BUILDING A BRIDGE

Construction will link CCB, SSB by walkway

by David Baugher

A new connecting bridge is being constructed between the Computer Center Building and the Social Science Building.

The brick and glass structure is expected to be completed by the beginning of 1998, Reinhard Schuster, vice chancellor of Administrative Services, said.

The walkway, expected to cost an estimated $400,000, was originally supposed to be built with the Computer Center, but the design plans changed.

"When [the computer building] was built, we hit a favorable period in the construction cycle here in St. Louis, so the bids came back under budget," Schuster said. "There was money left over in the original account."

Other funding came from gifts and bond issue funds, along with cash in restricted accounts already earmarked for the Computer Center.

"The money was there to fund labs and do improvements on the building," Schuster said.

The project, approved about a month ago, will also include the renovation of two case rooms in SSB.

However, Schuster said that the potential noise factor could delay the case room revamp until summer.