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| August 4 |  A few final touches wrap up construction on Mayo Hall. The carpet has been laid and the new furniture has been arranged in both first floor lounge areas. Curtains have been hung in all student rooms, and each room has been dusted, cleaned and evaluated for missing furniture. Outside, the landscape is flourishing. After over a year of construction, Mayo Hall finally is ready for student habitation.  |
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| July 22 |  More furniture has been added throughout Mayo Hall, both in the student rooms and in the common areas on the first floor. There are now a variety of regular and high top tables throughout the center section of the hall that students can use for studying. The hallways on the second and third floors are now fully carpeted, while crews are still working on carpeting the first floor. Emergency green light phones have been installed in the hallways on the third floor. Outside, the grass that was planted last week has begun to grow, and with all the rain we’ve been having lately, it looks like it might be looking pretty good by the time students move in! |
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| July 10 |  On the third floor, crews are preparing to install carpet in the hallways. Throughout the hall, workers are finishing installing locks on the student room doors. The bathrooms now appear to be finished, complete with stalls, toilets, showers, sinks and lockers. On the first floor, the lounges off the east and west lobbies have been cleared on construction equipment and workers are restoring them to move-in condition. Outside, landscaping has been added around the sides of the building, including a variety of shrubs and small trees.  |
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| July 2 |  In front of Mayo, all construction equipment has been removed and the dirt that was torn up throughout the construction process has been smoothed over. In the center portion of the first floor, decorative tiles with images such as squirrels and leaves have been installed in the floor. Ceiling-hanging light fixtures have been installed in the center section as well. Also on the first floor, the lounges that have housed much of the construction equipment used inside the building over the past year have been painted a pale sage green. The underside and insteps of the stairs have also been painted a pale sage green. Most of the student rooms on the third floor now contain modular furniture, and workers are in the process of adding furniture to rooms on the second floor. Behind Mayo, new concrete has been poured in the small parking lot facing Michigan Avenue.  |
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| June 19 |  Workers are currently laying tile throughout the center section of the first floor, where they are also installing lights on the walls, hanging doors for the offices and installing ceiling tiles. On the second and third floor, signs for room numbers and for the laundry rooms have been installed. Throughout the building, crews are installing screens on the windows in student rooms and testing the fire alarm system. Mechanics are on site working on the elevator, which now seems to move between floors. Outside, handrails have been installed along the stairs leading up to the entrances of the building. |
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| June 12 |  The majority of the work in Mayo is now being done on the first floor, as the second and third floors are almost complete. Crews are working on painting the walls, installing ceilings in both student room wings and the center office section and finishing tiling in the first floor bathrooms. The wooden counters that were installed last week are being stained a dark color this week to match the woodwork in the rest of the building. Outside, light posts have been reinstalled along the paths on the sides of the building.  |
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| June 5 |  Work on the third floor looks to be nearing completion. Crews are currently working on polishing the wooden doors to student rooms, removing the dust and dirt that built up during the construction process. On the second floor, workers are finishing tiling the bathrooms and installing ceiling lighting. Fire doors have been added throughout the hallways on both the second and third floor. On the first floor, the office areas are really beginning to take shape as crews install wooden counters throughout the center area. Much painting and plastering is also happening throughout the first floor. Stairwells throughout the building have been painted a pale yellow color and the elevator shaft now has doors on all floors.  |
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| May 27 |  Outside, concrete paths continue to be laid and workers are installing bricks around the back fountain. Out front, an installation truck is pumping foam installation through a long tube that is run to the third floor through an outside window. Around the side of Mayo, facing Wills House, workers have also installed bike racks. Inside, more painting is being done, along with workers laying plaster on the walls. Drywall around the newly installed elevator appears to be complete  . |
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| May 14 |  Throughout the building, crews are working on installing wooden floors in student rooms. The paint crews have moved down to the second floor and are working on painting the hallways yellow, red, brown and green. The workers have also begun to install drywall around the previously exposed elevator shaft. Outside, concrete paths have been laid on the side and front of the building.  |
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| April 24 |  On the first floor, crews are working on waterproofing the bathrooms and are continuing to make progress in the center office areas. Crews have also been working on installing motion detector lights in the student rooms, which will make the hall more energy efficient. Outside, crews have broken ground to work on installing a system to handle snow melt.  |
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| April 17 | Hallway ceiling installation has been completed in one of the wings of the third floor, and is continuing throughout the rest of the second and third floors. On the third floor, toilets and sinks are being installed in some of the bathrooms, and on the second floor crews have begun to tile the bathroom floors. On the second floor, crews have moved from priming to painting in the hallways, adding yellow and brown paint to match the third floor. Insulation has been installed in the office area walls on the first floor, and ceilings have been completed in some parts of the first floor as well. |
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| April 10 |   Parts of the hallway ceilings are beginning to be installed on the second and third floor, and overhead hallway lighting has been installed and is operational on the third floor. Drinking fountains have also been installed on the third floor. On the second floor, crews have begun to add the decorative tile borders to the bathroom/shower rooms and have begun to prime the hallways. The offices on the first floor are beginning to take shape, with walls being erected to break up the space into smaller rooms. |
