Category Archives: Building Construction Projects

Renovation for New Offices

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Peter Bailley

Facilities services staff applies stain to trim on new windows in the entry hallway of Borzello Hall, in preparation for new Career Center and Community Service offices.

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Storage Shed Renovation

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Peter Bailley

Following completion of the new facility for the campus communication office, a temp worker cleans an adjacent storage shed. A cross-post from this month’s KnoxPix gallery. Photo by Peter Bailley.

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New Campus Entryway Nears Completion

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Peter Bailley

Above, Max Getz, mason and concrete specialist on the Facilities Services staff at Knox College, checks the first course in a curved wall. Below, he and an assistant install flashing at a rectangular planter. Both are features of the new … Continue reading →

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Side Walk is Central Task

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Peter Bailley

Sidewalk finishing at Cherry and Berrien. Photo by John Williams Facilities services staff Max Getz, left, and an assistant finish a section of sidewalk at the campus entryway at Cherry and Berrien streets. The new entryway features curb cuts for … Continue reading →

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Finishing Ingersoll House Projects

Posted on August 22, 2012 by John Williams

A worker welds together two pieces of the railing of the new accessibility ramp at the Ingersoll House on Tuesday, Aug. 21. Photo by John Williams Workers were out Tuesday and Wednesday finishing off the accessibility ramp at the Ingersoll … Continue reading →

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New Windows

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Adriana Colindres

Workers install large windows on the northwest section of the future home of the Knox College Office of Communications. Photo by John Williams.

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Renovation Replaces Doors

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Peter Bailley

Workers install new doors around Alumni Hall on August 2. Photo by John Williams Renovation continues at Knox College’s historic Alumni Hall. New doors are being installed at all four corners, after the stone-flanked steps and porches were rebuilt. An … Continue reading →

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Another One Bites the Dust

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Peter Bailley

Lumberyard demolition. Photo by Peter Bailley Workers from Brown Excavating and Demolition of Alpha, IL, on July 26 tear down the last remaining section of several wooden sheds that have been demolished at a former lumber company at Prairie and … Continue reading →

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Making the Grade

Posted on July 25, 2012 by John Williams

A worker at the Ingersoll House smooths the concrete of the new accessibility ramp on Tuesday, July 24. Work continued at the Ingersoll House this week with a majority of concrete for the accessibility ramp being poured and work being done … Continue reading →

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Facelift Continues on Ingersoll House

Posted on July 18, 2012 by John Williams

Landscaping around the south side of the Ingersoll House has been completed and features a variety of plants, making the entrance to the property more inviting to birds. The front of the Ingersoll House has been filled with two projects … Continue reading →

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