a:32:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:2:"98";s:6:"sticky";s:1:"n";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2008-05-28 08:12 AM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:1:{i:0;s:1:"4";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"2";s:10:"new_weblog";s:1:"4";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:39:"Wilson Renovates Community College Labs";s:9:"url_title";s:39:"wilson_renovates_community_college_labs";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Update";s:11:"field_id_26";s:40:"Wilson Renovates  Community College Labs";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:0:"";s:11:"field_id_44";s:252:"S. M. Wilson & Co. has been  selected by St. Louis Community College to provide pre-construction and construction services on a $5 million renovation project to update the science laboratories at the Forest Park, Florissant Valley and Meramec campuses.";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:49:"Wilson, St. Louis Community College, laboratories";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_38";s:0:"";s:15:"field_offset_38";s:1:"y";s:11:"field_id_39";s:0:"";s:15:"field_offset_39";s:1:"y";s:11:"field_id_40";s:0:"";s:11:"field_ft_40";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:2629:"<p>S. M. Wilson &amp; Co. has been&nbsp; selected by St. Louis Community College to provide pre-construction and construction services on a $5 million renovation project to update the science laboratories at the Forest Park, Florissant Valley and Meramec campuses. <br /><br />Approximately 8,100 square-feet of laboratory space&mdash;including four chemistry labs, two biology labs, one prep room and one office&mdash;will be renovated at the Forest Park campus. Renovations to the Florissant Valley campus will total 7,800 square feet and will include updates to three chemistry labs, one chemistry prep room, one computer lab, one hazardous storage room, one storage room, one biology lab and one anatomy and physiology lab. At the Meramec campus, 6,800 square feet of renovation work will include updates to two biology labs, three biology prep rooms, two chemistry labs, two chemistry prep rooms and one office. <br /><br />The science laboratories for all three campuses were built prior to the approval of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which went into effect in 1990. All campus updates for this renovation project will be ADA compliant.<br /><br />Construction will be completed in September 2008. Christner Inc. is the architecture firm for the project. William Tao Associates is the MEPFP Engineer for the project. <br /><br />Some 6,700 students annually will benefit from renovations to science laboratories at three St. Louis Community College campuses as a result of funds received through the Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative (LCDI).&nbsp; LCDI is a partnership between the state of Missouri and the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA), authorized through legislation and lawmaker support.&nbsp; It reinvests a state asset to generate more than $350 million for capital improvement projects at Missouri higher education institutions. <br /><br />St. Louis Community College has received approximately $4.05 million through the LCDI, and will use the funds to enhance, modernize and standardize selected biology and chemistry labs at the Florissant Valley, Forest Park and Meramec campuses.&nbsp; The college is providing matching funds to support the $5 million project.&nbsp; Construction is slated to begin simultaneously in April and will be completed in mid-September. <br /><br />The labs selected for renovation serve thousands of students annually who enroll in the science courses that are the foundation of the college\'s transfer education program as well as its science, biotechnology, engineering, technology and allied health programs. <br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>";s:10:"category_0";s:1:"4";}