To support the new state of the art Caesar Rodney Dining Hall, Academy Street (its frontage road) underwent major reconstruction of subsurface utility infrastructure demolition, planning, and construction. This picture was taken while excavation work was performed stripping the top layer of asphalt to expose the compacted subgrade above the utilities. This road has every major utility located within a 28’ wide street corridor, including, sanitary, storm, gas, steam/condensate, fiber, electric, telephone, water, chilled water, and various other communications lines. Proposed utilities work needed to thread the needle through all of these existing utilities.

The dining hall supports all University of Delaware Students, but is also open to the public. At 55,000 SF, it is one of the largest residential dining locations on the East Coast. Their menu is published and updated daily and provides a variety of dishes to cater to all food-sensitivities and allergies. Their online platform even allows for a meal calculator for students to maintain their fitness goals and hit their protein and carbs targets.