{"id":10214,"date":"2011-05-24T14:46:53","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T19:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=10214"},"modified":"2011-06-03T09:43:48","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T14:43:48","slug":"road-closing-this-summer-for-cairns-complex-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2011\/05\/road-closing-this-summer-for-cairns-complex-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Road closing this summer for Cairns complex construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10215\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10215\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10215 \" title=\"workers build the Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex at Brock University\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/constructionmay20112.jpg\" alt=\"Crews are busy working on the Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex.\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crews are busy working on the Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A portion of University Road East will be closed this summer as construction crews continue work on the <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/cairns-health-bioscience\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The road will close between Meter Road and Mackenzie Chown Block D. The fenced-off construction area will be temporarily expanded to make way for landscaping, sidewalks, curbs and reconstruction of University Road. (<a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/webfm_send\/17166\">map<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The road should be reopened by Sept. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Construction on the complex is on schedule and progressing nicely, said David Main, senior project manager with MHPM Project Managers. Occupancy is planned for early 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Crews are working on the exterior curtain wall. Inside, they are working on the building\u2019s electrical and mechanical functions.<\/p>\n<p>About 150 people are working on the building on any given day.<\/p>\n<p>Feedback from the Brock community has been positive, said Scott Walker, design and construction director with Facilities Management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are happy with what they\u2019re seeing,\u201d Walker said. \u201cThey\u2019re impressed with what they see from the outside, and how the complex looks in connection with the buildings around it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The construction of the complex creates a new courtyard between the Cairns building and the Mackenzie Chown complex. The walkway bridge connecting the two buildings should be open for the beginning of September, Walker said.<\/p>\n<p>To get the latest construction news, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/construction\" target=\"_blank\">brocku.ca\/construction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/webfm_send\/14389\">PDF of the poster showing this summer&#8217;s detours<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex is on target for early 2012 occupancy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,1],"tags":[212,53],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10214"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10217,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10214\/revisions\/10217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}