campus.
This week, the two early morning deliveries of steel to the construction site went off without a hitch. With more materials on-site, the work continues as follows:
Week of May 8:
- Central Corridor:
- Continue steel erection
- Continue placing slab and utilities on metal decking
- Central Corridor Roof:
- Continue installation of fall protection anchors and roof drains
- Continue framing parapet walls
- Sheath walls
- East Side Addition:
- Shotcrete shear wall
- Structural steel
- Gym C Addition:
- Demolish wall panels
- 1935/1970 Building:
- Structural steel
- Shotcrete shear wall
- Roofing
- Install fall protection anchors
- 1959 Building/Gym A:
- Roof and ceiling abatement
- Place vapor barrier
- Reinforce slab on grade
Week of May 15:
- Central Corridor:
- Prep and reinforce shear wall
- Continue placing slab and utilities on metal decking
- Central Corridor Roof:
- Begin roofing
- Continue framing parapet walls
- Sheath walls
- East Side Addition:
- Structural steel
- Gym C Addition:
- Demolish wall panels
- Prep and build sandwich truss on site
- 1935/1970 Building:
- Structural steel
- Roofing
- Install fall protection anchors
- 1959 Building/Gym A:
- Roof abatement
- Roofing
- Reinforce slab on grade
- Prep shear wall north
The project includes replacement of the building center section with a three-story addition and wrapping the east and south sides with new structure and glass windows and other exterior openings. The project will address urgently needed seismic reinforcement throughout the facility, replace numerous aging building systems, provide improved disabled access to classrooms, labs and offices, and allow for much better use of academic spaces.
Live video feeds of the construction project are available on the project website from the WWU Office of Facilities Development and Capital Budget.