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Construction worker Ken Rodstrom makes adjustments on one
of the walls in the new science complex.
Science construction over budget
By Paul Queary
Emerald Contributor
Two building* in the Univer
sity's now science complex .ire
exceeding budgeted construc
tion costs itnd cutting into
funds designated for other far
ets of the protect
Science V. the University's
new physics building, is over
its construction budget At
cording to University Physical
Plant protect accountant Mike
Tierney, construction costs
were originally bid at SI i I
million fmt now total more
than $H million and are Itkelx
to go higher The building is
scheduled for completion in
August
Science IV H. which will
house biotei hnnlngr fa< iiities,
should be completed in Man Ii
It also exceeds its budget h\ al
most $500.(HMl. Tiernev said
Uonslruction budgets make
up only part of the total budget.
Fiernes said Over budget i on
strut lion costs siphon funds
from other areas of the i omplex
project. Budget items like re
modeling. «irt work and moving
costs will lie cut to make up for
overruns in construi lion costs
"We'll get less for our money
in the end.” Tierney said
The two other buildings un
der construction, Science VI.
which will house new geologv
facilities, and Science IV-A.
which will be devoted to com
puter sc ience, are actually un
der budget by small margins
funding for Science V and
Sc ienc e VI is being provided In
a $.11 million grant from the
federal Department ol Knerg\
I’niversitv planning associate
frank I'epfer said Oregon lot
ten funds totaling $!-’ million
are financ ing Sc tenet! I\ A and
Si lent e IV It
Wildish Budding Co a fill
gene based firm, is building
Science V and Science l\ It
11\land fc Sons of Kugene is
building Science IV A Tigard
based Knbmson Construe lion is
building Sc ionce VI. whie h be
gan c unstruc tion last fall and
will not lie c ompleted until An
gust I M'M)
Kobinson Construction < amt*
under fir»* in October long for
tailing to fulfill state-mandated
minority subcontracting goals
Robinson lias contracted with
Native American-owned
Brainard Sbeetmetal of Spring
field. which is now installing
sbeetmetal in Scieme VI. own
er Warren Brainard said
William Noland, associate
vii e chancellor for the facilities
division, said a goal of It) per
cenl minority owned sulxon
Iractors was not a< hieved In
cause of the lai k of sot h firms
in tin- area. Neland sail!
I be i omplex is an innovative
concept in science far. i I it \ de
sign i’epfer said In the now
complex, designed In The Rat
i lift Art hitei Is. a Berkeley < al
it firm, various departments
will be interconnected to pro
mote interdisciplinary work.
Tepfer said
An aw till lot ot great si i
nice happens on a sort of
i ham v em oil liter in the halls "
l'epfer saitl
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