June 11, 2014 Volume 46 Number 15
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GAZETTE A M E M O R I A L U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W F O U N D L A N D P U B L I C AT I O N
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Civic duty
Praise and play A complete collection of orations delivered to Memorial’s spring honorary degree recipients can be found inside.
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Brain food
A School of Pharmacy researcher thinks antioxidant-rich berries may protect the brain should an injury occur.
Chris Hammond photo
Engineering students learn firsthand how classroom concepts and theories apply to the real needs of society in New Orleans.
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Tunnel art Fine arts graduate Kyle Bustin stands next to a vivid mural he painted along the tunnel wall connecting the Science and Music buildings on the St. John’s campus. See related story on page 10.
Concept design phase of core sciences building nearing completion By Kelly Foss
The concept
design phase of the new 425,000
square foot core sciences facility is expected to wrap up in July. The contract for architectural and engineering services was awarded to HOK Canada. This group, together
have been developed, which fit into the wooden model
cost estimator to ensure that the concept fits within our
so you can see the different options.”
budget.”
In addition, stackable floor plate models were made to
Once the preferred concept is signed off and approved,
give workshop participants an idea of the possible floor
HOK and their team will continue to work with the user
plan configurations.
groups and other stakeholders through the design devel-
with the university, will be involved in all phases of the
On June 25, these options will be presented in a town
project from initial concept design to handover and post
hall session to the Memorial community, with the goal
occupancy followup.
opment phase to populate sets of construction documents to a LEED silver standard, says Ms. Brown.
of establishing a preferred scheme based on the strengths
“The first public tenders for civil and enabling works
Since March, HOK has been holding workshops with
of each concept. High level details about the potential
will be called by the spring of 2015 such that preliminary
Memorial end users, provincial government represen-
cost of each option will also be available at that time to
construction activity is underway by June 2015,” she
tatives and other stakeholders to verify project require-
help drive the discussion.
said. “Other tender packages will be called and awarded
ments and to confirm the functional programs for
“The very next day the steering committee will be
for foundations/structure, early mechanical and electri-
the Faculties of Science and Engineering and Applied
locked in a room until we can come up with a final
cal packages, core and shell, and interior fit-up during
Sciences, says Ann Browne, associate vice-president of
recommendation based on these discussions,” said Ms.
the remainder of 2015 and into 2016.”
facilities at Memorial.
Browne. “Our intention is to then have a special cam-
It is anticipated that substantial completion of the new
“At our third workshop last month, we actually
pus planning and development meeting of the Board of
core sciences facility will be achieved by the summer of
unveiled a wooden model of what the site around
Regents prior to its meeting on July 3, where we hope
2019 and ready for occupancy in September of that year.
the building would look like,” she said. “We also had
to recommend the preferred concept. The preferred con-
The town hall will be held on Wednesday, June 25, at 1
Styrofoam models, representing the three concepts that
cept will undergo a detailed estimate by a third party
p.m. in the Bruneau Centre (IIC-2001), St. John’s campus.