Big University Building Program Underway
Close To $9,000,000 Slated
In New Construction Work
By Mary Halm
With spring comes growth—growth of the City, State, and
most noticeably the University of Alaska.
Close to $9,000,000 in State and Federal financed construc
tion at the university is scheduled to begin shortly. A new gym
nasium, food service center, faculty housing, married students
apartments, heating plant, biologi
cal science unit, water polution re
search center, U.S. forestry service
lab and campus landscaping are in
the final planning stages now, ac
cording to Dr. William R. Wood,
president of the university.
Next summer some $12% million
in construction is planned.
Most of the buildings are designed
for completion in two construction
seasons, explained Wood, and the
work has been designed so that con
struction may continue in the win
ter months.
Within the next few weeks a
$350,000 United States forestry serv
ice lab, financed by Federal funds,
will be started, with completion
slated for late summer. Alaska
Architectural and Engineering has
designed the buildings and bids for
construction will be let shortly.
Ten Years of Planning
The result of ten years of plan
ning—a new gymnasium complete
with swimming pool, will also be
started in the next few weeks, with
completion date set for August,
1963.
In addition to the original $1,800,
000 allocated for the gym, the Leg
islature last week okayed an addi
tional $378,000 for needed equip
ment. all totaling $2,178,000. Lynn
Forrest, architects of Juneau, did the
building design and C&R Builders
were awarded the contract for con
struction.
Bids for a $1,200,000 dining hall
“commons” and food storage and
preparation building are now out.
Edwin Crittenden Architects and
Associates of Anchorage, together
with Flambert and Flambert Food
Service Consultants and Designers
of San Francisco have designed the
structure.
The first phase of a $1,200,000 fac
ulty housing project was completed
last year when $200,000 was spent
to build utilidors and sewers. Bids
for the second phase will be let
April 15. Gray, Rodgers & Osborne
is the architectural firm on the pro
ject.
Gray, Rogers and Osborne are
also the designers of the proposed
$1,000,000 married students dorm.
Big Heating Plant
The State Legislature this week
gave the nod for the first stage of a
$3,125,000 heating plant that is also
scheduled to be started in the near
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future. The first stage is estimated
at $1,250,000. Locally, Ralph Stefano
is the mechanical engineering agent
and F. Wayne White Architects are
the designers.
Construction bids were let last
week for the building of a rail spur
! and foundation for the latter two
projects.
In excess of $100,000 for a water
polution research laboratory for the
Federal government will be built
and completed this summer.
The university now has $49,000
for the biological sciences basic
unit.
A $120,000 sum is now before the
State Legislature for needed side
walks, roads, parking and lighting
facilities.
In addition to the construction,
about $60,000 is now being spent on
preliminary studies for library plan
ning.
Gym Facilities
The gymnasium, which will be lo
cated west of the men’s dormitory
area, will be used by the university
for health education, ROTC exer
mises, intramural and intercollegi
ate sports events, dramas, lectures,
concerts and other college activi
ties.
The building will have an esti
mated 3,500 seating capacity and
will house two standard size bas
ketball courts, or one court with
bleachers extended, collegiate swim
ming pool, rifle range, two handball
courts, two activity rooms and a
ski room.
Twelve feet higher than the
ground on the main floor is a 115’x
123' floor which can be used for
basketball, badminton, soccer and
volleyball. Classrooms, a lounge,
offices, coat room, reception areas,
and a balcony overlooking the
ground floor swimming pool will
complete the main floor.
The 75’x42’ collegiate swimming
pool with its three meter and one
1 meter diving boards, the rifle range,
; ski room, locker rooms, showers.
ROTC storage and arms rooms, and
physical education and ROTC in
structors’ offices will be located on
the ground floor.
A $2 million bond issue was au
thorized by state voters in Novem
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FRIENDLY TERRITORY — A mother moose and offspring are
shown sampling groceries afforded at the grounds of the U.S. Army
Engineer District, Alaska, located on the outskirts of Anchorage.
They are frequent visitors of the populated area and seem to en
joy the attention they get.
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! For Postal Meet
Fairbanks Postmaster Bill Olli
kainen left Saturday for San Fran
cisco, where he will attend a Postal
Department regional meeting.
Highlight of the meeting will be
I a discussion of labor-management
| relations in Federal service.
Approximately 25 postmasters and
regional postal officials will attend
the meeting, as well as postal offi
cials from Washington, D.C.
During Ollikainen's absence, Mr?.
Helen Bell will be in charge of the
Fairbanks Post Office, assisted by
Donald E. Royer, Superintendent o£
Mails.
Ollikainen plans to be gone about
two weeks.
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