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Construction alerts

  • September 18, 2024 — Fontaine Research Park Parking Garage area affected
    Fontaine Research Park Parking Garage Project — alert 5
    • In support of the Fontaine Research Park Parking Garage Project, the contractor will conduct a delivery truck simulation of the precast concrete structural members on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, from approximately 10 a.m.-12 p.m. This simulation will be used to help minimize any future disruption to The Park as the parking garage is being erected. The scheduled erection timeline for the parking garage will be from Fall '24 to Spring '25.
    • The delivery truck will be escorted to The Park from Fontaine Avenue to the delivery access road parallel along Ray C. Hunt Drive by travel escort vehicles. See Exhibit 1 on page 2, route shown in red.
    • The delivery truck will then be escorted by travel escort vehicles to the intersection of Ray C. Hunt Drive and Natural Resources Drive where it will do a 3-point turn. See Exhibit 1 on page 2, route shown in magenta.
    • The delivery truck will then be escorted by travel escort vehicles from Ray C. Hunt Drive back to Fontaine Avenue where it will egress The Park. See Exhibit 1 on page 2, route shown in blue.
    • When precast concrete structural members commence in October, the delivery trucks will egress through The Park by travel escort vehicles and proceed through the future temporary construction road back to Fontaine Avenue. See Exhibit 1 on page 2, route shown in yellow. (The temporary construction road will be completed by the end of September)
    • Flaggers will be present to direct vehicular traffic as required during the delivery truck simulation.
  • September 11, 2024 — Culbreth Road area affected
    Ruffin Hall Stair Replacement — alert 3
    • Please be informed that the contractor will be pouring concrete for the upper section of the stairs on Wednesday, September 11th, starting at 7:00 AM. The sidewalk will be closed for approximately 3-4 hours during this time. Signage will be in place to direct pedestrians to an alternative path.
  • September 5-16, 2024 — Wilsdorf Plaza/Chemistry Building area affected
    Wilsdorf Plaza Waterproofing — alert 1
    • Contractors will be removing pavers and brick in preparation for waterproofing on Thursday, September 5th starting at 6:30am. The noisy work will take place on off hours to limit the disruption to the academic buildings. A staging area will be fenced off for project materials. 1 section of stairs will be block during the construction with 3 remaining sections of stairs remaining open. Work is scheduled to be completed by Monday, September 16th.
  • September 2, 2024 - December 2025 — Leonard Sandridge Rd. area affected
    Montesano Roadway Extension — alert 1 (revised)
    • Phase I construction will begin on the Montesano Roadway Extension Project during the week of September 2nd (starting after Labor Day).
    • Phase I work will close an existing "goat path" used by many pedestrians to travel to North Grounds. Signage will be put in place recommending an alternate route. Please see the attached diagram showing the project areas and recommended alternate route.
    • No impact to existing building exits and sidewalks.
  • September 3-11, 2024 — Runk Patio, residence halls area affected
    Hereford College 4 Pipe Utility Extension — alert 3
    • Phase 1 Complete
    • HW Excavation and installation at Gooch/Dillard to start 3 September 2024- 11September 2024. Rear pedestrian access at Gooch will be closed during this scope of work.
    • Phase 2 to impact Hereford Lawn area starting late September-December.
    • Phase 3 to impact Johnson Residence Hall November 2024-January 2025.
    • Schedule to coincide with various ongoing projects within the vicinity and are subject to change with alerts to accommodate.
    • Utility outages to be scheduled and coordinated with HRL for service tie-ins.
  • July 1-December 1, 2024 — Fontaine Research Park area affected
    UVA Manning Institute of Biotechnology — alert 16
    • Scope of Work: 7/1/2024-12/1/2024
      • Fencing has been adjusted to open a new pedestrian path from Snyder to Aurbach.
      • Parking in front of Snyder has been restriped to allow for consolidation of the ADA parking for Snyder and Aurbach (8 spots total).
      • Excavation will continue until September, followed by concrete foundation work and steel erection.
    • Scope of Work: 7/15/2024-9/15/2024
      • Work will take place for a new sanitary sewer line from Snyder/Aurbach down to the existing RWSA line. This will temporarily close a section of the Rivanna Trail.
      • 7/26/2024 From 08:00a - 11:00a, there will be temporary crane loading/staging happening in front of Aurbach. There will be short, intermittent stoppages of pedestrian traffic on the path as material is craned into place over the path. The team will have personal onsite to manage the situation and stop foot traffic while loads are being flown.
      • 8/3/2024 (Saturday) - There will be an 8 hr outage (07:00a - 15:00p) for Domestic Water and Steam at Aurbach.
      • Pedestrian and delivery access to all buildings will be maintained throughout all phases of work.
      • Diagrams of impacts are included below for all phases of work.
  • May 20-Fall 2024 — Whispering Wall Plaza area affected
    Central Grounds Accessible Path, Phase 1 (Newcomb South) — alert 2
    • Pedestrians: A small portion of the Whispering Wall Plaza behind Monroe Hall will be coned off the week of May 20th for construction equipment. See map.
    • Pedestrians: Fencing will be installed around the project area starting on Monday, May 20th and will remain until Fall 2024. The pedestrian path between the construction area and Newcomb Hall will remain open throughout the duration of this project.
  • March 25, 2024-Fall, 2025 — Fontaine Research Park Parking Garage area affected
    Fontaine Research Park Parking Garage Project — alert 2
    • In support of the Fontaine Research Park Parking Garage Project, a site enabling project is required to provide a new pedestrian sidewalk for building egress and to relocate ADA parking associated with the 400 Ray C Hunt Drive building.
    • Starting on Monday, March 25, 2024, the contractor will mobilize on site to start the installation of the new pedestrian sidewalk. The contractor will install perimeter construction safety fence to encompass the landscaped area at the Southwest corner of the 400 Ray C Hunt Drive building. See Exhibit 1 on page 2 of this construction alert.
    • After the new pedestrian sidewalk has been installed, the contractor will start the installation of the new ADA parking associated with the 400 Ray C Hunt Drive building. The contractor will install perimeter construction safety fence to encompass the roundabout area at the Southwest corner of the 400 Ray C Hunt Drive building. See Exhibit 2 on page 3 of this construction alert.
    • There will be typical construction equipment noise associated with this work.
    • All building means of egress will be maintained during construction.
  • January 15-December, 2024 — Crispell Dr. area affected
    UH Guided Ultrasound & MRI Relocation — alert 1
    • Starting Monday, 1/15/24, a contractor will begin assembling fencing and scaffolding in the emergency vehicle parking spaces along Crispell Dr.
    • Crispell Dr will remain open in both directions, there will be temporary lane closures with flaggers to direct traffic to allow safe fabrication of construction fencing.
    • Crispell Dr sidewalk will always remain open. Spotters will be onsite to ensure pedestrian safety during fencing and scaffolding assembly.
    • Fencing and scaffolding will be in place from 1/15/24 through December 2024

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