Most construction projects on campus won’t finish until next year.

Both the Wolfe Center for the Arts and the Stroh Center are on schedule and those crews are still working on the buildings’ structures.

The construction crew for the Stroh Center will be finishing up the outside framing soon, said Steve Krakoff, associate vice president of Capital Planning and Design.

“That’s always the key milestone of the building,” he said.

Once the enclosure is done, the workers will be able to concentrate on indoor construction throughout the winter.

Both centers are scheduled to be completed in spring 2011.

Once completed, the Stroh Center will house coaching offices, locker rooms, the ticket office and the men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball programs, as well as host concerts, commencements and other community events, according to the University’s website. The Wolfe Center for the Arts will include a main stage plus other theaters, a sound stage, departmental offices, recording studio and Theater and Film Studies classrooms.

Construction on Ridge Street, which is located next to the Wolfe Center, also began this summer. Krakoff said the street is being widened and revamped because of its poor condition, but they also took into account the amount of traffic on that side of campus.

With the emphasis on the arts and the Wolfe Center construction, Krakoff said, Ridge Street will be used often, and in addition to widening the road, workers will do some landscaping, including planting more trees along the street.

The road construction is scheduled to finish in the next few weeks, and the landscaping will continue through the fall semester. But Krakoff said the new trees along Ridge Street will help the entire area look better.

“When the Wolfe Center’s done, it will be just gorgeous,” he said.

But though Ridge Street construction will mostly be completed early in the school year, some students think other projects may hinder traffic on campus.

“I can already see a few pains,” said sophomore Kelsey Robertson.

She said she thought the construction around Olscamp especially might cause problems getting to class.

“I don’t see how people can get to their classes on time,” Robertson said. “I don’t want to worry about being late to class because I’m going around people.”

But besides the possible heavy traffic, Robertson said she’s excited for all of the new buildings to go up.

“It’s just going to take a while, which is expected with big projects,” she said.

Two new residence halls are also slated to be up and running by fall 2011, and Krakoff said so far they are a week ahead of schedule.

Northwest Hall is going in next to Offenhauer Towers and will have suite-styled rooms geared toward upper-classmen. South Central Hall will be located next to Kohl Hall with double rooms for freshmen.

Krakoff also said the renovations to McDonald Hall were on schedule. The initial demolition to McDonald West (about 20 to 30 percent of the building) was completed. That leg will become a new dining hall by next year.