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Ford Hall A New Concept for Liberal Arts Colleges 5-13-09 Stylianos Scordilis Occupant Update
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Ford Hall - Fundamental Concept Seamless Integration of Engineering, Computer Science and the Molecular Sciences For Teaching and Research
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Statistics 142,600 square feet Academic Spaces –Offices - 54 –Teaching and Research labs - 46 –Case Study, Seminar and Meeting rooms - 5 –Cell culture facilities – 2 –Informal Learning Spaces and Intellectual Centers - 5 –Chemical stockroom US Green Building Council – LEED – Silver –Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
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Occupants Biochemistry and Molecular Biology –10 faculty (6 Bio, 4 Chm) and 1 instructor Chemistry –9 faculty and 5 instructors Computer Science –6½ faculty Engineering –9½ faculty and 2 instructors
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Occupants Center for Proteomics –1 instructor Center for Molecular Biology –1 instructor Inventory and Regulatory Affairs –1 Manager and 1 Stockroom Support Specialist Administrative and Computer Support –4 specialists
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Centers Concept Focus for State-of-the-Art Science Create intellectual foci for: scholarship evolving pedagogy interdisciplinary collaboration centralized instrumentation facility
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Centers in Ford - 2009 Center for Molecular Biology –genes and genomics Center for Proteomics –biochemistry and proteomics
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Other Interdisciplinary Facilities Imaging/Computing Lab Surface Analysis Lab Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Lab Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cell Culture Labs
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Ford Hall
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Level 0
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Level 1
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Level 2
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Level 3
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Penthouse - Green Roof
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Beginning to Now May 13, 2009 September 14, 2007
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FORD HALL Move-In Planning and Timeline The text from this document is also posted at www.science.smith.edu/director www.science.smith.edu/director The latest updates will be posted on this web site
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Preparation Departments, faculty, staff clean out files and things that they don’t need to move. Space in SR sub-basement is available to get things out of the way (coordinate with you admin assistant) Additional recycling totes will be located at strategic places near your offices to allow for easy disposal of materials being cleaned out.
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Preparation Beginning of August: Ford Hall occupants and admin assistants will receive packing materials for personal items and number stickers. Faculty/staff prepares packing of personal items. Aug 10 – Smith takes possession of Ford Hall. Admin services can start accessing the building
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Preparation A moving company will pack and move all items from your offices and labs to Ford Hall Books, contents on shelves or in book-cases, computers, equipment, glassware, chemicals, file drawers, hanging pictures, etc. Faculty and staff will pack and personally move any items that have special value e.g. irreplaceable personal items whether located in office or lab space.
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Sticker System General principle - you put a sticker on an item to move and then place the matching number sticker at the exact location in Ford Hall where you want the item Put sticker on file drawer in SR and matching file drawer in Ford. Put sticker on book shelf in SR and matching shelf in Ford.
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First Wave – Offices Aug 24 – Ford Hall opens for new Ford Hall occupants. Limited occupancy only No classes, no seminars, no public meetings, no scheduled meetings or events. Week of Aug 24 – Movers come in and move all offices to Ford Hall
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Second Wave – Research Labs Aug 21: deadline for research labs being shut down and ready for movers to come in Late August or early September: Chemical & hazardous materials move (Plan being developed) September move of research spaces start and move of equipment starts.
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Third Wave – Teaching Labs Dec 14 or earlier – Third wave of moves teaching labs; similar process to research labs. Hope is that all the labs will be moved before Christmas
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Ford Hall Opening – January 25 Ford Hall opens fully for the campus community. Classes, teaching labs, seminars, public meetings, scheduled meetings or events can now take place in Ford Hall
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Caveats Full Certificate of Occupancy Systems Commissioning –HVAC –Electrical –Vacuum –Air –Green Roof and Graywater –RO water
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