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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.


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