http://learning.cc.hccs.edu Please sign up to receive updates from the College Transition Team about the exciting changes happening at the Central Campus. All content on this webpage is subject to change. CONSTRUCTION UPDATE October 2007 CENTRAL PLANT – The Central Plant is 96% complete. The substantial completion date is tentatively November, 2007. Upon completion, the chilled water system will be initially connected to the Heinen Theatre, Theatre One and the Fine Arts Center. Second, the Whiteley Building and the Educational Development Center will be connected. Finally, the Learning Hub/Science Building will be connected tentatively in December, 2007. LEARNING HUB/SCIENCE BUILDING – The Learning Hub and Science Building is 63% complete. The installation of an electrical duct bank on Austin Street (to provide power to the Learning Hub) was delayed, but is scheduled to begin this week. The sidewalk on the west side of Austin Street (near the San Jacinto and Whiteley Buildings will be temporarily closed beginning Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. Appropriate signage will be posted. The crane demobilization is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, November 3, 2007. The west wing parking lot will be temporarily closed the morning of the demobilization. All employees, students and visitors are requested to utilize alternate parking lots during this period of time. Upon completion of the building, the remaining east wing portion of the construction site in front of the San Jacinto Building will be converted to green space. The west wing parking lot will be restored to normal use. ADDITIONAL STUDENT PARKING LOT – The leased property located on Labranch and Winbern is now available for student parking. Signage (indicating HCC Student Parking) will be installed soon. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER – The newly renovated second floor restrooms are now in service. The renovation was required to utilize the additional second floor classrooms. The use of the classrooms is pending the connection to the chilled water system of new central plant. The tentative date that the classrooms will be available for use is the Spring Semester, 2008. SJAC NATURAL GAS SERVICE – The issue is in the progress of being resolved. A leak test is pending and various shut off valves (internal – in the biology labs and external – outside of the building) will be replaced. The work will be completed after hours as needed and is tentatively scheduled to be completed by Monday evening, October 15, 2007. hourly 1 2005-05-20T16:36:34Z http://learning.cc.hccs.edu/future/update/rss Lets see! No publisher admin 2005-05-09T10:24+00:00