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Submitted by ttv (not verified) on Wed, 2/9/2011 - 7:17pm
The number below the Philips sign board seems familiar to me. Maybe its only in Asia.
Submitted by Michael Bacon (not verified) on Thu, 2/10/2011 - 5:02am
I love that building...
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2/11/2011 - 6:12pm
Does anyone know why Muirhead Construction Company downsized from its 1970s/1980s role as a major construction company? It used to have significant projects in Durham -- at Duke (Divinity School addition, summer dorm renovations, etc.), at UNC-CH (student union, bookstore, the Pit, etc.), downtown Durham. What happened? Muirhead employed a lot of Durham folks.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2/11/2011 - 10:58pm
I got a summer job correcting a big mistake that Muirhead made building the Duke Divinity School Addition. The crew pouring the concrete for the basement floor did it before the shower and toilet drains were installed. A bunch of us were hired to break up the concrete with jackhammers and haul it out in wheelbarrows. This was done at night in secret.
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