Demolition begins on O’Shaughnessy Hall

A giant claw started tearing down the walls of O’Shaughnessy Hall at 7:30 a.m. Thursday to make way for the new Anderson Student Center.

“We’ll pull the exterior walls down, expose the bearing structure, and start taking the structure down,” Construction Manager Jim Brummer said. “That will take about a week to complete and then they’ll start hauling out the debris, which will take about another week.”

A look inside Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex

The Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex doesn’t open until August 2010, but TommieMedia was allowed inside Wednesday on a guided tour to check out the progress.

Athletic director Steve Fritz, who was on his fifth tour of the facility, said the new field house will be about twice as big as Coughlan Field House.