Residence Life Renovation Blog

Most students left for Midterm Break Wednesday, but that didn’t slow the progress of construction.  As they come back to Ryle Hall Sunday 10/18, they will see noticeable changes on the outside! (Picture taken 10-15-09)

Ryle Hall gets a new hat, just in time for winter!  A new roof is being installed on Ryle, and new vents are being created for mechanical processes.  (Picture taken on 10-15-09)

A construction worker works to install new windows in each of the rooms in Ryle.  This will surely help regulate the building’s temperature year-round!  (Picture taken 10-15-09)

A newly installed window with new support structure for the HVAC system. (Picture taken 10-15-09)

Ryle got brand new bathroom windows too!!!! (Picture taken 10-15-09)

Campbell-Grim-Ryle Hall Director Liz Raine looks out from the door frame of one of the new double rooms on the 5th floor crossover.  (Picture taken 10-15-09)

The north balcony/private dining room got its roof on Thursday 10/15 and has begun the process of getting bricked.  You can see a worker smoothing out the cement between the cracks on the top of the roof.  This will provide a new vantage point to Ryle and the upper balcony will be a great place to get outside and study on nice days! (Picture taken 10-15-09)

Once the exterior and interior walls were removed the fourth floor apartment (old rooms 416 and 418), you can see where the new corner lounges, study rooms, and kitchens will be on each floor.  You can also see the ductwork has been installed for the new HVAC system. (Picture taken September 4, 2009)

With the ceiling removed from room 431’s bathroom, you can see that all of the fixtures in the bathroom have been removed. (Picture taken September 4, 2009)

All of the walls were removed from the fourth floor bridge to reveal a nice large open space.  On the right side of this picture (to the right of the column with the blue paint at the bottom) was the old fourth floor lounge.  On the left side of this picture (to the left of the same column) were rooms 432, 434, 436, and 438.  This new space will be double rooms that will share a community bathroom.  (Picture taken September 4, 2009)

Where the fourth floor lounge once stood, there will be new double rooms created.  This viewpoint shows the approximate size of one of the new double rooms from just outside of where the doorway will be put in.  (Picture taken September 4, 2009).