Construction of the Health Pavilion is continuing on time and on budget, according

to University of Indianapolis Director of Facility and Space Planning Andrea Newsom.

Newsom said that with designs drawn by CSO Architects, and labor performed by
Pepper Construction and their subcontractors, the project is expected to be completed this
fall as originally outlined in President Robert Manuels announcement of the Five Year Plan
in a campus-wide email last year.
We will be open for business for the fall semester of 2015, Newsom said. And
leading up to that time, there will be a lot of finish work going on wiring, installation
of furniture - all [of] the things you could imagine would go into a new building before it
opens.
According to Newsom, finishing work is expected to take place in the last few
months before the buildings opening and will be phased in during construction. There will
be many trades-people working in the building at that time. Electrical contractors, IT
people, paint contractors and people to install the lighting all will begin their portion at
that time.
Currently, the faade walls are being installed. According to Jeff Kelly, Pepper
Constructions site manager for the construction of the Health Pavilion, the walls are precast in a factory. Using reinforced brick and mortar construction, smaller parts of wall are
assembled, transported to the work site, and then put in place. The first line of windows
has been installed on the third floor. According to Kelly, it took one week of labor to
complete it.
Thats flying, Kelly said about installing the windows. Something that quick is
extremely rare.
Newsom attributes the timeliness of the project partly to the rotational nature of
construction.

Pouring the concrete, for example, is done in sections. When one section is cured, or
finished to the point where workers can walk on it, efforts are shifted to pouring concrete
for another section.
For a job like this, you pretty much have your foundations, then core and shell and
exterior faade, Kelly said. Were in the middle of the shell phase and getting started on
the interior.
Newsom credits the absence of delays with the work of the team itself.
I think we have an excellent team working on the job site, knowing that we have a
very firm deadline for the building to be open and usable, Newsom said. This is a business
issue, and weve got to have it done, and weve got to make sure that its ready to go.
Twenty-eight million dollars has been allocated to the entire project, from its
inception to furnishing the building.
Its brick and mortar construction, it is technology, the roof, mechanicals, Newsom
said. So air handling units, air conditioning, heating, ventilation, plumbingeverything
that goes into that finished product. Included as well is a budget for furniture and
equipment.
Working five days a week, Pepper Construction is the group responsible for
completing the construction. According to Kelly, Peppers construction workers are hired
by Pepper, while sub-contractors are brought in to perform things like carpentry, electrical
wiring and welding.
Kelly said that the construction of classrooms is not very complicated, but the
construction of restrooms takes a lot of work.
Theres a lot that goes into restrooms, he said. Youve got tiles, finishing, [and]
plumbing.
The departments that will be housed in the new building are set to move in this
summer, according to Newsom. It is generally known by the departments where they will

be housed in the Health Pavilion. Newsom is managing the move and is in charge of
ensuring that each department will receive enough boxes to move their equipment.
It is a pretty significant undertaking, Newsom said. It does involve quite a bit of
pre-planning and complexity. Its hard enough to move into your residence hall or
apartment for the school year, but were talking about a lot of people.