Scaffolding Update

The workers have been working diligently to complete renovations and re-open a classroom (room 112) that has been put offline for the past several months in conjunction with the O’Brian Hall Roof Project.  The scaffolding in classroom 112 is scheduled to come down Monday night so this room will be usable at the beginning of the fall ‘08 semester.
Scaffolding on the 2nd floor [...]

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New Computer Lab Computers

Koren AV Lab, originally uploaded by jmilles.
In recent years 85-90% of incoming law students have arrived at UB Law with laptop computers. About the same percentage have high-speed Internet access at home. The main use (but certainly not the only use) law students have made of the Law School’s computers has been to [...]

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Update from 8/13/08 Meeting

Work will begin to install the new skylight in the library on August 22nd.  This should only take one day to complete.
The hallway and classrooms on the second floor (by the student lounge) will be opened up on or before August 25th; the first day of classes.
The scaffolding will be broken down sometime during the first week [...]

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Law Library 4th Floor Soffit (South side)

The roofers have discovered a clogged drain on the 5th floor roof.  In order to correct this problem, they will need to replace a piece of the drain pipe.  The easiest way for them to access the clogged pipe is through a soffit on the south side of the 4th floor.  They have set up [...]

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Law Library elevator not available Thurs. or Fri.

The Law Library elevator will not be functional on Thursday (7/17) or Friday (7/18 ).   The doors in the elevator lobby will be closed and plastic will cover this area as well as part of the Reading Room.  Access to the 2nd floor will be restricted from within the elevator so it will not stop on floor 2.  [...]

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Update from 7/2 meeting

The NYS Bar Exam is scheduled for 7/29 and 7/30.  No construction work will take place on these days
Asbestos abatement on the 5th floor is complete.  Will begin abatement on the 7th floor the first week in July
Replacement of fireproofing on the 5th floor will begin next Monday (July 7) or Tuesday (July
Removal of [...]

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No water in O’Brian Hall after 5:00 PM Wednesday (7/2)

A water shutdown is scheduled for O’Brian Hall on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 5:00 PM until Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 6:00 AM. 
DO NOT use the restrooms in O’Brian Hall as they will not be functional after 5:00 PM on Wednesday.  Please use the closest functional restrooms, which are located in Baldy Hall.
Our apologies [...]

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Project Update

Good morning, folks:
The next intrusive phase of the roof project begins later today and will continue through Thursday (weather permitting).  Concrete for the skim coating on the second-, third- and fifth-floor patios will be pumped up from trucks on Founder’s Plaza and then will be smoothed and graded by a crew of very [...]

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June 18th Meeting Update From Cheri

A few notes for inhabitants who continue to insist on coming to work in O’Brian even though they’re making it increasingly difficult to enter (and exit) the building:

by Friday of this week, the two south doors on the main portico entrance (facing Putnam Way at the southeast corner of the building) should be available again.  Unfortunately, [...]

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What’s that smell?

Over the next 5+ working days (depending on cooperation of the weather), the workers will begin removing the old roof and installing the new roof on the 5th floor (right above us). This process will be done in sections, in other words, they will only remove as much as they can replace in that [...]

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