Part 22: Construction of the Centre for Computing and Engineering

Part 22: Before the Move

Jun 28, 2004, 8:15pm It's not White terrazzo, it's "Light Gray No.1".

Jul 5, 2004, 2:15pm Just back from a site visit, Jason and Jim compare the building plans with what was actually built. Just a few, small surprises. Really.

Jul 8, 2004, 8:00pm The North entrance at Church and Gould is nearing completion.

Jul 9, 2004, 10:41pm The 2nd floor has lights.

Jul 9, 2004, 3:30pm Some labs are nearly completed and ready for occupancy. But a few things like power, lights, switches, ceiling tiles, and HVAC remain to be installed.

Jul 9, 2004, 3:30pm And then there are other labs like this one...

Jul 12, 2004, 8:00pm The blue foam under the rebar is to insulate the concrete which will be electrically heated during the winter.

Jul 15, 2004, 4:00pm Posing for a group shot, tape-guns locked and loaded, during a site-visit to place signs on lab doors. (L-R: Tu, Nipin, Jason, some guy and Jim).

Jul 15, 2004, 4:00pm Jim wonders whether the black walls of the dark room are some sort of joke.

Jul 15, 2004, 4:00pm The white-boards have separate illumination.

Jul 15, 2004, 4:00pm Panorama of the Atrium viewed from the third floor.

Jul 15, 2004, 4:00pm Panorama of the Atrium viewed from the fourth floor.

Jul 15, 2004, 4:00pm The curious visitor from before, returns for a closer inspection of the Atrium.

Jul 15, 2004, 4:00pm Work progresses in the big auditorium.

Jul 15, 2004, 4:00pm A typical lecture room (unfinished, of course).

Jul 15, 2004, 4:00pm Back from the site visit, Jason phones-in the latest surprises.

Jul 16, 2004, 12:20pm A close-up of the electrical heater elements attached to the rebar with yellow zip-ties.

Jul 16, 2004, 8:00pm External lights installed along Dalhousie.

Jul 16, 2004, 8:05pm Silver-grey cladding on the South Church exit.

Jul 16, 2004, 4:05pm Labs are packed and readied for the move beginning the following Monday. Benches and cabinets are labeled with maps of the destination rooms.

Jul 16, 2004, 4:05pm Staff began packing labs in May.

Jul 16, 2004, 4:05pm Every piece of equipment that has to move requires a label, or it doesn't move.

Jul 16, 2004, 4:05pm Each lab was triple checked for completeness.

Jul 16, 2004 5:00pm After a walk-through, Jim and Jason enjoy the hospitality of the roof-top breakfast area (soon to be restricted access only).

Jul 20, 2004 5:00pm View south through the stairwell grille-- you can see out but they can't see in.

Jul 20, 2004 5:00pm The main auditorium is coming along.

Jul 20, 2004 5:00pm The curious visitor brings a friend.

Jul 20, 2004 5:00pm Glass begins to be installed in the Atrium.

Jul 24, 2004 12:30am First floor has lignts.

Jul 26, 2004, 8:00pm Closeup of an external light fixture.

Jul 27, 2004, 3:00pm Closeup of the water-fountain (one per floor) next to the passenger elevators.

Jul 27, 2004, 3:00pm Installation of Jason's kitchen (maple-veneer finish on cabinets), complete with built-in fridge, sink, microwave and toaster-oven.

Jul 27, 2004, 3:00pm A conference between Jason and CCS, about network cabling issues, held in the departmental meeting room. (Notice the top-edge of the window relative to a person's head. I've managed to bash my head on that edge every time I went to look out the window— fortunately I was wearing my hard-hat; consider yourself warned.)

Jul 28, 2004, 4:00pm Jason's beautiful kitchen is installed. Easily accessible network jacks for plugging-in internet appliances. Hmmmm...why is Jim grinning?

Jul 29, 2004 7:30pm The steps of the north entrance set.

Jul 29, 2004 7:30pm Window cleaning with the crane.

Jul 29, 2004 7:35pm The main doors along Church are installed.

Camera details: 3.2 megapixel Canon S30 SureShot with 3X optical zoom; Av F2.8 - 8.0; Tv 1/1500 - 15 sec; ISO 50 - 800; manual or automatic focus and light-metering capable.

Other Notes: Original photos have a resolution of 3.2 M pixels. Panoramas are created using Adobe Photoshop to “stitch-together” 2 or more images and optionally touched-up to fill blank spaces.