Construction on several campus projects is progressing, with work on the intramural fields over half complete.

“Intramural fields is 70 percent complete, with electrical primarily to be completed,” director of Facilities Planning and Management Carol Strode said.

“Tarble Arts is 30 percent complete and is moving along very well. The masonry and roofing work is nearing completion,” she said. “Most of the interior wall framing is complete. Electrical and HVAC rough-in work is progressing very well.

“Softball field construction is 90 percent complete and is still on schedule with completion expected around the first of November.”

There is still uncertainty to when the Doudna Fine Arts Center will receive funds for completion.

“The governor released the funds for the project,” Strode said. “However, the project has not been released to bid. The governor’s office will notify the Capital Development Board of each project as to when it will be released to bid.

“I do not know how long this will be or will take.”

Several rooms in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union are equipped with wireless Internet, but the first phase of the network upgrade doesn’t include immediate plans for further wireless connections. The Board of Trustees approved the first phase last month, costing over $400,000.

“The current network upgrade includes preparing for wireless, but does not include installing the equipment,” Strode said. “The project is to upgrade the existing network from type 1 wire to CAT 6 wire.

“Wireless is not part of the project other than to provide drop locations for future wireless.” The next phase of the project will be bid in November.

Campus Editor Jennifer Chiariello can be reached at [email protected].