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Get the scoop at UTS building 10 (photo)

Leefe — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:52:18 +0000

Next to building 10 at UTS there is a big hole in the ground, getting bigger. Excavation is well underway on the site for the new Faculty of Engineering & IT building. A concrete platform has been constructed for trucks to park on as rubble is scooped into them.

Get pumped at UTS (concrete not iron)

Leefe — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:18:53 +0000

Workers were building a platform at the site next to UTS building 10 today. Apparently it is a ledge to park trucks on while dirt is transported up to them from the excavation site.

Storm clouds move in over UTS (photo)

Leefe — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:16:10 +0000

At UTS this afternoon in the wind as the sky went dark and clouds moved in. It got colder, but I don’t think there was actually any rain.

How full is the car park? (photo)

Leefe — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:24:15 +0000

In the now closed car park beside UTS building 10 the sign declares it full. Perhaps the sign is thinking back to better days, when many a uni student and staff member would park there for the day? Or maybe it has its invisible friends there to keep it company?

Trainee surveyors at UTS

Leefe — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:36:01 +0000

A row of student surveyors stood outside University of Technology, Sydney’s building 2 this morning as I went in for my lecture this morning. There has been quite a few groups of students standing round with this tripod things. I suppose it is the time in semester when surveyors got let loose on the work to practice their skills.

The Witches of UTS

Leefe — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:25:11 +0000

Rows of witches hats line both sides of the road outside UTS Building 10 on a cold winter morning. Marking for the a stray plane to come into land? No, so someone can come and work on the power poles according to the guy standing nearby in the reflective vest.

Clouds over demolition

Leefe — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:13:54 +0000

The few remaining buildings and chimney of the former Carlton United Brewery on Broadway, Chippendale.

It was interesting to come back to Sydney after a year, and find the space opposite UTS raised to the ground. An expanse of open space, and this one tall chimney.

I see that this project has been coming along for some years. And that it is intended to be a green urban renewal project.

It will be interesting to see what it looks like when finished, in 6 to 8 years. But for now it is nice to have a little more open space so close to Sydney CBD.

Talkin’ about tri-generation (UTS, 3 Jun 2008)
Frasers Broadway
Green precinct plan for Sydney brewery (REDwatch, 8 April 2008)
Revamp set to light up Broadway (SMH, 17 Jan 2009)

Photos from Tokyo Tech festival

Leefe — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:01:43 +0000

Last weekend there was a festival at Tokyo Institute of Technology to promote the university, much like an open day at Australian universities. There were many stalls of food run by different clubs at TiTech. And a few other stalls that had things other than food, like the baloon making stall.

The main purpose of the weekend was to promote the university. And, as such, there were many labs open to the public with information about their research. With the aim to convince people that this was the uni to go to.

Here are some pictures I took while at the festival.

Shadow of a building

Leefe — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:48:24 +0000

Former TAFE building opposite UTS building 10 on Wattle St. Sydney, Australia

It was interesting to find this photo of the building, because it doesn’t exist any more. Having been knocked down earlier this year for more green area at the uni.
(4 October 2007)

Automaticaly updated, but not totally automated

Leefe — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:18:41 +0000

It’s funny to see user error messages on computers that act as public notice boards. You would think that this process could have been automated.

This photo was taken of one such notice board at UTS in building 2.