Jesse Chambers
The renovation and expansion of the UAB School of Nursing should be complete in July. It is one of several construction projects underway on campus.
Welcome to another installment of UAB Briefs.
In this weekly online feature, we keep track of interesting people and events on campus.
Know people, places and programs on the UAB campus that deserve a mention? Email us at jchambers@starnespublishing.com.
CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION
As always, the UAB campus is a busy place, with numerous construction and renovation projects underway.
Each month in UAB Briefs, we present a update on those projects, using information supplied by UAB Media Relations and UAB Facilities.
-- Construction of the new UAB Police Headquarters is complete, and personnel began moving in this month. The two-story, 28,000-square-foot, $8.2 million facility is located at 14th Street and 11th Avenue South. The old police building adjacent to the new facility will be demolished during the next three months.
-- A $32 million expansion and renovation of the School of Nursing should be complete in July, according to UAB Media Relations. The buildout of the first floor and conference rooms is 90 percent complete.
-- The $37.5 million Collat School of Business on University Boulevard between 12th and 13th Streets South should be complete by this summer. The building envelope is nearing completion and finishes are underway.
-- UAB’s new intramural fields at 1100 Fifth Ave. S. should be complete by this summer. Field lights and net poles have been installed, the pavilion is nearing completion, and field grading and drainage are in progress.
-- The new $3 million, 12,800-square-foot ROTC training facility at 828 Eighth Court S. should be complete in fall 2018. Site grading is complete, and work is underway on foundations and site utilities.
-- UAB’s renovation of the DoubleTree hotel on University Blvd. and 20th Street South should be complete by November.The parking garage, facade and other exterior improvements are complete. Work continues on renovation of guest rooms. The next phase will be common area improvements. The university announced its purchase of the hotel in November 2016.
-- Work on the The College of Arts and Sciences Building is 15 percent complete, with a projected completion date of spring 2019. Work was in progress recently on the building’s concrete structure and site utilities. The $39.5 million, 160,000-square-foot facility is located at 10th Avenue and 14th Street South.
THE EYES HAVE IT
The UAB School of Optometry will conduct free eye examinations for infants between ages 6 and 12 months Monday, April 23, from 1-5 p.m., according to a UAB news release.
The event will be held at UAB Eye Care, located in the Pediatric Optometry Clinic on 1716 University Blvd.
The exams are made possible by InfantSEE, a public health program designed to ensure that eye and vision care becomes an essential part of infant wellness to improve a child’s quality of life.
The program, begun in in 2005 by the American Optometric Association and Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, has been discovered retinal cancers and other vision-threatening disorders in infants.
MELT FOR THE CCC
The popular Avondale eatery Melt will help support cancer patients at UAB on Wednesday, April 25, when the restaurant -- at 4105 Fourth Ave. S. -- hosts Dine for a Cure.
This is a fundraising effort in which restaurants partner with the Young Supporters Board of the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center.
MELT will donate 10 percent of its proceeds from 6 p.m. to close that night to the Brown Family Fund at the CCC, which provides supplies, equipment and educational materials to help cancer patients and their families at UAB.
The fund was named to honor a member of the CCC Young Supporters Board and her family who have been affected by the disease.
