December 7, 2007 == MEDIA ADVISORY
Summary: The main trusses for Calvin's new 175,000-square-foot Van Noord Arena will go up next week and the week after.
Full story see http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2007-08/vannoord-steel.htm
Calvin College's Van Noord Arena will take an impressive step forward in its construction process over the next two weeks when the two main girder trusses for the arena roof are erected. On Monday, December 10 and Wednesday, December 12 the first of the two main trusses that will span the arena steel structure from east to west will arrive on campus.
The trusses will arrive in three separate sections (two on Monday, December 10 and one on Wednesday, December 12). Each section is 70 to 80 feet long, 13 feet high, two feet wide and weighs approximately 33 tons!
The truss sections are being fabricated at Steel Supply & Engineering in Grand Rapids and will be brought to Calvin's campus via wide-load trucks.
On Wednesday, December 12 the north end truss sections will be lifted onto temporary columns to hold them in place while the trusses are bolted together. It will take three cranes for this process, cranes that will join the two cranes already on site for the project.
The week of December 24 the process will be repeated for the main girder truss at the south end of the arena.
The Christman Company, general contractor on the project, is providing planning and coordination for this complex phase of the project, as well as management of schedule, construction budget, quality and safety for the overall project.
Van Noord Arena is part of a $49.5 million athletic expansion -- the Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex -- that in turn is part of the school's current $150 million campaign called No greater task: hearts and minds renewing God's world.
The new arena at Calvin will measure some 175,000 square feet, seat approximately 5,000 and replace the Calvin Fieldhouse, which was built in 1965, as the homecourt for the school's Division III men's and women's basketball teams and women's volleyball team.
Contact Jason Bosscher of Steel Supply & Engineering at 452-3281 (o) or 260-2998 (m)
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