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by Liora Danan thresher editorial staff Construction at Martel and Jones Colleges should not suffer any serious delay despite recent rain, according to Head Project Manager Barbara White. The weather has caused delays at the Brown College, Hanszen College Commons and business school construction sites, but White said she hopes schedule revisions will make up for the four lost days. The rain may continue until Friday, according to weather forecasts. White said the Martel and Jones sites were unaffected because the work being done at those sites is interior work. The tower crane at Jones was supposed to come down Aug. 30, but the weather kept the crane up until Wednesday. For construction sites on campus where the work is exterior, White said that for four days last week some major portion of the planned construction could not be done. White said lost time could be made up by putting more workers at a site or sequencing construction differently, but she said possibilities will have to be examined. White said contractors have already been trying to make up for time lost due to the flooding from Tropical Storm Allison in June. She said she was pleased with the response of each project team to the flood and the recent weather delays. "The construction team and the design team have really been very responsive to the rain issues," White said. "They were able to bring emergency crews on site very, very quickly in order to assess damage." The Martel electrical system and air handling units have both been completed weeks ahead of schedule. Martel is scheduled to be completed by Jan. 15, 2002, and rooms should be ready for move-in on Jan. 28, Martel Master Arthur Few confirmed Wednesday. Housing and Dining administrators are currently in the process of determining whether it would be possible to obtain a partial occupancy permit for Martel, which would allow students to move into one part of the building before all construction is complete, Martel President Alice Hill said. "We have placed a high priority on completing the student rooms to make sure that the students will be able to move in as soon as absolutely possible," White said. The new Wiess College and the Hanszen College Commons are scheduled to be completed during the spring of 2002, while the Brown residential area and commons are both scheduled to be completed by next fall. The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management building should be completed by July 2002.
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