Elizabethtown College Facilities News 
Back to top 8/4/2006 Hoover Construction Update This week, the Center for Continuing Education and Distance Learning and the Family Business Center moved into the Hoover Business Building. Next week, the Business Department will move into the building. We had hoped to open the parking lot this week to allow the new occupants to use it, but the record heat since the asphalt was laid has prevented the wearing course from properly setting. Until the weather cools to normal summer temperatures, we will have to restrict access to the lot to prevent damage to the wearing course from turning vehicles. You may see some moving vehicles unloading in the lot next week, but the drivers have been thoroughly briefed on how to drive on the lot without damaging the surface. Since cooler weather is expected over the weekend my hope is to be able to open the lot for normal use sometime next week. The walks around the building have been completed and our grounds crew is completing final placement of topsoil and landscape planting. The stamped asphalt walks to the west of the building are the final walks. Later this month the walk installation contractor will return to stain the stamped asphalt so the walks will match our other stamped asphalt walks. The walks to the south of the building are temporary walks that will be reconfigured as part of the Academic Quad project that is being planned for construction after the completion of the Lyet Wing for Biological Sciences. The contractor, the Business Building Committee and the Facilities Management staff are very proud of the Hoover Business Building and invite you to stop by and take a look at the finished product. Please pay particular attention to the wood trim and casework that our carpenter’s built and installed and to the granite curbing that our grounds crew installed. Since I have disrupted your work days for the past year due to the impact of the construction of the Hoover Business Building, let me take this opportunity to thank you for your patience. Back to top 8/3/2006 BSC Ceiling Repairs The Facilities Management staff will be working in the concourse of the Baugher Student Center starting on Monday, August 7. We will be investigating the source of a roof leak that is deteriorating the drywall on the west end of the concourse. We have not been able to locate the leak from the roof so we will be opening the ceiling to trace the route of the water. Identification of the leak and ceiling repairs could take several days. A lift will be used to access the ceiling, and the work area will be barricaded. Please exercise caution while walking in the area of the barricades Back to top 8/2/2006 Electrical Outages, Musser and Esbenshade The next electrical outages for Musser and Esbenshade have been scheduled for Thursday, August 3 from 4:30 AM to 7:30 AM and Friday August 4 from 4:30 AM to 7:30 AM. During the last electrical outage, the electrical contractor encountered problems pulling the old high voltage cable from the underground conduits, so they modified their planned work and made temporary connections to restore power to Esbenshade and Musser. Due to these unanticipated difficulties the electrical contractor will need the additional outage on Friday to complete their work. Please shut down sensitive electrical equipment College wide before you leave work on Wednesday, August 2nd and Thursday August 3rd to avoid the potential for damage due to electrical spikes when we energize the 13,200 volt lines. Thanks for your continued patience will we modify our 13,200 volt electrical distribution system to accommodate the construction of the Masters Center. |
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