Science Building demolition

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    In Fall 2017, demolition of the Science Building began to make way for the final phase of the Science and Mathematics Complex (SAMC). Here is the location of the old GLC office in March 2018. Now that the windows and walls have been removed, you can see right inside!

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  • A construction site. The walls have been removed from this three-story academic building. Fences surround the building.

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    Most of the walls have been removed from the exterior of the west side of the Science Building.

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  • A construction site. The walls have been removed from this three-story academic building. Fences surround the building.

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    Most of the walls have been removed from the exterior of the south side of the Science Building. You can still see into the old GLC office.

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  • A construction site. The walls have been removed from this three-story academic building. Wooden fences surround the building. An excavator is behind the fence.

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    Most of the walls have been removed from the exterior of the east side of the Science Building. Solid wooden fences separate the campus walkways from the construction site.

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  • A construction site. The walls have been removed from this three-story academic building. Wooden fences surround the building. A Dumpster sits by a chain-link portion of the fence.

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    Most of the walls have been removed from the exterior of the east side of the Science Building. Solid wooden fences separate the campus walkways from the construction site.

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  • A construction site. The walls have been removed from this three-story academic building. Fences surround the building. A cherry picker is parked near some portapotties.

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    The northeast corner of the construction site is the part that connects to SAMC.

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  • A construction site, where an excavator with a grapple is demolishing part of the building. The walls have been removed from this three-storey academic building. Fences surround the site, and there is snow on the ground.

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    An excavator is demolishing the part of the building that connects to SAMC.

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  • A construction site, where an excavator with a grapple is demolishing part of the building. The walls have been removed from this three-storey academic building. Fences surround the site, and there is snow on the ground.

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    More of the building has been removed.

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  • A construction site, where an excavator with a grapple is demolishing part of the building. The walls have been removed from this three-storey academic building. Fences surround the site, and there is snow on the ground.

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    The excavator is grabbing part of the building and pulling it down.

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  • A construction site, where an excavator with a grapple is demolishing part of the building. The walls have been removed from this three-storey academic building. Fences surround the site, and there is snow on the ground.

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    The excavator has removed and is holding a beam from the roof.

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  • A construction site with a partly demolished building.

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    The south side of the Science Building is gone.

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  • A view between two academic buildings. A construction site is blocked off with multiple fences, and a building is being demolished. Parts of the building hang down onto the floors below.

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    The old GLC office is gone, that section of the building has been demolished.

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  • A construction site with a partially demolished building. Two excavators work in the foreground, and part of the roof of the building droops down onto the floors below.

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    West side of the building. About half of the building has been removed.

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  • An excavator manipulates a steel beam as a second one works at a construction site. A sign outside of the chain-link fence describes the construction project.

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    Steel beams were removed from the rubble for recycling.

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  • An excavator working through piles of rubble by a partially demolished building. A sign outside of the chain-link fence describes the construction project.

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    West side.

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  • A construction site with a partially demolished building. An excavator work in the foreground, and part of the roof of the building droops down onto the floors below.

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    West side.

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  • People walking on sidewalks in front of a construction zone with a partially demolished building.

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    Half of the Science Building is gone in this picture of the east side of the building.

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  • A construction site with a partially demolished building. The roof droops over the lower levels.

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    Half of the building remains. Southeast corner.

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  • A construction site with a partially demolished building. The roof droops over the lower levels. An excavator is working in the rubble.

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    Half of the building remains. West side.

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  • A worker removing bricks from the wall on the second floor of a building. Taken from the third floor window of the building next to it.

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    This one section had its walls for longer than the rest of the building. This worker is removing them finally.

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  • A construction site with a partly demolished building.

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    The northeast corner of the building.

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  • A construction site with a partially demolished three-story building with a light layer of snow covering the debris. The picture is taken through a window with water droplets on it.

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    The northwest corner of the building as taken from the third floor of SAMC. The back part of the building has been removed.

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  • A construction site with a partly demolished building behind a chain-link fence.

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    Approximately 1/4 of the building remains in this picture from the southeast corner.

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  • A construction site on a campus behind a wooden fence. An excavator is pulling a part off the second floor of a building. In the foreground are some sidewalks.

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    An excavator pulling down part of the last section of Science Building.

