Members of the construction team gather with university staff on top of the Goss Lane parking deck to watch the event on Jan. 20.
A worker secures a rope to one end of the steel beam.
The ceremonial steel beam rests in the middle of Goss Lane on the Health Sciences Campus.
Tom Dunaway, director of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction, explains to President Brooks Keel how the lift will be executed.
The steel beam hovers a few feet above the heads of workers as the team
carefully controls its ascent.
The steal beam nears the bottom of the pedestrian bridge as it rises in the winter sky.
College of Science and Mathematics Dean John Sutherland takes a photo of the beam being raised as Tom Dunaway, director of Facilities, Planning, Design and Construction, watches.
The symbolic beam is placed atop the pedestrian bridge during the ceremony.
University leaders, including MCG Dean David Hess, Dr. Karla Leeper, EVP of Operations, and Susan Norton, VP of Human Resources, watch as the beam is placed on the pedestrian bridge.
Dean Sutherland explains the significance of the bridge and this milestone in the construction of the new building.
New Augusta University Provost Neil J. MacKinnon (far right) takes a photo with his smart phone of the beam-raising as others watch from atop the Goss Lane deck.
Not only will the bridge link the two buildings on the Health Sciences Campus at Augusta University, but it will also open the door for new collaborations in research among faculty, graduate students, and, soon, undergraduates in science and math.
Construction should be completed this summer, and classes will begin in the new building in Fall 2021. Follow the project and find out how you can help support the next step in AU’s growth.
Denise Parrish is Director of Communications for Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement at Augusta University. Contact her to schedule an interview on this topic at 706-721-9760 or mparrish@augusta.edu.
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