Regents Hall: What a building that won’t be done in 5 days looks like.

This fall will feature the opening of the brand new science complex at St. Olaf College: Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences.  Not a cool Nordic name, but it will do (when abbreviated).  Construction crews, faculty, staff, and students have been busy getting the building ready for the the start of the term on September 3rd.  Today is August 29th.  While much of the West end of the building will be ready for classes, the East wing, the link to the Old Music Building, and the landscaping, are far from finished.

I have spent the summer working for IIT on campus, and while recording some ethernet jack numbers yesterday, I decided it would be interesting to check out how the lecture hall my Anatomy class would be in starting the 3rd was doing.

I've already picked out my seat for class: right next to the third wrinkle in the carpet.

So that’s a picture from the 28th of August at the end of the construction day.  While the lecture hall obviously leaves something to be desired, I can vouch for the readiness of the lab.  Not only is its floor installed and clean, but the cabinets are full of all kinds of skeletons.

RNS 150 rack. Or rather, where it will be eventually (yes I'm inside it).

The new science library has made incredible progress in the last few weeks.  It’s no longer a smoking break area / cafeteria for construction workers.  It’s now a minimalist industrial design storage room for book shelf parts.

Looks cozy.