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  • A construction site on a campus behind a wooden fence. An excavator is pulling a part off the second floor of a building. In the foreground are some sidewalks.

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    An excavator pulling down part of the last section of Science Building.

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  • A construction site with a mostly demolished three-story building. Someone is spraying the building with water. The picture is taken through a window.

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    The northwest corner of the building as taken from the third floor of SAMC. The back part of the building has been removed, the third floor is gone and so is most of the second floor. Water was sprayed to minimize dust and prevent fires.

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  • A field of rubble near some academic buildings.

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    It's gone. Taken from the third floor of SAMC.

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  • A view of a field of debris and a partially demolished building behind some construction equipment and a fence. The sky is blue with white clouds.

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    The northeast corner of where Science Building once stood. It's gone, and all that remains is the connection between the two buildings.

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  • View of a construction site between two buildings. A chain-link fence is up between the buildings, and it is propped in place on either side with pallets.

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    South side of the building - it's gone! The fence is being held up with pallets to keep it from being blown over by wind.

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  • A field of debris next to a grey building and a brick building. The construction area is surrounded by a wooden fence that is interrupted by a chain-link fence through which we can see the debris.

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    Southeast corner.

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  • A field of debris next to a grey building and a brick building. The construction area is surrounded by chain-link fencing. Two excavators are parked in the construction zone.

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    Southwest corner. Huge piles of debris.

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  • A field of debris next to a grey building and a brick building. The construction area is surrounded by chain-link fencing. Two excavators are parked in the construction zone.

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    Huge piles of wire, rebar, and concrete.

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  • Three excavators work on top of a pile of rubble in a construction zone.

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    The materials from the demolition were sorted so that some could be recycled.

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  • A construction site with a single-level part of a demolished building and some safety cones in the foreground, and piles of rubble and excavators in the background.

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    The last part of the Science building connector.

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  • The same view as the previous picture, but the building part is gone. There is a cherry-picker where the building was, and some new equipment is in the foreground.

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    The Science building connector is gone.

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  • A field of rubble in a construction zone.

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    The larger pieces of steel have been removed from the rubble.

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  • A field of rubble in a construction site, but there is some ground showing around the piles of rubble. Two excavators work to move and sort rubble. There is a generator on the clear ground.

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    Making progress at removing the rubble.

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  • Two excavators in a construction site. One is on flat concrete and the other is on a pile of rubble on the concrete. Beyond the excavators, the ground is being excavated.

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    Work began to excavate the basement of the Science Building.

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  • A construction site. One excavator is loading rubble into a dump truck. Another is using a jack hammer arm to break apart huge pieces of concrete. Two other excavators dig in the background.

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    Sometimes many things happened at once. Here, one excavator clears rubble while another breaks apart huge pieces of concrete. There are two others doing excavations of the basement.

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  • An excavator and a dumpster sit next to an open foundation.

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    An excavator and a dumpster sit next to an open foundation.

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  • One excavator in a construction site is digging while another excavator breaks concrete into smaller pieces.

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    The excavation continues, breaking up the concrete of the foundation as it is removed.

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  • A construction site with concrete rubble in one corner and bare dirt elsewhere. Three excavators work on the rubble.

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    Most of the foundation and rubble have been cleared away.

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  • A construction site next to a building. Construction workers walk on the foundation near pallets of cinder blocks. A small excavator works in the foreground while other larger ones remove rubble in the background.

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    While the rubble was being cleared away, construction workers prepared the basement foundation for use in the new phase of SAMC.

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  • A freshly paved road in a construction site.

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    A road was added in the construction site.

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  • A small bulldozer spreads gravel over a foundation. Two workers inspect the foundation of the existing building in the foreground.

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    Gravel was spread over the basement foundation. White cubes of foam insulate the foundation of SAMC from the construction.

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  • White foam blocks fill a hole in the ground of a construction site.

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    The basement foundation was filled with large foam blocks.

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  • Flat gravel spread next to an existing building. A bulldozer and a steam roller are working in the area.

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    The foam blocks were covered with gravel.

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  • A steam roller smooths out a wide field of gravel in a construction site.

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    In July 2018, the Science Building was completely gone and the site was prepared for the building of SAMC Phase 4.

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