<p>The subject of dorms comes up fairly often. This story in the Daily Free Press describes StuVi2 - Student Village 2 - construction. You can find pictures of what it looks like and where it is (behind the existing StuVi) on the BU site. The article is short, so I’ll paste it in:</p>
<p>Boston University housing officials assured about 20 current residents of the Student Village at 10 Buick Street last night that upcoming Student Village construction will be quick and unobtrusive.</p>
<p>Student Village 2, phase two of the three-phase project, is scheduled for completion in fall 2009. Officials told students at last night’s meeting that March and April construction will not impair study and sleep hours.</p>
<p>“I don’t think students will be affected,” said Housing Director Marc Robillard before the discussion. “We just want to reassure students of the situation. People have the right to know before they make their housing selections.”</p>
<p>Housing Space Management Director Paul Rinaldi said “the worst of the noise” was already completed during Winter Break.</p>
<p>The first concrete pour, consisting of 100 trucks bringing in one-third of the foundation, is scheduled to begin March 8 at 7 a.m., said Auxiliary Services Vice President Peter Cusato.</p>
<p>“It should have virtually no impact on you,” Rinaldi said.</p>
<p>The last two concrete pours are scheduled for late March and mid-April, officials said. Heavy construction will also take place over the summer to avoid inconveniencing students during the academic year, they said.</p>
<p>An estimated three quarters of the building should be completed in one year, with about half of the exterior walls completed, Rinaldi said.</p>
<p>“We have been oversubscribed [for housing] for 12 years,” Cusato said. “The first order of business is to get students out of hotels. Hopefully, we will then have enough wiggle room to take some older buildings offline for renovation.”</p>
<p>Student Village 2 will accommodate 960 students, with 544 in suites, 396 in apartment-style residences and 20 students working as RAs.</p>
<p>“You will wake up one morning, and it will be there,” Robillard said.</p>