The normally full AV3 parking lot just prior to the beginning of construction on the Eckles Hall addition in the early Spring of 1998. This view is looking north west across Rollins Street towards Sanborn Field and College Avenue beyond. A thunderstorm looms in the northwestern sky over Columbia as construction vehicles begin to assemble in the now-closed AV3 parking lot.
Ground breaking for the new building is now only days away.
The photos on the left show the transformation of parking lot AV3 as the asphalt surface and vegetation are removed. Site preparation continued through the spring and into the summer of 1998. Both photos are looking northwest across Sanborn Field. Fast forward to the winter of 1998 and this view shows the structural steel on site ready for erection. The floor is poured and north wall is up.