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2.6.06 CARRIGAN DECONSTRUCTED TO MAKE WAY FOR NEW STUDENT CENTER
Exterior deconstruction work began February 6 on the University of Vermont’s Carrigan Dairy Science Building. It is anticipated that this key step in construction of the new Dudley H. Davis Center will be completed by the end of the month, when the 57-year-old Carrigan Building will be fully deconstructed. By weight, 75 percent of the Carrigan Building will be recycled or reused, with the concrete and brick used on-site as the sub-base for the Davis Center.
The Dairy Science Building was dedicated in October 1949 and named in honor of Dean Emeritus Joseph E. Carrigan in 1964. Most recently, it has been the base of operations for food sciences faculty in UVM’s Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences. In early January, approximately 30 faculty, staff, and graduate students relocated from Carrigan to a new addition on the nearby Marsh Life Sciences Building. That move is the first phase in a long-range plan to locate the entire department in the same building. The new lab space in Marsh has been designed to meet the special requirements of food scientists, better facilitating UVM faculty’s research and outreach work on food safety and production issues.
"The Carrigan Building has served our college long and well," said Rachel Johnson, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, "but the new food sciences space we have gained brings our laboratory resources up to the outstanding level of research and teaching in this area. The new Carrigan Wing promises to be a wonderful environment for our faculty, our students, and the many Vermont food producers and business people who interact with our food scientists."
Many UVM alumni and members of the local community remember Carrigan as home to the UVM Dairy Bar from 1950 to 1995. UVM ice cream and yogurt were made at Carrigan, and young entrepreneurs Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield used the facility to develop the first recipes that would grow into Ben & Jerry’s Homemade.
The Carrigan Building’s history will be reflected in the Davis Center when the new building opens in 2007. A permanent display will trace the history of agricultural study at UVM, and six vintage stools from the Dairy Bar, sponsored by UVM donors, will be used in a second-floor dining area. Joseph Carrigan’s name will continue to be honored at the new addition to the Marsh Life Science Building. Pending final approval from UVM’s Board of Trustees in February, the 17,308-square-foot addition to Marsh will be named the Joseph E. Carrigan Wing.
The new wing was designed by John Anderson Studio of Burlington. It features patterns in the glass façade and graphics in the main entrance, where a staircase spirals around a central column topped by a skylight, that tell the story of food production in Vermont. UVM is seeking LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification on the Carrigan Wing, as it will on all new major construction projects.