During the late summer and fall, the Randell Research Center has finally witnessed a flurry of activity associated with the construction of the teaching pavilion complex and parking area, as well as the relocation of a number of coconut palm trees to restore the old historic roadway to the early 20th-century packing house at Pineland.

The photos below will update readers on our ongoing progress.

Australian pines along Waterfront Drive are removed by Treeland Solutions, Inc. of Pine Island. Photo by Sydney Cosselman

First load of base dirt is dumped at new entranceway to the Pineland Site by Bill Mullen of Williams-Mullen Trucking. Photo by Sydney Cosselman

View of palm-lined roadway near RRC teaching pavilion construction site, restored by Mark Dean of PalmCo., Inc. Photo by Sydney Cosselman

Coconut palms are removed from the front of Randell Mound to provide an unobstructed view of Pine Island Sound from atop the mound. Work donated by PalmCo, Inc. of Pine Island. Photo by John Worth

Wooden piles were driven for the teaching pavilion structure by Island Piling and were cut by Gatewood Custom Carpentry. (Photo by Sydney Cosselman

Protective plastic barrier sheets are applied over archaeological sediments in the area of the new teaching pavilion complex. Photo by Sydney Cosselman

This article was taken from the Friends of the Randell Research Center Newsletter Vol 2, No. 4. December 2003.