• (May 10, 2024) The exterior OUWB signage is installed in the new entryway.
• (April 9, 2024) The new classroom areas are taking shape with paint and carpet completed. The next steps for the classrooms include completing all of the electrical and audiovisual technology and the ceiling tiles. The installation of the moveable classroom walls will occur in May.
• (3月15日, 2024) The 医学图书馆 renovation in the quiet and collaborative large study rooms will occur March 15-31, starting with disassembling of the furniture in the quiet room.
• (3月14日, 2024)在接下来的几周内, 饰面，如灯具, 门的硬件, and bathroom fixtures will be installed throughout the new areas.
• (2月. 9, 2024) Installation began this week on the glass panels, a key design element of the new entryway which will give OUWB significantly more visibility on campus.
• (1月. 26, 2024) The metal grid above the elevators is in place and ready for the ceiling to be installed.
• (1月. 12, 2024) Crews have completed hanging the plywood backing over the masonry in the entryway addition to prepare for the next step: installation of the metal and opaque glass panels.
• (12月. 19, 2023) The monumental stairs will be completed this month in the new entryway along with the underground electrical work and the concrete floor.
• (12月. 1, 2023) The bathroom door frames and the fire alarm system are in place, 外墙砖砌工程已完工, and crews have been installing the classroom door-partition tracks, which are equipped with automatic open and close mechanisms.
  
• (11月. 10, 2023) Interior brick work, drywall installation along with soffit and facia framing have begun.
  
• (11月. 2, 2023) Crews have secured the foundation of the entryway rooftop on the new gateway entrance. Replacement of the heating and cooling unit will begin this month. Patio cleaning is compete and caulking is underway.
• (10月. 26, 2023) The crane arrived on the construction site to allow crews to add steel beams to the entryway and the foundation of the entryway rooftop.
• (10月. 20, 2023) Crews waterproofed the outdoor plaza/patio and indoors, the walls and ceilings were coming into place for the new restrooms on the first floor. 
• (10月. 5, 2023) Underground plumbing and the demolition of the interior architectural and mechanical materials are completed. The interior metal stud framing and the installation of the new fire suppression system are nearly completed with in-wall electrical work remaining a work in progress. 
• (9月. 22, 2023) Construction crews demolished the windows on the second floor to clear the way for more masonry work on the addition entryway.
• (9月. 8, 2023) An emergency exit was installed near the mechanical area on the ground floor and interior concrete work was replaced where the underground plumbing was updated during the past few weeks.
• (9月. 1, 2023) Interior metal stud framing is ongoing along with in-wall electrical.
  (You can really see our new classrooms and student study rooms starting to take shape!)
  The site foundations will be complete by the end of next week and masonry will commence and steel installation is expected to begin this month. Demolition of the interior architectural and mechanical materials is completed.
• (8月18, 2023) Dodge Hall demolition is complete and mechanical / electrical trades are starting to install their new work. Inside the 医学图书馆, the walls for the office are roughed in and ready for inspection. Drywall will be installed when the inspection is completed.
• (8月. 14, 2023) – Construction is scheduled to begin on Dodge Hall labs 160 and 162 and the 医学图书馆 office.
• (8月. 2, 2023) – Two trees were removed from the entryway of O’Dowd Hall and concrete was demolished to make way for the foundation of the new entrance.
• (7月24日, 2023) – All second-floor exterior entrances on the Oakland Center (west) side of the building will remain open. Elevators will only be accessible on the second through fifth floors and will only operate between those floors.
• (7月17日, 2023) – Free-standing panels put in place this week along with walls going up around the perimeter of the construction zone at the front entrance of O’Dowd Hall. Prep work begins in the Student Lounge to clear the way for the construction of a wall.
• (May 18, 2023) – Pre-bid meeting for construction companies
• (2023年5月11日) – Kick-off meeting with American Interiors (furniture vendor)
• (2023年5月5日) – 施工图完成
• (9月. 2022 ~ 2022年3月) – Focus groups and planning meetings held with students, 工作人员, 教师, 世行行政领导, 你的设施, Fishbeck, 和每个结构. A town hall for O’Dowd Hall stakeholders was held on Feb. 2, 2023.
• (2022年9月至2022年3月) – Preliminary construction work, soil boring, building inspections, utility testing
• (9月. 1, 2022) – 项目启动会议召开
• (8月. 10, 2022) – Bids awarded to Fishbeck (design) and AUCH (construction management
• (2022年7月20日) – The request for proposals period for construction drawings and construction management ended. 
• (2022年6月13日) – Project approved by Oakland University Board of Trustees 
• (11月. 2021 – May 2022) Project scope and design concept completed

