CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, September 6, 1984
Page 9
Bailev still hot after equipment delay
By DAN HOWELL
Staff Reporter
Delays in equipment shipments for a $347,633 air conditioning project at Bailey Hall have caused discomfort and inconvenience but little disruption of daily routine, building occupants said yesterday.
Dale P. Scannell, dean of the School of Education, said that heat, dust, noise and access had been problems.
"We thought when we moved back in Aug. 15 that we would have air conditioning by Sept. 1," he said.
Facilities planning, said the University's contract with Piping Contractors of Kansas Inc., a Topaka company, called for the project to be "substantially complete" by Aug. 15.
HE SAID THAT MEANT the building would be usable but that not every part of the project would be finished
"We knew going into the project
that it would be tough to finish it completely in that time," he said.
Modig said he was less optimistic than others about the completion date. He expected testing of the system to begin about Oct. 1 and regular operation about Oct. 15.
Modi said that work had begun on the site a few days after commencement in May but that common problems had delayed the project.
An electrical storm knocked out a transformer during the first week of work, he said, and then a delay in manufacturing the new air handling unit postponed the completion date.
The air handling unit arrived yesterday and was lowered into a hole at the front of Bailey. Modig said the unit was the last piece of equipment needed.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES of the School of Education, which were in Fraser and Murphy halls during the summer, returned to Bailey in mid-August. But Scannell said about eight faculty members were not able to use their offices yet.
"I wouldn't know where to find them." he said.
He said the hallway on the bottom floor amounted to "a disaster area." The hall is lined with piping and other equipment.
Robert Hohn, professor of educational psychology and research, said he could not use his office or its library.
"The reason I'm not in my office is that it's become a repository," he said.
The office has furniture stored in it, he said.
SCANNELL SAID THAT last week's heat wave had raised temperatures on the building's main floor to more than 100 degrees.
Hohn said he disliked the dusty air, the lack of his own phone and the necessity of walking under exposed wires.
Dick Tracy, associate professor of educational psychology and research, said that students in crowded upstairs classrooms had put up with heat, noisy fans and stored
Dean Adams, an employee of Stevenson Roofing & Sheet Metal Co. Inc., a Topaka subcontractor, said noise problems should diminish soon because a loud part of the work was almost done.
n furniture. He moved back into his office last week but has found the noise troublesome.
"We've been fastening sheet rock on the ceiling," he said.
"It's been distracting more in the office," he said.
ADAMS SAID THE ONE new air handling unit probably would create less noise than the 18 smaller ones it was replacing.
Modig said that several steps of the project remained. Workers must pour a concrete lintel, a horizontal support for the stones above the air intake. Louvers to regulate intake then will be added below the lintel, and grillwork will be placed across the top of the hole.
People at the Spencer Research Library yesterday morning had to walk to Watson Library or Lindley Hall to use the restroom or get a drink of water.
By the Kansan Staff
Spencer Research Library and seven other campus buildings were without water for three to four hours yesterday after a water line four inches in diameter broke Tuesday night, an assistant director of facilities operations said.
Crack in water pipe leaves buildings dry
Tom Anderson, director of facilities and operations, said, "It was not a real big gusher."
The water line between Hoch Auditorium and Marvin Hall broke between 11 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., the assistant director said, and lost to 1,000 gallons of water were lost
each hour until the water was shut off at 7:45 a.m. yesterday.
After the break was fixed, water remained off while facilities operations crews checked equipment and restrooms in the eight buildings. The buildings whose water was shut off included Bailey Hall, Snow Hall, Strong Hall, Stauffer-Flint Hall, Wesco Hall, Hoch Auditorium and Marvin Hall, the assistant director said.
He estimated the cost of the water loss at $1.90 for every 1,000 gallons. The total cost was estimated between $8 and $15.
Anderson said the break in the water line was not unusual, especially after a summer drought.
"When the ground dries, it cracks and that will pull the water line apart," Anderson said.
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