Madison Reporter

Several University of Wisconsin–Madison workers spent late summer painting and repairing campus buildings and other facilities to ensure they are at their best when students return for the fall semester. Facilities Planning and Management maintains the 939-acre UW campus and its 420 buildings, as well as grounds, walkways, roadways, parking lots, vehicles, and utility generation and distribution systems.

Working in aerial lifts, workers applied a fresh coat of white paint to the exterior of Bascom Hall. "Bascom Hall was built in 1859," said a university spokesperson. "The original round portico was later replaced with the square one that painters touched up on July 10."

On July 11, workers laid sod in the newly completed Fluno Center Plaza (along Lake Street and University Avenue), which had been under construction since May 15 for weatherproofing and repair. Workers also applied a fresh coat of primer and paint to the handrails of the steps at the bottom of Bascom Hill along Park Street on August 12.

Scaffolding went up on the exterior of the Red Gym as part of a renovation project on July 19.