Construction of new dorm should end in April 2001

by Matt Coughlin staff writer

The construction of the newest dorm at Cabrini is on schedule for an April completion date.

"We are expecting the contractor to be out early to mid- march next year," Michael Caranfa said, "and then another month for furnishing and testing (the facility)."

Michael Caranfa is the chief facilities officer here at Cabrini.

"We did not lose a lot (of time) with rain because it was mostly on the weekends that it rained," Caranfa added.

According to Caranfa, the construction process has undergone no major delays once the school was able to receive all the necessary permits. There was an initial delay with the sewage permit for the dorm because of concern over whether the Radnor Township pumping station was big enough. Several different authorities needed to pass sewage permits for the construction to begin, including Radnor Township, Delaware County and the State of Pennsylvania among others.

Currently, the contractors are preparing to place the roofs upon the building.

"We have almost structurally completed the roof framing," Kenny Wellington said.

Wellington is the lead foreman at the construction site.

They hope to have the roof complete by the 22nd of this month.

This new dorm will provide 160 beds according to the original plans. The rooms will have one port or data jack for each resident, as well as a phone line in each of the 108 rooms. Every room will also be wired for cable television.

,The dorms comprise four wings with three floors to each.

"The township will only allow you to come up 38 feet, so there is no 4th floor, though the south and north wings will appear to be lower than the others," Wellington said.

Each floor of a wing will be a suite, with nine bedrooms, a common lounge and a series of central showers and restrooms. The bedrooms vary from single to dou- ble.

Selected apartments within the dorm will be completely handicap accessible. In addition to elevators and ramps, the new dorm will have peepholes and clothes racks lowered for easier use. Also, the call button for outside access to the dorm will come equipped with a flashing light.

The school also has plans to landscape the area around the dorm.

"We took down 166 trees (while building), and are re- planting 198," Wellington said.

During construction the road that runs past Xavier and down through the houses is being repaved, and will now have 128 new parking spaces along both sides. A new 12-inch water main runs beneath the road to service the new dorm.

"We are very pleased with the architectural design of the new building," Caranfa said.

Each of the suites will have access to a trash chute that The new dorm, in between Xavier Hall and Woodcrest Hall, is on track for completion and should be finished leads to a centrally located compactor, as well. by April 2001. The dorm wil house approximately 160 students.

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