Dickinson College - New Science Complex

A New Foundation is Laid
September-December, 2006

In an unexpected surprise, significant amounts of bedrock were revealed in the excavation for the foundation of the new Rector Science Campus requiring blasting and removal of the rock prior to the pouring of the foundation.

In late December the structural steel for the buildings will arrive and be erected.

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Photos by A. Pierce Bounds '71, Dickinson College

Mats are laid on top of the blast site.

Spectators look on during the blasting.

A worker in the blast site.

Workers pour the foundation of the Rector Science Campus.

A worker guides the concrete into the mold for the new foundation.

A worker guides the concrete into the mold for the foundation.

Tome Hall patiently waits for its new neighbor to take shape.

The first piece of the new foundation dries in the setting sun.

The first piece of the new science campus.

The Rector Science Campus begins to take shape.