Modernization of the Glassell Building and Pen

该奖项是对Glassell大楼及其毗邻的围栏的维修和恢复。RSMAS园区中需要直接获取海水的每个科研项目都使用了这个海水设施。这些项目包括珊瑚生态学、浮游生物生态学、病理学、生理学、动物行为、生物声学、生物化学和海洋生物养殖方面的调查。它还为正在接受其中一个或多个学科培训的研究生和本科生提供空间和工具。这一翻修对于继续和扩大学院的这些和未来的项目是不可或缺的，如果他们要在实验海洋生物学方面实现和保持最先进的能力，这是必不可少的。目前，使用者受到一栋已作为学校主要海水设施28年之久的建筑环境恶劣的限制。在过去的两年里，学校对Glassell大楼的整个外部进行了重大翻新，包括由结构工程师监督和认证的各种结构维修。这些都保证了这座建筑在未来的许多年里都将是安全的。这项奖励将完成整个设施的翻新。

This award is for repair and rehabilitation of the Glassell Building and its contiguous pen. This seawater facility is utilized by every scientific research program on the RSMAS campus that requires direct access to seawater. These programs include investigations in coral ecology, plankton ecology, pathology, physiology, animal behavior, bioacoustics, biochemistry and the culture of marine organisms. It also provides space and instrumentation for both graduate and undergraduate students being trained in one or more of these disciplines. This renovation is indispensable for continuing and expanding these and future programs at the School and is essential if they are to achieve and maintain state-of-the- art capabilities in experimental marine biology. Currently, users are handicapped by the difficult environment of a building that has served as the School's major seawater facility for 28 years. Within the last two years, the School has conducted a major renovation of the entire exterior of the Glassell Building, including various structural repairs, supervised and certified by structural engineers. These have assured that the building will be safe and secure for many years to come. This award will complete the renovation of the entire facility.