The new anticipated date of completion for the Libla Family Sports Complex is Aug. 17, architect Mike Pollard of Dille and Traxel Architecture said Wednesday.
Pollard shared the information with the Three Rivers College Board of Trustees during its regular monthly meeting. The new date came from Huffman Construction's LFSC project manager, he added.
The most recent target completion date at the end of June came and passed, Pollard said, but the new date he thinks "is probably doable."
"It's a relief to see that we're as close as we are to the end of this project," Pollard told trustees.
Huffman Construction owner Keith Huffman was invited to attend the meeting held at TRC, Pollard said, but did not attend, potentially due to short notice. A Thursday morning telephone message for Huffman by the Daily American Republic was not returned by press time.
Pollard said the quality of Huffman's work meets Dille and Traxel's expectations and that any current issues are cosmetic.
The electrical work "is 95 percent complete" Pollard added, and plumbing and mechanical systems are underway.
The commercial heating and cooling equipment will be tested "within the next week," he said, referring to a recent conversation with Ryan Buffington of Buffington Brothers Heating and Cooling.
According to Pollard, "unless there is a major hiccup, there is no reason" the building should not be substantially complete by Aug. 17 "as long as Huffman Construction continues to staff the project" as it has been recently.
College president Dr. Wesley Payne said he is pleased with how the Tinnin center's mural by renowned watercolorist Paul Jackson is progressing.
Payne mentioned a few of the mural's notable features, which will include Jackson's interpretation of the Greek goddess, Persephone, homage to the rivers from which TRC derives its name, and a rendering of the Missouri state quarter, which Jackson designed.
Payne said he is excited about the college's "first outside art piece."
Performances of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged will be held through Sunday at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center auditorium. The show starts at 7 p.m. tonight through Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10, or $5 with a TRC student ID.
The next Three Rivers College Board of Trustees meeting will be held at noon Wednesday, Aug. 22 in the Tinnin Fine Arts Center Board Room.