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Campus demolition work resumes

May 5, 2010

The university's efforts to create and support a sustainable environment continue as demolition work gets under way in the northwest sector of campus.

This month, a total of 32 structures – buildings and ramps – will be taken down in the area used for parking during the annual AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament. The area is between Eighth and Fifth streets (going north to south) and Gen. Jim Moore Boulevard and Second Avenue (east to west).

Phase two of the project involves taking down two metal buildings immediately east of the Otter Sports Center – the Outdoor Recreation Center and an unused building. That project is scheduled to start June 3 and take about two weeks. The nearby Child Development Center will be unaffected.

The contractor is obliged to reuse and recycle 90 percent of the materials from the demolished structures.

Concrete recovered from the demolition of slabs and building foundations will be pulverized and reused to create permeable surfaces that reduce storm water runoff.

Campus activities, air quality and traffic will not be impacted by the work.