The 2010 summer construction season on campus is drawing to a close after more than five months of traffic detours and delays. The work on several major utility projects began in mid-May following spring commencement weekend. Here is the latest news regarding the projects: • North Park Street from Observatory Drive to University Avenue was …
The first shovels full of renewable fuel were symbolically hefted Monday in the transformation of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Charter Street Heating Plant from coal to biomass.
Utility work for the School of Human Ecology’s renovation and expansion project will require the closing of Linden Drive in front of the Nutritional Sciences Building.
On Friday morning, Aug. 13, weather permitting, a 900-foot long section of Linden Drive between Babcock Hall and the UW-Madison Horse Barn will be going green.
Construction crews that have been working on the East Campus Utility Project since late May have encountered a setback due to numerous unforeseen conflicts with underground utility pipes that have been in that area for a very long time.
Plans to renovate the Charter Street Heating Plant and findings of the final environmental impact statement for the project will be the topics of a public hearing on Wednesday, Aug. 11, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Cooling for Vilas and Grainger Halls is expected to be impacted by construction at the intersection of University and Park Streets. Facilities, Planning & Management is aware of air conditioning issues in the two buildings on Friday and is working to restore normal cooling. No timetable is yet available. The new cooling issue is unrelated …
Officials say 59 businesses responded to a “request for information,” to help pinpoint the sources of biomass fuel for a renovated, coal-free Charter Street Heating Plant. “The message is clear: we have biomass businesses right here in our own state that want to grow,” says Gov. Jim Doyle. “This is an enormous economic opportunity for …
Traffic patterns will be altered on several campus-area streets again this summer as the final phase of the East Campus Utility Project begins on Monday, May 17. The work is expected to continue through mid-August.
A public meeting to detail plans to renovate the Charter Street Heating Plant and present the findings of a draft environmental impact statement on the project will be held Wednesday, May 5.
University Preschool children in hardhats will assist at the School of Human Ecology groundbreaking at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 30, at 1300 Linden Drive.
A $500,000 gift from Barbara D. and M. Keith Weikel (’62 MS PHM, ’66 PhD BUS) has provided further momentum to the campaign for a new University of Wisconsin-Madison Nursing Science Center.
Utility construction projects planned for the UW-Madison campus during this spring and summer will be the topic of an informational meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at the Memorial Union from 9-10:30 a.m.
The Charter Street Heating Plant, an aging but critical source of energy for campus, is about to undergo a transformation that will take the state and university to the 21st century frontiers of cleaner, coal-free power.
At one time or another, chances are that most of us have had to deal with the guilt of throwing away something we know to be recyclable.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, which has been a hub of construction activity in recent years, has been named the “Developer of the Year” by Wisconsin Builder magazine.
In 2006, when Faramarz Vakili proposed the goal of reducing UW–Madison’s energy consumption by 20 percent by 2010, he was met with doubt
A public informational meeting about the proposed rebuilding of the Charter Street Heating Plant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will include representatives of UW-Madison and an external design team.
Campus and city construction projects have forced numerous traffic detours this summer.