Construction at Rice: Project

Brockman Hall - Phase I

Bordered by Hamman Hall, the Space Science Building and Dell Butcher Hall, Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories, George R. Brown Hall, Herman Brown Hall, and the Seeley G. Mudd Building

Project Manager: Erik Knezevich

The Brockman Hall for Physics will be a 110,000 sqft facility that will include vibration and noise controlled underground laboratories to support work in atomic, molecular and optical physics; biophysics; condensed matter physics; nanoengineering and photonics. The building will allow Rice to create a state-of-the-art facility that meets the exacting requirements of modern physics and to consolidate its research in fundamental and applied physics. In addition to vibration control, laboratories in the new building will have substantially better temperature, humidity and air-flow control. The building is set to be certified LEED silver and is scheduled for completion and move-in early 2011.

10/28/2009

The basement construction is progressing with the exterior walls being sprayed with concrete and followed with a pour concrete wall
Recent rainfall has slowed construction of the basement slab, however 30% of the basement structural floor slab has been poured
Installation of the new water line along Campanile Road to support this project is nearly complete, with road repairs to be scheduled soon

8/21/2009

172 Soldier piles, with a typical depth of 50’, have been finished
The entire cap beam is complete
Both the drilling rigs have been removed from site
The site’s tower crane has been installed

7/7/2009

New utility tunnel is in operation
Old utility tunnel has been demolished
Building site has been lowered by 6 to 8 feet
Soldier piles are going in with 54 of the 172 complete

6/11/2009

Excavation of the site has begun
Pier drilling and soldier piles are scheduled to begin the week of June 15
Increased truck traffic will be apparent on the construction site and surrounding areas – caution should be exercised in these areas

5/13/2009

Tunnel construction is approximately 50% complete and the tunnel utilities have begun to be installed
The tunnel is scheduled to be fully complete by June 19th
A utility outage is scheduled for May 23 to tie-in the tunnel utilities

4/20/2009

Tunnel construction is approximately 40% complete and the tunnel utilities have begun
The tunnel is scheduled to be fully complete by June 19th
There will be a steam/condensate/chilled water and compressed air outage to Space Science and Hamman Hall the weekend of April 25th in order to install taps and valves in the piping system
Concrete has been poured at the entry to the construction site to reduce mud on Campanile Drive

3/13/2009

Design development is complete
The construction fence has been erected
The site has been cleared
Relocation of utilities in the area is underway
Tunnel excavation has begun

3/5/2009

Design development is complete
The construction fence has been erected
The site has been cleared
Relocation of utilities in the area is underway
Tunnel excavation is scheduled to begin soon

1/9/2009

Site preparation and construction is scheduled to commence the week of Feb. 23.
One large tree and several smaller trees will be relocated to the South Plant within the next two weeks
Design continues on the project and the first phase of the project has been sent to the City of Houston for permitting

12/28/2008