Construction Project Updates

We ask all students, faculty, staff and visitors to stay alert during the construction of the new Biological Sciences building. You will need to plan for extra time to get to various locations in the heart of campus during construction. The construction zone will encompass the area from Oceanography and Physical Sciences at the pond bridge and extend east to the Elizabeth River Trail. The construction of the new building site is at the center of Oceanography and Physical Sciences building, Mills-Goodwin building and the Webb Center. Additionally, construction activities will occupy the oval between Perry Library and Engineering Systems Building.

Your safety is our top priority, and we ask that you visit this site often for construction updates and prepare for extra time to get to your various destinations around campus.

Project Stages

Power Outage in coordination with Dominion Energy has been scheduled beginning on Sun. Sept. 21 at 10 p.m. and will last until Mon. Sept. 22 at 6 a.m.

Construction will commence with pile driving operations followed by concrete structural frame erection.

Work Scheduled	Dates of Scheduled Work
Temporary Power Outage	Sun. Sept. 21 at 10 p.m. and will last until Mon. Sept. 22 at 6 a.m. This scheduled power outage will occur for the following buildings: Sun., Sept. 21 from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. - Isolate the tie in line, which will down the following buildings for 30 minutes to 1 hour Oceanography and Physical Sciences Building (OCNPS) Mills Godwin Building (MGB) Perry Library Gornto Batten Arts & Letters Building (BAL) Darden Education Building 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. - Following the isolation, all of the buildings will turn back on except those listed below. Perform tie in at primary line, which will down the following buildings for 5-6 hours Oceanography and Physical Sciences Building (OCNPS) Mills Godwin Building (MGB) 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. - Once tie is complete, isolations can be lifted and power can be restored. The following buildings will experience an outage for another 30 minutes to 1 hour Oceanography and Physical Sciences Building (OCNPS) Mills Godwin Building (MGB) Perry Library Gornto Batten Arts & Letters Building (BAL) Darden Education Building
Pile Driving	Monday, September 8 through mid-November. Construction crews will work between the hours of 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Work Scheduled

Dates of Scheduled Work

Temporary Power Outage

Sun. Sept. 21 at 10 p.m. and will last until Mon. Sept. 22 at 6 a.m.

This scheduled power outage will occur for the following buildings:

Sun., Sept. 21 from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. - Isolate the tie in line, which will down the following buildings for 30 minutes to 1 hour
- Oceanography and Physical Sciences Building (OCNPS)
- Mills Godwin Building (MGB)
- Perry Library
- Gornto
- Batten Arts & Letters Building (BAL)
- Darden Education Building

11 p.m. to 5 a.m. - Following the isolation, all of the buildings will turn back on except those listed below. Perform tie in at primary line, which will down the following buildings for 5-6 hours
- Oceanography and Physical Sciences Building (OCNPS)
- Mills Godwin Building (MGB)

5 a.m. to 6 a.m. - Once tie is complete, isolations can be lifted and power can be restored. The following buildings will experience an outage for another 30 minutes to 1 hour
- Oceanography and Physical Sciences Building (OCNPS)
- Mills Godwin Building (MGB)
- Perry Library
- Gornto
- Batten Arts & Letters Building (BAL)
- Darden Education Building

Pile Driving

Monday, September 8 through mid-November. Construction crews will work between the hours of 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Demolition Updates:

Demolition of the following three buildings, Alfriend Chemistry, Pretlow Planetarium, and the Arthur and Phyllis Kaplan Orchid Conservatory began on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, and was completed by July 31, 2025. Construction to follow immediately after demolition.

Fencing was erected around the perimeter of the entire project and construction laydown area beginning the week of May 12, 2025 and was completed by May 23, 2025.

There will be two scheduled power outages to isolate the existing transformers onsite. The first scheduled is on May 13 and the second one is scheduled for May 16 between 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., to impact the following buildings:

Engineering and Computational Science Building (ECSB)
Engineering Systems Building (ESB)
Kauffman Hall
Monarch Hall
Center for Implementation and Evaluation of Education Systems (CIEES)
Children's Learning and Research Center (CLRC Building 2) - Preschool (Lions Club Child Study Center)