By Andrew Goldstein, marketing communication specialist
Most people walk by O’Brien Hall and see the finished product, a 110,000-square-foot building that symbolizes the future of business education at Marquette.
Contained in that larger picture, though, are endless details: 182 tons of rebar, more than 9,000 bricks on the exterior façade and 251 doors, just to name a few.
To Marquette alumnus Mark Cotteleer, Bus Ad ’88, his alma mater’s business school is a symphony of component parts, from the largest steel beam to the wall-mounted pin cushions in the dean’s suite offices — all a miracle of modern supply chain management.
“Look at all the millions of pieces that went into that building standing there today. That didn’t happen by magic,” Cotteleer says. “Ultimately, someone had to physically deliver it to the corner of 16th and Wisconsin, then snap it together….