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| April 1 |  More character is being added to the third floor, as workers paint the hallway walls green, brown, red, and yellow and lay wood flooring in the student rooms. On the second floor, workers are continuing to make progress in the bathrooms/shower rooms, as they put down tile and continue waterproofing the walls. |
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| March 23 |  Crews are have completed the installation of floor tiles in some of the third floor bathroom/shower rooms and are continuing to make progress in the other bathroom/shower rooms on the floor. In the second floor bathrooms, workers have begun waterproofing the walls, temporarily turning them bright blue. Electrical work is being done on all floors, and drywall installation is progressing on the main floor.  |
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| March 18 |  Crews are working their way through the second floor bathrooms/shower rooms and have completed installation of an olive green, decorative tile borders along the interior bathroom/shower room walls of the third floor. Workers are installing wood flooring in third-floor student rooms and are painting student room ceilings on the second floor with white paint. On the main floor, gray drywall has been installed around the prevalent metal framework. |
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| February 27 |  Crews are working their way through the third floor bathrooms/shower rooms and have begun installing an olive green, decorative tile borders along the interior bathroom/shower room walls.  |
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| February 20 |  Crews are almost done with waterproofing and installing ceramic tile on the walls of the third floor’s four restrooms/shower rooms. Workers have installed new light fixtures, flooring and window edging to some student rooms on the third floor. |
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| February 6 |  Crews are in the process of applying white ceramic tiles to the third floor restrooms/shower rooms. Workers have poured one half inch of cement to level the floor and create the water drains. They have waterproofed all walls (making them bright blue) and are administering adhesive, then the tiles (which will need to set for 24 hours) before filling the space in between each tile with caulk. Crews will install the ceramic to the second floor restrooms/shower rooms next. |
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| January 30 |  Cement-work continues on the second and third floor student room wings. A rectangular pipe covering has been built to hide some of the utility pipes and cords along the student room corridors. Large metal pipes and vents have been erected on the first floor and a variety of construction materials, including insulation, pipes of all sizes, wood and buckets of polyurethane are piled throughout the building. |
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| January 9 |  There appears to be more metal framework in the first-floor lobby area. Workers continue to install fiber-glass installation, HVAC pipes and vents, and electrical outfitting. The elevator shaft as seen from the first-floor lobby is walled up half-way with cement blocks and the inside back wall of the building has been stripped. In the upper floor student room wings, more dark gray walls, entrance ways and door frames have been constructed.  |
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| December 18 |  Several boxes of fiberglass and pipe insulation are stacked throughout the main floor spaces. Block walls now line the space that will become the new elevator shaft. On the second and third floors, metal door archways have been built at the ends of the student room hallways.  |
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| December 10 |  One of the main floor lobby areas has been set up for workers to cut pieces of wood for construction work throughout the Hall. Also on the main floor, ceiling ducts and pipes have been insulated and covered with a metallic foil and crews have poured cement into the foundation for the new elevator. On the second and third floor, the corridors containing student rooms have had dark gray drywall installed and a framework for ceiling lighting.  |
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| October 10 |  More digging is in process along the exterior grounds of Mayo. Inside, crews continue to work on fitting utility pipes and air shafts in the main floor common area. Cinder block walls and utility work also keep cropping up on the halls various floors. |
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June 11 |
 Flooring has been torn up in Mayo’s student rooms. Select doors have been removed and crews have marked several walls and door frames for demolition. Some bathrooms and shower rooms have been stripped and some still house marble and plaster rubble. The light fixtures have been torn out as well as outlets and electrical systems. Work also aggressively continues on the outdoor utility project. Many materials have been recycled and reused during the demolition, including concrete, masonry, marble, steel, wood among others.  |
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Inside, contractors are working on everything from asbestos abatement, to demolition of all community bathrooms (including shower rooms and restrooms) and the original brick incinerator. A new elevator will be installed where the incinerator once stood. |
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May 22 |
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Mayo Hall, in West Circle Complex, built in 1931, is the oldest Residence Hall on campus. Mayo Hall was closed from May 2008 to August 2009 for an upgrade of all major mechanical, electrical and ventilation systems, elevator installation, asbestos abatement. The hall also had lighting upgrades, flooring and ceiling replacements, roofing and exterior repair, office modifications, reconfiguration of the community bathrooms, replacement of existing plumbing and furnishings and other related improvements. An upgrade was also made to all of Mayo’s life safety systems, including sprinklers, smoke detectors and fire alarm systems. 
Windows continue to be installed and crews continue to work on the outdoor utility project around the perimeter of Mayo. There are several piles of dirt, utility pipes and other materials, and heavy machinery all around the building.
Demolition is progressing on the interior of Mayo, including work in the basement, main floor and second and third stories. Walls and doorways continue to be removed, most notably in the community shower rooms and restrooms. On the exterior of the building, various windows have been removed on the Michigan Avenue side of the hall and boarded up with either plastic or wood. Crews outside continue to dig and install underground utility piping before students arrive this fall.
Work crews inside are demolishing all community bathrooms and shower rooms, removing marble services and taking out plaster. Workers continue to take apart the original brick incinerator, running from the basement to the roof, to make way for the new elevator. Crews are also pulling out all light sockets and electrical outlets and taking out select main hallway and stairwell doors. 
