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Construction Update
 

 

Update:
Water to be shut down April 15

Domestic hot and cold water will be shut down on the evening of Tuesday, April 15 from midnight until 7 a.m.  to make repairs on this water system.

Areas affected will include the first floor (white bathrooms only on this floor) on Webber Plaza side, all of the lab sinks and restrooms on the MSB ground floor, basement, and Cyclotron.  

Floors 2 through 7, and the Medical School Expansion will not be affected at all.  RO water and chilled water will continue to be available during the shutdown on all floors.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Tommy Smith in Facility Operations at 713.500.5943.


Update:
Webber Plaza construction starts April 15

Webber Plaza will be closed April 15 through July 18.  The Webber Plaza Berm Remediation Project is required to correct the forced main piping, which serves as the Medical School’s storm water drainage system into Harris Gully.  Walter P. Moore, the engineer of record, is paying for this remediation of the piping which they designed to the incorrect size. The system was installed per drawings and specifications as a 12” pipe and will be replaced with a new forced main that will graduate in size, from 12” to 16” to 18”, as more storm water lines are introduced into it before it dumps into Harris Gully.  The plan is to have this piping installed by June 29.

The Webber Plaza entrance and Stairwell F will be closed from April 15 until approximately June 29. The Ross Sterling Breezeway will be used as the main entrance to the Medical School until the Webber Plaza entrance can be reopened. 

 

Update:
Holcombe drainage project starts April 1

The City of Houston Public Wrosk and Engineering will initiate a major drainage, waterline, and street reconstruction project along Holcome Boulevard, between Fannin and Braeswood April 1. The project, which is designed to provide drainage improvements within the Harris Gully watershed and reduce the flood potential to the Texas Medical Center, Rice University, Hermann Park, and surrounding areas, will last for 450 calendar days and be completed in phases.

The institutions immediately impacted include: The Critical Care Bldg, Children's Nutrition Res. Center, Feigin Center, TMC Garage 2, UT-Houston Health Science Center, UT-Houston Graduate School of Biomed Sciences, M.D. Anderson Faculty Center, Jesse H. Jones Rotary House International.
 
The reconstruction by Texas Sterling Construction Co. is anticipated to be completed by May, 2009.  Construction will be between 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 6 days a week.

Phase 1, Step A&B: (March 2008 through July 2008)

  • Closures of the inside eastbound lane from Fannin to Braeswood for the construction of a 16” waterline
  •  Daily lane closures along the westbound inside lane for transfer of water line services and construction in the median.
  • In the median, landscaping will be removed and trees temporarily removed to construct temporary pavement and signals. Two lanes will be open in each direction.

Phase 2: (July, 2008 through November 2008)

  • Eastbound traffic will be shifted onto the temporary pavement placed in the median, keeping left turn lanes open for construction.
  • Storm inlets, paving and service leads will be constructed.
  • Two lanes will be open in each direction.

Phase 3: (November 2008 through March 2009)

  • Shift Holcombe Blvd. traffic both ways to the south portion of newly constructed pavement and temporary pavement in the median.
  • Construct north portion of pavement and project.
  • The 30” waterline, storm inlets and paving will be constructed.

Phase 4: (March 2009 through May 2009)

  • Shift two westbound lanes onto new concrete pavement. The contractor will utilize the inside lane in each direction for left turn lanes.
  • The median and left turn bays will be constructed in both directions.
  • The median, including trees, landscaping, safety items, and irrigation system will be restored.
  • Permanent traffic signals will also be installed.

Other improvements will also be performed on Main St. from Sunset to Holcombe, University Boulevard from Travis Street to Main Street and on Fannin from Holcombe to Bates.  More details will be provided in the following weeks.

The project consists of approximately 7,270 linear feet of 30-inch, 24-inch, 16-inch, 12-inch, and 8-inch water lines, 1050 linear feet of 24-inch storm sewer, 4,400 linear feet of 54-inch, 48-inch, 24-inch, 18-inch, 16-inch, and 12-inch sanitary sewer rehabilitation and total concrete roadway reconstruction with curb and gutter.

The total cost of these projects is $11,542,284.00 For information visit the Houston Storm Water Management Program (SWMP) website at http://www.swmp.org/swprojects/tmcmap.asp

Update:
Seventh floor interface doors with Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center to close

Memorial Hermann will begin deconstruction on the seventh floor in the former Hermann Eye Center on Monday, July 9.  The seventh floor interface doors into Memorial Hermann will be inaccessible 24/7 for approximately one year while construction is taking place in this area.
 
Please use alternate routes for accessing MSB/Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center from the seventh floor during this period of time.

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