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Wednesday, July 26,1995
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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Jayhawk football nest gets facelift
Edmee Rodriguez / KANSAN
The concrete on the west side of Memorial Stadium is being removed and replaced by Western Waterproofing of Kansas City, Mo. The first phase of a three-part project will be completed by Kansas' home football opener against Cincinnati on Sept. 2.
West-side seating is first phase in plan to repair Memorial
After all the concrete has been poured to fill the holes, the conditions will be less threatening for Memorial ticket holders. However, these repairs may interfere with some events to be held at Memorial, such as the Sunflower State Games.
The concrete removal is almost complete, and the holes should be ready for filling by next week, Modig said.
year will finalize the project. The 74 year-old stadium has not had these types of repairs in almost 20 years.
But now, the time limit concerns workers.
"The whole project will probably continue from now until November before all of the top coat material is complete," he said. "But the concrete repair should be completed before the first football game, and the top coat will be applied at different times between each home game."
jects is that sometimes you don't know how much the job is going to take until you actually get to work on it," said Jeff Kelley, branch manager of Western Waterproofing. "But I think we will finish in time."
This is the first phase in a three-step overall improvement, said Darren Cook, KU facilities manager. Repairing the east side next year will be the second phase, and repairs to the bowl the following
"The thing with restoration pro-
By Gwen Olson
Kansan staff writer
The sound of boisterous fans is normally heard from University of Kansas Memorial stadium, but this summer a different sound is heard — the pounding of jackhammers as
— the pounding of jackhammers as workers repair the concrete stands
The project was financed by the KU Athletic Association and contracted through the KU Endowment Association.
Memorial is undergoing structural repairs to sections one through 18 on the stadium's west side. The repair estimate by Western Waterproofing, Kansas City, Mo., is $274,000, said Jim Modig, KU director of designs and construction.
"The project is designed to remove and repair the deteriorated cement and then apply a top coating to waterproof the concrete," he said.
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