The changes are becoming increasingly noticeable as the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center speeds toward completion, now less than a month away.
As plans take shape for a Sept. 2 grand opening, crews race to complete the 116,000-square-foot renovation and expansion of Abilene Christian University’s Gibson Health and Wellness Center. The Medical and Counseling Care Center is essentially complete, exterior brick is nearly finished, and the courts and floors of the basketball courts and lobby are in place.
Meanwhile, work has begun in earnest on the outdoor basketball court east of the facility and resurfacing the adjacent parking lot (a familiar site in recent years for the notoriously troublesome patch of asphalt). Photos and details after the jump.
Work has begun – and progressed quickly – on construction of the outdoor basketball court, access to which will be through an outdoor patio adjacent to the Money Center.
Framing is in place for the glass enclosing the massive windows overlooking the pool area, and glass is expected to be installed this week.
Crews have painted, installed light fixtures and sprayed the terrazzo floor, turning the nerve center of the construction site into a space resembling the lobby it will become.
What is terrazzo, anyway? It’s glass mixed with a resin that dries into a flat, hard surface when sprayed onto the concrete subsurface. In this case, the glass (shown above) is made from recycled materials.
Crews have completed installing the basketball court in Scruggs Gym and are expected to finish the floor of the new gym by the end of this week.
Most of the jogging track surface has been laid and the surrounding walls and handrails painted.
In the showers and locker rooms, much of the tile work is complete; it is the section closest to completion after the Medical and Counseling Care Center. Here, we catch a glimpse of the color scheme in the facility’s bathrooms.
Crews have begun installing tile in the new leisure pool (above) and refurbishing the existing tile in the lap pool.
Finally, a look at the parking lot, stripped to its gravel subsurface. It is scheduled to reopen Aug. 1.