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Cadets at the USMA at West Point. Credit: JoAnne Castagna, Public Affairs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District.
is just no ceiling space for all of the wiring,” said Timothy Cain, Con- tracting Office Representative, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District. “It’s a challenge to coordinate
and organize all of the wiring, science lab items, utilities and plumbing in the ceiling. It was a massive coordi- nation effort to get everything to fit and everything to lay out the way we liked it,” said Cain.
Te building may appear
untouched from the outside, but the Army Corps is modernizing the center to make it a safer environment for the cadets and faculty. Tey are doing this by removing asbestos and lead paint, providing handicap accessibility, improving the air ventilation system, installing a new roof, improving the building information systems and installing
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shatterproof windows inside of the old leaded glass-paned windows, which will prevent glass shatter from earthquakes and provide some energy efficiency. Te project is expected to be completed in 2016. Graham said: “When we are done we are going to have not the same capabilities, but new capabilities. We are going to be at the cutting edge of physics, chemistry and laser technology. Te Army Corps is using this opportuni- ty to shift us way into the future and beyond. Tis was not a chance just to get up to standard; it was a chance to get into America’s future.” Kimbrough looks forward to
seeing the new center when it’s com- pleted. “I think a center like this will spark the interest of so many cadets, and years from now they’ll look back and they’ll be asked why they’re do-
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ing what they’re doing now, and they will say because of that science center that was built at West Point. I think the future is really bright and it’s only going to be brighter now.”
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Dr. JoAnne Castagna is a Public Affairs Specialist/Writer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District. Follow her on Twitter @Writer4USACENYC
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