New Science Center Nears Completion

$56 Million Center Will be Dedicated September 30

August 8, 2005 

Construction of the new Science Center, which will be dedicated on Sept. 30, is in its final days. Planning began in 1996 for the state-of-the-art, $56 million center. Close to 100 Barr and Barr construction workers are putting in overtime in order to meet the deadline for completion of Phase 2 of the new building, thus marking the completion of all Science Center construction.

Countdown to Completion

$56 Million Science Center Nears Finish

June 15, 2005  Eleven. To many Hamilton students and faculty, this is the number of weeks remaining in a relaxing summer vacation. However, to Steve Bellona, Hamilton’s Associate Vice President for Facilities and Planning, the rest of the Hamilton College buildings and grounds crew and the builders from Barr and Barr, the next 11 weeks will be less than relaxing, as it is the number of weeks they have left to finish the $56 million science building construction project.
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Fall Science Center Construction Update

Phase II of Project Under Way with Demolition of Dana Wing

November 18, 2004  The construction of Phase II of Hamilton College's new integrated Science Center, which includes demolition of the Dana Wing, built in 1965, and complete renovation of the original 1925 science building, proceeds on budget and within nine days of the projected schedule. Completion of the entire building project (which will include 56 faculty offices, 48 teaching laboratories, 53 research laboratories, 67 support rooms, 11 high-tech classrooms, several informal student areas, and a coffee shop) will occur in August 2005. More ...

Bringing Down the House

Workers Tear Down Parts of Old Science Building

July 30, 2004  In May 2004, Phase I of the Science Center construction was "97 percent finished" according to assistant director of construction Bill Huggins. Two months later, professors moved into their new offices, and summer science research students were busy at work in the new laboratories, bringing Phase I to an unofficial close. With the first half of the Science Center construction finished, what is next for the $56 million dollar project? The answer: deconstruction. More ...

Spring Science Center Construction Update

Phase I Nearing Completion

May 13, 2004  Construction workers worked diligently through central New York’s harsh winter and have Phase I of the new Science Center nearly finished. “I would say the construction is 97% complete, with professors moving into their new offices within the month,” said assistant director of construction Bill Huggins. More ...

Assembling the Tree of Life

New Equipment Will Enhance Biology Research

April 13, 2004  Hamilton College Associate Professor of Biology Patrick Reynolds is a member of one 20-person group that specializes in mollusk evolution and that hopes that a collaborative proposal to the AToL program will be successful. More ...

The Power of Green

Science Center to be Educational and Environmental

March 25, 2004  Hamilton College's new Science Center will be constructed with attention to "green" design, which is the use of environmentally friendly processes and materials in building construction and design. More ...

Equipping the New Science Center

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer for Chemistry Department

February 3, 2004  When the chemistry department moves into the new science center summer 2004, it won’t be taking its 13-year-old NMR along. A nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer (NMR) is a versatile, yet fundamental piece of equipment for chemists.  Hamilton College, under the leadership of Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry, has been awarded a $238,356 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program to support the purchase of a new 500 Mhz NMR. More ...

Wired and Wireless

New Science Center Will be Entirely Wireless Says Roback

November 5, 2003  The news headline reads "New iPaq packs in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capabilities." It may be Greek to some of us, but it's a taste of the future on college campuses. David Roback, network and systems administrator, says the new Science Center will be entirely wireless and explains what technology advances will make possible at Hamilton. More ...

Fall Science Center Construction Update

Exterior Stonework Progesses as Workers begin Interior Work

October 6, 2003  Construction of Hamilton's new 192,000-square-foot, $56-million science center is on budget and on schedule, said Douglas A. Weldon, Stone Professor of Psychology and science curriculum and facilities coordinator. Weldon reported that all the flights of stairs have now been installed, and  that the stairwells resemble mini-Atriums. These are often referred to by the project coordinators as "Atriettes" because of their spacious, wall-less design that relies in part on the open design for lighting. Bill Huggins, assistant director of construction, added, "At this point in the construction, the building is nearly water tight – most of the roof has been completed and we’ve been working hard to get the windows installed. With more than 80 contractors working diligently on a daily basis things are happening fast." More ...