LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD
KU EDITION
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1996 5A
Templin Hall, a KU residence hall, is undergoing a major renovation in an effort to stern the flow of students away from campus housing and into private apartments. When it reopens in the fall of 1997, Templin's rooms will feature private baths and bedrooms and living areas that will be more like private apartments than dormitories.
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Construction boom expected on campus
- Construction workers will become ubiquitous on the KU campus in the next several years.
BY ANDREW E. NACHISON
JOURNAL-WORLD WRITER
After years of neglect, Kansas University is about to undergo a major facelift.
About $44.2 million in con-
About $44.2 million construction and renovation projects are planned on the Lawrence campus in the next three to four years, paid for by a $163 million "crumbling classrooms" bond sale approved by the 1996 Kansas Legislature.
Combined with other building projects now under way, and others that have been
in the works, students can expect detours, hardhat areas and occasional interruptions for some time.
"We're always busy, but now we're even busier," said Dave Schaecher, capital improvement manager in KU's design and construction management office.
The bonds, to be repaid with revenue from an existing statewide tax, will be used to bring the campus into compliance with fire codes and to make it more accessible to students and
staff with disabilities - a requirement of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.
Mechanical and electrical systems and classrooms and laboratories will also be upgraded.
About half of the $44.2 million will pay for:
Combined with other building projects now under way, and others that have been in the works, students can expect detours, hardhat areas and occasional interruptions for some time.
- $9.7 million in renovations and additions to Murphy Hall, a performing arts building.
- $12 million in renovations and an addition at the Joseph R. Pearson Residence Hall for the School of Education.
- The bonds will also pay for:
- $3.4 million in renovations at Malott Hall, a science building.
- $2.1 million in renovations in Strong Hall, the main administration building.
This summer Schaecher was working on a database to keep track of many smaller renovation projects, some of which will cost as little as $5,000.
- $1 million for a new boiler in the campus power plant.
The first set of bonds won't be sold until December or January, but funds have been borrowed from other project accounts so consultants could get started on designs.
For project managers, one of
"There will be some inconvenience on campus while we're trying to do some of these," Schaecher said.
the biggest challenges will be minimizing disruptions during the school year.
See Construction, page 8A
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