Western Avenue Roadway: The University has completed construction of a short roadway linking the parking lots of two office buildings on Western Avenue with Perimeter Road on the main campus. The office buildings, at 2 University Place and 1215 Western Ave., are being renovated for a move by about 300 University employees beginning in late March or early April. Those employees currently occupy the Administration Building, which will then be refitted for classroom and office space for the College of Arts and Sciences.

University Police Department Headquarters: The move-in date for the new UPD building, on the east side of campus, is June. The exterior is now enclosed, and interior work is underway.

Life Sciences Building: Design review work for this major project is now completed. The 160,000-square-foot project is expected to go out to bid about July 1, with a projected completion date of 2004.

New Roofs on Academic Podium:  In a related project, the University will begin this June replacing the roofs of seven buildings on the academic podium over the next three summers. There are three phases to the $3.1 million roofing project.
    Bids are due February 1 for Phase 1, which includes roofs on the Education building and the Campus Center. Work is expected to start in May and be completed by August. Bids are also due February 1 for Phase 2, which involves replacing the roofs of the Administration building and the Library. This work is expected to be completed from May to August of next year. Bids are due for the last phase of the work Oct. 15, 2001 for the cost of replacing the roofs of the Physics, Performing Arts Center, and Earth Science buildings.
    The existing roofs were originally installed when the academic podium was completed in the late 1960s.