A campus under construction

Capital Improvements

A campus under construction

December 7, 2012 by Howard W. Appell

The SUNY Geneseo campus is experiencing the biggest construction boom in the institution?s history. The current five year capital plan forecasts improvements and new construction expenditures totaling $92 million.

Geneseo?s Assistant Vice President for Facilities and Planning George Stooks took The County News on a guided tour of five campus construction sites where work will be completed within the next year-and-a-half.

Doty Hall

Doty Hall, which started life as the Geneseo Central School, has a complex history, undergoing two later phases of construction as a high school, then coming under ownership of the college, then the state for developmental disabilities services, and most recently returning to ownership by the college.

The initial reconstruction plan had called for partial use by the college?s School for Communicative Disorders, which unfortunately was one of the departments eliminated in the state?s fiscal contraction.

The latest plan has the renovated Doty housing all of the college?s administrative offices as well as active facilities for the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities. There will also be a recital hall on the south side, in the space formerly occupied by the gymnasium.

The $30 million Doty reconstruction has featured a complete interior gutting of the structure, including interior walls, leaving little but the original building shell intact. An expansion of the third floor has been built onto the rear, northwestern section of the structure. The entrance tower has been opened to have a ceiling to its full height.

The interior renovation will include complete replacement of all mechanical systems. The new system will feature geothermal heating and cooling, supplied by wells on all four sides of the building. (Doty will be the third campus building with geothermal heating and cooling. Monroe and Seneca halls are likewise equipped.)

The timetable for Doty reconstruction was slowed by the defaulting of the first contractor. The work has been taken over by Whiting-Turner of Baltimore. Completion is expected in spring of 2013.

Workers have gutted Bailey Hall and will be building a front addition, creating an airy new ?circulation space.?

Bailey Hall expansion

Bailey Hall is undergoing a major three-story facelift which has left the eastern two-thirds of the structure in place, but has removed the original western face. When the project is completed, Bailey becomes a principal centerpiece of the upper quad.

The new brick face will be softer and conservative in appearance, in contrast with its metallic neighbor to the north, the Integrated Science Facility.

Housed within will be most of the college?s social science departments: psychology, sociology, geography and anthropology. (History will remain at Sturgess and Fraser halls.)

The new face will be slightly recessed but significantly wider than its predecessor, providing a great gain in overall circulation space. Centered above the new facade will be a fourth story cupola housing mechanical systems.

The $23.5 million project is slated for completion by May of 2014. The design is by SWBR Architects of Rochester. Chief construction contractor is FAHS of Binghamton.

Part of the old Holcomb elementary school has been demolished as the area for a new stadium is cleared.

New stadium

The old Holcomb campus elementary school is presently being demolished to make way for SUNY Geneseo?s new $15 million 2,000 seat stadium which will host soccer, field hockey and lacrosse. The as-yet unnamed facility will include VIP seating, a pressbox and additional parking for 215 vehicles. Completion is expected to be in July of 2014.

Demolition of the west wing of Holcomb will be postponed until the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities can vacate to the renovated Doty Hall, in spring 2012.

The new entryway of Monroe Hall looks to greet students when the residence hall reopens in January.

Monroe Hall

Monroe Hall was closed at the conclusion of the spring, 2011 semester for a complete interior reconstruction of all three floors and a facade facelift. Walls have been entirely reconfigured in a plan which results in somewhat fewer dorm rooms, but with the addition of spacious suites. The completely renewed mechanical system has geothermal heating and cooling. The wells are thoroughly invisible under the intramural field west of the hall.

The facade reconstruction has featured accent walls and a central entry tower for improved circulation space. It contains a foyer, lobbies and the elevator.

The contractor for the Monroe Hall work is Holdsworth Klimowski of Rochester. Monroe will reopen at the beginning of the spring semester, in January of 2013.

The outer fa?ade of Letchworth Dinning Hall has been removed during the early stages of the project.

Letchworth Dining Hall

Letchworth Dining Hall reconstruction began in August and is another project which will include a full gut renovation and installation of geothermal heating and cooling. Contractor is Holdsworth Klimowski.

The Letchworth project is one in a series of dining improvements which the college is undertaking in conjunction with the Campus Auxiliary Services. Other features in this campus-wide upgrade include Books & Bytes in the Milne Library and Starbucks and the Fusion Market at MacVittie College Union.

The Red Jacket and Mary Jemison dining halls are slated for improvement next summer, although not full guts. Red Jacket will be getting an upstairs cafe.

Source: http://thelcn.com/2012/12/07/a-campus-under-construction/

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