University Daily Kansan, August 21, 1980
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Watson renovation leads list of building repairs
Stripped of their books, desks, and flooring, Watson's center stacks stand vacant in the heart of the library.
MARTLFRUMHOFF/Kansai
By MARLIN BERRY
Staff Renorter
The remodeling of Watson Library is probably the most noticeable construction project on campus, but other buildings are planned to begin in the near future.
Besides the library renovation, some other projects are additions to Haworth and Moore Halls, the renovation of Flint, Strong, Summerfield and Spooner Halls and construction of a new Alumni Building.
The Watson Library renovation, which began at the end of the spring semester, will increase the building's space, make it more accessible to the public and study areas more multifaceted and bring the up-to-current building codes.
By the time construction is completed in January 1982, nearly all the interior walls will have been eliminated and many law enforcement departments will have been moved.
The building will be a free-standing shell and be divided so that the most frequently used areas will be on the first floor.
THE CARD CATALOG and the reference room will be on the east end of the first floor and the circulation room will be on the west end of the floor.
The library copying service and the periodicals and microfilms departments will be on the second floor and the extensive instructive offices will be on the third floor.
During the renovation some departments will be temporarily relocated. The lines have been laid outside the guide library users to the department they need.
Also, the stacks will be more acce- laced from west center staircase will be eliminated.
The building's basement is now closed, as well as the first floor women's restroom and the old entrance to the east stacks.
The library staff is also printing a weekly newsletter to inform library users changes to the library, Allen Webster, diversion director of facilities planning, said.
THE HAWTHORH HALL addl will provide about 100,000 square feet of space for offices, laboratories and assemberies in a variety of biological sciences departments, he said.
Construction on the $12.3 million project, which will include an overhead walkway to Maiott Hall, is expected to
begin in one year and take two years to complete, Wiechert said.
CONSTRUCTION OF AN addition to Raymond C. Moore Hall, which houses Kansas Geological Survey on KU's campus. When funds become available, he said.
That project will create about 10,000 square feet for offices and laboratories for Survey energy-related programs. The Kansas legislature appropriated $800,000 to begin planning the project, but initial construction awaits more money.
The renovation of Flint Hall will
include upgrading the air-conditioning,
replacing windows, repairing the roof
and other modifications to bring the
building up to building codes. The
remainder of the work should be done next July and should take about 18 months to complete. Wiechert said.
Improvements to Strong Hall will be similar to those of Flint. The air conditioning, restrooms, classrooms and elevators will be improved.
"The Strong Hall renovation will cost about $5 million," Wiechert said. "We will ask the legislature for funding next year, but we don't know how they should begin in the summer of 2013."
SPOONER HALL HAS already had window and roof repair, but the completion of its renovation depends on the legislature's approval of more funds. Work still to be completed on Spooner includes remodeling the building's interior and polishing the stone exterior.
KU is currently involved in one other large construction project, a new building under development Center. Plans for the $4.65 million library are on schedule, Wiechcant said.
"We plan to start construction after the first of the year," he said.
The Med Center will receive $3.4 million over several years from the legislature to pay for the library. In addition, KU must raise $1 million from selling revenue bonds and $250,000 from private donations.
The $2 million remodeling of Lindy-
Hall will begin this fall, Wiechert said.
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THE LARGEST PART of the remodeling will be installation of a new building, the improvement of the building to meet current building codes, he said.
The code improvements will consist of the installation of fire doors on all rooms and stairways and easier access to the stairways, Wiechert said.
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Two more upcoming projects include an addition to Summerfield Hall and construction of a Kansas Alumni Association Center north of the Kansas Union. Both projects will be privately funded.
Eventually a two foot high stone wall will be built from the booth, around the corner to Iowa Street about half way to its inner overpass by Daisy Hall, he said.
The information booth at 15th and Iowa Streets, cost about $43,000 and was completed this summer. This is part of the new campus. The entrance to campus, Wiechert said.
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Other smaller building projects around campus include the installation of an underground oil tank and construction of an information booth.
The planned construction of the $4.2 million Alumni building has caused some controversy because Oread Neighborhood Association residents think the University is slowly moving into the neighborhood. The residents said they feel that the building may cause traffic and parking problems.
The final part of the remodeling will be the improvement of the loading dock and expansion of the department of astronomy observatory on the roof.
by the departments of chemical and petroleum engineering when they moved to Learned Hall will be remodeled and occupied by the departments of geography and geology h said.
THE OIL TANK, situated south of the facilities operations building will be used to store heating oil. KU uses
David Katzman, professor history and member of the Association, said "They've taken a neighborhood of fine young people the character and basically destroyed it."
Dick Wintermote, director and secretary-treasurer of the Alumni Association, said the center had to be equipped with a campus to be convenient for faculty.
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