• 除了 of a new gateway entrance at the northeast corner of O’Dowd Hall.
• A reception area inside the new entrance, informal seating, and an open stairway to the second floor.
• An entrance into the OUWB medical student lounge conveniently located near the new stairway and O’Dowd rooms 203 and 204.
• Five additional student study rooms and 16 informal student study spaces along the new southwest corridor.
• Ten new small classrooms (that will double as student study space similar to how room 110 is currently utilized) with the ability to expand eight of the classrooms into four medium-size classrooms that can accommodate 25-30 people.
• 除了al offices to house medical education 工作人员 in close proximity to the classroom spaces.
• 更新现有洗手间.
• Two additional single-stall, gender-neutral restrooms.
• 私人健康/哺乳室.
• 新入口附近的户外座位.
• 现场工程和停车场修复.

• (July 15, 2024) – Occupancy expected prior to 2024-25 academic year

1981年在建的奥多德大厅. Photo courtesy Oakland University 校友 Association.

O'Dowd Hall is named for 唐纳德·奥多德 and his wife 1月奥多德. 唐纳德·奥多德 joined OU in 1960 as a founding 教师 member of the university's psychology department. He was appointed as dean of the university in 1961 and served as OU's president from 1970 to 1979. 1月奥多德 与开放大学有很大关系吗, 太, assisting in recruiting 教师 and fostering a community including 教师 and their families, 教职员及学生.

105年,000-square-foot building is located in the center of Oakland University's campus and consists of five floors. OUWB目前占据了第一个部分, 第三, 五楼, 还有整个二楼和四楼. Other spaces in the building are used by the following departments: English; Graduate Program Leadership; Global Management; Modern Languages & Literature; Genetics; and Archeology.

更多关于这座建筑的过去、现在和未来:

11月. 2, 1978 - O'Dowd Hall举行奠基仪式.

1981年7月17日 -大厦落成典礼举行. 

2003 - A large 440-seat classroom is converted into three smaller classrooms, each equipped with the latest in AV instructional technology. The classrooms are now lecture halls 202, 203, and 204.

2012 ——奥多德·霍尔经历过 a $5.300万翻新工程 这包括升级外观, 创建新的分组讨论室, 新建学生休息室, and room 110 -- a large flexible classroom that can be partitioned into smaller learning spaces. 

2020年初 - Liaison Committee on 医疗 教育 grants reaccreditation to OUWB. 作为过程的一部分, LCME issues OUWB a citation for not having enough space for mid-sized classrooms. A citation does not mean that a medical school is at risk of losing accreditation. 而, it is an issue that a school is made aware of so it has an opportunity to take corrective actions.

2020-21 - OUWB officials work with architectural firm Fishbeck (one of OU's approved architectural vendors) to perform an abbreviated building infrastructure evaluation and code assessment to identify systems that will require upgrades to support a proposed renovation. An enhanced entrance referred to as a "gateway" to improve visible access to the school also is developed. 

2022年6月13日 - Oakland University Board of Trustees approves the $9.700万翻新工程.

2022年7月6日 - OUWB issues request for proposals (RFP) on renovation project.

2022年7月20日 - RFP周期结束.

2023年3月 -预计开工.

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