June 9, 2009 issue

CONSTRUCTION CRATER: Construction behind Mark Jefferson continues to progress this summer. Here, a construction crew installs reinforcing steel bars for a new utility tunnel. The $90-million science complex project will include a renovation of the existing 180,000-square-foot Mark Jefferson Building (which houses the biology, chemistry and psychology departments) and the addition of a three-story section that will add 72,000 square feet to the facility. The new addition will feature 36 science teaching labs. The science complex is expected to be completed in 2011.

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