Hughes, Mary Lahendro, Jody September 12, 2015 At just over the halfway point of a two year construction project, Jody Lahendro, Historic Preservation Architect, U.Va.’s Facilities Planning & Construction, will share highlights of the first fifteen months of renovation work. Some of the completed major building activities to be presented include a building monitoring system, underpinning Jefferson’s Rotunda, constructing the underground mechanical room in the east courtyard, installing utilities, replacing the marble capitals at the porticos, and installation of infrastructure systems. Lahendro will also present new evidence uncovered this year that adds to our understanding of the Rotunda’s construction history. Mary Hughes, University Landscape Architect, Office of University Architect, will discuss the exciting new gardens that will be created at the Rotunda as the project concludes next year. The goal of the landscape re-design is to make the gardens and North Terrace more sustainable, functional and accessible for the University community as well as more visually appealing. Hughes will also discuss other new garden and landscape improvements around Grounds, including the newly opened New Cabell Hall courtyard.