Engineering students tour Wilson Hall construction site
Engineering students toured the L.R. Wilson Hall construction site Wednesday as part of a tour organized by the McMaster chapter of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.
A group of civil engineering students got up-close and personal with the construction of the new L.R. Wilson Hall building Wednesday.
Students were able to enter the construction site and talk to the project’s manager as part of a tour organized by the McMaster chapter of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.
Excavation work at the site is nearly complete and work on the building’s foundation has started. Once footings are in place, construction of columns and the building’s walls will begin.
Scheduled to open in September 2015, L.R. Wilson Hall will be the new home for the Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences. It will feature a variety of teaching and learning spaces, including a 400-seat lecture theatre, two 100-seat classrooms and a number of smaller classrooms.
The facility will also house liberal arts research centres such as the Wilson Institute for Canadian History and the Gilbrea Centre for Health and Aging. McMaster’s Indigenous Studies program and indigenous student support offices will be located there.
The project was made possible through a $45.5-million investment from the province of Ontario and a $10-million gift from McMaster former Chancellor, L.R. Wilson.
