January 12, 2018 UPDATE

Engineering Building – Blaine Construction has been awarded the bid to construct the new Engineering Building on the Hoskins Center Campus.

Founded in 1969 and based in Knoxville, Blaine Construction, has successfully completed numerous large scale local projects, ranging from the Regal Riviera Theater and new headquarters downtown, to the University of Tennessee's Anderson Training Center, Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center, and Thompson-Boling Arena Improvements. Other regional projects constructed by Blaine include the Rocky Top Sports World complex in Gatlinburg, several structures on the Oak Ridge National Lab campus, and the new Morristown City Hall.

A Service One employee installs conduit and power supply for a new camera located at edge of the West Parking Lot to capture time-lapse images during the Engineering Building Project.
For more information about the contractor and their project profiles, here's a link to the Blaine Construction website: http://www.blaineconstruction.com/
Stay tuned, announcements on the construction start date and other events related to the Engineering Building will be made in the coming days.
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations – In preparation for demolition of the E&O Building Covered North Parking Lot, Properties will relocate the four Electric Vehicle Charging Stations to the north end of the East Parking Lot (near the Ed Shouse Gate) the week of January 15.
Communications Line Installation – Service One and its boring subcontractor continue work on installation of the new communications line serving the E&O Building. Crews and related construction equipment will maintain a presence in the West Parking Lot and the access road near the main entrance through late January. Also, as part of this project, service one is running conduit and power on the newly-installed utility pole at the far side of the West Parking Lot (see attached photos). Properties will be installing a new camera on this pole to capture time-lapse images showing construction of the new Engineering Building. 
South Parking Lot Extension – As indicated in an Open Lines e-mail that went out earlier this week, Southern Constructors, Inc. (SCI), has installed silt fencing around the work zone limits for the project to add 84 parking spaces and a landscaped area for stormwater management adjacent to the South Parking Lot. Construction of the new parking lot is expected to last from early January through late winter. As a reminder, SCI will use the last row of parking spaces in the lot for their employee parking, and the southwest corner of the lot will be used by the contractor as a materials and equipment laydown/staging area. The walking trail between the South Parking Lot and the Mechanical Building will be closed during construction (see map on KUB monitors).