Campus construction news
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Major campus construction activity planned for summer 2012
The projects will necessitate closure of the Central Campus Mall area and some building entrances and exits, changes in vehicle and pedestrian routes, and parking lot closures. > Full story.
Summer campus construction to require pedestrian, vehicle route changes
Multiple major construction projects at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire this summer will require new routes of travel on campus for both pedestrians and vehicles. > Full story.
Transition from old to new Davies Center to begin in late May
The old Davies Center, which opened in 1959, will be closed to students and the general public as of the end of business hours May 25. This will include the University Bookstore. > Full story.
Video tours available of New Davies Student Center and The Priory
Student Body President Phil Rynish gives a tour of the nearly completed W.R. Davies Student Center, and UW-Eau Claire Foundation Executive Director Kimera Way shows you what's happening at The Priory as it prepares to house the new Children's Center. > Davies video tour Priory video tourStudent research to guide decisions on campus tree removal, replacement
A group of biology and geography students is undertaking a campus tree inventory intended to help the university responsibly plan for tree preservation and replacement into the future. > Full story.
Up-to-the-minute
construction alerts
Upcoming activities
• Demolition of "old" Davies Center
• Children's Center moves to The Priory
• Temporary closure of Garfield Avenue
• Salvage operations in Campus School
• Construction of road from Phillips parking lot to Putnam Park Drive for access to Thomas and Putnam halls, McIntyre Library and Scholfield Hall.
• HFA/HSS parking lot reconstrution
Target dates
Dates/times approximate and subject to change
May 19-29
Campus-wide steam outage.
May 19-29
Schofield-Davies tunnel closed.
May 21
Demolition of Davies east entrance, ramp entrance and tunnel.
May 21-June 1
Road between Phillips parking lot and Putnam Park Drive constructed.
