Pacific Hall Update | Week of July 3

With the abatement complete and the windows removed, Walsh construction is continuing to make progress on wrapping up demo work and preparing for shear wall work and window install in Pacific Hall beginning toward the end of July.

There will continue to be some noise associated with these activities throughout the project, as well as the presence of trucks and construction vehicles entering and exiting the site via the west fire lane gate.

Updated renderings for this project provided by Mahlum Architects.

Construction Activities, Status & Impacts

Minority AC finished window removal on Friday, June 30. Window installation in non- shear wall locations is scheduled to begin Tuesday, July 18. Testing of the first set of installed windows is tentatively scheduled for Friday, Aug. 4.

Dixon Demolition has completed the majority of remaining interior demo on level 2. 

American Heating will be on site to begin HVAC demo on Tuesday, July 18. This work is scheduled to run through the following week.

Demo and excavation for the shear wall and stair footings on level 1 is ongoing. The team is addressing this work in two zones, with the south half of level 1 being zone 1, and the north half being zone 2. Demo and excavation for zone 1 is tracking for completion this week. Zone 2 is scheduled for completion by Monday, July 17.

There will continue to be noise associated with this work as they jackhammer and excavate material from these locations. Walsh will bring in a vacuum truck to attempt to speed up the removal of material, which will also produce a relatively significant amount of noise.

Backfill and compaction of the subgrade in level 1, zone 1 is scheduled to begin Tuesday, July 11, pending completion of excavation at these locations. Backfill and compaction at level 1, zone 2 is scheduled to begin Tuesday, July 18.

Saw cutting and excavation of the plumbing trench inside the building for tie in of the new level 1 restrooms began this week and will continue until Tuesday, July 18. Walsh will saw cut and install shoring before excavating material for plumbing tie in. While this work will take place in a central location inside the building, there will likely be some level of noise from this saw cutting and excavation work.

Terracon picked up the cores from the Shotcrete panel test, and test results is expected this week. This will inform the constructability of the shear walls as proposed and successful results will qualify the nozzlemen to complete this work. This all occurs off-site and will not impact the campus in any way.

Scaffolding erection in the east and west stairwells and prep work for installation of the bracing walls will begin on Tuesday, July 18.

Prep work, loading and hauling away of demo material, and transportation of construction equipment and materials on and off the site continues at the west lawn laydown area.

Upcoming Campus Events & Coordination

• Weekend of July 15- 16 | Car Show
• Saturday, Aug. 12 | August Commencement

Questions? Email construction@groups.pacificu.edu