They were old in '73 too. GoGators!!! Mark
Quoting [email protected]: > I remember going through chemistry labs around 1980 - and it all seemed very > old then. > > I will never forget my first chemistry lab. You had to bend glass. Idea was > - to teach you to be careful since everyone burned the crap out of > themselves. > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: 6/16 06:01 --- New UF chemistry building is > needed [Mato] > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, June 16, 2010 8:44 am > To: [email protected] > > > New UF chemistry building is needed > Work on the building itself will start when funding is approved. > > By Ines Mato > Gainesville SUN Correspondent > Published: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 6:01 a.m. > Last Modified: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 12:23 a.m. > > > A new and much-needed chemistry building is being built in the historical > part of the University of Florida campus in what is now a parking lot near > the intersection of Buckman Drive and West University Avenue. > The building will provide more research facilities for chemistry > undergraduates and graduate students who are using facilities that are 50 to > 60 years old. > When funding becomes available next year, the building itself will be > constructed, but at the moment workers are doing preliminary work, said Frank > Javaheri, the project's manager. The building will cost $65 million. > "Only the underground and utilities are being constructed for now," Javaheri > said. > The parking lot where the building will be put up will be relocated, Javaheri > said, but its new site has not been determined yet. > The new building is needed because UF's chemistry department doesn't have > enough room for its students, said Daniel R. Talham, chairman of the > chemistry department. > Also, most of the chemistry labs date from the 1940s and 1950s and need to be > modernized, Talham said. > The new building will provide students with new research facilities and > modern equipment that the old buildings don't have. > The contractor is Skanska USA Building Inc., and the completion date is > scheduled for July 2014. > The building will include four floors of labs and offices. > It will be divided into two undergraduate teaching floors, two floors of > graduate research space, a basement and a mechanical penthouse. > The architectural style will be gothic to match the architecture of the > nearby buildings. > To see the design and to read information about the building, go online to > www.chem.ufl.edu/dept/newbuilding.shtml. > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > > > -- > > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > > 2008 National Football Champions | > > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
